Borneo
- Beratus-ratus
ribu orang turun ke jalan-raya di London pada hari Sabtu dalam perhimpunan
terbesar anti-penjimatan di UK selama bertahun-tahun untuk menentang program
kerajaan Tory baru pemotongan faedah sosial dan penswastaan. Dilaporkan 250,000
menghadiri perhimpunan tersebut.
Orang
berpusu-pusu ke ibu negara British dari seluruh negara pada hujung minggu ini,
dengan lebih daripada 80,000 orang telah mengesahkan hasrat mereka untuk
menghadiri demonstrasi besar ke atas media sosial. Baik polis mahupun penganjur
mempunyai anggaran segera bagi bilangan penunjuk perasaan, tetapi penganjur
telah dijangka kehadiran sehingga dan lebih 70,000 orang.
Terdapat
laporan yang belum disahkan bahawa 1/4 daripada 1 juta orang menghadiri
perhimpunan tersebut.
Setelah
bermula pada waktu tempatan 12 tengah hari, penunjuk perasaan berkumpul
berhampiran Bank of England di daerah kewangan di London, untuk kemudian
berarak melalui jalan2 di pusat bandar London ke Parlimen.
"Kepelbagaian
orang" berkumpul untuk membantah program penjimatan kerajaan British dan
pemotongan perbelanjaan, RT UK wartawan Daniel Hawkins itu dilaporkan.
Perhimpunan itu orang ramai bersatu "dari pelbagai jenis latar
belakang," semua marah potongan kepada perbelanjaan awam dan perkhidmatan
awam.
Dianjurkan
oleh Perhimpunan Rakyat Terhadap penjimatan, sebuah kumpulan payung dengan
sokongan kesatuan sekerja, penunjuk perasaan anti-perang dan beberapa Buruh dan
ahli politik Parti Green, perarakan melihat kehadiran berat aktivis sayap kiri,
tetapi juga termasuk banyak pekerja biasa, orang daripada sektor awam, sektor
swasta dan kesatuan sekerja.
Aktivis
telah membawa sepanduk membaca "Tiada Luka," "Tidak penjimatan
Lebih," "Potong Perang Tidak Kebajikan" dan "Dapatkan
Tories Out" antara lain, agensi berita Sputnik dilaporkan.
"Kami
berjuang untuk setiap paun," "kerajaan . . . mengambil wang dari kami
sepanjang masa," dan "ia sangat mengganggu berfikir di mana ianya
akan" penunjuk perasaan kepada RT.
Turns out it wasn't 70,000 who marched against
austerity... It was 250,000. #EndAusterityNow
On top of an #FBU truck reporting on #EndAusterityNow march!
Crowds as far as eye can see. Watch live on @RT_com 8:14 PM - 20
Jun 2015
The march is massive and good natured. Unlike the Tory
party #endausteritynow
Penunjuk perasaan berarak
semasa protes anti-penjimatan di pusat bandar London, Britain 20 Jun 2015 (Demonstrators
march during an anti-austerity protest in central London, Britain June 20, 2015
(Reuters/Peter Nicholls)
Massive
anti-austerity march in London mounts biggest challenge to Tory cuts (VIDEOS,
PHOTOS)
Hundreds
of thousands of people took to the streets of London on Saturday in the UK’s
biggest anti-austerity rally for years to oppose the new Tory government’s
program of social benefit cuts and privatization. A reported 250,000 attended
the rally.
People
flocked to the British capital from across the country this weekend, with over
80,000 people having confirmed their intention to attend the major
demonstration on social media. Neither police nor organizers had an immediate
estimate for the number of protesters, but organizers have expected attendance
of up to and over 70,000 people.
There
have been unconfirmed reports that a quarter of a million people attended the
rally.
Having
started at 12 noon local time, the protesters gathered near the Bank of England
in London's financial district, to then march through the streets of central
London toward the Parliament.
Dianjurkan oleh Rakyat Perhimpunan Terhadap penjimatan, sebuah kumpulan payung dengan sokongan kesatuan sekerja, penunjuk perasaan anti-perang dan beberapa Buruh dan Parti Green ahli politik, perarakan melihat kehadiran berat aktivis sayap kiri, tetapi juga termasuk banyak pekerja biasa, orang daripada sektor awam, sektor swasta dan kesatuan sekerja.
Aktivis telah membawa sepanduk membaca "Tiada Luka," "Tidak penjimatan Lebih," "Potong Perang Tidak Kebajikan" dan "Dapatkan Tories Out" antara lain, agensi berita Sputnik dilaporkan.
Organized by The People's Assembly Against Austerity, an umbrella group with support from trade unions, anti-war protesters and some Labor and Green Party politicians, the march sees a heavy presence of left-wing activists, but also includes a lot of ordinary workers, people from the public sector, private sector and trade unions.
Activists have been carrying banners reading "No Cuts," "No More Austerity," "Cut War Not Welfare" and "Get the Tories Out" among others, Sputnik news agency reported.
"We struggle for every pound," "the government... is taking money away from us all the time," and "it's very disturbing to think where it's going" protesters told RT.
