PTUC Events during September and October 

Anne Frank Trust – Take a Stand

PTUC will be working with the Anne Frank Trust for the last two weeks of September displaying ‘Take A Stand’ exhibition boards in St John The Baptist Church (Cathedral Square). The boards display information about Anne Frank, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks. The Anne Frank Trust are keen we build community events around this such as meetings, etc. There is a meeting at City College Peterborough at 12 noon on Wednesday August 31 to discuss what events we can build around this with regards to promoting toleration and unity following the Brexit vote and low level racism that has occurred in the city since. Please forward to any community groups you think might be interested in taking part – all welcome at the meeting. We will also be looking for stewards to explain the boards to visitors. Please let me know if you are available to help with this, or know anybody else in your Union branch or wider community who might be interested in helping with this. Full training will be given by the Anne Frank Trust.

Burston Strike School March and Rally

Several people have expressed an interest in going to the Burston Strike School march and rally on September 4 but we are struggling with transport. If you would like to go but don’t have transport or you are going and have space in your car, please let me know ASAP. I can confirm Jeremy Corbyn will be speaking at the event and there will be poetry from Atilla the Stockbroker. More info on the event here: https://burstonstrikeschool.wordpress.com/ 

Townsend Productions Dare Devil Rides to Jarama

A performance of this play commissioned by the International Brigades Memorial Trust and based around two British men fighting at the battle of Jarama in the Spanish Civil War (1936 / 7) is going to be held in Peterborough. More about the story here: http://www.townsendproductions.org.uk/home 

A poster is attached. The performance will start at 7.30pm on Wednesday 19 October at St John the Baptist Church, Chruch Street (Cathedral Square), Peterborough. Tickets cost £10 / £8 (Conc.) and can be obtained by email via peterboroughtuc@gmail.com. Please make sure you get your ticket ASAP and encourage your friends, family and people in your networks to attend too.