In many towns and cities across Britain yesterday, the People's Assembly Against Austerity organised protests against the policies of the Tory-led government.
Among the deserving targets of people's anger were government premises, banks, tax-dodging chain shops, loan sharks, zero-hour employers, and contractors such as Atos which carry out the government's dirty work to persecute the sick and disabled.
Some People's Assembly groups marched to highlight the iniquities of the bedroom tax, a cruel and cynical policy which holds the unemployed responsible for Britain's chronic housing shortage.
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