User 'anonymous' did: report at Sat Aug 22 03:16:12 +0000 2009.<br/> User 'anonymous' did: report at Sat Aug 22 12:38:30 +0000 2009.<br/> true true <p>The main thing that is noteworthy about the demonstration is the incredibly wide variety of things that people are demonstrating about.&nbsp; Jobs and the economy seems to top the list, followed closely by worries about the environment (especially global warming).&nbsp; There appears to be a wide range of opinions represented here - from liberal NGOs over into the trade unions, socialist, and anarchist groups.</p> <p>The Militant Workers Bloc, a section of the march composed of class-struggle anarchists demonstrating in favour of a self-organized economy, are completely surrounded by hundreds of police at the moment, although the general atmosphere even on this part of the march is relaxed.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2009-03-28T13:02:40+00:00 908 promoted le tigre false <p>The Put People First march has begun.&nbsp; It's very difficult to tell how big the entire demonstration is right now, because the entire embankment for at least a mile is filled with people - the demonstration stretches out of sight in either direction.</p> Put people first march begins 2009-08-22T12:38:30+00:00