Come to the Public Meeting at Lancaster Town Hall!

PUBLIC MEETING AGAINST THE CUTS

Thursday 18th November

7.30pm

The Ashton Hall

Lancaster Town Hall
Moved to the Collegian Club, Gage St, Lancaster.

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The Fightback Begins! - Photo's from our first Lancaster Protest

There was a good turnout - between 250 - 300 local people assembled to show their outrage against the massive cuts announced today. These cuts will hit the poorest in society who are now being made to pay for an economic crisis caused by the greed of the super-rich and their crazy banking system. The crowd chanted slogans ('They day cutback, we say fightback!') waved banners and listened to speeches. They then marched briefly around Dalton Square, arriving at a local meeting hall. After the demo, about 40 people remained, to hold a meeting inside the hall to plan further events and actions. More detailed report to follow.

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Join the Protest! Weds 20th Oct. 6pm. Near Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster.

On Wednesday this ‘Con-Dem’ government will announce cuts to Britain’s public services on such a massive scale that they will change our way of life forever – and for the worse. This will make the biggest social changes since the wartime generation won the right to have a welfare state back in the 1940′s. Now the poor, the vulnerable and the working class majority will be made to pay for an economic crisis caused by the greedy rich bankers and their crazy financial system. Job cuts will throw millions onto the dole, threatening deeper recession. The sick, disabled and poor will loose benefits and housing. Libraries, swimming pools, playgrounds and theaters  will vanish, along with some colleges and many other facilities. This is a massive injustice when we remember that the super-rich parasites who caused the crisis continue to rake in billions!

The government claims that it must reduce the deficit of £167 bn. Here are some simple alternatives:

Tax the super rich            £77 bn

The top 1000 people in Britain got £77 bn more last year.

Scrap Trident                    £97 bn

Save £97 bn over 20 years

Tax banks’ profits             £30 bn

The ‘Tobin Tax’ (Robin Hood Tax) would raise £30 bn.

Stop tax evasion                £30 bn

The treasury lets at least £30 bn go uncollected from the wealthy each year.

End bankers’ bonuses         £7 bn

‘Lancaster and Morecambe Against the Cuts’ is a rapidly growing local campaign. It was launched by local community groups, trades unions, councillors and many others at a well attended public meeting in mid-October. Since then support has flooded in. In towns and cities across the country similar groups are being formed and are holding local protests and meetings, as a new mass movement begins. We can also see the peoples of other countries are in a similar situation, and across Europe and the rest of the world strikes and protests are growing . This is just the start of a fightback that we hope will knock this ‘Con-Dem’ government off its disastrous and ideologically driven path.

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