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| Protesters in anti-austerity rally | Protesters in anti-austerity rally |
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| Thousands of people are attending a rally in Glasgow to protest against austerity. | |
| The Scotland United Against Austerity event in George Square is taking place as a demonstration is staged in London. | The Scotland United Against Austerity event in George Square is taking place as a demonstration is staged in London. |
| Organisers of the London event predict the protests will be the biggest for years. | Organisers of the London event predict the protests will be the biggest for years. |
| The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is joining forces with the Peoples' Assembly, which is organising the protests. | The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is joining forces with the Peoples' Assembly, which is organising the protests. |
| STUC general secretary Grahame Smith told the Glasgow rally: "Today we send out a clear message to the governments in Westminster and Edinburgh - we refuse to accept that there is no alternative to austerity. | |
| "We know that austerity makes no economic sense. We know that its primary purpose is ideological. It is intended to entrench the economic and political power of a self-interested, privileged elite. | "We know that austerity makes no economic sense. We know that its primary purpose is ideological. It is intended to entrench the economic and political power of a self-interested, privileged elite. |
| "To be anti-austerity is to be pro-trade union and to build a successful anti-austerity movement is to build an effective and successful trade union movement. | "To be anti-austerity is to be pro-trade union and to build a successful anti-austerity movement is to build an effective and successful trade union movement. |
| "Our campaign will be political and industrial. We will campaign to change government policy - however long that takes. And at the workplace, unions will take whatever action their members believe will be most effective in defending their jobs; their conditions and their communities." | "Our campaign will be political and industrial. We will campaign to change government policy - however long that takes. And at the workplace, unions will take whatever action their members believe will be most effective in defending their jobs; their conditions and their communities." |
| Other speakers at the rally will include Larry Flanagan, general secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland, and Pat Rafferty, Scottish secretary of Unite. | Other speakers at the rally will include Larry Flanagan, general secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland, and Pat Rafferty, Scottish secretary of Unite. |