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From The Socialist newspaper, 8 December 2010
Nottingham march against billionaire tax dodgers
As part of a national day of protests on unpaid tax, Nottinghamshire SOS (Save Our Services) organised a protest outside a Vodafone store before moving on to other stores to expose tax avoidance by companies. Each Vodafone store closed during the protest outside it.
The HMRC permanent secretary for tax, Dave Hartnett, has allowed the phone giant to avoid paying an estimated £6 billion tax. As one placard nicely put it, "Dave Hartnett - Vodacrony".
The protest raises the question of how to stop tax avoidance schemes when large corporations wield massive economic power and will threaten governments if they feel their profits are threatened.
For example, how can Kraft, the owners of Cadbury, be stopped from moving substantial parts of the chocolate manufacturer to Switzerland which has a far lower rate of corporation tax? The answer: public ownership under democratic workers' control and management.
The march was joined by students from both Nottingham universities who arranged to meet after the ending of the University of Nottingham occupation.
This was followed up by a meeting to discuss building for the 9 December protests.
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In The Socialist 8 December 2010:
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The fight goes on against fees and cuts
Youth Fight for Education
Youth Fight for Education launch
Youth Fight for Jobs conference report
30 November: student day of action on cuts and fees
Con-Dems can be defeated: Welsh Assembly backs down on EMA and fees
Anti-cuts campaign
Tories' secret job cuts plan exposed
'We need fighting unions to halt cuts'
Nottingham march against billionaire tax dodgers
National Shop Stewards Network
All-Britain Anti-Cuts Campaign to be launched
Building the anti-cuts movement
Scotland: Unison votes for fighting cuts strategy
TUSC calls election campaign conference
Keep the post public campaign
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Housing under attack: Ripping off the roof over our heads
Socialist Party NHS campaign
Medirest health workers need help to fight multinational
Campaign stops health bosses' closure plan
Don't let profit become the bottom line in care
Anti-racism
International socialist news and analysis
Protesters demand halt to opencast coal mining in Bangladesh
Egypt's regime perpetrates a massive election fraud
Warmonger Rajapaksa forced to abandon his Oxford Union speech
Kazakhstan - a repressive and corrupt state
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