Some pictures here from Saturday's march organised by a broad coalition of trade unions, NGOs and at which there was a prominent Green Party presence with the slogan "Workers for the World Unite". Pete Murry, Secretary of the Green Party Trade Union Group, appeared on the Guardian's blog following those taking part in the demo and spoke about the need for the Green New Deal and job creation projects.
There have been comments in today's Guardian that the marchers were too 'ragged' and from disparate groups. This is certainly the case but a broad coalition is necessary to challenge the great and the good who are coming to London for the G20. Already the press are reporting that there are efforts to play down what will happen at Thursday's summit. It seems that there is no agreement and that many of the governments are hoping only for a restoration of 'business as usual'. This is really criminal and bodes badly for the future. George Soros was on television at the weekend saying that if nothing is done soon we could be facing a depression worse than that of the 1930s. Time is running out and if the G20 is just another hugely expensive talking shop, which I suspect it will be, then the people of the world will be very angry indeed. Soros said that the main aim now of the G20 should be the protection of the developing world. I am afraid that we are going to witness an attempt by the rich world to roll back any gains which the developing world has made, with calls for protectionism emanating from everywhere.
Meanwhile the media and police continue to create a sense of panic in London, with even suggestions that old Poll Tax rioters are coming out of retirement for a special G20 riot in the city. As someone remarked on the news yesterday, if only a fraction of the money being spent on protecting the rich and powerful at this summit of the greedy, how many hospitals, schools etc could be funded?
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