Dear Sir,
A meeting has been called in Beverley this Friday 25th
Nov at 2pm about increasing homelessness and lack of jobs in the
area (for detail call 874096). Considering the ConDem policies of
blaming/punishing the poor (by cutting public services and pensions) for
the sins and greed of the banks and corporations , it’s a bit rich
that our MP has expressed concern about the issues and may attend this
meeting. Unfortunately we can’t be there, but if we were, we would
be asking him exactly how he thinks that his turbo-capitalist policies are
going to help. It’s the government’s job to understand the big
picture and act accordingly….but all it is doing is promoting business as
usual. It’s repeating the mistakes of the 1930s. It’s so tied
in with the toxic financial, commercial, energy and military
‘establishment’ that it can’t accept that things have to change radically
now (in light of the crises in oil, most other resources, climate, economy,
ecology and society) to promote local economies and local
sustainability – as in the Transition Towns initiative ( and there is now a
local group) and explained by the Green Party deputy leader next Thursday
Dec 1st at Norwood Methodist Church, 7.30pm.
The Government will say it is trying to promote ‘growth’ (ie
supporting the CITY of London, big business and more globalisation -
the very things responsible for global physical and economic overheating,
wars for resources, arms proliferation, etc.) It is
blinkered, to say the least. Einstein
said: ‘We can’t solve problems by using the same kind
of thinking we used when we created them’. We are overdue for a big
(positive and exciting) change in our thinking.
We do hope that others will make these points at the meeting
(as well as trying to find ways to patch up the expanding
holes in the local economy and services)
sincerely
Shan Oakes
East Riding Green Party
