A call has gone out for a united day of action (students, workers, the unemployed, everyone) on Saturday Dec 4th.

The below is taken from the Event's facebook page:

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DEC 4TH - United Day of Action: Against Austerity

'Why should students have all the fun?'

We have called for this weekend day of action to run in conjunction with the amazing student protests. There are a lot of people who have watched the student movement (workers, parents and so on) who have wanted to get involved and have been calling for a national weekend protest. This is not intended to replace any of the weekday actions but to add to them, to spread the energy and the vitality which the students have already shown.

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This is not a centrally organised event. As with the student protests we are calling on local groups to organise events and actions themselves. This is how the student movement has built its strength both locally and nationally. Local anti-cuts alliances as well as unions, should look to forge meaningful links with the students and schoolchildren in their towns and cities and undertake action together.

If there is no event planned in your area, get in contact with other interested groups and plan one:

* See if there is a local Anti-Cuts Alliance in your area. These have sprung up all around the country.

* Try and get in touch with local Union branch officials. Many of these form part of local anti-cuts alliances.

*Get in touch with local students, at universities, colleges and schools. If you are lucky enough to have students who have organised for the recent protests, great! If not, why not encourage them to do so.

*Send out a message of support and solidarity to the unemployed in your area. They are already at the sharp end of this economic crisis, so let them know that they are not alone.

Work together to plan events and actions. We encourage all events to follow the model of direct democracy laid down by many student groups - All decisions taken together collectively by the group. No one to have overall 'ownership' of the group.

If possible, call a democratic meeting/assembly before the day of action - so that everyone can have their say and action can be decided democratically.

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Over recent weeks, the student movement has built up a great deal of momentum against the raising of university fees and the proposed marketisation of education.They have been hugely successful in taking meaningful and direct action in the pursuit of their goals.

Yet the issues facing students in this country are not isolated. They form part of a wider attack on the jobs, welfare and public services of the ordinary people. Attacks, we are told, which are necessary for the 'national interest', when in fact it is only in the interest of the 'markets' - who gambled recklessly and made huge losses. Losses which the ordinary people are told they must pay for.

We call for ordinary people to unite together in resistance; students, workers and the unemployed. The students, through their courage and determination, have shown that it is possible to resist these attacks, That there is something that can be done. This is a courage and a determination that we must share in. After all:

'We're all in this together'


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