A Diversity of Tactics
Photo courtesy of Stitch via flickr One thing became clear on Wednesday - the movement against cuts won't be led. People are angry, and they won't allow that anger to…
You can tell this wasn’t the ‘usual suspects’
By Beth Tichborne Was it spoilt middle-class kids making unrealistic demands, or was it thuggish anarchists undermining the mainstream peaceful movement? What happened at Millbank is already being twisted uncomfortably…
“This is the expression of a generation at the end of its tether” – Young Greens
The Young Greens, the youth and student branch of the Green Party have today commented on the student protests in London. Sam Coates, co-chair was at Millbank yesterday, he said:…
Anger of a Doomed Youth
Scenes of 18 year olds smashing the windows of the Tory Party HQ were not what I expected today. I expected it to be big - possibly the biggest demonstration…
Shock Doctrine comes to Ireland
A video from today of Irish students protesting against cuts to education funding. Go 3 minutes in to see the police take their truncheons to a group of students who…
A movement builds: on Vince and Vodafone
A couple of things from the anti-cuts movement worth reporting on quickly. First, a group of activists shut down Vodafone's flagship shop over their £6bn tax dodge. Watch this film…
The Tensions Between the Green Party and the Trade Union Movement…
The Tensions Between the Green Party and the Trade Union By Jane Watkinson Whilst the right like to claim that Ed Miliband is a union symbol of the ‘ Old…
RIP the Welfare State?
100 years ago, the people of Britain fought for, and secured, The People's Budget. The Conservative Party opposed it at every turn. Today, a century later, they launch their biggest…
Pale Blue Dot
To mark today's protest in London here's the late Carl Sagan reminding us how insignificant are our differences, how pointless is war and how important it is that we protect…
The cuts won’t work
I was asked to speak at a fundraiser for The Cuts Won't Work campaign tonight. This is roughly what I said. I always think it's good to interrupt a comedy…