Thought this might be of interest, on this Sunday at 6pm at Ill Repute on
Old Market £8/5
*Les Rebelles du Foot/Football Rebels*
(Gilles Perez and Gilles Rof, France, 2014, 92m)
Eric Cantona presents Football Rebels, the stories of five football
heroes whose social conscience led them to challenge unjust
regimes, join opposition movements and lead the fight for
democracy and human rights. Focusing onplayers such as
Mekloufi, Sócrates, Pasic, Caszely and Didier Drogba, this is a
look at a side of football that does not always make the
headlines.
https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/#date=2022-10-23&event_id=78812
Hi all,
At the cowgirls meeting I spoke about the "Don't Pay" campaign asking us to stop paying our energy bills. https://dontpay.uk
Liz Truss's back peddling about holding the energy prices means are bills are now going to sore again in April.
I would really encourage you all to have a look at the website, especially the FAQ's and sign up. They will only ask people to strike when 1 Millon people commit.
I was initially dubious as I have anxiety about debt, missed payments and bad credit. But the FAQ's really reassured me. Even if you withhold your payment for a few weeks (before it effects your credit) this will still have a huge impact.
In the past these campaigns have worked. One example would be the resistance to the Poll Tax: more than 17 million people refused to pay and it became impossible for the government to force people to pay. Even then many people were scared to act and not pay the tax. But as confidence grew and local Poll Tax Groups were formed to support each other, it became socially acceptable to not pay. Tens of thousands of liability orders were issued forcing people to pay - but people refused and eventually the Poll Tax was scrapped.
A more recent example was the non-payment campaign against Southern Water in Kent in 2020 after they were fined £90 million for dumping raw sewage into the sea. Outraged by those costs being passed onto consumers, a non-payment campaign took off and eventually residents won by getting 50% taken off their bills.
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The Plan: It's simple: we are demanding a reduction of energy bills to an affordable level. Our leverage is that we will gather a million people to pledge not to pay if the government doesn't step in to make sure no one goes cold or hungry this winter.
dontpay.uk
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Sent: 17 October 2022 17:06
To: scruffylittlevera(a)hotmail.co.uk <scruffylittlevera(a)hotmail.co.uk>
Subject: BREAKING: energy prices set to double in April!
The government just U-TURNED on the Energy Price Guarantee.
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They’re making us pay for their failures.
The Truss government is in total meltdown. They’ve scrapped their mini-budget – and announced the Energy Price Guarantee will only freeze prices for 6 months, not 2 years. Energy prices are already unaffordable – now we face average bills doubling to £5,000 in April.
The only guarantee they can give is that energy companies will make billions while we suffer. They tried to cut taxes for the rich and the corporations profiting off our misery, and yet again we’re the ones who have to foot the bill.
But our campaign has already forced the government to intervene once. We can do it again. Only a mass non-payment strike can prevent more catastrophic price hikes, and secure a fair price for power for us all.
We have to say we won’t pay for their profits any longer – now it’s up to all of us to build the strike. So reach out to your friends and neighbours, link up with your local group and help spread the strike!
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Please see attached.
Feedback encouraged
I’ve also have feedback that a number of the older cowboys are already boycotting the World Cup and suggested we ask members to pay a fee per game if they want to watch.
They’ve suggested this goes to amnesty
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Morning Herd,
Please find attached the minutes from Tuesday's QGM. Get in touch with the Cowmittee if you have anything to contribute/say.
The most urgent issue is to boycott or not (the World Cup) so start thinking about this please.
Love
X
*Re the Autumnal walk 23rd October*....
Meet at Symonds Yat in in the Wye Valley at 1030am. We're aiming for a 3
hour walk which will allow for faff, pottering, getting lost. Then a pint
at Saracens head pub.
Please bring good footwear and a packed lunch.
Any drivers can you lemme know if you have space to take people xx
Cheers
Wendle
Morning Cows!
And the winner is………..Tuesday 11th October!!! See you at Easton Community Centre at 1930 - 2100 on Tuesday 11 October to discuss training, casual league and anything else on your minds. If you’ve not been to a Cowgirls meeting before, let this be your first. It’s a great way of seeing how the herd is run and a chance to have your say.
Let me know what else you think needs talking about.
Bring some snacks, if you want.
