Wednesday 5 December 6pm-7pm Downing Street LondonThe government plans to intensify the assault on the population’s living standards, with further deep cuts to the welfare state, whilst at the same time ring [Read more]
By Jane West
Across Europe, governments of right and left are implementing ‘austerity’ policies. The claim that excessive government debt and ‘unaffordable’ welfare and services require extraordinary cuts in public spending is being used to legitimise the biggest post-1945 assault on the living standards and hard-won rights of the working class in Europe.
Resistance to this assault – through mass actions and by presenting a political and economic alternative – is the most mass task of the class struggle in the continent today.
By Nicky Dempsey
The Financial Times has reported that the government’s plans to boost spending on infrastructure have effectively been blocked by the leading banks and investment funds (Infrastructure hopes hit by City stand-off, November 18).
By Jennifer Nash
On 21 November tens of thousands of students will be marching on the streets of London to protest against the government’s ongoing attacks on students and education.
Protest: Assemble: 5pm – 5:30pm Wednesday 14 November
European Commission 32 Smith Square Westminster, SW1P 3EU
for march past Parliament to rally
Tubes: St. James’s Park / Westminster Click here to see map
Rally: Starts: 6:30pm
Upper Hall, Emmanuel Centre 9-23 Marsham Street Greater London SW1P 3DW Click here for map
With speakers including Tony Benn, the Trade Union’s in Britain and live-streamed from Greece, Spain and Portugal.
Plus footage from the strikes and protests across Europe on that day.
5-7pm Monday 12 November
Guildhall, off Gresham Street, London EC2
Protest outside the Lord Mayor’s Banquet against the austerity measures being pursued across Europe
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