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SUMMARY:SOS NHS - Emergency Funding Now!
DESCRIPTION:The NHS is facing its worst crisis ever. So much so\, we believe this is a national emergency. \nIn 2010\, after a decade of investment\, our NHS was delivering its best-ever performance: After more than a decade of austerity – despite heroic efforts by staff to keep services afloat – it has sunk to its worst-ever. The problems were growing before the pandemic\, but have been deepened by the sudden and continued loss of capacity and continued high level of Covid infections. \nBut it doesn’t have to be this way\, with the political will we can fully fund our NHS\, end interference from the private sector\, pay staff properly and once again secure an NHS able to keep us all safe. \nWe’ve secured an amazing line-up which includes: \n· Sonia Adesara – KONP & Cat Hobbs – WOI (chairs)\n· Nadia Whittome – Labour MP\n· Christina McAnea – Unison\n· Alison Treacher – Care and Support Workers Organise\n· David Wrigley – BMA\n· Amelia Womack – Green Party\n· John Lister – HCT\n· Helen Salisbury – Independent SAGE\n· Steve North Unison\n· Ariel Mammana – Ambulance Driver GMB\n· Striking worker from GOSH\n· Barry Gardiner – Labour MP\n· Laura Pidcock – People’s Assembly\n· Holly Johnston – NHS Workers Say No\n· Alia Butt – NHS Staff Voices\n· Paul Nowak – TUC\n· Unite speaker tba\n· GMB speaker tba
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/sos-nhs-emergency-funding-now/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220111T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220111T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20220104T155250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220116T120630Z
UID:4691-1641924000-1641929400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Zero Covid campaign call: Plague Islands
DESCRIPTION:Denizens of the Plague Islands and friends in other places: You are all warmly invited to join us on our next Campaign Call\, Tuesday 11 January at 6pm \nWe will hear from people from across the infected isles and discuss the current Covid situation and what can be done about it! \nRegister at https://bit.ly/Plagueislands
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/plague-islands/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220110T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220110T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20211216T143416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135603Z
UID:4638-1641839400-1641844800@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Where next for the Covid crisis? - Zero Covid coalition
DESCRIPTION:Where next for the Covid crisis\, as Omicron cases surge will the government finally do the right thing?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore details to be announced soon. \nSpeakers Confirmed: \n\nDiane Abbott\nKevin Courtney\nDeepti Gurdasani\nEmma Kelly\nRichard Murphy\nHelen O’Connor\nBell Ribeiro-Addy\n\nRegister on Eventbrite.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/where-next-for-the-covid-crisis-zero-covid-coalition/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211207T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211207T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20211129T131351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135607Z
UID:4496-1638900000-1638905400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:The pandemic: where we are now and how we go forward
DESCRIPTION:with Dr Helen Salisbury who is a member of Independent SAGE\, a GP\, Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Primary Care at Oxford University\, and a columnist for the BMJ.\nRegister at https://bit.ly/zcforward 
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/the-pandemic-where-we-are-now-and-how-we-go-forward/
ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211122T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211122T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20211112T085815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T155333Z
UID:4385-1637604000-1637609400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Covid and Climate
DESCRIPTION:The Covid pandemic and climate disaster are closely linked. Environmental catastrophe\, mega-cities and agri-business have created the conditions for this virus to emerge. \nThe interactions of humans with animals whose habitats we have destroyed allowed this virus to jump species – and then spread through globalised trade and travel. \nOther pandemics such as Aids\, Ebola and SARS had similar origins. They are driven by capitalism’s insatiable drive for profit and contempt for the ecology of the earth. \nRob Wallace\, author of Big Farm Means Big Flu\, will join us to explain how flu and other pathogens emerge from an agriculture controlled by multinationals. He works at the Agroecology and Rural Economics Research Corps (ARERC)\, a group of independent scientists\, educators\, and agricultural practitioners. \nWatch it back here.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/covid-and-climate/
ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211108T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211108T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20211103T144858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135618Z
UID:4378-1636394400-1636399800@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:A People's WHO
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/a-peoples-who/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211102T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211102T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20211102T133723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135623Z
