Category Archives: activism

The good, the bad and the ugly

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So Saturday was the first (and I do hope not last Rally against debt) turn out was predictably low, despite all the people on Facebook saying they’d attend. Proving that armchair activism is alive and well – which isn’t really news at all. I can’t agree with the people that said it was fantastic, I think claiming that is as deluded as the LibDems saying they’ll make real progress next time or the Yes2Av crowd claiming they didn’t get hammered. The turn out wasn’t good by any stretch of the imagination, and I’ll return to that but first as the … Continue reading →

Missing the point

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Having linked to that little survey (where it reports over 30% of respondents will be attending) I foolishly read some of the comments, and granted the people commenting probably only read the article which claimed that the Rally against debt was a “pro-cuts” demonstration. But still other people tried to put that fallacy straight, but it would seem that for many of our friends over at the Gruniad the idea of being against the debt, but not necessarily in favour of cuts seems to be too subtle a point for them. The hopes for violence and the suggestion that everyone … Continue reading →

Rally against debt – tomorrow

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There have now been several protests against the “cuts”, which is all well and good, but there’s not been a lot of visibility from those that think that perhaps our current level of national debt is a bad thing and that perhaps it might be a good idea to do something about it. Until now! (well tomorrow actually). Tomorrow at 11:00 am in London at the Old Palace Yard, Westminster there is a rally against debt. Note this is not (despite what the Guardian thinks) a pro-cuts rally, or a rally for higher taxes but a rally against the national … Continue reading →