Assembling on the Embankment from 12.00 noon, the demonstration will include a march and rally.

The national People's Assembly is organising an important demonstration in London next Saturday, November 5.

The "Britain is Broken" demonstration will involve working people from unions, community groups, charities and other organisations with a common aim of demanding an end to austerity, supporting the rights of all, including workers and their unions taking strike action in defence of their members' pay, terms and conditions, and calling for an end to this Conservative government which has neither credibility nor legitimacy.

The demonstration will go ahead despite national strike action being called by the RMT union across the national rail network. Those wishing to attend are asked not to use the national rail network but to use other means of transport where possible. The People's Assembly website has details of coach transport from across the country [1].

Speakers at the rally will include Mick Lynch of the RMT, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Laura Pidcock and many more to be announced.

The demonstration comes at a time, not only when the workers' movement is finding its voice and taking action to demand Enough is Enough! but when there is widespread anger about the determination of the ruling elite to perpetuate the old constitutional order, when something new is required and is the order of the day.

As the Stop the War Coalition points out, "Budgets for weapons and war are ever-increasing while children go hungry and NHS waiting lists continue to grow.

"Bloated military budgets are never justified, not least amid the Cost of Living Crisis plunging millions of people onto the breadline. Not mentioning the war in relation to austerity is no longer an option. We won't pay for their wars. We say welfare not warfare and wages not weapons!"

Stop the War and CND are both throwing our weight behind the "Britain is Broken" demonstration, and are inviting people to join them on the anti-war bloc.

Summing up the anti-war mood of the people and the necessity for the people themselves to constitute the force for peace, Stop the War says, "It is time to end this madness. Help us make the voices for peace louder than ever as we shout 'welfare not warfare' and 'wages not weapons'.

"Another new Prime Minister, same old war policy. Rishi Sunak's selection to No. 10 is unlikely to see any trimming of the magic money tree for war.

"The re-appointment of Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, means that huge proposed increases in military spending are set to be maintained. We're told that all departmental budgets are could face cuts but the 'defence' budget is going to be doubled to £100 billion by 2030.

"Cuts for the NHS, our schools and possibly pensions but mammoth increases for weapons and war. It's a disgrace. We have to get rid of this government before these ludicrous hikes in military spending become reality."

Notes
1. https://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/demo-transport/

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