UID:4371-1635840000-1635872400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:World Heath Network presents
DESCRIPTION:Check out the programme and register here \nPlease note Eastern time is 4 hours earier than UK time.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/world-heath-network-presents/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211025T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211025T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20211022T170656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135632Z
UID:4328-1635184800-1635190200@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:To Plan B and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Covid infection rates are soaring to over 52\,000 a day\, but the government is refusing to take action. The UK now has one of the highest infection rates in the entire world\, with the ONS estimating that 1 in 60 people in England are infected. \nIn his press conference\, Health Secretary Sajid Javid insisted that deaths are ‘mercifully low’ and that he ‘doesn’t believe’ that the NHS is in crisis. Whatever Javid claims\, the reality is that health workers are sounding the alarm and deaths are the highest they have been since March this year. The Tories want to persist with their vaccine-only strategy\, even as they deny the vaccine to the Global South by blocking the patent waiver. \nWhat can we do to force policy change? And what are the key demands to push for? \nThe Zero Covid campaign is organising a Campaign Call for all activists and supporters on Monday 25 October at 6pm to discuss all these questions and more\, with an introduction from Joan Twelves. Register here
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/to-plan-b-and-beyond/
ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211010T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211010T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20211010T184022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135637Z
UID:4281-1633852800-1633885200@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Breathing safely
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRegister on Zoom.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/breathing-safely/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210927T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210927T143000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210828T073025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210902T092541Z
UID:4077-1632745800-1632753000@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Labour Conference Fringe - No one is safe until everyone is safe
DESCRIPTION:Fighting vaccine aparthed and for safe workplaces \nOnline meeting – register here:
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/labour-conference-fringe-no-one-is-safe-until-everyone-is-safe/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210904T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210904T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20211119T145628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135643Z
UID:4423-1630753200-1630760400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:The Real Covid – Let the People Speak
DESCRIPTION:Last week  heard Rishi Sunak tell us “We can’t control the spread of the virus”. \nHere are three\, of many\, organisations that don’t agree with that.  Three\, of many\, voices worth hearing. \nOn 1st August\, Long Covid Kids\, generated Freedom of Information requests to Scottish Local Authorities\, asking them what steps they were taking on school ventilation and CO2 monitoring. The Sunday Post took an interest and we saw the headline. \nDespite first minister’s advice and extra millions\, some councils fail to buy air monitors to test classrooms \nhttps://www.sundaypost.com/fp/air-monitors-to-test-classrooms/ \nLong Covid Kids have since launched a petition\, supported by Zero Covid Scotland\, on vaccinating 12 to 15 year olds. \nhttps://actionnetwork.org/petitions/scottish-government-must-offer-covid-vaccine-for-all-12-15-year-olds?source=direct_link& \nTheir voice is a voice worth hearing\, not Rishi Sunak.\nOn 3rd August\, Parents United UK and One Voice Support Group created an Open Letter to leaders\, and Ministers for Education and Health for all UK countries\, and their Shadow counterparts as part of their Global Safe Schools campaign. \nThe letter calls for a sensible\, safe and sustainable approach to the full reopening of schools in September 2021\, in order to protect the wellbeing and education of children and young people. \nTheir voice is a voice worth hearing\, not Rishi Sunak. \nFor these\, and many other voices worth hearing\, register for the \nPublic Hearing on 4th September\n11am to 1pm by Zoom.\n‘The Real Covid – Let the People Speak’\n  \nConfirmed speakers:\n\nAllison Ross (Home-Care Provider)\nProfessor Andrew Watterson (pandemic update)\nAnita Shanley (Surviving lockdown)\nCharlie Miller (A&E Health Care Support Worker)\nFinlay Baxter (Young people and the job market)\nIan Mullen (UNISON Health & Safety Officer)\nJane Ormerod (Long Covid Scotland)\nJanet Newsham (Hazards Campaign)\nKeith Paterson (Covid issues for LGBT people)\nPeter Doherty (McVitie’s GMB convenor)\nRob Connell (Teacher)\nSally Witcher (Covid issues for people with disabilities)\nSammie Mcfarland (Long Covid Kids)\nStacey McCann (One Voice Support Group)\nVicky van der Togt (Long Covid and the Zero Covid Alliance)\n\nBig names and politicians may form part of the audience\, but this is an event at which real people will do the speaking\, all with the intention of building a grass roots campaign that will help make our voices heard.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/the-real-covid-let-the-people-speak/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210831T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210831T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210728T124935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210728T133710Z
