March for the Alternative

Hundreds of public sector workers across the country will stage marches next Saturday, protesting against cuts on public spending.

An estimated 100,000 union members and campaigners are expected to join the rally and several trains have been chartered and coaches hired up and down Britain, to give people the chance to get to London and beat the cuts.

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) leaders have spent five months preparing the 26 March demonstration, called under the slogans: job, growth and justice.

Local rebellion against council cuts are already spreading all over the country, as there are high cuts leading to libraries, healthcare and youth services, all being highly affected. While Britain is trying to balance the books by cutting public spending, in fact, hundreds of libraries across the UK are closing; the National Health Service is facing the biggest upheaval since ever, with more job cuts on the way and youth support centres are shutting down, causing more unemployment and an increase in the level of criminality.

The wave of rebellion is huge, with workers facing job losses, pay-freeze and potential attack to their pensions, while students are willing to defend their right to higher education.

Metropolitan Police officers, meanwhile, are planning to appoint a 'containment manager' to monitor the rally for potential trouble spots and designate the best and safest area to implement the containment.

A single day of protest won't probably bring the alternative and hundreds of trade unionists, anti-cut campaigners, pensioners and students are already thinking about the option of occupying Hyde Park and staying overnight.

All citizens are invited to march in defence of jobs and public services by gathering at 11 am at Victoria Embankment, between Temple Place and Blackfriars, to march to a rally in Hyde Park.