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THIS SATURDAY WE WILL MEET IN OUR HUNDREDS TO SHUT AS MANY VODAFONE STORES
AS POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL LONDON. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE LONDON, WHY NOT MAKE
THIS A NATION WIDE ACTION?

On Wednesday 27/10/2010, 65 members of the general public managed to
mobilise in just a few days on the vague promise of civil disobedience
against the cuts. The target turned out to be Vodafone, who have recently
been let off paying £6bn in taxes to the publ...ic purse by HMRC. This is
money that could have been spent on social housing, keeping public sector
workers in their jobs, pensions, social care, and welfare for the poorest.
Indeed the debt to the public purse by corporate tax avoidance is estimate
at over £12bn every year – something which George Osborne did not mention
in his savage CSR speech.

The action went well, it was fun and empowering. It received huge
publicity and hundreds of shoppers on oxford street agreed with our
action. It was the most talked about thing in London over twitter and
received praise and acknowledgement from many highly regarded people such
as Naomi Klein. People across the internet have been discussing shutting
their local Vodafone store as a result, and this Saturday is the time to
do it.

What’s more, at some point during Wednesday’s action, after the store had
been occupied for a while, two middle aged men in suits and ties appeared
and stood by the police line, staring at us. They were Vodafone executives
who had come to see their flagship Oxford street store closed for
business. They looked spooked.

Here’s some news that will perhaps give them more cause for concern. This
Saturday, the busiest shopping day of the week, we’re going to shut loads
more. We need to continue this pressure on them and all other corporate
tax dodgers and expose the lie of that savage cuts on public services that
support the poorest and most vunerable in our society is the only way to
fix the mess created by the recklessness of the banking industry.

If you’re in London, meet at Speaker’s Corner at 11:00 prompt. Speaker’s
Corner is synonymous with speeches, rallys and marches, but this time we
will be meeting for a day of mass civil disobedience against the cuts! We
cannot spend the next five years marching on Whitehall and listening to
Tony Benn speak -to force the Government to change its plans we will need
to confront them head on.

We will gather, meet each other, see the growing movement, and divide into
groups. Each group is given a store to close for the day by blocking the
entrance, in the best tradition of non-violent civil disobedience. As well
as people to sit down, we need others who want to talk to and flyer
thousands of shoppers.

This day of action is aimed at being inclusive and open to absolutely
anyone who is angry at the cuts! They are not fair, we are not all in this
together and we will not pay for their crisis! There are alternatives –
start by collecting instead of wiping off corporate tax bills. Let’s show
them what the Big Society can really do.
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WE ONLY HAVE TWO DAYS TO MOBILISE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE!

INVITE EVERYONE YOU KNOW.

TWITTER THE ACTION: @ukuncut

BRING YOUR OWN BANNERS

BE SELF-SUFFICIENT

PRINT MAPS OF STORE LOCATIONS

BRING SOME BRING BIKES MAYBE , YOU NEVER KNOW, WE COULD HAVE A BIKE BOCKADE.
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If you’re not in London, there are Vodafone stores up and down the
country, on every high street, just waiting to be closed or picketed. The
few resources you’ll need – flyers etc – will be posted here, you just
need to provide the bodies. If you want to organise an occupation (or a
picket, or some flyering), let us know and we’ll help you publicise it
through this blog and twitter. Just post in the comments below or send us
an email at  ukuncut@gmail.com.

A successful action doesn’t need tons of planning or expensive kit, it
just needs some committed people. Get to work.

See you on the high streets!

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