Economic Crisis What can we do about it?

bristol | community | press release Monday October 13, 2008 11:36 by Sarah C sarah at sarahcreagh dot co dot uk

Following the succesful protest against the governments bail out of failing financial institutions in Bristol last Friday local supporters of the People before Profit Charter will be hosting a public Forum about the Economic Crisis asking How bad will it get? and more importantly What can we do about it?

We are currently experiencing economic turmoil on a scale not seen for generations yet this is just the tip of the iceburg. As the economic crisis begins to hit not just fat cat bankers but ordinary working people there is a danger we become paralysed, too frightened of losing our jobs, losing our homes or not being able to provide for our families to realise it doesn't have to be like this.
If we don't want to be screwed over by the crisis we need to take action. Should we be occupying all those luxury empty flats on the waterfront? Should we be refusing to pay for first bus's shoddy service? Should we be organising to physically prevent bailiffs entering our communities? I don't know but I know that if we do nothing we've lost already.
Graham Turner (economist, guardian columist, and author of The Credit Crunch) will introduce this meeting followed by a discussion of what we can do here in Bristol. Come and bring ideas and your fighting spirit.

7.30pm
Monday 10th October
Malcolm X Centre, City Rd, St Pauls

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