"Phone in Sick and Join the Carnival!"
Carnivalistas | 30.06.2005 10:56 | G8 2005
Many reports about the protests against the G8 make it all sound like a nightmare for Edinburgh residents. The truth is many locals welcome the upcoming demonstrations. This is an opportunity to link everyday struggles against the bosses and politicians here in Edinburgh with the struggles of working class people throughout the world.
The Carnival for Full Enjoyment involves both local people and people from round Britain – and beyond. We are making it a carnival because life should be more fun for those of us who labour in underpaid insecure jobs, in casual and agency work, or on "New Deal" schemes. There should be more joy for the unemployed trying to survive on a few quid a week and for those of us juggling childcare and debt.
We know many other groups locally are glad the Carnival is happening. For example Esther MacDonald of Edinburgh Claimants told us: “Every week we give advice and solidarity to people resisting benefits cuts and harrassment and to people standing up to debt collectors. We welcome the Carnival for Full Enjoyment. From Niddrie to Nigeria, poor people need to organise ourselves to take the world's resources into the hands of the world's people.”
Our purpose is to oppose those who devastate our communities through economic exploitation. We will make clear our resistance to organisations which thrive on the poverty and debt in which many of us find ourselves. Because our society is mainly based on using people to make money for others, there are many such organisations to choose from.
We are in favour of direct action because marching around with placards can be safely ignored by those who control exploitation. We advocate direct action against the institutions which exploit the majority. However ludicrous reports have suggested that individual workers might be targetted by the Carnival. On the contrary – many of the Carnival participants ARE workers in major companies.
We invite workers from Standard Life and all other corporations to join the Carnival. Take an extended lunch-break, phone in sick! Join us in opposing casualisation, the intensification of work, attacks on pensions and conditions. Edinburgh call centre worker David Gillies said "At my work they monitor our calls and threaten us with disciplinary action if we spend too long speaking to the caller. The company only cares about profit. I'm taking the day off on the 4th to join the Carnival."
The carnival is a celebration of how good life can be, and at the same time a statement against those who spoil it for the majority.
The Carnival will begin between 12 and 12.30pm on Monday 4th July in the area around the west end of Princes St and Shandwick Place in central Edinburgh.
More info www.nodeal.org.uk
The Carnival for Full Enjoyment involves both local people and people from round Britain – and beyond. We are making it a carnival because life should be more fun for those of us who labour in underpaid insecure jobs, in casual and agency work, or on "New Deal" schemes. There should be more joy for the unemployed trying to survive on a few quid a week and for those of us juggling childcare and debt.
We know many other groups locally are glad the Carnival is happening. For example Esther MacDonald of Edinburgh Claimants told us: “Every week we give advice and solidarity to people resisting benefits cuts and harrassment and to people standing up to debt collectors. We welcome the Carnival for Full Enjoyment. From Niddrie to Nigeria, poor people need to organise ourselves to take the world's resources into the hands of the world's people.”
Our purpose is to oppose those who devastate our communities through economic exploitation. We will make clear our resistance to organisations which thrive on the poverty and debt in which many of us find ourselves. Because our society is mainly based on using people to make money for others, there are many such organisations to choose from.
We are in favour of direct action because marching around with placards can be safely ignored by those who control exploitation. We advocate direct action against the institutions which exploit the majority. However ludicrous reports have suggested that individual workers might be targetted by the Carnival. On the contrary – many of the Carnival participants ARE workers in major companies.
We invite workers from Standard Life and all other corporations to join the Carnival. Take an extended lunch-break, phone in sick! Join us in opposing casualisation, the intensification of work, attacks on pensions and conditions. Edinburgh call centre worker David Gillies said "At my work they monitor our calls and threaten us with disciplinary action if we spend too long speaking to the caller. The company only cares about profit. I'm taking the day off on the 4th to join the Carnival."
The carnival is a celebration of how good life can be, and at the same time a statement against those who spoil it for the majority.
The Carnival will begin between 12 and 12.30pm on Monday 4th July in the area around the west end of Princes St and Shandwick Place in central Edinburgh.
More info www.nodeal.org.uk
Carnivalistas
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http://www.nodeal.org.uk