As you are all aware, I am the resident political activist in our group, and if you remember, I have once before failed to get you all riled up.
What you may not all realise is that this Saturday our fair city is hosting the TUC march on the cuts and the Con-Dem coalition. By the way, TUC stands for the Trade Union Conference which is the body that organises ALL of the workers unions.
Some unions that will be attending, and that might also interest you, are the UCU, the University and College Union, which is the union for people like Karla, Lisa, John and what Tilly and Tom will hopefully be joining; Equity, which is the actors union, which most of you will join in your acting careers that will ensure you get treated the right way at work and will hold your stage name whilst at drama school; the WGGB, which is the Writers Guild of Great Britain for all the blossoming novelists, playwright and screenwriters; and also BECTU, which is the union for all those working in technical theatre, working in media (cameramen, editors) and even lowly ushers like myself.
I know many of you doubt the impact of public protest, but have you not seen the wonderful images of places like Egypt? and besides, it's all about showing what you think, about freedom of expression.
And if none of that convinces you, please watch this video about the cuts in the arts sector.
So if this convinces you please join me and thousand others in the biggest march since the anti-war protest of 2003.
Saturday 26th March
Meet at 11am-12pm on the Victoria Embankment
Will be ending at Hyde Park
Find out more here
A peaceful, good- natured protest that descended into elements of anarchy. By diving into the midst of the action in order to gain first hand insight of violent and aggressive protests (the violence was predictable)- my admiration for the protesters standing their ground in the arab peninsula against autocratic, repressive regimes has grown and grown. It takes real grit to stand your ground against a potentially fatal outcome.
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