Vol. 74/No. 16 April 26, 2010
UK: Communist candidates oppose cuts
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Militant/Jonathan Silberman
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LONDONCommunist League candidates in the United Kingdom Parliamentary elections joined the April 10 protests here and in Glasgow, Scotland, against cuts in social welfare. Paul Davies, right, candidate for London parliamentary constituency of Hackney South and Shoreditch, speaks with another march participant. Whichever capitalist party wins the election, Davies said, working people will face job cuts and attacks on our living standards. This is what the dictatorship of capital has in store for us. Davies introduced marchers to the revolutionary perspective outlined in the book Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power. Communist League candidates argue for a crash program of public works to provide work at union rates to build housing, schools, hospitals, and roads and improve public transport, he explained. On the march and in election campaigning over the weekend, campaign supporters in London sold 11 copies of the book and 11 subscriptions to the Militant. JONATHAN SILBERMAN Related articles: UK govt expands use of trials without jury Front page (for this issue) | Home | Text-version home |