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50,000 opposed 3fold hike of student fees in London
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Thursday November 11, 2010 11:29 by Londons burning
'This is just the beginning' Britain's seeing its biggest protest yet against the deep cuts the country faces to tackle its massive debts. Yesterday in London over 50,000 students protested against a planned hike in tuition fees which could see them treble to 9-thousand pounds a year. Later things got far more confrontational; students confronted police, entered conservative party HQ, smashed windows, occupied roof, lit fires in streets... Student fees protestors claim: 'This is just the beginning' Around 50,000 students marched against education cuts in a national DEMOLITION demonstration called by UCU and NUS. "We oppose all cuts and we stand in solidarity with public sector workers, and all poor, disabled, elderly and working people. This is only the beginning of the resistance to the destruction of our education system and public services." Later Parliament Square was occupied (again) by the Open University and on Thursday the campaign against fees and cuts is calling to sign a statement of solidarity with the arrested students and an anti-repression blog has been set up. infos: Millbank Occupied as 50,000 Protest Education Cuts - http://london.indymedia.org/articles/5938 Demo 2010 student protests - live coverage http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2010/nov/10/demo-2010...-live photos - http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/gallery/2010/nov/10...-cuts Student fees protest: 'This is just the beginning' http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/nov/10/student...p=239 RTE - 32 arrests in London student protests http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1110/london.html Euronews http://www.euronews.net/2010/11/11/british-police-tacti...iots/ vids London Riot: Tory HQ smashed by British students http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmudJafnQh0 Millbank Tower invaded (10Nov10) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c6XdWf3blY
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Jump To Comment: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1latest TWEET: http://twitter.com/#%21/RuwaydaMustafah: RuwaydaMustafah: Reports of disturbances in the following areas: #Wathamstow, #PalmersGreen, #Enfield, #PondersEnd, #Earlsfield and #Westfield. #LondonRiots http://twitter.com/#!/RuwaydaMustafah/status/100338505523281920 Riots and looting spread around Greater London http://storyful.com/stories/1000006194 London faced a second night of riots and looting on Sunday, following a violent outbreak in Tottenham on Saturday that stunned the city. As they did the night before in Tottenham and Wood Green, youths smashed store windows in Enfield and carted away as much as they could carry, pausing only to smash the windows of a police car. After stinging criticism of their response in Tottenham, police in Enfield responded quickly. But the violence didn’t stop there — it spread from north London to Greater London, even as far as Brixton. London disturbances - Sunday 7 August http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/07/tottenham...ck-23 2.00am: Here is a summary of events over the course of today and this evening: • A second night of street clashes and looting has taken place around London. Police in riot gear were deployed across the city to deal with trouble in Enfield, six miles north of the site of riots in Tottenham, while looters later pillaged shops in Brixton. • There was mounting evidence on Sunday night that some of the second night of rioting in London was part of an orchestrated plan, as violent disturbances broke out sporadically across parts of the capital. • Doubts have emerged over whether Mark Duggan, whose death at the hands of police sparked the weekend's Tottenham riots, was killed during an exchange of fire . The Guardian understands that initial ballistics tests on a bullet, found lodged in a police radio worn by an officer during Thursday's incident, suggested it was police issue – and therefore had not been fired by Duggan. • Tottenham MP David Lammy has said the riots were "a disgrace", while the Met police said the events were "absolutely unacceptable". Downing Street also used the term "absolutely unacceptable". • Some reports are suggesting an altercation between a female and police in Tottenham may have sparked wider violence.
Now London IS burning...Totthenham, Brixton, Wathamstow, PalmersGreen, Enfield, Ponders, Earlsfield
Indeed to every public sector worker, to every ordinary person who depends – like we all do – on welfare and services, the actions of school, college and university students today, were an inspiration. They were a rallying call for the start of an an almighty class battle to save our jobs and services and bring down this government.
Today the spirit of ’68 was rekindled – offering hope to millions, an alternative to the despair and misery that would follow so organically from accepting the cuts. Instead we say to everyone – “dare to fight”.
Simon Hardy, of REVOLUTION and a leading activist in the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, speaking on the BBC News, struck the note of the day when he said, “People hate the Tories, they remember what they did in the 1980s. The Liberal Democrats are traitors – they have betrayed millions of young voters. Today a new generation has found its political voice. We demand the withdrawal of the entire cuts programme – or we will bring down this government.”
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.socialistrevolution.org/1451/we-never-knew-t...f-68/
For regular updates: http://anticuts.com/
AND a cool video of the march and occupation in Leeds yesterday.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZMScdYPkps
Student Walkouts and Protests across London (imc-london report at present)
Latest: The march was blocked in Whitehall from moving forward by riot vans. Since then the police have been surrounding the crowds troughout the Whitehall area. See the Timeline of Events and the Tumblewire for the latest reports direct from the streets.
