Dear Occupiers<div><br><div>Currently I am appealing against the regime's decision to put me in the ESA work group from Incapacity benefit. This is because of disability. However, there are other reasons why it is important to appeal being placed in a work group if you have disabilities making it very difficult, or impossible to support oneself through the pressures of full-time employment. These reasons include:</div>
<div><br></div><div> - the fact that most (or all) work group claimants will see their DLA taken away very soon, their ESA continually assessed using a discriminatory computer programme run by a private company who to achieve their bonuses have to declare a certain number of disabled people non-disabled.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Advice from personal advisors is intended to be sugary-sweet, therefore painting a false picture of what lies ahead</div><div><br></div><div>- compulsory work activity for little or no pay (to be rolled out to all age groups)</div>
<div><br></div><div>- threat of losing welfare</div><div><br></div><div>-threat of homelessness</div><div><br></div><div>-the removal of state security (something which Incapacity Benefit provided)</div><div><br></div><div>
-removal of the potential to take part in higher education (through means testing)</div><div><br></div><div>-lack of support to realise work-focused ideas and self-employment</div><div><br></div><div>I could continue, but I'm writing a dissertation on poverty in the UK, so am time-limited.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My point is, can occupy do anything to raise awareness of these and similar issues to the claimants themselves, many of whom are no doubt going blissfully along with the regime's plans, unaware of the horrors of living the rest of their lives on £60 odd per week ?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Maybe leafleting the entrances of job centres and private employment agencies ?</div><div><br></div><div>It is possible that by doing this, occupy and related organisations/movements could swell their numbers dramatically.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyway, all for now, back to the poverty line.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best</div><div><br></div><div>Rick B</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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1. Re: [OccupySheffieldPrivate] GA notes, Wednesday 29th<br>
February 2012 (Dave Havard)<br>
2. Re: [Squares] Fwd: [berlinbiennale]<br>
<a href="http://Berlin.TheGlobalSquare.org" target="_blank">Berlin.TheGlobalSquare.org</a> (Orsan Senalp)<br>
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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 19:44:14 +0000<br>
From: Dave Havard <<a href="mailto:deacondave777@gmail.com">deacondave777@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: Sarah Wild <<a href="mailto:flyingtroutx@hotmail.com">flyingtroutx@hotmail.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [OccupySheffield] [OccupySheffieldPrivate] GA notes,<br>
Wednesday 29th February 2012<br>
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It has been pointed out to me that this coming Weds is a big discussion<br>
about budget at Council. Many jobs will be cut. Does that make it more<br>
helpful or less helpful for occupy to turn up ??<br>
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D Dave<br>
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On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Sarah Wild <<a href="mailto:flyingtroutx@hotmail.com">flyingtroutx@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Just been making similar (but as always less coherent) notes on the train<br>
> on the way home.<br>
><br>
> I think in order to make the popup camp work we need to think about:<br>
><br>
> -Why we are there? Why are we protesting? Why are we part of Occupy?<br>
><br>
> -Being armed with OS flyers + a specific flyer (ideally) about banks<br>
> (and/or about inequality and the current [banking] system perpetuating<br>
> this?)<br>
><br>
> -Statistics/figures - perhaps ready to adorn on a tent which people can<br>
> contribute to.<br>
><br>
> - Logistics - tents, chairs, kitchen stuff (including<br>
> tea,coffee,water,stove,cups,plates,cutlery,food,milk,sugar,etc. - note:<br>
> most of this is ready to go at my house)<br>
><br>
> What else do people think? Have other camps already carried out popup<br>
> camps?<br>
><br>
> Loads of love to you all<br>
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> xxx<br>
