The latest attack on the poor is based upon figures that are twisted to New Labour's psychological message, namely that poverty is the fault of the individual not the system. We are told that Britain is partying, that jobs are to be had and high salaries are to be earned. Well it's not happening here, and I suspect not elsewhere either. Textile and mining jobs have all been sacrificed in the name of big business profit, replaced by part time and insecure agency work. There either aren't the jobs, or they are so bad they do not provide enough to live on.
Benefits are increasingly means tested, which is demeaning and leaves people in a poverty trap.
A recent survey from Bristol University suggested that more than five million are living in absolute poverty. The Socialist Alliance aims to dispel the government's propaganda about the unemployed by campaigning on the need to rebuild communities and families. I am optimistic that we can eventually remove the Tories in whatever guise they have. We're supposed to be idealist OVER 100 students from Fortismere School, north London, turned up to the inaugural meeting of Fortismere Globalise Resistance two weeks ago. The organisation, set up by several sixth formers, aims to provide a forum and platform for students at the school to voice their strong opinions on issues such as globalisation, persecution of asylum seekers and all other forms of oppression.