UID:4063-1630432800-1630440000@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Second summer workshop from Zero Covid
DESCRIPTION:Ever felt that the government line about the pandemic isn’t sufficiently challenged? 🤔 Now is your chance to address that. This workshop will help you to communicate the message that there is a better way to manage this pandemic! \nRegister here:
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/second-summer-workshop-from-zero-covid/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210803T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210803T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210728T124712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210728T133818Z
UID:4057-1628013600-1628020800@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Summer workshops from zero covid
DESCRIPTION:Ever felt that the government line about the pandemic isn’t sufficiently challenged? 🤔 Now is your chance to address that. These two workshops will help you to communicate the message that there is a better way to manage this pandemic! \nRegister here :  \n 
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/summer-workshops-from-zero-covid/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210720T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210720T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210709T150817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135648Z
UID:3984-1626804000-1626809400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Campaign Call: We can't 'live with the virus'
DESCRIPTION:The scrapping of most of the Covid safety measures on 19 July is reckless. Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said he expects cases to rise to 100\,000 per day but has no idea how many hospitalisations this will result in! Join campaign supporters and guest speakers to discuss why the Westminster Government is doing this now and what we can do to oppose their actions. \nSpeaker: Dr Gabriel Scally\, Independent SAGE. \nRegister here. \nFacebook event. \nOur accessibility guide can be be found at .
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-we-cant-live-with-the-virus/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210705T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210705T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210626T111542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135653Z
UID:3916-1625508000-1625513400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Campaign Call: Covid in Schools - are we storing up trouble for the next generation?
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 5 July at 6pm the Zero Covid Campaign will hold a Campaign Call to discuss the issue of Covid in schools. Are we storing up trouble for the next generation? \nSpeakers will include Karam Bales of the National Education Union (NEU) executive and others. \nRegister here. \nFacebook event. \nOur accessibility guide can be be found at 
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-covid-in-schools/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210622T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210622T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210611T145344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135658Z
UID:3848-1624384800-1624390200@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Campaign Call: The fight for Covid safety at work
DESCRIPTION:If workplaces are vectors of transmission can they ever be virus free? Join us on Tuesday 22 June at 6pm to discuss this question with trade union and health and safety activists. \nSpeakers:\nTracy Edwards\, PCS union (personal capacity)\nPCS members working for the DVLA are currently in dispute over Covid safety failures: https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/pcs-delegates-demand-shapps-resignation-over-dvla-debacle \nKathy Jenkins\, Scottish Hazards campaign\nChair:\nJanet Newsham\, Manchester Hazards Centre and Zero Covid Campaign\nRegister here \nFacebook event \nOur accessibility guide can be be found at  \n 
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-the-fight-for-covid-safety-at-work/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210607T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210607T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210603T074332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135704Z
UID:3745-1623088800-1623094200@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Campaign Call: Zero Covid\, the anti-lockdown movement and vaccine scepticism
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 7 June at 6pm we’ll hold an open campaign call to on the subject of ‘Zero Covid\, the anti-lockdown movement and vaccine scepticism’.\nSpeakers:\nRowan Fortune\, blogger and writer\, contributor to new book System Crash anticapitalistresistance.org/system-crash\ntwitter.com/RT_Editing\nAnnie Kelly\, British correspondent for QAnon Anonymous and writer and researcher of far right movements\ntwitter.com/AnnieKNK\nRegister on Zoom. \nFacebook event. \n  \nOur accessibility guide can be be found at .
