We receive and transmit this call-out. We also note that senior Labour party politician John McDonnell MP is taking part in this demo. ***No Borders London calls for a NO BORDER block at the National Student Demonstration on Nov 4. Assemble under the “Smash Fortress Europe” banner at 12.30, Mallet … Continue reading
This is PC Andrew Ott, a Metropolitan Police cop who attacked and injured a student when he tried to leave the kettle during the December 2010 demo in Parliament Square. Ott smashed William Horner in the face with the side of his riot shield knocking out one of his teeth. … Continue reading
On 9th March at the University of Cape Town, a statue of arch-imperialist bag of scum, Cecil Rhodes, had a load of human shit emptied on it. Since then, students demanding a removal of the statue and an end to institutional white supremacy have been holding daily protests and sit-ins … Continue reading
On Tuesday evening (17 March) students took over part of the London School of Economics in central London, and renamed it the Free University of London. Yesterday (Thursday 19) they were joined by students occupying at art school Central St Martins, part of the University of the Arts (UAL). The … Continue reading
REPOST from warwick4freeeducation (the blog of the ongoing warwick university occupation). This is a first person account both of the student protests in the last few weeks, and of the experience of being kidnapped by the state as a queer trans person who refuses to fit the norms of gender. … Continue reading
On Saturday 6th December people in Brighton joined with others demonstrating around the country and held a march calling for free education. Hundreds of people gathered at the Level in the centre of Brighton. It was the first time since this summer’s Gaza demos that people have taken to the … Continue reading
There’s been a call from students for a march in Brighton on Saturday for Free Education. Students are calling for solidarity. Many universities, including the University of Sussex, held occupations yesterday and there have been reports that police in Warwick threatened occupying students with a taser during a violent eviction. … Continue reading
A “Cops Off Campus” demo of about 1000 students was held at Warwick University, near Coventry, yesterday. It led to several hundred people re-occupying a university building, one day after a much smaller occupation of some 25 students was evicted by filth with tasers and pepper spray. Clearly this was … Continue reading
Today (Wednesday 3 December) students across UK held a day of action with protests on 20 campuses, including 6 universities occupied. Most of these seem to have been ended by this evening, in some cases after attacks from police. However at least the Sheffield University and Lancaster University occupations are … Continue reading
Yesterday’s student demo saw up to 10,000 people on the streets of central London (organisers’ estimate), some scuffles with the cops at Parliament Square, and breakaway groups targeting the Business ministry and a few other venues. Earlier, the NUS head office got a new paint job with “Scabs” scrawled across … Continue reading