Jarrow March 2011 - Socialist Party video

Update : 5 Nov demo central London:speakers include: Matt Wrack FBU General Secretary - Bob Crow RMT General Secretary - Lizi Gray Great-grandaughter of 1936 marcher - US Occupy Wall Street Activist - National demonstration assembling at Temple Embankment, 12 noon, to Trafalgar Square

On 1 October, Youth Fight for Jobs started a 330 mile march from Jarrow to London. Why? Because we've had enough, and we know that it doesn't have to be this way.
Why should we let pro-big business politicians get away with condemning the young and the unemployed as a 'feral underclass'? Why should millions of public sector workers have to strike against working longer while the job rejection letters pile up for a generation?
While universities spend millions on rebranding, new students have to live in caravans and temporary accommodation because there aren't enough affordable halls.
The government has cut EMA student payments to save a measly £500 million but fritters away huge amounts on consultants and PFI schemes.
We're being made to pay for a crisis not of our making. And this isn't the first time in history either.

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[dmj482222]

My great-grandad was a Jarrow marcher....a Wilkinson ;) He moved to the coal mines in Kent.....Shame I missed the opportunity to do the full march ;(

[Euroasia456]

Good luck to you all.