Tuesday 25 January 2011

BAPS rally with music at Arts Depot Sunday

This sunday there is a mass rally starting at Finchley Central Station at 11.30pm. This will be followed by a march to the Arts Depot. At 1pm there will be an event with some great bands and top speakers. The first 1/2 hour will be speeches from Tariq Ali & Frances O'Grady of the TUC, followed by Live music from 60's Soul superstars The Foundations, Boz Boorer, The Hamptons, 13 Riots, and The False Dots, interspersed with speakers from other local campaigns. It is all free.

I just got back from the planning meeting. As well as the agenda, we heard some horror stories of planned cuts (Barnet College cutting Graham Park facility, forcing young people to embark on a 3 hour round trip to Southgate). We also heard about a local Teacher who has just been suspended by her school, pending an investigation for Trade Union activities. All highly depressing

1 comment:

Ben Duncan said...

Thanks for this post. I thought I should be quite clear with your readers: there are absolutely no plans whatsover to force any students to make a round trip from the west of Barnet borough to Southgate.

On the contrary, we are absolutely committed to serving the needs of the Grahame Park / Hendon / Colindale community by ensuring provision in the west of the borough.

Regardless of whether a merger with Southgate College goes ahead, there'll be a teaching centre at, or near, Grahame Park / Colindale / Hendon.

Ben Duncan, PR Manager, Barnet College