A joint statement, "The time to organise resistance is now," co-signed by Green Party leader Caroline Lucas and 72 others, was published in the Guardian on the 4th of August.
The statement followed the "Can't Pay, Won't Pay" rally in late May 2010, at Conway Hall, London. The statement calls for a "broad movement of active resistance to ... the most savage spending cuts since the 1930s, which will wreck the lives of millions, by devastating our jobs, pay, pensions, NHS, education, transport, postal and other services."
Later, it continued to say, "Corporation tax is being cut, the bank levy is a pittance, and top salaries and bonuses have already been restored to pre-crash levels.An alternative budget would place the banks under democratic control, and raise revenue by increasing tax for the rich, plugging tax loopholes, withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, abolishing the nuclear deterrent by cancelling the Trident replacement."
The full statement can be read at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree
The Green Party, in the 2010 general election, stood in over 300 constituencies around the country, on a platform of fighting inequality, protecting public services, and the creation of an extra million jobs and training places. We supported an immediate £44bn package of measures which would include workforce training, investment in renewables, public transport, insulation, social housing and waste management.
An organising conference for further action against the cuts will be held in late November (27 November 2010, 10am-5pm) at Camden Centre, Town Hall, London, WC1H 9JE.
For further information, see: coalitionofresistance.wordpress.com, or email: coalitionofresistance@mail.com.