Last Saturday (the 26th of March) I went on the ‘March for the Alternative”, a march against cuts in our public services. It was a lot of fun, and made me feel good that so many other people also cared about stopping the public services cuts.
I think we all surprised ourselves by just how big it was. Even conservative estimates seemed to be around the half a million mark for attendance. But other estimates have been around the 750,000 mark. It was overwhelmingly a peaceful march, which the media, to be fair, always point out, but still give almost their entire coverage to the violence that occurred… And even when they do talk about the march they attempt to make out it was a few invested interest groups that marched. This of course was bollocks, there was a mass mix of different people there. These spending cuts will effect us all, and I think the grim reality is seeping into the minds of the majority of people now. What Saturday showed was that, firstly the trade union movement while much smaller then it was in the 70s is still a force in this country and secondarily a lot of people care enough about the cuts to March in Central London.
The question on the news was, ‘will this march make a difference’ on it’s own of course not. If this is all we do then we will lose. But, if this march gave people the confidence to do more, showed us that most people agree with us and they continue to fight and resist the cuts then we can win! Workers of the world unite, we have nothing to lose but our chains!
No Comments, Comment or Ping
Reply to “March 26th March For the Alternative Report”