A relatively small group of trades unionists, including RMT and CATP assembled in the rain for what appeared destined to be a token protest against Railtrack, the private transport monopoly the Labour government repeatedly refuses to break up despite carnage on the tracks.
Then just before mid day, a protester took the loudspeaker and called for an immediate vote to block the main road outside Euston station. The vote was unanimous: the assembled workers (predominantly older in years) all expressed the opinion that if the Seattle protesters and fuel tax campaigners could blockade, then so could they.
So they did. The main junction of Euston Rd and Gordon St was effectively shut down, incidentally taking the small police presence completely off guard, (not expecting such sudden radicalism).
The lesson is clear: all across the range of protest, direct action is becoming the norm. Workers, students, women, ethnic minorities and all oppressed people can stand together !

There will be another protest for rail safety at

the GLA open day for London
The Emmannuel Center, 9 - 23 Marsham St, London SW1, (Pimlico or Westminster tube)
9:30 am tuesday 24th october
(see Workers Unite paper for details of this)