Student protest is back, claims an article in
popularrestance. Well I hope it is, but that is not enough, protests have to be across the spectrum of society. Those who are hurting must organise and fight back, the low paid, the unemployed, the disabled, pensioners, single parents, they are all being attacked by the "austerity" measures, they are all hurting, they are all being wounded by the attacks of this millionaire corporate cabal we refer to as the government. As the IWW would say, an injure to one is an injury to all. Each group has to join with the other groups, and support each other, solidarity is a winning weapon. To borrow one of their slogans, "we're all in this together", but it against them, drivers of the corporate greed machine.
Students at University of London march through the streets of Bloomsbury as they continue their Cops Off Campus campaign.
From popularresistance.org
In 1967, the London School of Economics suspended two students for
taking part in demonstrations. The harsh treatment of the duo
inspired their peers to hold a sit-in protest and a boycott
of lectures. Within weeks, the suspensions were lifted. This
began a decade-long student movement that took on social injustice at
every turn. Protesting racism, US foreign policy and a whole
host of other issues went hand-in-hand with studying in the UK.
Fast-forward 46 years. The University of Sussex suspends five
students for their involvement an occupy-style campaign. University
management refuse to release evidence of the disruption they have
caused and the student body is moved to action. More protests are
arranged, a petition is started, messages of support flood in from
MPs and academics. Within less than two weeks, senior management
buckles to the pressure and the students are reinstated – with a
renewed confidence that they can stand up to authority and force
through change.
Student protest is back.
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