#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…
Edinburgh DayX – Photo Blog
Inital advice before we leave Bristo Square: The police are our friends today, they're facing cuts too. Don't be an arse. On our way to Haymarket to post the Lib…
On Coalition, Compromise, and Cable
So, Vince Cable has ruffled a few feathers by claiming that the Lib Dems have not gone back on a promise on fees. Given that every simple MP signed a…
Why IDS gives me IBS
It costs a lot of money to run Britain. We have universal healthcare. We have a schools system that offers free education to the age of 18. We have an…
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…
Whose windows? Tory HQ owned by tax dodgers
This post is by land campaigner and author Andy Wightman, and first appeared on his blog. Amidst all the press coverage of the student demonstration in London on Wednesday, one…
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…