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This video was shown on a the stage screen at the Put People First London G20 rally in Hyde Park on Saturday 28 March 2009.

From CongressTV.tv

This is the press release we put out yesterday at about 1:30 while the march was still under way.

Press Release from Put People First

28/3/09 - immediate
Statement by Glen Tarman, Chair of the Put People First co-ordination team.
“Today’s march has brought thousands of people together from more than 150 organisations drawn from a huge range of development, union, faith and environmental groups.
“More than a thousand have joined the march from a huge ecumenical church service led by the Bishop of London.

Our thanks to everyone who turned out from all over the UK and even further afield for today’s Put People First March for Jobs, Justice, Climate.

The police estimated thirty-five thousand of us marched peacefully through London today. That’s a strong, clear signal, calling for a radical break with the failures of the unfettered free market.

Joint General Secretary of the trade union Unite, Tony Woodley, tells us why he’s asking his members and supporters to turn out in large numbers for the Put People First London march and rally on Saturday 28 March 2009, ahead of the G20 summit on the financial crisis.

Put People First supporters Synergy and Pants to Poverty present the official PUT PEOPLE FIRST march after party.

28 March 2009 - 6:00pm to 11:00pm - The Chapel pub, Chapel Street NW1 5DP.

Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis will be speaking at the Put People First G20 rally in Hyde Park on Saturday. Here he explains why he and many of his union’s members will be taking part in the march.

TUC press release - 23 March 2009

As the global trade union movement publishes its statement to the G20 summit today (Monday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has said that the “stakes for the G20 summit are incredibly high” and that “it cannot be allowed to fail”.

Brendan Barber said: “This is a truly global crisis and the first recession to flow from a collapse in the financial system since the 1930s. Individual states can make a difference, but in a global crisis we need a global response.

Trades Union Congress General Secretary Brendan Barber will be marching on 28 March in London, and addressing the Put People First G20 rally in Hyde Park. Here he explains what the TUC and UK unions will be looking for from the G20 leaders in response to the financial crisis.