March to save the NHS

Icon_article Star Published: May 17, 2011 23:01 by IMC London

Tagged as: cuts demo2011 nhs repression save_the_nhs workers_struggles
Neighbourhoods: central_london euston westminster whitehall
Published by group: GroupImc London Features

Following a call to "march for the NHS" around 1500 demonstrated on Tuesday 17th from Euston to Whitehall to protest the planned cuts for the NHS. The NHS bill currently pushed through by the Government will ultimatelly allow neoliberal capitalist thinking and its belief in the markets to dictate the type of services the NHS will provide, causing irreparable damage to it.

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This is the second demonstration that has taken place in London in the last few months against the planned privatisation of the NHS. On the 9th of March a 'Day X for the NHS' saw over 500 people demonstrating from the Royal London Hospital to St Bartholomew's Hospital, the oldest hospital in the country [See photos here and here] On that evening, as the march was passing the City, unrepentant Deutsche Bank workers waved money from the windows whilst heckling the demosntarionss with 'get a job'. See photo.

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Brent Unison?

Comment Published: May 19, 2011 10:04 by Brent Libertarian

I was dismayed that Brent Unison failed to turn out on tuesday. Brent is one of the largest boroughs in London with a history of working class militancy. Unfortunatly only a handful of Brent Fightback turned out, I would imagine Brent Unison to be one of the largest unions in the borough and they do nothing. The rank and file need to take control!