Monday, April 4, 2011

What do we want... When do we want it...

So go the words of every activists favourite chant. 

Ed Miliband in an over the top speech to the "March for the Alternative" suggested the marchers were following in the foot steps of Emily Pankhurst, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.  But what did they want?  Votes for women; civil rights for blacks; and end to apartheid?  "No Cuts" seemed to be the answer on most placards.  What cost were they prepared to pay to get what they wanted?  Economic oblivion Greek style, perhaps they would prefer an Irish financial armageddon or just a plain ordinary Portuguese fiscal black hole.

March for the Alternative!  What Alternative?
Best Wishes
Will

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