A UK group is urging the public to hold street parties to protest at the austerity measures and the undermining of public services. As opposed to the 'celebration' of the diamond jubilee.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/ap...street-parties
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''We want people to stand up and demand that we keep our public services, our rights and our welfare system and to celebrate a new future that isn't dictated to us by a handful of millionaires but decided by us all – together," said Anna Walker of UK Uncut.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/uk-uncut