Protests Against School Closures Win in Bristol
Mike Taylor | 14.02.2001 01:48
After marches through the city, mass meetings, calls for occupation and protests outside the City Council buildings, tonight the Council retreated on their plan to shut Whitehouse and Gay Elms Schools in Bristol.
Tonight the New Labour dominated Unitary Council in Bristol caved in to public pressure that was mounting against mutliple school closures. Bristol has become a pilot council for all that is hated about New Labour - privatisation, private finance initiatives, education action zones, the New Deal. Facing the looming threat of a city wide teachers' strike over the closure and the mobilisation of parents and activists, the Council were forced into retreat.
The most recent march last Saturday had home-made placards reading "School cuts hurt our kids" and "No such thing as empty spaces - More like pound signs in their places". As one on the mums on Saturday's march chanted "Labour, abour, Labour - OUt! Out! Out!". Let those who live by the free market die by the free market. Build the resistance. Power to the poeple!
The most recent march last Saturday had home-made placards reading "School cuts hurt our kids" and "No such thing as empty spaces - More like pound signs in their places". As one on the mums on Saturday's march chanted "Labour, abour, Labour - OUt! Out! Out!". Let those who live by the free market die by the free market. Build the resistance. Power to the poeple!
Mike Taylor
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