GREEN MONDAYS (01/08/2019)
Extinction Rebellion comes to PNR!!
Although a Green Monday proved impossible in the end,
we are VERY pleased to announce that, on THURSDAY 8 AUGUST, we will be welcoming Dr.Gail Bradbrook - a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion!!
Gail has been researching,
planning and training for mass civil disobedience since 2010; and has been
arrested 3 times for acts of peaceful civil disobedience.
On Thursday 8 August, Gail
will be talking about her love for PNR activists and the wider anti-fracking
movement. She will also be talking about what should be the next steps for the
Climate Rebellion; and will be finishing with a Q & A session afterwards.
Gail is expected to be
speaking outside the gates at around
12.30pm.
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ForthcomingGreen Mondays:
Speakers for Green
Mondays up until end-September are as follows:
5 August - Our main speaker for this Green Monday
Tony Lywood:
Tony is a Labour councillor on
Keswick Town Council and on Cumbria County Council - and he is Labour’s PPC for
the Copeland constituency (currently held by the Tories).
His main campaigns have
centred round protecting our NHS and, in particular, saving local hospitals
from closure. He is on the left of the Labour Party, and is fully committed to
the green agenda and the Green New Deal for industry.
Tony is expected to be
speaking outside the gates at around
12.30pm.
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12 August - For this 2ND. ANNIVERSARY Green Monday, events
are expected to begin outside the gates at around
11.30pm.
Our main speakers include:
(1) Gina Dowding,
MEP:
As many of you will know, Gina has been a
long-time anti-fracking activist at Preston New Road - who put her money where
her mouth is by taking part in a lock-on outside the gates. She has been a very
effective Green Party councillor on Lancashire CC - and is now also a Green
Party MEP for the NW.
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(2) Steve Masters:
Steve - a Green Party member since 2015 - is a
newly-elected Green Party councillor on West Berkshire District Council - and
is also the Green Party’s PPC for Newbury.
Formerly homeless himself, he now campaigns on homelessness and housing;
actively opposes the badger cull; and recently led the successful campaign to
get West Berkshire DC to declare a Climate Emergency.
In addition to his Green Party work, Steve is an
Extinction Rebellion activist, and was one of the first to be arrested at the
launch of Extinction Rebellion in October 2018 - and was with me on Lambeth
Bridge (see photo above) when I was arrested the following month!
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(3) Lindsey
German:
In 2001, Lindsey was a founder-member of the
antiwar organisation Stop The War
Coalition (StWC) and, from 2004-7, was
also a leading member of Respect.
Currently, she remains the Convenor of StWC, and
works closely with Kate Hudson, who was our Green
Monday speaker on 10 June. Lindsey
has also written several books - including two on women’s rights.
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(4) Paul Jenkins:
Paul (NW
Regional Organiser for Unite Against Fascism - UAF - since 2009) was central to
the recent successful UAF & Stand Up to Racism campaign to stop 'Tommy
Robinson' being elected as a North West MEP - which won them a Fusion Community
Award (see photo above). During that campaign, he spent a lot of time in
Cumbria and Lancashire, working with members of local Green and Labour Parties.
Paul will be focussing on how
the Climate Crisis is increasingly creating climate refugees - and thus the
importance of stopping fracking, and all the other the fossil fuel industries.
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PLUS -
DON’T FORGET!! WE ALSO HAVE MUSIC:
·
The
Nanas’ Samba Band
·
The Keswick
Buskers
(from our 1st. Anniversary)
·
Eve
Norley & Allan Gray (who have performed before at PNR)
And
possibly even more!
So
make a date!!
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19 August - For this Green Monday, our main speaker will be
Sue Hampton:
Sue - a renowned & much-acclaimed author -
will be making a welcome return to PNR. As well as her literary life, she has
also thrown herself into the Extinction Rebellion protests - quite literally
putting her body on the line for the planet and all the species on it.
Sue is expected to be speaking
outside the gates at around
12.30pm.
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2 September - IMPORTANT INFO!!
This Green Monday
will NOT be at PNR - but in:
Manchester, outside
the Civil Justice Centre,
1 Bridge Street
West. M60 9DJ
However, we still have a speaker for this event
-
Jenny Jones:
Jenny - known as the Green Baroness! - has been active
on many fronts, including the environment. She has always campaigned on
policing issues.
So…PLEASE get along to Manchester if you can.
Jenny is expected to
be speaking at around 11.00am.
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16 September - For this Green Monday, our main speaker will be
Fiona Prior:
Fiona - seen here prior (no pun intended!) to
XR’s April action - is a VERY active member of North Cumbria Extinction
Rebellion. She was one of those blocking Lambeth Bridge during XR’s London
Bridges’ action last November - and was also back in London for XR’s week-long
action this April!
When not taking positive Climate Crisis action,
she has also been a Green Party candidate in Carlisle, has visited PNR as a
protester, and is currently studying Fine Art at Cumbria University.
Fiona is expected to be speaking
outside the gates at around
12.30pm.
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30 September - For this Green Monday, our main speaker
will be
Doug Maw:
Doug was the person who launched a petition against
the new banknotes, because they contain products from animals that have been
slaughtered. The petition got thousands of signatures - but was sadly
unsuccessful. Active now in Brighton Greens, he was for a time an energetic
member of Allerdale & Cumbria Green Party. He is also a vegan runner &
boxer - and has just become part of Sea Shepherds.
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All the best
Allan Todd
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