Direct Action Against Youth Unemployment at Tory Party Conference
It wasn’t
just the sun that was putting the heat on the Tories at their
Scottish conference in Troon on 24 March. Over 1000 people marched
on their pathetically small conference to protest at rising levels of
youth unemployment in Scotland. The Polis were out in force to
protect the Tory scum from their electorate of all ages. The noisy
and high spirited march ended with the predictable opportunity to
listen to speeches from career officials such as STUC President Mike
Kirby who repeat as much rhetoric as Cameron and Clegg.
One group of
young people from Glasgow Coalition of Resistance (COR) left the
rally and showed the Tories their feelings by taking their protest as
close to the barricaded conference venue as they could. The Polis
reacted heavy handedly by “kettling” them. All were searched and
videoed before being returned straight to their coach and escorted by
three Polis vans halfway back to Glasgow.
ann arky
applauds direct action such as this and is heartened to see so many
young people attending this march and being involved. This is the
way to challenge the Tory cuts, not by speeches from trade union
officials who continually sell us out to the bosses. The Tories
and Labour need to know that we won’t accept the crumbs, nor the
loaf. We can take over and run the bakery and decide what bread to
make. And that’s what the rich are really scared of.
CL
