Saturday June 1st. saw a considerable crowd gather in George Square, Glasgow to protest against the bedroom tax.
There were the usual colourful banners, placards, t-shirts and an abundance of literature.
However, the anger was not just at the bedroom tax but also at the callous and vindictive treatment by ATOS of people receiving disability allowance.
The general feeling among the crowd was one of anger and determination, more so than more recent protests.
Three strands of anger seem to be coming together, the just anger against the bedroom tax, the righteous anger against the ATOS brutality, and the moral anger against workfare, forcing people to work for multinational corporations and receive no wages.
This three pronged attack is being seen for what it is, an attack on the living standards of the ordinary people, right across the board.
Perhaps I'm being optimistic in feeling that what we are hearing is the murmur of the poor becoming a might roar, We can but hope.
The Murmur Of The Poor.
Brokers, Earls and Dukes,
callous, mercenary, pirate crew
gasconading through the land
bloated, pampered, privileged few.
Striding with selfish arrogance
plundering as you go
grasping at the fruits
the common people sow.
Take heed, you swaggering fat cats
in our world you don't belong,
that murmur you hear is the poor
rehearsing an angry song.
The day is fast approaching
when our chorus loud you'll hear
then all your greed and treachery
will surely cost you dear.
A price you'll pay for being blind
to the hungry at your door,
Oh, haste the day our angry chorus
becomes a mighty roar.
...a mighty roar! ...a mighty roar!
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