What we’re arguing against – and what we’re fighting for
I was asked to write a guest post for UK Uncut. Here it is - it was there first. George Osborne thought his smokescreen was working. It looked for a…
We’re just getting started
This is just the start. Tonight's vote was a terrible blow to our generation - to our country's future. Our response may not have succeeded in preventing it. But we…
Pity the Taxpayers Alliance – on UK Uncut and Top Shop
This piece first appeared over at Red Pepper Pity the Taxpayers' Alliance. For months they've been holding meetings with senior figures from America's Tea Party. They thought they were about…
This doesn’t normally happen – Britain gets active.
A couple of weeks ago, I went into a Vodafone store. I had an awkward 3 minute conversation with some I vaguely recognised about which phones we liked best. Neither…
“My people are dying” – BP moves into tar sands
"My people are dying": It was the fact that it was spoken in a North American accent that made the answer so surprising. And it's brevity. One of the students…
Students vs the asset strippers: who will win?
This post first appeared on the new anti-cuts site False Economy which I've been a little involved in, and which you have to check out. Two days ago, I stood…
What could NUS do to back student direct action?
Aaron Porter visited the UCL occupation this morning to finally pledge his support, and that of NUS, to the occupations across the country, and to Tuesday's day of action. So,…
It was always going to be students
It was always going to be students who fought back first. There is a myth that my generation is apathetic. But the truth is that most are alienated. And that's…
#dayx closes, did it work?
As night ends the biggest day of civil disobedience in a generation, many will reflect on what it has achieved. While kettled in at Whitehall earlier today, I had a…
Millbank was just the Beginning: Everyone must have Access to Education
I'm writing this from Whitehall. The smell of burning ink is ever present, as smoke drifts from a bonfire of placards in the middle of the road. The cheers and…