Saturday 23rd of October saw the Scottish Trade Union Council call an anti-cuts march
which was attended by upwards of 20,000 people. This was one of the biggest protests
Edinburgh has seen for a long time and saw a respectable Anarchist Bloc. Most encouraging
of all it was not just made up of the “usual suspects” but saw thousands of people from
very varying walks of life. As Edinburgh Anarchists put it: ---- ”We even ended up
chatting to the Prison Officers’ Association and Tayside Police Admin(!) How’s that for
getting out of the anarchist ghetto?” ---- This is exactly what is needed to succesfully
fight pubic spending cuts and find constructive ways to build our own alteratives. The
ability of the Trade Union Council to attract this many people to come out onto the street
was impressive and heartening for what often may seem like the decline in strength of
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