The excellent Globalise Resistance have posted up an article about last week’s student protests…
“Seeing the day unfold saw the radicalism and confidence rise exponentially. At the top of Whitehall, a student with the naughty “FUCK” word on his home made placard was told it was offensive by a copper. He dutifully got a marker pen out and scrubbed out the “U”. Three hours later a sofa was used to batter down a window of the building housing the Tory Party HQ.”
“The current student population is going to be affected very lightly by the fee hikes, as they will be scheduled for introduction in 2012. It is unclear if the hikes will be for those starting university in that year, or for current students as well. Given this, the protest was an extraordinarily selfless event. It was an expression of disgust and resistance to the entire government cuts programme. Posties, firefighters, BBC journalists and tube drivers should feel buoyed by the events on Wednesday, every public sector worker should cheer the young students. It is encouraging to see the TUC announce a student initiative to fight the cuts. We only hope this isn’t an attempt to rein in the movement or to bring it into line with more staid and ‘traditional’ tactics.”
