<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the commune]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[internationalcommunist]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com/author/internationalcommunist/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[the cuts: not just defending the ‘welfare&nbsp;state’]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Sheffield Commune is holding a public meeting on the afternoon of the 30th November public sector strike.</strong></p>
<p>We will be discussing the capitalist state, the cuts and the communist alternative vision for how workers and service users can run public services.</p>
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<p>From 3:30pm on Wednesday 30th November (after the rally/demo) at the Rutland Arms, Brown Street, near the Showroom Cinema. All welcome, plenty of time for debate.<!--more--></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/n30leafletsheffield.pdf">Click here</a> for a copy of the leaflet the Sheffield Commune will be distributing at picket lines and the rally.</p>
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