VOTE FORCHANGEVOTE FOR SABLESReject the calamity ConDemsThere is a better, people's alternative
2nd MAY 2013
A lifelong trade union activist, Gerrard Sables is secretary of the Devon Association of Trades Union Councils and sits on the South West Regional Committee of PCS
Associate and Retired Members.
He is secretary of the local branch of the Communist Party, the Morning Star Readers and Supporters group and of North Devon Liberation.
This is his eleventh contest having stoodfive times for Barnstaple Town Council,three for North Devon District Council and once for Devon County Council. In 2010 he stood as a General Election candidate.
He is an active peace campaigner andCND member who has been twicearrested in non-violent direct actions atbases with nuclear weapons. He helped found the local branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and acts as its treasurer.
He was vice-chair of DRAIN thelocal campaign which saw off theproposed incinerator plant in Barnstaple.He is a volunteer in the SunriseGroup where he runs lessons in English.
He regularly acts in the Pilton pantomimes, usually as the bad guy.
Gerrard supports the six points of the People's Charter:
1. A fair economy for a fairer Britain2. More and better jobs3. Decent homes for all4. Protect and improve our public
services - no cuts5. Fairness and Justice6. Build a secure and sustainable future
for all
The People's Charter has been endorsed by seventeen of Britain's trade unions - it is the labour movement's alternative to government austerity. To find out more visit: www.thepeoplescharter.org- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Dear Voter
You are probably disgusted at the way rich bankers with huge bonuses are having their gambling debts paid for by cuts in public spending. Most people are a payday away from poverty. More and more of us are already poor. The National Health Service is being reduced to a set of business opportunities with profit as the driving force and the same is happening to education.
Companies like Babcock and South West Highways (a company formed by two gigantic French firms) profit from lucrative contracts with Devon County Council. So where we should be paying the wages of public employees to do the job, instead we pay for dividends, profits, executive bonuses and consultation fees.
So what could a lone communist do for the people of Barnstaple if elected?
I would obviously try to fight the continuing and increasing privatisation of our services. After all, workers who choose to work for the public should not be passed on to big companies with a maximum profit culture.
Bids for contracts should not be accepted from companies who have ever been found guilty of bad practices such as underpaying staff, discrimination, environmental damage, tax evasion and avoidance. No contractor should be allowed to hide information by the use of confidentiality clauses. I am sure I could persuade enough other county councillors to agree.
If elected I will hold regular report back meetings and surgeries.
I am active in fighting against the unnecessary and irresponsible cuts in public spending and will continue to do so whether I am elected or not.
Reject the Coalition Cowboys and vote Communist.
Gerry
A Party the Rich Cannot Buy
Since its foundation in 1920 the Communist Party has a long and proud history fighting for and defending the interests of ordinary working people.
From its leading role in the Battle of Cable Street, breaking open the doors to London Tube stations during the Blitz, the two Communist MPs elected in 1945, the titanic struggles of the 1970s right up to the present fightback against the Tory led coalition – the Communist Party has always worked to build and strengthen the power of people like you.
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