"From that moment on, I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-correcting character of American democracy. I was a radical, believing that something fundamental was wrong in this country - not just the existence of poverty amidst great wealth, not just the horrible treatment of black people, but something rotten at the root. The situation required not just a new president or new laws, but an uprooting of the old order, the introduction of a new kind of society - cooperative, peaceful, egalitarian."
-Howard Zinn, from his 1994 memoir, "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train"
Cuts cafe is going to be an occupied space in the city centre that we’ll put to use with workshops, talks, art spaces, actions and entertainment. It’ll be open all week with tea and a space to chill as well as ongoing activites to engage with to help us explore the way the cuts are affecting Leeds, how we use public services and what the government spends our money on.
There will be a timetable of events published nearer the time which will include talks about the NHS, housing in Leeds, education and benefits, discussions on how we can learn from past and present resistance movements, a film night, games night, live music and a poetry slam. There will also be spaces to talk about how to organise collectively in Leeds.
Words sharp as razors comin’ at ya like David Cameron’s favourite pair of scissors…
Slam the Cuts Open Poetry Slam
2nd February, Cuts Cafe, Central Leeds
6.30 Food, 7.30 start
Guests include:
Pete the Temp
Susie Showers
Reclairethestreets
Danny Chivers
A poetry slam is a live poetry competition where random members of the audience are made judges giving scores to a series of 3 minute spoken word perfomances.
Sign up to take part in the slam on the door!
The Cuts Cafe is a week long occupation with music, art, films, discussion and workshops against cuts and privatisation