Occupations which began on Monday at SOAS in London and other Universities in Bristol and Manchester continue. New sit-ins started yesterday at Royal Holloway [1 | blog] and other colleges. The National Day of Walkouts in London started at Queen Mary University where students converged at Malet Street University of London's Union building as other walkouts begin across London. From 11.00 there is a Carnival of Resistance procession will start from Malet St, ULU to Trafalgar Square, where a mass demonstartion will take place. There have been calls for marches from there to Parliament and Downing street throughout the day.
FEATURE - http://london.indymedia.org/articles/6092
TIMELINE here - http://london.indymedia.org/action_timelines/walkout-ag...cuts/
vid - STUDENT PROTESTS - police van SMASHED - LONDON today (24 Nov) COMMENTS !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgCIFM-nUbw
Student Fees Demo 24/11/10 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-mpMg8A9uI
BBC WORLD REPORTER: “Given that there are similar protests happening all over the country, we might be seeing similar situations in other parts of the country as the day goes on.”
Related article – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-1182910...2
Protest leaders have claimed that an “unprecedented wave of student revolt is unfolding” – and they say they are following in the spirit of student protests of 1968.
info on ’68 – 40 years ago this month in Paris….Mai 68
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/87672
UK STUDENT PROTESTERS STILL ANGRY - police van SMASHED
Step outside posh boy - UK students still angry
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STUDENT PROTESTS - police van SMASHED - LONDON
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Student Fees Demo 24/11/10
Dear C011 (the Metropolitan's public order branch) here too now is that same info that you used to shut down FITWATCH, stating that the blog was "being used to undertake criminal activities"...
51 people have been arrested so far, and the police have claimed they took the details of a further 250 people in the kettle using powers under the Police Reform Act. There may be more arrests to come.
Students who are worried should consider taking the following actions:
If you have been arrested, or had your details taken – contact the legal support campaign. As a group you can support each other, and mount a coherent campaign.
If you fear you may be arrested as a result of identification by CCTV, FIT or press photography;
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This post is postd, spartacus style to support FITWATCH, copied, in part from http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/beating-poli...tion/
Met closes down anti-police blog
Police force suspension of website that offered advice to students involved in last week's rioting
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/16/student-ant...losed
Fitwatch on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fitwatch/103821345868?v=info
Beating police repression after the student occupation
http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/beating-poli...tion/
VID - Climate Camp: 'FITwatch'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q63y3RFu-IE
Fitwatch blog suspended for "attempting to pervert the course of justice" by Met.
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Climate Camp:
- Bring down the Government, says student march organiser
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23897210...er.do
One of the organisers of the student march which exploded into violence backed “legitimate force” today to bring down the Government.
Mark Bergfeld, who sits on the national executive council of the National Union of Students, called for schools to be barricaded, more “occupations” and a general strike to “break” the Lib-Con coalition.
- Student anti-cuts demo in London (imc-uk)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/11/467742.html?c=on...59427
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The Siege of Millbank
Student protests set stage for winter wave of unrest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/nov/14/millbank-...lysis
Millbank occupation caught police badly prepared, and fuelled belief on Labour's left and among unions that direct action will bring results
As Britain prepares for a series of public protests of a kind not seen since the early 1990s, the lessons drawn from the biggest student march of recent times will be crucial in determining just how nasty the coalition's coming "winter of discontent" may be.
It was not until well after 2pm that everything changed. The march had reached Tory headquarters at Millbank, further down the river from parliament. A large fire had been lit outside. Windows were being smashed. By late afternoon students were pouring into the building and onto the roof. The mood was ugly and the police were struggling to cope. One student wrapped a scarf around his face and pushed past a policeman into Millbank tower. He was punched twice in the face, breaking his glasses, and once in the stomach. But to him it was worth it. "We were inside Tory HQ," he said laughing, as he recalled the moment of occupation. "Home of the classic enemy of the people."
One former student who was inside Tory headquarters was Thomas Barlow, 27, now a club promoter in Manchester. He believes that without some aggression the protests will achieve nothing. "We know from Stop the War and the march on top-up fees that walking from A to B doesn't get you anywhere. It might have made the front page of the Independent but that would be it. Instead we've all been getting messages of support from France, Australia, New Zealand and America."
Barlow argues that any violence on Wednesday was within reasonable limits: property was damaged but people were not injured. "I don't think any social movement in history has ever made change without damage to property. All great movements have had leaders who were accused of being terrorists or violent: from Emmeline Pankhurst to Nelson Mandela."
Already students are planning more protests in London, Manchester, Essex, Sussex and Glasgow.
That kind of language suggests that last week's scenes are likely to become a more familiar sight than ministers would like to believe.
Student protesters smash windows as they clash with police after entering Tory HQ at Millbank Tower, London.