Two protests have been called for January 29th – both have significant backing from student bodies and trade unions:
London
National demo – No Fees, No Cuts! Defend Education & the Public Sector!
Called by NCAFC and backed by UCU, Unite and GMB
Assemble 12 noon University of London Union (ULU) Malet Street, London WC1
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184694258211136
Manchester
Called by NUS, TUC, UCU
Supported by Unite, UNISON, PCS, NUT, Education Activist Network
Assemble: 10.30am, University of Manchester
(University Place), Oxford Road.
March: 11am to Platt Fields Park for 1pm TUC
Rally: A ‘Future that Works’.
Doenload the leaflet:
Use #29action on tweets to share information about police tactics across London this Saturday. Solidarity :)
Keep up the good work, guys, my support is with you!
Oh great, I feel really sorry for you all when you smash up things that my taxs pay for while you whinge about those fees that you spend on gallons of booze and loads of drugs.
Yawn…..
Wake up now! otherwise your government will cut more on the budget, job for your fellow workers, increase tax and fringe benifit just to spend more of the fund in billions of pound on bomb like tronadoes, tomohawks, jet Bplanes (spelling is under your care) on LIBYA. It is a great show of Britian’s stupidity.
Dont forget there is also a conference at Freinds Meeting House Manchester same day to look at other ways of fighting cuts.
Can’t Wait for Tomorrow, It’s gonna be a good turn out.
Viva La Revolution!
I fully support your aims and movement – if I can get there I will be there. This government does not care about anything or anybody apart from themselves and lies automatically on every subject! They are going to do irreparable damage to the fabric of society and the economy. A right old Eton mess.
Although I was originally leaning towards support for the students; after seeing the photos, videos, and reports of all the violence and vandalism I can no longer support this cause. I believe most of those resorting to these disgusting tactics were actual students, and I cannot support this behaviour. This has caused me to seriously consider the whole problem and I have come to the conclusion that the fact a lot of the students use rate payers money to just study subjects unrelated to future careers, and most students end up on the dole, or do not follow there proposed careers, I can only believe that this new system will eke out the hangers on and leave the seriously committed hard working and determined future generation of workers, an asset to this country. If you look at the facts you will realise it is not as bad as the students are making out.
Barbara, I was at the protest in Manchester on saturday, and there was no violence from protesters towards public property or anything else you may pay taxes for, or to any member of the police or the public. Untill one of the security guards outside the arndale decided it would be a good idea to start conflict with a mob,I am not an anarchist or a socialist, but the police did suspiciously turn violent after corporate interests were “threatened”. As for. ITV’s claim that people were using knives and razorblades, come one.. Really?
[...] Major student protests are planned tomorrow in Manchester and London and already police are warning that they plan to increase the severity of their tactics. I was at two of the protests at the end of last year, and the change in tactics was striking. Whereas on the 10 November demonstration no one was hurt, on 9 December there were large numbers of protester casualties – and a smaller but still significant number of less severe police injuries. The casualties seemed to be a direct result of the change in police tactics. If these now become even more extreme, there will no doubt be more violence and more people hurt. On the 9 December protest my son, Alfie Meadows, received life-threatening injuries in an incident that is now the subject of an Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation. He would have died but for the care he received from NHS nurses, ambulance workers and a fine neurosurgeon. [...]