Put People First, start the summer of rage.

bristol | protests | event notice Tuesday March 24, 2009 11:15 by Sarah C sarah at sarahcreagh dot co dot uk

The world economy is in turmoil but while the fat cats still take home their city bonuses and hefty pensions we are the ones suffering, losing our jobs, our homes, and our civil liberties to boot. The current economic system has created an unaccountable political class more interested with the concerns of the millionaires that created this mess than the millions who they are supposed to represent.

The current economic crisis is being experienced globally. Nearly half the world live on less than $2 a day and it will be the poorest in our society that have to forgoe the consequences of the ruling classes irresponsibilty. Inequality in our society is ever increasing with the three wealthiest billionaires equalling the wealth of the 600 billion poorest. Eleven trillion dollars in tax is lost each year through the use of tax havens which far outweighs the amount of aid given to the developing world. However, the current crisis is beginning to expose more and more of these shocking inequalities and people are beginning to question the system they have always accepted.

Yet this economic crisis could present a great opportunity for us to take real action on climate change, which could create jobs, bring the developing world out of abject poverty and save our planet from the destruction we have caused.

For these reasons the coalition known as Put People First have called a march for Jobs, Justice and Climate the weekend before the G20 are set to meet in London.
The Coalition aims to link what is happening here and across the world and demand a world built on justice not greed by ensuring we do not lose £100billion a year through corporation tax avoidance (the equivalent of the NHS annual budget) and that trade agreements no longer benefit capital at the expense of labour.

But we don't just want to call this into thin air, we need to hold this government to account.
In Ireland 100,000 people recently demonstrated over changes to public sector pensions. That is equivalent to over 1million on the streets here. This is the start of a week of mass protests and direct action that the police are calling the start of the summer of rage, and we have a right to be angry!

Come to the demo, support the campaign.

Transport from Bristol:
£5 waged / free to unwaged organised by the NUT call 07973 800 778 or email pletnorth@blueyonder.co.uk
Free transport for UNISON members and their family contact 07900 566 877
Free tranport for UNITE members contact andy.mcdowall@unitetheunion.com