<div dir="ltr">PLEASE SHARE WIDELY AND SEE ALSO STATEMENT BELOW FOR UNIONS, CAMPAIGNS AND GRASSROOTS GROUPS TO SIGN<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><a href="http://occupylondon.org.uk/a-call-to-action-democracy-at-stake/" target="_blank">http://occupylondon.org.uk/a-call-to-action-democracy-at-stake/</a></div>

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17th October – Mass Democracy Action</h1><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.4;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(141,17,17)!important"><span style="font-size:1.4em;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(119,119,119);font-weight:normal">A Call to Action – Democracy at Stake</span><a title="Comment on A CALL TO ACTION: Democracy at Stake" href="http://occupylondon.org.uk/a-call-to-action-democracy-at-stake/#respond" style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(141,17,17)!important" target="_blank"><img alt="comments" src="http://occupylondon.org.uk/wp-content/themes/DynamiX/images/blank.gif" width="30" height="25" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%;"></a></h1>


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<span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">It is becoming clear to millions in this country that our system of democracy increasingly functions in the interests of big business and a tiny wealthy elite.</span></p>


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<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">This union/association/group notes:</strong></p><ol style="font-size:12px;margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;padding:5px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);color:rgb(95,95,95);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'Trebuchet MS','DejuVu Sans','Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">
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That the imposition of austerity has no democratic mandate from the electors</p></li></ol><ol start="2" style="font-size:12px;margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;padding:5px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);color:rgb(95,95,95);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'Trebuchet MS','DejuVu Sans','Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">
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That nobody voted for privatisation of the NHS</p></li></ol><ol start="3" style="font-size:12px;margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;padding:5px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);color:rgb(95,95,95);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'Trebuchet MS','DejuVu Sans','Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">
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That the Liberal Democrats broke the promise on tuition fees they made to their voters when they entered into the Coalition.</p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12px;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);color:rgb(95,95,95);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'Trebuchet MS','DejuVu Sans','Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">
<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">This union/association/group believes:</strong></p><ol style="font-size:12px;margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;padding:5px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);color:rgb(95,95,95);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'Trebuchet MS','DejuVu Sans','Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">
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That the Coalition government’s conduct reveals a fundamental problem with Britain’s system of parliamentary democracy.</p></li></ol><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);color:rgb(95,95,95);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'Trebuchet MS','DejuVu Sans','Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">
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That Parliament has failed to protect the interests of the majority, and especially of the most vulnerable, in our society.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
That government and Parliament function in the interest of big business</li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12px;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);color:rgb(95,95,95);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'Trebuchet MS','DejuVu Sans','Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">
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<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">This union/association/group resolves:</strong></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);color:rgb(95,95,95);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,'Trebuchet MS','DejuVu Sans','Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">
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To support the call of the Occupy movement for the occupation of Parliament Square on Friday 17th October in order to put forward a set of democratic demands for the fundamental reform of Britain’s system of democracy</p>
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For more on the context of this call out, please see this piece by John Sinha of the Occupy London Democracy Action Working Group:<a href="http://occupylondon.org.uk/a-call-to-action-for-democracy-by-john-sinha/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:none;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> A Call to Action for Democracy</strong></a></p>
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