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<big><strong style="color: red;">Draft only, page under construction</strong></big> ==Saturday December 3rd, Simple Gifts 11-2, Friends Meeting House== Quaker fundraising event, to allow people to celebrate Christmas by giving simple gifts handmade with love. There’ll be cakes and preserves and all sorts and Salvo is also cooking up a wonderful shoppers lunch so it’s a must. ==Wednesday 7th, Bookluanch, The Courageous State, 3pm The Workshop, 53 Earlham Road== A new economic story - The Courageous State A week after the general strike, the author of The Courageous State. Richard Murphy will be visiting Norwich to promote this timely book. He will be offering a sceptical accountant’s view of the economy, and signing copies at a launch event to be held at The Workshop on Earlham on Wednesday 7th December at 3pm. Murphy has previously spoken at both Occupy St Pauls and Occupy Norwich He says: "We're facing a crisis in our economy, but you wouldn't know it if you listened to most politicians. A little tinkering at the endges will, they suggest, put Humpty Dumpty back on the wall again and the banks will be able to carry on as before. My book has three messages. First we don't want to put Humpty Dumpty banks back on the wall again, because it wasn't a lot of fun for most people when he was there. Second, we can't put him back again because the old economy was unsustainable, so we've got to change it. But most important, and thirdly, we don't need to put him back because there are real alternatives available to us now. We can have a sustainable economy in which we have near full employment, the services we need, the banking we want, the security that's essential and a long term future for our children - but it means reclaiming the state for ordinary people, and not bankers, and putting finance back into an appropriate sized box so that real business and services that meet real need can flourish instead - and us with them. It's a big vision. It's a viable vision. It's the politics we need. It's the politics we haven't been offered for thirty years as banking, bankers and their demands suppressed all real political debate. It's a politics, a state, an economy and a world in which we can prosper, and as importantly, survive. It's the Courageous State." ==Weds 7th, Robert Kett Memorial, March== March from Occupy Norwich, Hay Hill Occupy Norwich are holding a march starting at 5.30 pm 7th December from the camp at the Haymarket to the Gate House of Norwich Castle. The march is to commemorate Ketts Rebellion of 1549. Occupy Norwich will march from the camp to the gates of the Castle to lay a wreath in rememberance of one of the first protests against against poverty, injustice and the privatisation of common land. ==Weds 7th, Norwich Socialist Talk, General Strike== Norwich Socialist Group are delighted to let you know that we have Tim Knight Hughes, an expert historian with a passion for revolutionary ideas and action, coming to speak on "The General Strike 1926 and Today". This will be an opportunity, one week after the biggest strike since 1926, for us to consider some of the implications of this new mass movement. What opportunities does it begin to open up for replacement of the failing capitalist system with rule by and for the 99%? The meeting will be on Wednesday 7th December at 19.00 in the Vauxhall Centre, Johnson Pl, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 2SA. Amongst the many articles you could read to help collect your thoughts is this: http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/britain/wibg/index.htm ==Title : Write for Rights, Date: Saturday 10 December== Time: 10.30-4.30 Venue: Norwich Playhouse Address : St Georges Street Norwich NR3 1AB Description: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International, Amnesty Groups around the world are organising 'Write for Rights' events on 10th December, Human Rights Day. We will hold letter-writing events on behalf of ten particular victims of human rights violations. People are invited to drop in and write a letter about one of the campaign appeal cases. If you are in Norwich on 10th December, do come along to the Playhouse on St George's Street and spend a few minutes supporting the event. Contact: David Yates info@norwichamnesty.org.uk Organisation: Norwich Amnesty International URL: www.norwichamnesty.org.uk ==UNA LunchBox' talk, Friday 16th December== at 1pm in the Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich; Anne Aves will talk about: "The John Aves Educational Project: Our learning journey from Norwich to Dheisheh Palestinian Refugee Camp in Bethlehem". The talk will last about 30 minutes followed by questions. == 17th December, Green Party Christmas Fair== 11 a.m. –3 p.m.Chantry Hall, Chapelfield Plain If you’d like a stall, please contact Alison Oldfield on alisongoldfield@yahoo.co.uk or 01603-504220. Stalls cost £20 for businesses, £15 for the general public, and £10 for charities/campaigning groups. Stalls will be confirmed once advance payment is received. Great stalls, music, food, great company. A Christmas event not to miss.! Admission is £1, under-12s free. ==Title : Amnesty Monthly Open Meeting,Date: 21 December== Time: 7.30pm Venue: Charing Cross Centre Address : 17-19 St John Maddermarket Norwich NR2 1DN Description: Greeting Card Campaign - Sending a card with a simple, personal greeting is a powerful way to show support for someone facing human rights abuse. Every card matters. For prisoners of conscience, for families whose relatives have disappeared, for people in danger for defending human rights, the cards bring comfort and hope; they offer encouragement and support, and raise spirits. Above all they are a sign that people care. All welcome Contact: Joanna Kinnaird Organisation: Norwich Amnesty International URL: www.norwichamnesty.org.uk {{Norwich Scoop footer|}}

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