Monday 31 October 2011

Join the Jarrow March in London

The final leg of the Jarrow March will pass through London on the Saturday 5th November, from the Embankment to Trafalgar Square.

There will be a coach going from outside Paternoster Row (near Train Station, outside Showroom Cinema) on Saturday 5th November at 0800 in the morning, so if you fancy joining the marchers please get in touch with Alistair Tice on 07706 710 041!

Here's what the Jarrow March 2011 blog has to say about the 5th November March and Rally.

"After marching 330 miles the Jarrow March for Jobs arrives in London. Following in the footsteps of the 1936 Jarrow marchers who walked to London against unemployment. Assemble Temple Place on Embankment 12noon! Come and join the end demostration and rally in Trafalgar Square. 

Speakers Include: 
Matt Wrack FBU General Secretary 
Bob Crow RMT General Secretary 
Paul Murphy MEP Socialist Party Ireland 
Lizi Gray Great-grandaughter of 1936 marcher 
 Stephen Hepburn MP for Jarrow 
US Occupy Wall Street Activist 
Jarrow marchers
Day-Mer Youth 
Socialist Party 
Young Deacon performing his rap about the riots called ‘Failed by the System’ 
Ed Marsh NUS 
London Slutwalk Activist Maddy Carty performing her track ‘CONDEMn AGE’
Dennis Skinner MP for Bolsover + More!

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