Momentum Doncaster & Bassetlaw

Todays speeches from Workers Memorial Day in Doncaster.

Report from Workers Memorial Day in Doncaster today. Great event spoilt by the weather!

One day to go to Workers Memorial Day, one week to May Day in Doncaster.
Please try to support if you can.

This month Doncaster and Bassetlaw Momentum will be welcoming Colin Burgon as our guest speaker. Colin was elected as MP for Elmet in 1997, and elected to sit on the Northern Ireland Select Committee in 2000, and the Home Affairs Select Committee in 2005. In 2010 Colin stood down from parliament.
Colin is an avid supporter of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. Colin speaks from the heart and is an entertaining, passionate and informative speaker. On this visit to our group Colin ...will offering us a presentation on "Origins of the Labour Party". Colin is also uncle of Richard Burgon MP who is a Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Leeds East. Richard is also the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor. DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR AN OUTSTANDING SPEAKER! MEETING WEDNESDAY 24TH APRIL AT 7PM @ CWU OFFICES DONCASTER.
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Official statement from Cllrs re Tour De Yorkshire
We support the Tour De Yorkshire and the benefits it has brought to Doncaster and the Yorkshire region. It has inspired many of our communities to get out on their bikes and has promoted the beauty of our landscape and the wonderfully unique nature of Yorkshire people and our communities.
Doncaster has played host to Tour De Yorkshire on two previous occasions, which has been a real privilege
... However this year sadly we feel very different.
Our opposition started with one tweet, but quickly and organically grew.
While a few people have been critical of our stance, overwhelmingly we have received messages of support from right across the country. Most importantly from a huge amount of people in Doncaster.
We are not technically boycotting the race, we are protesting against the race being used to launch the take over of the Sky Team by Ineos. Ineos are one of the largest producers of raw products for the plastics industry. They are heavily invested in fossil fuels and chemical production and are the single largest holder of licenses to frack across the UK, many of which are within the Yorkshire region.
The hypocrisy of Ineos sponsoring the Sky Team, the very team that rode out last year with an image of an Orca Whale on their backs to highlight the Ocean Plastic crisis, could not go unchallenged.
The term "greenwashing " which using Wikipedia's definition of "greenwashing or green sheen is a form of spin in which green Public Relations (PR) or green marketing is deceptively used to promote the perception that an organisation's products, aims or policies are environmentally friendly" could have been written specifically about Ineos.
Doncaster Council recently passed a motion, banning Fracking on its land. The motion was passed unanimously and supported by all parties. It is also Labour Party Policy to ban Fracking.
Ineos have tried to depict us as a "fringe, anti -progress minority". We are none of those things. Opposition to Fracking continues to grow, and people are fast waking up to the unimaginable damage done to our environment and our climate, driven by the activities and products that Ineos, are so proud to boast about.
There is nothing progressive about burning fossil fuels, and producing products the poison and choke the life out of our oceans.
Some of the above may be a little more palatable, had the majority share holder in Ineos, the richest man in the UK Jim Ratcliffe, not decided to move to Monaco to avoid paying billions in tax.
We will peacefully and legally protest to highlight our concerns, but would like to make it clear, we do not support any action that would disrupt the race or spoil the enjoyment of those who wish to support the Tour De Yorkshire.
Cllr Lani Mae Ball Cllr Nikki McDonald Cllr Tosh McDonald Cllr Dave Shaw
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Ian Lavery speaking in Doncaster on Saturday 4th May, along with Chris Peace, excellent Sheffield councillor, OTJC campaigner and Labour Candidate in Derbyshire for the next GE. Please come with your Union banners, lets help make it bigger and better than last year ✊

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Upcoming events in Doncaster. Please do your best to attend and support both!

Nadeem Murtuja - guest speaker, Human Rights.

Nadeem Murtuja is going to speak on Human Rights, so will be a very interesting meeting.
Please come along.