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Time to Act! on Climate Change

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Following on from the tremendous success of the People’s Climate March in September, on March 7th 2015, the Time to Act on Climate Change march will bring people together again on the streets of London to demand real change and tell politicians seeking election that there is no mandate for climate-wrecking business as usual.

2015 is a crucial year for the climate. In December, governments will come together in Paris to strike a new deal for the climate – we must make our voices heard.

See details of the march and transport from many areas on the Campaign against Climate Change website

Choirs and singers are invited to join in singing songs to share our concerns and hopes for the climate – details will be confirmed soon but will include the song ‘Do It Now!’ (to the tune of Bella Ciao) – words are available from Sheffield Climate Alliance here

Wrap Up Trident event on Sat 24th Jan

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You may remember the 9 mile long, pink scarf which was stretched from Aldermaston to Burghfield last August to say No to Trident?

There is an event in London on Jan 24th starting at 1pm using part of  the same peace scarf to encircle Parliament and the MOD.

The Sing Out Trident choir plan to sing at it, songs that are easy to pick up, relevant to the No Trident Replacement cause. This is an important event leading up to the election this year, where we want the Trident issue to be on the agenda. We would very much welcome more singers to join us. PLEASE COME ALONG!

We will meet up by the Churchill statue at the corner of Parliament Square closest to Westminster tube station. If people want to have a chance to practise the songs we could arrange to meet before the event starts, say at 12.30 to give time for this.

Please let Morag know if you are able to come, via http://www.raised-voices.org.uk/contact.html


National Demonstration and Free Festival: No More Austerity, London, 21 June 2014

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The Peoples Assembly is calling a National Demonstration No More Austerity – Demand The Alternative in central London on 21 June.

London choir Raised Voices have a page dedicated to choirs coming together to sing for the event: No Austerity! Campaign Choirs singing together.  This includes a songsheet and sources for words and music.

Follow @CampaignChoirs if you use twitter.

Please use the comment area below to propose, plan and discuss Campaigning Choirs Network activity (not the event itself – see official website below).

General information (not specifically choir related):

Assemble 1pm, BBC HQ, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA (Tube: Oxford Circus) for the March to Parliament. The demonstration will be followed by a free festival in Central London. See the official festival website for latest info, posters, etc. www.ThePeoplesAssembly.org.uk/national_demo_21_june

12 October Liverpool: National demo ‘against fascism – celebrating not dividing’

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MarchAgainstFascismGuillotine11-13632-cUnite is organising this and will be joined by Unison, GMB, PCS, CWU, NUT, RMT, Trade Union Friends of Searchlight and the TUC.  Unite and some of the other organisations are arranging coaches from the regions.

Full details here. Speakers, etc. here.

Liverpool Socialist Singers say:

“We’re meeting at 12 near the monument at the top of William Brown Street, it should be easy to find us as we will all be wearing red and will have our banner with us. Everyone is welcome to sing out with us against fascism!

“William Brown Street is near Lime Street and Central stations, and the coach station. It is the street with the Walker Art Gallery and Central Library in it.

“We will be going with the flow and singing at the beginning and then probably near or at the end too.”

liverpool-so-singers-bannerYou can download and print the songsheet that Liverpool Soocialist Singers created for the day, and they will have some spares with them.  All good demo songs with catchy tunes and some with words adapted for the event.

All: Please use our contact form to comment on this article with any (choir related) suggestions, or comment below (you’ll need to register and/or sign in). And don’t forget #CampaignChoirs and @CampaignChoirs on twitter.

29 September: Tell the Tory conference – national march and rally

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The themes for this major protest organised by TUC are Save Our NHS, Defend Jobs and Services, No Austerity. Other sponsors include The Peoples Assembly; Unite The Union. Spread the word!

Choirs – gather at 12 noon at the junction of Deansgate and John Dalton Street (Streetmap | Google Maps).
There are some song sheets*- mostly updated words for familiar tunes – contact us for details.
Please comment on this post if you have further information for choirs and singers participating in the event (you may need to register – please contact us if you have problems).

Your union may be organising transport

* Songs in the song sheets:

  • We’ll Stop You – to the tune Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire (“If you think we’ll pay our taxes / for nothing in return …”)
  • Rise by Grace Petrie (“… as the reckoning draws near / there’s plenty more of us than you here …”)
  • From Sing Along with Liverpool Socialist Singers songsheets
    • Tory Boys Picnic
    • Fat Cat
    • Wave bye-bye to PFI
    • Which side are you on?
    • Oh Mr Cameron
    • Tory Toffs tune: John Brown’s body
    • Bandiera Rossa
    • The Internationale
    • Axe the Bedroom Tax (in our Liverpool homes)
    • Roll the union on
    • Siya Hamba
  • From Raised Voices songsheets
    • Power in the union
    • We will fight on
    • Are we gonna take it lying down
    • Save our public services
    • Tory Toffs
    • Tory boys picnic
    • Bella ciao
    • We will rise