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-zero-covid-the-anti-lockdown-movement-and-vaccine-scepticism/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210525T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210525T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210521T085539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135710Z
UID:3718-1621965600-1621971000@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Campaign Call: Are we facing a third wave? The national and international situation we're in
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 25 May at 6pm there will be an open campaign call to on the subject of ‘Are we facing a third wave? The national and international situation we’re in’.\nRegister on Zoom. \nFacebook event. \nOur accessibility guide can be be found at .
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-are-we-facing-a-third-wave/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210510T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210510T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210503T141520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135714Z
UID:3640-1620669600-1620675000@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Campaign Call: Solidarity with India
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 10 May at 6pm there will be an open campaign call about the dire Covid situation in India and what we can do in solidarity here in Britain.\nSpeakers from South Asia Solidarity and Zero Covid Campaign.\nRegister on Zoom. \nFacebook event. \nOur accessibility guide can be be found at .
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-solidarity-with-india/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210427
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210428
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210425T075233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135719Z
UID:3581-1619481600-1619567999@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Day of Action on 27 April: Fix contact tracing\, scrap Serco!
DESCRIPTION:We’re holding a Day of Action jointly with We Own It on Tuesday 27 April to tell the Government to end Serco’s contract for testing and tracing and give the money to the public sector.\nFull details can be found here.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/day-of-action-on-27-april-fix-contact-tracing-scrap-serco/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210424T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T024505
CREATED:20210402T073434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211218T135724Z
UID:3411-1619269200-1619283600@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Zero Covid: An international movement
DESCRIPTION:An online meeting to exchange experiences and ideas with activists from different countries on how to push for Zero Covid\, and for health solidarity across borders.\nFeaturing speakers from Brazil\, Germany\, Ireland\, South Africa\, England and Scotland\n\nSaturday 24 April\, 13:00 – 17:00 (BST)\n13:00 – 14:30: Europe\nGovernments in Europe have put keeping the economy functioning ahead of people’s health and their lives. One year after the outbreak of the pandemic\, the UK has the highest death toll with 150\,000 dead\, a third wave of infection is gathering pace in France and Germany\, and activists in Ireland have been campaigning for an all-island strategy. We can’t allow diplomatic threats over vaccines in Europe to risk people’s lives. \nSpeakers: \n\nChristian Zeller\, ZeroCovid De/At/Ch\nProf. Aoife McLysaght\, ISAG/We can be Zero (Ireland)\nDr Jacky Davis\, Keep Our NHS Public\nMike Downham\, Zero Covid Scotland\n\n\n14:30 – 15:00: Break\n15:00 – 17:00: The global South\nBig pharma are patenting vaccines and competing for sales\, while governments are competing for doses. The UK government and those of other wealthy countries are holding back vaccines\, cutting aid budgets and keeping countries shackled with debt. It’s unjust\, and will prolong the pandemic. Campaigning against vaccine nationalism and for health solidarity across borders is urgent. \nSpeakers: \n\nNick Dearden\, Global Justice Now\nFatima Hassan\, Health Justice Initiative\, South Africa\nMarina Caixeta\, Coletiva Bem Viver (Living Well Collective)\, Florianópolis\, Brazil\n\n\nRegister: \nOur accessibility guide can be be found at . \n\nPlease join and share the Facebook event\n\n 
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/zero-covid-an-international-movement/
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SUMMARY:Campaign call - How can we bring Test & Trace into the public sector?
