Comments on: Coming on the March for the Alternative? Please tell us your story http://marchforthealternative.org.uk/2011/02/04/coming-on-the-march-for-the-alternative-please-tell-us-your-story/ 26 March 2011: March and rally against the cuts Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:32:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Thomas B http://marchforthealternative.org.uk/2011/02/04/coming-on-the-march-for-the-alternative-please-tell-us-your-story/#comment-454 Thomas B Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:17:26 +0000 http://marchforthealternative.org.uk/?p=238#comment-454 I really want to go but I don't have anybody to go down with at the moment. Anybody from Stoke, or surrounding area I can tag along with maybe? This government has pissed me off. I've worked since leaving school (4 years ago) paid my taxes and now I've lost my job and they won't give me jobseekers allowance until I find more work!!! I really want to go but I don’t have anybody to go down with at the moment. Anybody from Stoke, or surrounding area I can tag along with maybe?

This government has pissed me off. I’ve worked since leaving school (4 years ago) paid my taxes and now I’ve lost my job and they won’t give me jobseekers allowance until I find more work!!!

]]> By: Sean http://marchforthealternative.org.uk/2011/02/04/coming-on-the-march-for-the-alternative-please-tell-us-your-story/#comment-426 Sean Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:14:08 +0000 http://marchforthealternative.org.uk/?p=238#comment-426 There is still one month to go before, hopefully, one of the largest demonstrations London has ever seen. The TUC is still in talks with the Met trying to ease the passage of hundreds of thousands, or more, people through the streets of London on March 26th. Unlike the monster marches against the war a few years ago, today’s London is a very different place. We now have a reactionary Mayor in place whereas back in 2002 and 2003 we had the progressive Livingstone in place. Then we had the July 2007 bombings on London’s public transport system, which moved the government to give the security forces, including the Met, greater powers. How many of us believe the government or Mayor Johnson or the Met wants a massive anti-government march on 26th March; and so, they'll be doing their utmost to make life difficult for us. While I hope we can get coaches in as near as possible to drop off demonstrators maybe it will be a case of disembarking at a few miles from the centre; if it is we must ensure that those who can’t use public transport are ferried in by other means. The organisers of this march are endeavouring to make the event as inclusive as possible. I’ve never known a march of this, predicted, magnitude to try to reach out to as many people as possible. The TUC is giving out contact details for those who need assistance on the march. For my part I’d take the TUC up on its offer of assistance and go to ‘contact page’ and email your requirements. There is still one month to go before, hopefully, one of the largest demonstrations London has ever seen. The TUC is still in talks with the Met trying to ease the passage of hundreds of thousands, or more, people through the streets of London on March 26th.

Unlike the monster marches against the war a few years ago, today’s London is a very different place. We now have a reactionary Mayor in place whereas back in 2002 and 2003 we had the progressive Livingstone in place. Then we had the July 2007 bombings on London’s public transport system, which moved the government to give the security forces, including the Met, greater powers.

How many of us believe the government or Mayor Johnson or the Met wants a massive anti-government march on 26th March; and so, they’ll be doing their utmost to make life difficult for us.

While I hope we can get coaches in as near as possible to drop off demonstrators maybe it will be a case of disembarking at a few miles from the centre; if it is we must ensure that those who can’t use public transport are ferried in by other means.

The organisers of this march are endeavouring to make the event as inclusive as possible. I’ve never known a march of this, predicted, magnitude to try to reach out to as many people as possible. The TUC is giving out contact details for those who need assistance on the march. For my part I’d take the TUC up on its offer of assistance and go to ‘contact page’ and email your requirements.

]]> By: Val Paalmer http://marchforthealternative.org.uk/2011/02/04/coming-on-the-march-for-the-alternative-please-tell-us-your-story/#comment-288 Val Paalmer Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:34:48 +0000 http://marchforthealternative.org.uk/?p=238#comment-288 We need manufacturing jobs not service jobs. I'm from Coventry which was a huge manufacuring town, everything from cars, tanks, bikes, motorbikes aeroplanes to clocks and smaller industries were all made there. Now it's like any other town filled with supermarkets etc. All those manufacturing industries created "societies", now where have I heard that word before. Those industries had their own social clubs and communities which were part of a society which was ripped from us by the government back in the late 70's early 80's. We import it all now. Unless we can export, how can our economy grow. No use relying on finance, look what's happened! We need manufacturing jobs not service jobs. I’m from Coventry which was a huge manufacuring town, everything from cars, tanks, bikes, motorbikes aeroplanes to clocks and smaller industries were all made there. Now it’s like any other town filled with supermarkets etc. All those manufacturing industries created “societies”, now where have I heard that word before. Those industries had their own social clubs and communities which were part of a society which was ripped from us by the government back in the late 70′s early 80′s. We import it all now. Unless we can export, how can our economy grow. No use relying on finance, look what’s happened!

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