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The Jarrow March for Jobs 2011 ends with a demonstration in London on 5 November , photo Sujeeth
23 November 2011
Jarrow marchers put forward an alternative
Minimum wage not to blame: On the day that the latest unemployment figures were announced I was asked to debate with Mark Littlewood of the Insititute of Economic Affairs (IEA) on the Tony Livesy show on BBC Radio 5Live, writes Paul Callanan, Youth Fight for Jobs national organiser.
Jarrow March 2011: Jarrow March for Jobs arrives in London, photo Paul Mattsson
9 November 2011
Jarrow march ends, fightback continues
On Saturday 5 November the Jarrow March for Jobs came to an end with a demonstration of thousands in central London, writes Ollie Fournier, Cambridge.
Jarrow Marchers 2011
5 November 2011
Jarrow marchers march into history
Jarrow marchers march into history
Anti-capitalist protest outside St Pauls in London following the Wall Street protests - We are the 99%, photo Paul Mattsson
26 October 2011
Building the fightback and building solidarity at Occupy LSX
Occupy London Stock Exchange (Occupy LSX) completed its first full week on Saturday. With rumours of impending eviction from St Paul's courtyard flying about a large crowd turned out to support the occupation...
19 October 2011
We are the 99% - Fighting for our future
"As an unemployed prospective nursing student who can see the NHS being cut back and privatised to the point of being unrecognisable, I see the Jarrow march as an important campaign"
12 October 2011
Interview with a Jarrow marcher
Matt Whale, unemployed organiser for Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) spoke to the Socialist about the Jarrow march as it passes through Yorkshire. See www.jarrowmarch11.com for regular updates on the marchers' progress
Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow March 2011 launch demonstration in Jarrow, photo Paul Mattsson
5 October 2011
Extract from Jarrow Marchers Blog: Day 1 & 2
Solidarity, support and blisters: I'm writing this at one in the morning in a kitchen in St Clare's in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham...
4 October 2011
On 1 October, Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) activists started a 330 mile march from Jarrow to London. See jarrowmarch11.com for daily reports. There follows a filmed interview on 1st October with the YFJ national organiser, and an article by the YFJ national chair that was carried in the Socialist before the march set off
28 September 2011
Jarrow marchers win full retreat from council
South Tyneside council has backed down on its demand to the Jarrow march (against umemployment) to pay over £2,500 to exercise the right to demonstrate. The Guardian has carried articles on this two days running
28 September 2011
Jarrow march - council puts high price on right to protest
As the final preparations are made for the Jarrow to London March for Jobs, starting on 1 October organisers face a massive threat to the right to protest
28 September 2011
Join the Jarrow marchers on their 330 mile journey!
Rallies and protests are taking place along the route
28 September 2011
Today we are facing the same questions concerning jobs and living standards as they did 75 years ago, writes Dylan Hussey, college student, Hertfordshire.
28 September 2011
Why are you supporting the march?
Three-quarters of a century on, the young people recreating this famous march are sending an important message that our communities must never again be abandoned to pay for an economic crisis they did not cause, writes Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS civil servants union.
27 September 2011
MEP to join Jarrow march against unemployment
Paul Murphy (Socialist Party MEP for Dublin) will be joining the Jarrow march for jobs for its final leg going into London at the end of its 330 mile journey from South Tyneside
26 September 2011
Stop council imposing £2,500 charge for the Jarrow March
South Tyneside council wants to charge young, unemployed people £2,500 to re-enact the Jarrow March 75 years on...
26 September 2011
Sunday Mirror publicises next month's Jarrow March
The Sunday Mirror on 25th September carried a feature on the Jarrow March that is starting on Saturday 1st October, organised by Youth Fight for Jobs
Not to Cuts: for a 24 hour general strike now! - Socilaist Party and Youth Fight for Jobs on demo, photo Paul Mattsson
21 September 2011
Don't let the Con-Dems steal our future!
Support the Jarrow march: You're damned if you do and damned if you don't! Whether you go the long way round through university, piling up the debt, or are forced to take the fast track to the dole queue
21 September 2011
Mirror's Kevin Maguire wishes luck to Jarrow marchers
In today's Daily Mirror, Kevin Maguire's section includes the following piece that wishes the "best of luck" to the Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow marchers...
3 June 2011
UCU becomes sixth union to back Jarrow march
At its conference, the University and College Union overwhelmingly agreed to support the Jarrow March for Jobs taking place in the autumn.
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