Disappointing turnout for DCTU anti-cuts demonstration

national | anti-capitalism | other press Monday November 28, 2011 22:30 by wsm

This is a short report back by the WSM on Saturday's (Nov 26th) Dublin Council of Trade Unions protest march against the austerity cuts imposed by the IMF and ECB.

In the region of 2,500 people took part in Saturday's Dublin Council of Trade Unions demonstration in Dublin. Although this made it the biggest anti-austerity demonstration in the city since the massive ICTU demonstration of last year the small number attending was a wake up call for anyone on the left or in the unions who is optimistic about significant resistance to the crisis emerging in the short term.

Full text of report can be found here: