Sheffield Protests Against Nick Clegg

Sheffield Trades Council organised a protest against Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem MP for Sheffield Hallam, who was speaking in the Town Hall, on 3rd September 2010. The attached audio is a raw recording (apologies for the poor quality) of the second half of the speeches, starting with a speaker from the Sheffield Pensioners Action Group.

Speeches from the protest against Nick Clegg - mp3 33M

There was a good turn out from a variety of campaigns and labour movement bodies in the city and one amusing moment was when the 'never trust a politician' banner was moved behind Paul Blomfield, Labour MP for Sheffield Central.

Chris

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04.09.2010 08:17

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Chris

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Great Coverage

04.09.2010 09:26

Great coverage - thanks!

sue UCU
mail e-mail: sue.mcpherson@ntlworld.com

The hypocrisy of the Petite Bourgeoisie..

05.09.2010 10:33

In the 13 years of New Labour The left from The SWP and onwards was telling The Working Class vote Labour with no illusions, and the silence from some anarchist was almost defining. Now we have a CON-DEM government, the hypocrisy of the Petite Bourgeoisie has brought them out in protest saying stop the cuts, it is only when there jobs are at risk we see them on the streets, to be frank underclassrising will not protest to defend the jobs of The Police, Dole Workers, Middle Management and so it goes on, we need to make The Middle Class History not defend there privileges..

Petit-bourgeois (sometimes Anglicized as petty bourgeois) is a French term that originally referred to the members of the lower middle social classes in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Starting from the mid-19th century, the term was used by Karl Marx and Marxist theorists to refer to a social class that included shop-keepers and professionals.

Though distinct from the ordinary The Working Class and the lumpenproletariat, who rely entirely on the sale of their labor-power for survival, the petty is different from the haute bourgeoisie, (high bourgeoisie) or capitalist class, who own the means of production and buy the labor-power of others to work it. Though the petite bourgeois may buy the labor power of others, in contrast to the haute bourgeoisie, they typically work alongside their own employees; and although they generally own their own businesses, they do not own a controlling share of the means of production.

More important, the means of production in the hands of the petite bourgeoisie do not generate enough surplus to be reinvested in production; as such, they cannot be reproduced in an amplified scale, or accumulated, and do not constitute capital properly.

underclassrising.net

@underclassrising

05.09.2010 21:25

And your point is...?

Annie Citizen

Crap clegg

05.09.2010 23:32

NOT speaking for U.R....but, seems to me, at least, if you read the posting that THIS:-

Now we have a CON-DEM government, the hypocrisy of the Petite Bourgeoisie has brought them out in protest saying stop the cuts, it is only when there jobs are at risk we see them on the streets

is the point...

Can't say that I disagree....

All for one, one for ALL....NOT only when the sun shines

Nob ed Nimby

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Sheffield Protests Against Nick Clegg

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Great Coverage

The hypocrisy of the Petite Bourgeoisie..

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Crap clegg

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