Dear Friend,
Thanks for signing the Greens Must Pledge: No Cuts To Services petition. Thanks to you, we have just reached 400 online signatures (and many more paper signatures, see above)! 🚩
The petition is featured in this week’s edition of The Socialist, where the paper comments:
“Clearly a positive response to the petition by Polanski would be a step forward. Up until now, however, that has not been the approach of the vast majority of Green councillors. Their existing councillors could already be an important weapon in the fight against local council cuts, but instead in 41 councils they are currently part of administrations – in coalition variously with Labour, Liberals, ‘Independents’ and Tories – and are implementing cuts and council tax rises on the same basis as other councillors.
Clearly, some in the Green Party are socialists. However, it would be a serious mistake for socialists and trade unionists to stand aside from the elections this May – and future parliamentary by-elections – in order to back Green candidates regardless of their position on austerity. Instead, we need the broadest stand of trade unionists, socialists and working-class community candidates as possible – alongside Your Party and genuine anti-austerity Greens – as a step towards overcoming the current crisis of independent working-class political representation.”
One way to learn your local Green candidates' position on austerity is to ask them to sign this petition. We all want to unite the anti-austerity vote, but we cannot stand aside for candidates who won't pledge to defend our libraries, our jobs, and our services.
And, not just your own Green Party candidate. I think there are many more people out there who want a genuine anti-austerity alternative on May 7th - not more "regretful" cuts. Can you help us reach them?
How you can help us reach 1000 signatures:
- Share this update to your Facebook or X (Twitter) profile right now.
- WhatsApp the link to three friends who care about local services: https://www.change.org/GreensMustPledgeNoCuts
- Join our Activist Channel: We are sharing the latest news about this and other TUSC-supported campaigns, including People’s Budget conferences, on our TUSC WhatsApp channel. Join here to get involved: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaOGO3nF1YlL8NBAEQ1M
Let’s keep the momentum going. No more managing decline - it’s time to fight back.
Thanks for your help.
In solidarity,
Dave Nellist