On Thursday 19th the SSP launched its week of action on free public transport by leafleting and posting around stations and other transport hubs.
I've put a link to the site in 'Some other views from the left' in the sidebar.
Public reaction was very positive, as you might expect from people who are about to have to buy a ticket for an inferior service at an extortionate price to feed the fat cats who operate and mis-manage public transport for their own and their shareholders benefit.
Perhaps more surprising was the number of people who took the opportunity to express their support for our other policies on abolition of the council tax and its replacement by a fair system of taxation, on ending our involvement in American wars, on council housing, and on independence in a socialist Scotland.
It seems that it has taken a global financial meltdown to get across the message that capitalism is destroying itself through its own greed and to make people seriously consider an alternative 'not for profit' system which puts people before profit.
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Based in the U.S., we are trying to be a resource for this cause.
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http://freepublictransit.org
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thanks fpteds I'll p[ass along your site details to our FPT campaign people and they may be in touch if that's ok
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