Showing posts with label Brent Fights Back. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brent Fights Back. Show all posts

Wednesday 13 September 2023

Brent Fights Back: Focus on Refugees Tuesday 19th September 7pm

 


The discussion will be about refugees and asylum seekers; we have speakers from Patients Not Passports, Care4Calais and English for Action.  We are excited to talk about local campaigns in Brent and how we might support them.

Please see the Zoom link for the meeting below:



Monday 17 July 2023

Calling local campaigns - zoom meeting with Brent Fights Back! Tomorrow 7pm

 From Brent Fights Back

We are relaunching Brent Fights Back tomorrow Tuesday Jily 18th at an online meeting at 7pm.  Hope you can join us.

Below is our new leaflet, with our aims.  

We'd like to hear from local organisations - what you're doing and how working with other groups might help.  

We'll be maintaining an online calendar to publicise local actions and events, meetings, pickets, demos etc.


Program for Tuesday 18th July


  • Welcome by Pete Firmin, Chair of Brent Fights Back 
  • Speakers (5 mins each): 
    • Unite St Mungo’s rep about their current strike 
        • Adam Bulewski 
    • Brent Renters Union and the “Not another winter” campaign 
        • Jack Ainsworth 
    • Equalities Trust and how they support local organisations 
        • Rob Donnelly 
    • Brent Fights Back - current work + aims 
        • Elaine Shepherd 
           
  • Discussion:   Ideas and suggestions how we can work together to support one another's campaigns.

We will be meeting online on the 3rd Tuesday of each month from now on.
 

 

Tuesday 17 January 2023

Brent Fights Back organising meeting January 18th 7pm in-person and on zoom

 

Brent Fights Back will be holding an organising meeting on 18th January at 7pm to discuss how we can share information and support local activity across the borough led by different Brent Campaigns. The meeting will be held at BBMC, 386 High Road, London NW10 2JR


If you are interested in coming (it will be in person and on zoom) and would like to be kept informed of local activities, please email

The zoom link for the meeting is:

Saturday 12 November 2022

Mick Lynch sets Brent on fire at West London Enough is Enough Rally at Central Mosque of Brent

 

Hundreds of local people attended the  West London Enough is Enough Rally at the Central Mosque of Brent last night and heard from Dr Mohammed Riaz, Chair of the Mosque, Dawn Butler MP, Sarah Emm of ACORN, Jo Grady of the UCU and Mick Lynch of the RMT.

Brent Trades Council announced the formation of Brent Fights Back to bring together local workers and their trade unions, with community organisations and individuals who are campaigning on the issues affecting their daily lives. The audience (and readers) were invited to an open meeting on November 30th at 7pm to launch the organization. It will be held at Brent Black Music Co-op, 385 High Road, Willesden, NW10 2JR to discuss what we should do in Brent and how to take the campaign forard.