DESCRIPTION:At the end of May 2021 Serco’s contract to run Test and Trace is coming to an end. Up to now the massive £37 billion budget has been mishandled\, the majority so far being spent on testing. Very little has been spent on effective tracing and in providing fully funded support for isolation. Some Local Authority pilots are in place for an integrated national and local system\, but there is little transparency about the future role of the private sector. The Zero Covid Campaign is working with ‘We Own It’ to stop Serco and Deloitte regaining the contract and for the system to be put fully into the control of Local Authorities and the NHS. Not another penny to Serco! \nRegister here \n 
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-how-can-we-bring-test-trace-into-the-public-sector/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210412T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210412T193000
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SUMMARY:Campaign Call - perspectives on 'vaccine passports'
DESCRIPTION:The question of ‘vaccine passports’ has been in the news a lot and the UK Government is already trialling them for mass gatherings. \nWhile some people see them as a way to reduce risk\, others have argued that the current plans are divisive and discriminatory and Independent Sage says they are counterproductive. The focus on vaccine passports could also be used as another way to undermine the need to make workplaces and other spaces genuinely safe for everyone. \nOn Monday 12th April at 6pm the Zero Covid campaign will have an online call to talk through the issues raised by vaccine passports as well as to share any other campaign updates. \nRegister here.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-perspectives-on-vaccine-passports/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210411
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SUMMARY:International Zero Covid Day of Action
DESCRIPTION:Dear friends\, colleagues\, activists\, political groups and other concerned citizens\,\n2\,75 million people have so far died from Covid-19. In many countries a third wave of the pandemic is rolling\, incidences are rising\, driven by more contagious and more dangerous mutations. At the same time\, vaccine rollout is going far too slowly to provide an effective counterforce. Yet governments still stick to failed anti-pandemic strategies. With some shortsighted lobbyists campaigning heavily against measures intended to reduce spread\, factories\, offices\, schools and stores are kept open at any cost. \nThe Zero Covid strategy offers a perspective for a way out of the pandemic. By bringing down case numbers as rapidly as possible in a joint effort based on solidarity and sustaining this success\, we could avoid thousands more deaths\, prevent many infections and subsequent suffering from Long Covid. \nWe\, the Zero Covid Movement\, call for an International Day of Action on April 10!\nOn this day\, we want to show our support for a strategy that will put a quick and lasting end to this pandemic and bring cases down to zero\, taking those countries and regions as our inspiration that have most successfully dealt with the pandemic. \nLet us stop the suffering and dying\, let us prevent prolonged illness\, as well as the economic hardships of prolonging the pandemic indefinitely. We need a change of strategy: to define green zones\, temporarily shut down non-essential businesses and close schools for a few weeks with full recompensation for the employees and support for all necessary care work\, bring transmissions to a level where each infection can be traced\, and every chain of transmission can be stopped. We need to regulate necessary travel in and out of green zones so as to keep cases down permanently. Let us not take the risk of ever new variants escaping immunities\, when the pandemic is not contained. Let us leave no one behind\, and evacuate mass accomodation and provide shelter and resources for those in need. Let us fight for scaling up vaccine production globally by sharing the production knowledge with the world community. Let us make vaccines and medical supplies available globally and end the pandemic everywhere. \nOn the Day Of Action\, Zero Covid groups from around the world will make their voices heard. We would like to invite you to participate in this day with your own group or organization. The actions can take place on- or offline. Some example include: \n– Small demonstrations in front of central political actors (e.g. federal or state ministries for health\, education\, labor\, social affairs)\n– Flash mobs\, demonstrations and other offline actions\n– Disseminating the posters\, online\, or on walls\, windows\, etc.