MARCH 26 TUC MARCH CENTRAL LONDON

Over half a million people march in London against cuts.

On 26 March 2011, up to half a million people took to the streets of London in an anti-government protest against the vicious austerity measures being implemented by the Tory government that force working people to pay for the financial crisis of capitalism.

During the day, the main TUC anti-cuts march over 500 thousand people took part in the march that ended up in a rally at Hyde Park.

For Bolshevism-AUCPB group also took part along with other communist and leftist parties and organizations in selling For Bolshevism journals at the rally in Hyde Park and carrying out ideological, explanatory work among the working people. The For Bolshevism group began by selling copies of the English language journal of the AUCPB, “For Bolshevism Inside The Communist And Workers’ Movement” as the march was assembling on Embankment, then as the march was underway, merged with a more militant feeder march which had joined with the main column of demonstrators on the TUC march. Several militant anti-capitalist feeder marches from different points of London also marched and converged with the main TUC march. For Bolshevism-AUCPB and the anti-capitalist blocs all merged into a larger column, broke away from the TUC march route, then headed into the central shopping area of West London, targeting banks, and other businesses, clashing with riots police. After successfully breaking through police lines and avoiding being kettled by police, property damage was inflicted on the intended targets.

Well planned actions by militant workers, meant that Central London was effectively shut down all day by militant protestors as they clashed with riot police, breaking through police lines, then targeting banks and shops in Oxford street, Piccadilly and many other areas, where they had their windows smashed and paint bombs thrown at the front of the buildings. The Ritz Hotel and other posh hotels were attacked, fires started, and even Fortnums, the queens’s beloved and very expensive grocery store and many other shops were occupied by protestors. With this large, militant, flexible and mobile march moving swiftly around the city centre inflicting damage to capitalist exploiter property as a symbol of the people’s hatred towards capitalism, the 4500 riot police who were deployed to control the outburst of militant anger, were unable to contain the march. Trafalgar Sq was occupied too, where clashes broke out between protestors and riot police on the square and surrounding streets until early hours of Sunday morning..


May the struggle continue

For Bolshevism-AUCPB


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