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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 13 December 2010 |
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On Saturday 4th December, over 2000 trade unionists, students, and
activists braved freezing temperatures and marched through the streets
of Norwich as part of the Norfolk Coalition Against the Cuts campaign.
Alan Waters, a Norwich councillor, said it was one of the biggest
protest marches the city had seen for several years. Despite the cold
weather, the atmosphere was hot, with impassioned chants throughout the
march and fiery speeches at the rally.
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By Steve (Cambridge)
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Monday, 13 December 2010 |
 Around 250 trade union activists and local residents attended the
Peterborough Trade Union Council organised 'March and Rally for Unity'
on Saturday 11th December, organised in response to the English Defence
League march in Peterborough.
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By Alan Woods (Photos: Steve Jones except where credited)
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Friday, 10 December 2010 |
 Around noon on Thursday 9th December, students
gathered in various parts of London to march towards the centre of the
city. All over London the students had made a conscious effort to bring
out school students in the morning and the days before with leaflets. At
least half of the protesters were school students probably more. Many
were working class kids from poor areas. Even The Financial Times admitted that some 20-30,000 students participated.
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By Rachel Gibbs, Edinburgh School Students' Union
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Friday, 10 December 2010 |
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With the bosses media foaming at the mouth over the throwing of a bit
of paint at the flash car being used to drive the Prince of Wales and
his wife to another shindig (no cuts here then), we reproduce an article
written for the Militant Student website just before the marches on Thursday which deals with the role played by the big business-owned press and media.
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By Darrall Cozens, CTUC, UCU and Coventry North West Labour Party.
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Tuesday, 07 December 2010 |
 On Saturday December 4th in freezing weather around 400 trade
unionists, students and youth marched from Coventry City Council House
to a rally in Millennium Square outside the world famous transport
museum to protest against the cuts and the rise in tuition fees. The
event was jointly organised by the Unison and Unite trade unions from
the city council and the Coventry Trades Union Council (CTUC) campaign
Coventry Against the Cuts (CAthC).
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By Niklas Svenson
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Monday, 06 December 2010 |
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From the leaders of the labour
movement, in particular the Labour Party, the idea that the Tory cuts
are “ideological” is often put forward. The idea is that the Tories are
doing this out of ideological commitment against the welfare state. This
is misleading. The cuts are a product of the crisis of the Capitalist
system.
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By Andy
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Tuesday, 30 November 2010 |
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On Saturday 27th November 2010, Worcester Trades
Union Council chair Steve Martin welcomed over 40 trade union and political
activists to the conference called by the Trades Council to seek a co-ordinate
campaign of resistance to the Coalition plans to cut public expenditure.
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By Ewan Gibbs
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Monday, 29 November 2010 |
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John Swinney’s launch of the Scottish budget went down like a damp squib
as the Nationalist government attempts to balance its way between the
cuts from Westminster and the increasingly unpopular administration’s
electoral prospects in May. The Finance Minister announced a raft of
cuts, “efficiency savings” and real wage cuts.
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By Our Royal Correspondent, Cde Cromwell
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Thursday, 18 November 2010 |
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In ancient Rome, when things got a bit tricky, the Emperor would splash
out on a series of games complete with gladiators, mock battles, lions
eating Christians and other fun for all the family, The idea was to
distract people from the realities of life and keep them happy - at
least until the Goths arrived for their annual bout of pillaging,
sacking and raping. Nowadays, such carnage is not possible - even on X Factor. So we have the next best thing, yet another royal wedding.
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By Luke Wilson, Leeds
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Thursday, 04 November 2010 |
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On a sunny Saturday afternoon in
Manchester, around 70 people gathered in the Friends' Meeting House to debate
how best to fight the onslaught of cuts this Tory government is about to
unleash.
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By Adam Booth (Cambridge)
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Monday, 01 November 2010 |
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As the scale of the cuts start to sink in, we look at the background to this crisis and ask - why has this happened?
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By Steve Jones
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010 |
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Since the days of the Thatcher government, public sector workers have
had to live with the repeatedly stated ‘fact’ that the private sector is
supposed to be better, more efficient and cheaper at providing services
than the public one. This was the stated logic behind decades of
privatisation and outsourcing.
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By Patrick Orr
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010 |
 On Saturday 20,000 people marched through
the streets of Edinburgh to show their opposition to cuts in public services.
The march was called by the Scottish Trade Union Congress to launch their
“There is a Better Way” campaign, which they have described as the beginning of
the fight against Tory cuts north of the border.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 25 October 2010 |
 Saturday 23rd October saw the largest demonstration in Cambridge for
many years with over 500 trade unionists, students and community
activists marching through the city centre in opposition to the cuts
announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review. The march, organised by
SERTUC and Cambs and District Trades Council, drew in trade unionists
from across the region, with workers from other trades councils in
the region, Cambridge Labour Party members, pensioners’ groups and
students.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Friday, 22 October 2010 |
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Tens of thousands demonstrated throughout the country as the government
finally presented its ruthless spending review. After many months of
guesswork, now we know the facts – and they are every bit as bad as many
expected. This coalition of millionaires is set on forcing working
people to pay the bill for the bailouts to the bankers and their rotten
system.
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