News and information about Global Justice Cleveland
Message for Rishi Sunak MP from Caryn Loftus, one of his constituents, which was turned into a Tweet by the Global Justice Cleveland group.
“I have just signed Global Justice Now’s petition asking the Chancellor of the Exchequer to please push the IMF to cancel debt payments for countries suffering from the economic impacts of coronavirus. Help low income countries in trouble to restructure their debt rather than bailing out lenders.”
We are holding an online meeting on Wednesday 15th July, starting at 8pm.
If you would like to join us for the meeting, then email Barbara for details.
Following the success of our trial online meeting last month, we are holding a second meeting on Wednesday 10th June, starting at 8pm.
If you would like to join us for the meeting, then email Barbara for details.
We are delighted that Nick Dearden, Director of Global Justice Now, was planning to speak on Trade at the Earthbeat Centre, Saltburn on the evening of Wednesday 29th April. However, due to the current circumstances we have had to postpone the event.
Our next meeting was due to be on Thursday 2nd April when we were having a party to celebrate our group’s 25th anniversary.
We will re-arrange once it is easier to meet in person.
We held our AGM on the 6th February.
Here is our report on activity in 2019.
Overview
For the first time in many years our group has slightly increased in size, during the year we have gained one extra member, taking our numbers up to 13. We have met six times during the year and twice for social events; a walk at Skelton in the summer and a social in December.
This year the political focus has once again been on Brexit and other important issues have been pushed down the agenda. The year ended with the general election and the landslide win by the Conservatives. It looks as though the new parliament is now dominated by more rightwing Tories so the government will not face any opposition in carrying out its policies. Many of the issues that were discussed during the campaign are subjects that we have been campaigning on, such as global warming, the cost of healthcare, future trade deals and immigration.
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