HEAD ICE
18th April 2012, 20:42
CWO Public Meeting
21 April 2012, 2-5 p.m
Friends' Meeting House
6 Mount St
Manchester M2 5NS
Since the financial explosion of 2007-8 the words ‘capitalism’ and ‘crisis’ have become almost a regular part of everyday parlance. In response to the austerity measures being implemented by governments across the world there has been a myriad of responses to these attacks - the big marches and one-day strikes organised by the trade unions, the Occupy and Indignados movements, as well as the more recent protest and pickets against workfare in Britain. Thus, an increasing number of people are prepared to protest against the present state of affairs. This has manifested itself in one form as opposition to ‘capitalism', defined as ‘unfair’ and ‘anti-capitalism’ being a matter of getting more democracy in order to reverse the growing chasm between the haves and the have-nots. This kind of ‘anti-capitalism’ is epitomised by the Occupy movement which has caught the public imagination with its telling slogan (We Are the 99%) and put itself in the limelight with its ‘tent cities'. This obviously an advance of the trade union organised A-to-B marches.
The meeting is organised in order to facilitate a discussion on the present situation and what a practical orientation in this context might look like.
All are welcome!
21 April 2012, 2-5 p.m
Friends' Meeting House
6 Mount St
Manchester M2 5NS
Since the financial explosion of 2007-8 the words ‘capitalism’ and ‘crisis’ have become almost a regular part of everyday parlance. In response to the austerity measures being implemented by governments across the world there has been a myriad of responses to these attacks - the big marches and one-day strikes organised by the trade unions, the Occupy and Indignados movements, as well as the more recent protest and pickets against workfare in Britain. Thus, an increasing number of people are prepared to protest against the present state of affairs. This has manifested itself in one form as opposition to ‘capitalism', defined as ‘unfair’ and ‘anti-capitalism’ being a matter of getting more democracy in order to reverse the growing chasm between the haves and the have-nots. This kind of ‘anti-capitalism’ is epitomised by the Occupy movement which has caught the public imagination with its telling slogan (We Are the 99%) and put itself in the limelight with its ‘tent cities'. This obviously an advance of the trade union organised A-to-B marches.
The meeting is organised in order to facilitate a discussion on the present situation and what a practical orientation in this context might look like.
All are welcome!