The four year budget plan: another pound of flesh
IRELAND: The four year plan has been announced, the
cuts have been declared and the working class, particularly the poorest
sections,
are in the firing line once again.
The Student Movement Escalates
The student movement accross Britain continued on Wednesday
24th November, with thousands of students and school students
demonstrating in cities
and towns across the country. Following on from the 50,000 strong
national
demonstration in London on the 10th November, an equivalent
number
came out to protest against the cuts, but this time in dozens of
separate
events throughout Britain.
Students Protest In Liverpool
At least 2,000 university,
FE and school students, together
with college trade unions, marched through Liverpool as part of
the national day of action against Tuition Fees.
IRELAND – EU medicine on the way: A generation of austerity
News that
the Coalition are in discussions with the EU and IMF won’t come as a
shock. Reports have been circulating for days now that the EU and the
Finance Ministry have been locked in discussions and some have even
claimed that the IMF have been briefing the heavyweight financial
bourgeois press internationally in an attempt to pressurise the
coalition and the opposition parties into seeking a deal.
Another Royal Wedding – how convenient!
In ancient Rome, when things got a bit tricky, the Emperor would splash
out on a series of games complete with gladiators, mock battles, lions
eating Christians and other fun for all the family, The idea was to
distract people from the realities of life and keep them happy – at
least until the Goths arrived for their annual bout of pillaging,
sacking and raping. Nowadays, such carnage is not possible – even on X Factor. So we have the next best thing, yet another royal wedding.
Fianna Fáil: Off Malin Beg without a paddle
IRELAND: The Soldiers of Destiny are floundering out to sea far from
the coast of Donegal; or at least they don’t seem to be in the same
place as the voters. A report in the Irish Times today
quotes a RedC poll carried out on behalf of Paddy Power which indicates
that FF support in Donegal South West has collapsed from 51% to around
19% since 2007.
Pakistan: The Economic Catastrophe
The biggest crash in the history of
capitalism in 2008 has created a new “normality” across the planet. This
has led to vicious cuts and severe attacks upon the workers in most
countries. The welfare states in Europe and elsewhere are being
aggressively dismantled. After the failure of Keynesianism the
neo-liberal model of capitalism, known as trickle-down economics,
Thatcherism or Reaganomics, has been an even bigger disaster.
Biggest student demonstration in decades ‑ and this is just the beginning
Events have taken a turn in Britain as
the first mass reaction took place this week against the programme of
vicious cuts being introduced by the Tory-led coalition. On Wednesday,
November 10th, London witnessed an overwhelming response from the
students as a demonstration of over 50,000 marched in protest at the
attacks taking place in Higher Education.
Biggest student demonstration in decades ‑ and this is just the beginning
Events have taken a turn in Britain as
the first mass reaction took place this week against the programme of
vicious cuts being introduced by the Tory-led coalition. On Wednesday,
November 10th, London witnessed an overwhelming response from the
students as a demonstration of over 50,000 marched in protest at the
attacks taking place in Higher Education.
Nov 10th demo: Even more pictures
Here are even more pictures from the demo called by the NUS and UCU on November 10th in london against cuts in education
Nov 10th Demo: More Pictures
Here are some more pictures from the Nov 10th demo against cuts in education.
Over 50,00 demonstrate in London against education cuts
Yestersday’s NUS/UCU demo in London against attacks on further education
attracted over 50,000 mainly students, who came in their numbers from
all over the country. Many of these were young people demonstrating for
the first time ever. It will not be the last. As the attacks start to
bite, more and more youth will come into activity and draw the political
conclusions.