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> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 18:55:45 +0000<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:joe@occupysheffield.org.uk">joe@occupysheffield.org.uk</a><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:info@occupysheffield.org.uk">info@occupysheffield.org.uk</a>; <a href="mailto:occupysheffield@email-lists.org">occupysheffield@email-lists.org</a><br>
> Subject: [OccupySheffieldPrivate] [OccupySheffield] GA notes, Wednesday<br>
> 29th February 2012<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Hey there,<br>
><br>
> Just a reminder that the latest Occupy Sheffield General Assembly notes<br>
> are up on the wiki: Wednesday 29th February 2012<<a href="https://occupywiki.org.uk/wiki/Sheffield/20120229" target="_blank">https://occupywiki.org.uk/wiki/Sheffield/20120229</a>><br>
> .<br>
><br>
> Things to discuss at the next Weekly GA on Monday 5th March (6:30pm,<br>
> Rutland Arms, Brown Street):<br>
><br>
> - The 24-hour pop-up camp next Friday: Still against "The Banks".<br>
> Calling time on bankers' bonuses. Your Favourite Worst Bank. Numbers?<br>
> Kitchen working group? Leaflets?<br>
> - Citizen journalism. We can write our own articles and record our own<br>
> interviews. Let's start doing this more, starting this week.<br>
> - Move Your Money Month <<a href="http://www.moveyourmoney.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.moveyourmoney.org.uk/</a>> - March<br>
> 2012: Alternatives<<a href="http://www.moveyourmoney.org.uk/where-can-i-move-my-money-to" target="_blank">http://www.moveyourmoney.org.uk/where-can-i-move-my-money-to</a>> and<br>
> personal actions.<br>
><br>
> There are also a couple of new sections for people to add to on the wiki -<br>
> /Slogans <<a href="https://occupywiki.org.uk/wiki/Sheffield/Slogans" target="_blank">https://occupywiki.org.uk/wiki/Sheffield/Slogans</a>> and<br>
> /Statistics <<a href="https://occupywiki.org.uk/wiki/Sheffield/Statistics" target="_blank">https://occupywiki.org.uk/wiki/Sheffield/Statistics</a>> - to<br>
> build on the education aspect of the movement. This could then be used as<br>
> inspiration for placards, banners, leaflets etc. in the coming months. If<br>
> you would like to be more active, this is a project to think about.<br>
><br>
> Peace,<br>
><br>
> Joe<br>
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Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 11:00:49 +0100<br>
From: Orsan Senalp <<a href="mailto:orsan1234@gmail.com">orsan1234@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [OccupySheffield] [Squares] Fwd: [berlinbiennale]<br>
<a href="http://Berlin.TheGlobalSquare.org" target="_blank">Berlin.TheGlobalSquare.org</a><br>
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2012/3/4 Mark Barrett <<a href="mailto:marknbarrett@googlemail.com">marknbarrett@googlemail.com</a>><br>
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> Greetings, fellows!<br>
><br>
> We send you this message from TakeTheSquare, the international<br>
> coordination network for the occupy and acampadas movement born in Spain<br>
> during the first camps in May 2011.<br>
><br>
> We are putting forward the platform <a href="http://berlin.theglobalsquare.org" target="_blank">http://berlin.theglobalsquare.org</a> ,<br>
> which is derivation of TheGlobalSquare.org project - a platform for our<br>
> movement. The plan is to gather there information about both the<br>
> activities to take place during the presence of TheGlobalSquare in<br>
> Biennale (its hackaton, talks, conferences, presentations etc) and also<br>
> about the other occupy groups.<br>
><br>
> We see the presence of occupy in Biennale as the whole Global Square :-)<br>
> We would like to invite you to register yourself in our website (until<br>
> now we have Madrid, Barcelona and DRY International) in order to create<br>
> your own blog inside the platform and promote the activities of your local<br>
> group. We also have forum and agenda in the website, as well as an online<br>
> form for submission of projects/ideas.<br>
><br>
> We plan to coordinate this platform of promotion with the developments<br>
> of IT working-group as well.<br>
><br>
> More information about what we plan is at<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.theglobalsquare.org/wiki/TheGlobalSquare_@Berlin" target="_blank">http://wiki.theglobalsquare.org/wiki/TheGlobalSquare_@Berlin</a> .<br>
><br>
> Register your assembly at <a href="http://berlin.theglobalsquare.org" target="_blank">http://berlin.theglobalsquare.org</a> and let's<br>
> start to build together The Global Square at Berlin Biennale!<br>
><br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
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