Aktivis
anti-nuklear dan pemimpin kesatuan menyertai demonstrasi, Sputnik dilaporkan
media tempatan sebagai berkata.
"Apa
yang berlaku ialah orang-orang yang bergantung kepada manfaat negara, yang
biasanya orang-orang yang sangat miskin, orang kurang upaya, sakit, orang-orang
dengan kanak-kanak, orang-orang yang tidak mampu untuk membayar sewa mereka -
semua orang akan terkena secara langsung [oleh dasar-dasar kerajaan]. Tetapi
itu semua akan memberi kesan kepada kumpulan yang lebih luas daripada rakyat,
"Ann Lindsey German dari ‘Stop’ gabungan Perang, yang berdiri dua kali
sebagai calon untuk Datuk Bandar London, memberitahu RT.
Menuntut
perubahan dasar, Jerman mencadangkan wang perlu diambil "dari syarikat,
dari yang kaya dan bukannya dari orang-orang yang benar-benar tidak mampu untuk
memberikannya."
Anti-nuclear
activists and union leaders joined the demonstration, Sputnik reported local
media as saying.
"What's
happening is the people who are dependent on state benefits, which is generally
people who are very poor, disabled, sick, people with children, people who can't
afford to pay their rent – all of those people will be directly hit [by the
government policies]. But it's all going to affect a much wider group of
people," Lindsey Ann German from the Stop the War coalition, who stood
twice as candidate for Mayor of London, told RT.
Demanding
a change of policy, German suggested money should be taken "from the corporations, from the rich rather
than from the people who really can't afford to give it."
Perarakan
Sabtu ini bertujuan untuk menjadi aman. Sebilangan kecil penunjuk perasaan
melepaskan suar asap berwarna merah, tetapi perhimpunan tersebut telah hampir
secara universal baik sifat yang mana Reuters melaporkannya.
Menjelang
bantahan, beberapa orang yang disyaki kesalahan dalam demonstrasi sebelum ini
telah dilaporkan ditangkap. Memetik sumber-sumber, ‘The Guardian’ berkata Polis
Metropolitan memulakan tindakan keras ke atas aktivis, menghalang mereka
daripada menyertai protes Sabtu ini.
"Nampaknya
ada tindakan keras besar-besaran. Terdapat beberapa jenis motivasi politik di
sebalik semua ini," kata seorang aktivis dengan kumpulan anarkis Perang
Kelas, Lisa McKenzie, dipetik sebagai berkata oleh Guardian.
Saturday’s
march was intended to be peaceful. A small number of protesters let off
red-colored smoke flares, but the rally has been almost universally good
natured, Reuters reported.
Ahead
of the protest, several people suspected of offenses in previous demonstrations
have been reportedly arrested. Citing sources, The Guardian said the
Metropolitan Police started a crackdown on activists, preventing them from
participating in Saturday’s protest.
"There seems to be a massive crackdown. There
is some sort of political motivation behind all of this," an
activist with anarchist group Class War, Lisa McKenzie, was quoted as saying by
the Guardian.
Penganjur
acara itu mengatakan perarakan Sabtu ini hanya akan menjadi permulaan kempen
utama di seluruh negara. "Ia akan menjadi permulaan kempen protes, mogok,
tindakan langsung dan maksiat awam di negara ini. Kita tidak akan berehat
sehingga penjimatan adalah sejarah," Sputnik dipetik Sam Fairbairn, Dewan
Rakyat, sebagai memberitahu media UK.
Beberapa
protes anti-penjimatan telah berlaku sejak pilihan raya kebangsaan pada bulan
Mei, apabila Konservatif telah tidak disangka-sangka dipilih semula dengan
majoriti yang secara terang-terangan. Orang telah mengambil jalan-raya terhadap
dasar Tory, dengan penunjuk perasaan yang marah luka sektor awam bertujuan
untuk menangani defisit kerajaan.
The
event's organizers say Saturday’s march will only be the start of a major
nationwide campaign. "It will be
the start of a campaign of protest, strikes, direct action and civil
disobedience in the country. We will not rest until austerity is history,"
Sputnik quoted Sam Fairbairn, of the People's Assembly, as telling UK media.
A
number of anti-austerity protests have been happening since national elections
in May, when the Conservatives were unexpectedly reelected with an outright
majority. People have been taking to the streets against Tory policies, with
demonstrators being angry at public sector cuts meant to address government
deficits.
Pada
tahun 2010, pihak yang memperkenalkan program penjimatan 5 tahun, setelah
mengetuai gabungan memberi tumpuan kepada mengurangkan perbelanjaan awam. Ia
baru-baru ini mengumumkan kerajaan akan mengambil pendekatan lagi untuk
mengurangkan defisit negara, yang akan merangkumi kebajikan dan perbelanjaan
potongan tambahan.
In
2010, the party introduced a five-year austerity program, having led a
coalition focused on cutting public spending. It was recently announced the
government would adopt a further approach to reducing the national deficit,
that would include extra welfare and spending cuts.
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