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From: peacehando(a)yahoo.co.uk <peacehando(a)yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2022 9:35:29 PM
To: Harriet Hoare <harriet_hoare(a)hotmail.com>; Sooz Cowgirl Susannah Mallaghan <scruffylittlevera(a)hotmail.co.uk>; Rebecca Swist <rebecca.swist(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Fw: I'm doing a talk on Saturday, Hamed is coming tomorrow, help still needed please
hi,
can one of you wonderfuls please forward this email on to all cowgirl palestine tourers asap.
tvm x
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From: peacehando(a)yahoo.co.uk <peacehando(a)yahoo.co.uk>
To: Peace New <peacehando(a)yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2022 at 21:31:27 BST
Subject: I'm doing a talk on Saturday, Hamed is coming tomorrow, help still needed please
hello again all,
- there are still seats available for hamed's event tomorrow evening. it's free but you need to register at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-nina-franklin-fund-second-anniversary-even…
- i could still do with some help with lifts please. anyone free tomorrow at 1.30 to pick him up form temple meads. also, tomorrow late afternoon into town for the event, and saturday morning and early evening to and from temple meads.
- saturday i'm doing a talk about my time in hebron at 3pm in st werburgs. see attached. Please come along to this great weekend of events organised by Bristol PSC, hear me talk about my experiences with photos and videos, and support Palestine.
- saturday evening we'll go to the plough about 7.30/8pm. so please come along to meet him.
- sunday morning we'll be doing the bristol family fun run!! join us!?
cheers,
peace x
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From: peacehando(a)yahoo.co.uk <peacehando(a)yahoo.co.uk>
To:
Sent: Sunday, 11 September 2022 at 13:40:20 BST
Subject: Hamed is coming - help needed and one urgent reply required today please
hi all,
yes, the legend that is hamed is doing a tour of england and wales very soon and he'll be in bristol from friday 23rd september for a couple of days till the sunday. he's coming with his 10yo son Suhail and they'll be staying at mine both nights. sweet.
here's where you come in:
1. friday 23rd - come along to his talk at tony benn house on victoria st. see attached poster.
2. saturday 24th - the nutter is doing a bungee jump in tamworth!!
Does anyone fancy driving hamed and his son from Bristol to Tamworth and back again so he can do the bungee jump?
It's about 110 miles each way and should take about 2 hours. Bungee jump at 2.30 so it's probably a 11.30 to 5.30 trip.
We'll pay for the petrol. If anyone is up for it that'd be amazing. Please contact me today.
3. also saturday - probably try a little trip to the plough early evening. let me know if you're around.
4. sunday 25th - and of course he's running the bristol half marathon. can anyone drive him from mine to the city centre for about 10am please?
5. if you can't do any of the above but you still wanna see him, maybe you can pop round to mine at some stage for a few minutes. let me know. x
See below regarding the cricket AGM.
If you are interested in the way cricket is run moving forwards please try and attend.
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From: Kev D <kevicious(a)hotmail.com>
Sent: 21 September 2022 08:58
To: Susannah Mallaghan <scruffylittlevera(a)hotmail.co.uk>
Subject: Fw: COWFOLK CRICKET CLUB AGM
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From: Steve Nation <franklanguage(a)hotmail.com>
Sent: 21 September 2022 08:57
To: linn <lin.campobordi(a)gmail.com>; Sally Wood <salwood82(a)gmail.com>; Kev D <kevicious(a)hotmail.com>
Subject: COWFOLK CRICKET CLUB AGM
Hi
The Cricket Club AGM is next Monday at Easton Community Centre 7 - 9 pm.
Can you share this via the peashooter, Website and Social media.
It is a very important meeting for the future of the cricket club and all parties are invited to attend.
I have attached an agenda that can be included.
Can someone forward this to sooz as I haven't an email for her.
Thanks
Steve
Hi Cows,
I hope you are all swell.
We are overdue a QGM. Please respond (just to me) with which dates you are available and I will tally them up and book the upstairs room at Easton Community Centre. The options are:
Tuesday 4th October 1930-2100 OR Tuesday 11th October 1930-2100.
The deadline to choose is this Friday at midnight.
If you don't usually come to meetings then here is your chance to see how the herd is run and have your say. We will discuss opening up to new people, diffferentiation at training and any other issues. Please message me with any issues that you want to be put on the agenda.
Muchos love,
Lizzie