NUS conference: Porter apologises for tactical mistakes
Outgoing NUS president Aaron Porter has this afternoon apologised for 'tactical' mistakes over the last year. Aaron, who was giving the opening speech at this year's NUS conference in Newcastle,…
Bring it: on violence, vandalism, and March 26
This piece first appeared on The Topsoil My politics have changed radically over the last year. This time last year I was hostile to anarchism, now I’d be more comfortable…
Doomed to be ignored: The state, media and the hegemonic silencing of dissent.
By Alex Wood Following the fees demo there has been an outpouring of moral outrage from across the elite; from the media, police, politicians and union bureaucrats. Student activists seem…
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…
The Millbank Protest
By Leo-Marcus Wan Let’s be honest We’ll start with the fire-extinguisher. It was an act of stupidity by an individual. It could have resulted in someone’s death. Watching the videos…
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…