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People’s Assembly: Fighting cuts on the cut
PETER FROST takes to the canal for the launch of new and unusual waterborne anti-austerity action

The National People’s Assembly recall conference in March this year brought together all shades of opinion and protesters from across British society ready to join the fightback against David Cameron, Nick Clegg and George Osborne’s vicious austerity measures.

One of the biggest ovations of the day was reserved for a woman from Milton Keynes, Anita de Klerk, who brought news and support from a newly formed, and most unusual, part of the vibrant anti-cuts movement.

De Klerk told the gathered delegates of her organisation, the People’s Flotilla Against Austerity. It was, she announced, made up of people living and working on boats on thousands of miles of our nation’s inland waterways.

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