Over the past few weeks, the U.K. has seen the emergence of a large and militant movement against government cutbacks - strikes, occupations, and demonstrations have become commonplace.  At the same time, the "anti-cuts" movements have been quite defensive in their outlook, as if 2007 were some sort of lost paradise which we need to return to.  

Indymedia London caught up with David Graeber, an anarchist anthropologist at Goldsmiths College, to talk about capitalism, right-wing attacks on the "nice" parts of the state, and prospects for the democratic education movement.

In a lively and thought-provoking interview, he addresses the media's wildly overblown campaign against university lecturers for pointing out that there is no comparison between a few smashed windows and the smashed hopes of a generation of young people.  

For bonus marks, check out Slavoj Zizek's public lecture at Birkbeck College in central London on Friday.

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