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June 22, 2015

London: Russell Brand, Charlotte Church Join 250,000 at Anti-Austerity Protest 
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Hundreds thousands of people gathered in London Saturday to protest
austerity policies backed by the Conservative government. Singer
Charlotte Church and comedian Russell Brand were among an estimated
250,000 people who took part.

Charlotte Church: "Basically just the sense of injustice and unfairness
at what the Tory government are trying to do with putting in these
austerity measures, which they're trying to make people believe is the
only way that, you know, our economy can be run, that we're in so much
debt, and, in my mind, that's just a lie."

Russell Brand: "I think, like most of you here, I felt crushing
disappointment on the morning after the election. Unlike many of you, I
felt personally to blame for it. I thought I'd broken a country."

That last voice was Russell Brand. To see our interview with him, you
can go to democracynow.org.

 

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