Although the article is oriented toward an audience in the UK, it offers some constructive suggestions about coping with cutbacks and building a new society.
He concludes his essay with this excellent perspective:
We should not underestimate the scale of this task, but nor should we countenance the alternative. This is the most important struggle for at least a generation, and we must work openly, democratically and comradely to build an inclusive movement that can decisively resist the cuts, defeat this government and then build the socialist society we want.