\n– Online postings/mass mailings to specific state or federal politicians\, accompanied by #ZeroCovidDayOfAction\nSHOW YOUR SUPPORT: We have created a multilingual poster series to help you show your support for a change of strategy\, or to highlight a specific topic such as the importance of recognition of airborne transmission or the need for safer schools. You can download the posters here. Print them\, hang them in front of your window\, or disseminate them in your area! Don’t forget to show your support by sending us your photos: info@zerocovidalliance.org or use the hashtag #ZeroCovidDayOfAction when posting them on social media. \nOur Zero Covid Campaign will simultaneously host online demonstrations with international participants on that day\, and we offer and would love to give additional visibility to your local actions during this event\, as well as on all our social media and other channels. If you would like to speak during our online event\, live stream from your local event\, or send us photos\, videos\, and/or texts to be presented there\, please contact us. \nWe would love you to participate in the day. Please get in touch if you are planning an action\, and of course always welcome if you have any questions or suggestions! \nStay tuned for more info on the Zero Covid Day of Action. \nKind regards\, \nThe Zero Covid Movement \nZero Covid Alliance – info@zerocovidalliance.org\nZero Covid DACH – zerocovid@gmx.net\nContainment Nu – pers@containmentnu.nl
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/international-zero-covid-day-of-action/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210301T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210301T213000
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SUMMARY:Resisting Unsafe Work
DESCRIPTION:Join Zero Covid and the Hazards Campaign on 1 March at 8pm to hear from speakers from across the labour movement on the fight for safe workplaces.\n \nWe will discuss what workers can do to pressure their employers over safety measures and the key demands we need to be making on the UK Government on issues like sick pay\, ventilation\, physical distancing and barriers and PPE. After we have heard from the speakers there will be time for open discussion.\nChair:\nSarah Woolley\, Bakers\, Food and Allied -Workers Union (BFAWU) General Secretary \nSpeakers:\n\nTracy Edwards\, Public & Commercial Services Union (PCS) National Health and Safety Officer\nAmeen Hadi\, Salford Unison\nJanet Newsham\, Hazards Campaign\nDr Emma Runswick\, Zero Covid\n\nWatch it back on YouTube. 
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/resisting-unsafe-work/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201205T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201205T170000
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CREATED:20211119T162531Z
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SUMMARY:National Day of Action on Saturday 5 December
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday 5 December we will be holding safe outdoor protests to send a message to Boris Johnson and the UK Government:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe best Xmas present would be a Zero Covid Strategy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe don’t want to return to a failed three-tier system when an alternative exists to protect lives and livelihoods – Zero Covid\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can sign up for the campaign in order to find out what’s happening in your area and to join in on social media in pushing our hashtag #ZeroCovid. If you have an idea for an action please register it through the button below and we can help make it happen! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere are resources for use with organising actions here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSign up to the campaign\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganise an action\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocal protests\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdinburgh\n11am\, Queen Elizabeth House\, Sibbald Walk\, EH8\nFacebook event \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLondon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11am\, 100 Victoria Street\, SW1E 5JL\nFacebook event \nAn effective Test and Trace system\, extended to support those isolating\, is at the heart of the #ZeroCovid strategy. It’s how we break the cycle of restrictions. Yet the Test and Trace system overseen by ex TalkTalk boss Dido Harding and outsourced in large part to private sector firms such as Serco has cost £22bn so far and is a total failure. \nWe call on the Government to replace the discredited private test and trace system with one based locally: on council\, NHS and public health structures\, recruiting contact tracers locally and introducing backwards tracing to find sources of infection. \nOur risk assessment has been accepted by Westminster Council and can be viewed here. We ask all participants to read it before attending. In particular: \n\nIf you have any symptoms please don’t attend and get a test.\nWe ask that a 2m physical distance is maintained.\nBring your own placards and don’t share them with others.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nManchester\n11am\, Piccadilly Gardens\, M1 1\nFacebook event \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNewcastle\n11am\, Monument\nFacebook event \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOnline rally\n11am\nFacebook event \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPreston\n12noon\, Flag Market\nFacebook event \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWellingborough\n11am\, Peter Bone MP’s office\, 42 Midland Road\, NN8 1LU
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/national-day-of-action-on-saturday-5-december/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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