Allison Kilkenny & Johann Hari on Protests to Public Spending Cuts & Corporate Tax Dodgers in UK, US

DemocracyNow.org -
As many as 500,000 protesters marched in London on Saturday to protest Britain's deepest cuts to public spending since World War II. The protests come after U.K. officials estimated corporate taxes would be reduced even as it tackles a $235-billion deficit and plans to cut more than 300,000 public sector jobs. Meanwhile in the United States, protesters gathered in 40 cities on Saturday to oppose tax cuts for the wealthy amid budget cuts to public services. Democracy Now! interviews British journalist Johann Hari who writes for The Independent of London and Allison Kilkenny of Citizen Radio in New York.

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• austerity
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• johann hair
• allison kilkenny
• corporate tax
• loophole
• tax dodgers
• london protest
• democracy now
• amy goodman

[RedGaribaldi]

Great work DN! thank you. I really appreciate this.

The coverage of the protest on the BBC and Sky news here in the UK has been terrible. It's so encouraging to see a mature news report that actually discusses the issues at hand.

Fight the cuts!

[frepi]

Wow what a revolutionary concept : Holding the richest accountable for their mistakes.

[omegavalerius]

@bringbackmydemocracy

Oh noes! The corporations and rich people have to pay taxes just as the middle and working class has to. Help! We are bankrupting the private sector by not letting them dodge taxes. Poor millionaires must be so sad now :(.

[Ermal8711]

We Americans must stand with our English brothers! We have to fight this attack on our rights as humans and as citizens!

[Raikenbolai]

@bringbackmydemocracy The private sector bankrupted itself. it was the public sector that bailed the private sector out. Remember?

[daveruda]

@bringbackmydemocracy "who we cannot afford" and "unproductive" is just crap..pure and simple! Its all about prioritiy. If prio is corporate welfare..then no we cannot afford services to the bottom 90% of population. But I think this is wrong.

[bringbackmydemocracy]

It is amazing how outspoken the unemployed and members of the public sector are about spending tax-payers money on non-productive public sector workers, if you think we need to fight for the public sector(who we cannot afford) then you are fighting to bankrupt the private sector.

[criticalviewer1959]

Thank you DEMOCRACY NOW! This was a very good programme!

If we the workers don't stop the cuts and other measures, it'll get more worse... Read the "new agendas" by the European Union and you get an idea what will come next.

We have to unite the struggles. Worldwide protest and strike coordinations; better GENERAL STRIKES against the capitalist demoCRAZY.

EAT THE RICH. Take what belongs to us anyway - expropriation!

[alhabbo]

we need these kinds of interview on MSM or else we should just get rid of them corporate media outlets and establish DN as main stream media!

[marypoppins2009]

Excellent commentary on U.K. issues..which are OUR issues also...Americans are not rising up enough..not demonstrating enough....too much sport, T.V., gaga/celebrity crap.... Wake up people!..get organized....