http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/27/london-protests-government-cuts/

500,000 people took to the streets Saturday in protest to more than $130 Billion in cuts proposed by the coalition government.
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/27/london-protests-government-cuts/
"The crowd at yesterday’s protest — the major march organized by the Trades Union Congress — was as diverse as the cuts people came out to rally against. On the streets, firefighters wearing ‘Cuts cost lives’ shirts, a ‘book block’ of 20-somethings wielding large pink cardboard books as shields, kids on parents’ shoulders, and loads of homemade signs: ‘Give me back my future,’ ‘Stop teabagging the public sector,’ and ‘Hands off — the NHS is ours’ were just a few
Local budgets are being slashed by up to 30 percent, leading to cuts in child care, public safety, programs for retirees, and library closures — and an increasing privatization of the popular, publicly-funded National Health Services.
“Women, parents, carers, disabled people, teenagers and elderly people” are likely to be hardest hit, reported the Guardian in a study of the cuts’ devastating impact. On top of services, the job losses are expected to be enormous. Amidst the UK’s current record 17-year unemployment high, the cuts will mean a loss of 490,000 public sector jobs.
While the line that played out in the media focused on a small minority of protesters throwing paint and smashing windows, the vast majority were parents, students, health care workers, and union members there to voice their anger about the cuts. The real power of the day came from its dual nature: both the smaller groups ready to take more direct action combined with the strength in the numbers and stories of ordinary people standing up to say ‘no more.’ Their half-a-million strong presence in London’s streets yesterday gave rise to the feeling amongst many that this is just the beginning of something much larger."
Thom Hartmann writes "Front and center in the protests was the UK Uncut movement - that targets corporate tax dodgers. The organization's counterpart in the United States - US Uncut - also held demonstrations across our country at more than 40 Bank of American branches on Saturday. The entire world is rejecting corporate tax cuts paid for by spending cuts that screw working families.
And here in the US - while we may be getting a late start - more and more people are standing up against John Boehner and the Republicans radical agenda to devastate the middle class - and sell our nation out to transnational corporations."
We must stand together realizing the gap between the rich and the poor is tearing at the very fabric of our world. We are all in this struggle together, stand up and be loud.
The Revolution is begun.
End the Plutocracy!