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Anti "Austerity" Demo in Cambridge.

Cameraboy | 02.06.2015 01:43 | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | Cambridge | World

Last Saturday (May 30th) about 200 local residents marched through the streets of Cambridge united in one goal: an end to "Austerity" politics.

Coalition of the Willing, in the Market Square, Cambridge.
Coalition of the Willing, in the Market Square, Cambridge.

Marching up Sidney Street...
Marching up Sidney Street...

Heading up Trinity Street...
Heading up Trinity Street...

Moving past Trinity College.
Moving past Trinity College.

Speakers against SATS for 4 year olds.
Speakers against SATS for 4 year olds.

Peoples' Assembly, who initially called the demo.
Peoples' Assembly, who initially called the demo.

The Green Party were there (in stealth?)!
The Green Party were there (in stealth?)!

All Pain, No Gain.
All Pain, No Gain.

Banker Bashing (and proud of it)!
Banker Bashing (and proud of it)!

A Socialist Manifesto..?
A Socialist Manifesto..?

Prison Reading Room...
Prison Reading Room...

In Unison #1
In Unison #1

In Unison #2 The message crystal clear.
In Unison #2 The message crystal clear.


Gathered together were people from many backgrounds and beliefs, including Unite the Union, SWP, Anarchists, university students, but also doctors, teachers, social workers, cleaners - you name it, they were there.

I could talk about the content of the speakers' speeches, but in this context it seems that there is something far more significant going on here, something I have not seen happening before.

As well as this being a demonstration against the so-called "austerity" imposed from on high by those who already have too much of the pie, this was something else, something new.

Three weeks after one coalition was stabbed in the back by the cynical, Machiavellian manoevering of the Tories, they have left a whole country with nothing to lose and everything to gain, wincing in the glare of the cold light of what they have in mind for all of us, as hinted at in the latest Queen's Speech.

We have a new coalition emerging, but it isn't happening in Westminster Palace or in the corridors of Whitehall behind closed doors, it is happening in a town near you and YOU can be a part of it, because people are coming together to fight a common enemy, a common cause, a greater good.

What we now have is the beginning of an uprising.

To reappropiate the (somewhat gung ho) words of a former President:
"You're either with Us or against Us."

The gloves are off now and we have everything to fight for.

See You on the streets.

Cameraboy

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All well and good

02.06.2015 10:44


But banners, placards and a stroll mean shit in the face of the relentless attack on the poor by the rich scum, however the good intention may be
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We need to Disrupt, Strike, Occupy with firm resolve if we're taking this at all seriously. Lives are depending on it.

Strike One

Amen to that!

02.06.2015 19:27

You'll get no objections from me Strike One.

Movements always take a while to gather momentum and organise themselves, so my gut feeling is that what you want is on the way in the not too distant future.

As is the way of these things it will probably start to happen when we least expect it, so be ready for when it does.

Cameraboy

capitalism is crap, lets get rid of it!

04.06.2015 23:14

its good, but we need to be more radical.
lets get rid of capitalism, a crap system.

d-real