London Protests Echo Wisconsin Anger At Conservative Class Warfare

London Protests Echo Wisconsin Anger At Conservative Class Warfare

"“TUC’s March for the Alternative” protesters spanned as far as the eye could see and were comprised of socially diverse marchers, including non-labor movement groups, pensioners, lawyers and families. It took over 800 buses and dozens of trains to transport them all to the capital, where thousands of police were dispatched to keep order. Breakaway protesters, including the group UK Uncut, were planning to occupy an area in Oxford Circus.

The organizers of the protest, TUC, say that their goal is for their government, led by David Cameron, to reconsider their current approach of spending cuts with no tax increases, an approach that has already led to massive unemployment with at least 50,000 more jobs slated to be cut and 170,000 public sector jobs at risk while corporations are not paying a fair share of the taxes.

The marchers got started fifteen minutes earlier than expected and were led by labor movement as well as people in wheelchairs, blowing whistles and calling for a general strike as they marched through central London from the Embankment to Hyde Park. Most of the protesters were peaceful, with the majority gathering in Hyde Park to listen to speeches."