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I HAVE been asked to speak at two different meetings this month. I have been invited by Falkirk Trades Council to speak on local campaigning and the People’s Assembly. Then at a Morning Star event whose topic is the 1919 General Strike in Scotland. Even though the subjects I will be discussing are exactly 100 years apart, the actual topics and themes, to me, are the same.
With the national People’s Assembly “Britain is Broken” demo in London on January 12 and the call to have local demonstrations all over the country on January 19, the PA in Scotland will be holding a demo in Glasgow on the 19th.
Whilst large marches and demonstrations have their place and I would encourage everyone to attend both the one in London and then their local demo, we need to have a plan of action for what we do after the march is over and the flags and banners are rolled up.
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