In reality. Outright striking will do very little other than hurt those low paid workers whose union will call them out on stike pay. It will not change policy and only lead to increased pay for the police who will rub their hands at the chance of huge overtime payments and the chance to exercise their muscle.(In the miners strike many officers paid off their mortgages and or had really great summer holidays)

Huge civil disobedience will only give rise to the mob and again, the police will come off best.

The anti poll tax demonstrations did make a difference and perhaps getting enough people on the streets peacefully might sway political opinion.

Whilst we remain divided as a population we are easy to control. The rich and powerful people,behind government, those who drive the economic agenda along in the background continue to hide behind the political body. Rich and don't care, they are the ones who need most action against. If people strike, they only hurt their fellows in some way. The strikes if there are to be, need to be in the private industries, not the public ones. Cutting nurses, cleaners all manner of local government workers is old hat. They have always been the target and with predictable results. The private sector is where it will really hurt.

The low paid industrial,blue collar and white collar workers will suffer as badly as the public sector when the cuts bite deeper. Small businesses will go to the wall and there will be more unemployed needing more benefits. We are I think going to be set into a downward spiral.

When you say "Income tax shoulkd rise", do mean the upper levels/rates or generally across the boards. The low paid are alreay highly taxed (So mmuch for Clegg's tax threshold of £10,000.00) Most people see their hard earned wage taxation wasted by successive governments. Our taxes are squandered, wasted, propping up a banking system where huge bonuses are given to a select few on top of huge salaries. Where billions are spent on keeping two armies in illogical, ill concived wars and supporting an underclass that could have been avoided were it not for the right wing approach of the seventies. Given to feckless and greedy top civil servants and MP's etc etc. We need a radical rethink of political direction. Given that communism isn't a viable system. The poorly attempted socialist vision only left us in this mess and the push towards right wing capitalism that is rearing it's head and has only ever failed in recent times what is there?

No matter what, we can not sit by while the rich and powerful drive us back to pre war poverty and working conditions. Haven't we moved further forward than that?