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It's getting chilly...
24-11-2010 17:22
Protesters say "It is cold as fuck" and claim they have been forced to burn copies of the Socialist Worker to keep warm. Policing true to the motto: "If you want to protest, we'll make you protest untill you get hypothermia!"
Fin out about so-called "kettles"...
Activist Hospitalised by Cops at Bristol Student Demo
24-11-2010 17:22
Initial reportBristol University occupied, 4000 on the streets, police arrest and assault students to maintain their order.
After initial fears from organisers that todays Student demo was going to be a damp squib, these concerns were waylaid as between 2000 and 4000 students and supporters took to the streets of Bristol.
The march did not stop at Wills Memorial as planned and instead moved into the city centre. As the police tried to contain the march groups split off in different directions. Bristol university union has been occupied and when all entrances were sealed by the police on the order of the uni president, activists broke through police lines and stormed the building.
We received reports of groups of students being kettled and attacked by Police outside wills memorial, the city centre and on college green.
On arriving at college green we found students and activists breaking out of kettles and scattering into the side streets.
An attempt was made to occupy the Council building but were held back by police who kettles and searched protestors.
Witnesses say as one protester was leaving the area he was set upon by three police men using their batons and fists. Comrades have taken him to the BRI with concerning injuries to his wrist.
We are aware of at least two arrests but have not further details at this point
With both our universities occupies and 4000 on the streets Bristol looks set be a major flashpoint for the movement.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Show solidarity in any way you can.
We have comrades in the occupations and the BRI but have no information about arrestees at this time but there is nobody gathered outside Trinity.
More information as we receive it.
A.A.T.C
Palestine Today 11 24 2010
24-11-2010 16:53
Newcastle - massive walkouts and protests
24-11-2010 16:37
Direct action in newcastle against the cutstoday's student demo
24-11-2010 16:26
Over 2000 people (mainly under the age of 25!)gave the police a bit of a run around, biut were on the end just a bit too slow to take the initiave and take the protest into the city centre.Its nice to go on a march with loads of people who haven't been on loads of marches before. No ones moaning that its boring, saying it pointless - just loads of exuberance about just being in a big crowd on the street - rememeber that? This even cheered a cynical old bastard like me up.
While the march from Bristol Uni may not go down in histoy, or even headline todays news reports (judging by what happened in london today) as the most significant ever, but there was several attempts to break through police lines - people who hadn't faced a riot cop police line were probably more intimidated by a "normal" police line had they been in that situation before, though saying that it was a group of school kids (not even 6th formers) who did actually burst through with us.
Basically, the police had contained most the crowd on park street, and after several escape attempts, they headed up to the student union, where it looked like they were going to ketteled (being kettled in a building with a bar is not so bad i guess) - at which point i left.
Police were stopping and searching the usual suspects (not the band) but as far as i saw no one had been arrested.
While they were a few people from the NUT and the IWW the mainstream unions were conspicuous by their absence. From what I heard from a UNISON (the biggest public sector union) member it seems as usual the tossers at the top are stopping any action.
For Christ Sake, f*****g wake up !
Radcliff Camera Occupied by Students in Oxford - Statement
24-11-2010 16:15
Statement from Students Occupying Radcliff Camera in OxfordVirtual occupation of Lib Dem headquarters
24-11-2010 15:50
Demonstrators are not being allowed to get near the Lib Dem headquarters to demostrate there, so let's occupy it virtually with e-mail, fax and phone calls...
Write and call them to say that you've had enough of Lib Dem lies on student fees. When Clegg signed the pledge on student fees, that should have been a real promise, not something to renege on later!
Rough guide to student occupation so far
24-11-2010 15:50
While waiting for those in the Oxford occupation and those involved to compose their thoughts and come out with a more complete summary of events, this is a rough collation of various sources for those such as myself trying to stay up to date with student protests round the country.Statement of Occupation at Warwick University
24-11-2010 15:41
Following on from a march ealier today 80 students from the University of Warwick occupied the University's Arts Centre Conference Centre.abandoning cop vans is not a good idea
24-11-2010 15:22
The police van that was left in the middle of the crowd has now been broken into and the equipment is being re-distributed.
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Occupation of Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
24-11-2010 15:13
The Radcliffe Camera of the Bodleian library, oxford, has been occupiedESSEX Students Occupy Lecture Theatre
24-11-2010 14:48
ESSEX Students Occupy LBT6 in protest to government cuts to education and rises in fees and in solidarity with occupation around the countryMichael Sadler building at Leeds University occupied
24-11-2010 14:32
Sheffield Students Protest Against the Cuts
24-11-2010 14:29
In the kettle
24-11-2010 14:22
All sorts of people in the kettle including tourists and random people having tea. It was pretty tightly packed, but after a mesh fence on a building site was pushed down there was a bit more space. Cop van is stuck in the middle of the crowd.
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Occupation Of Grove House @ Roehampton Uni
24-11-2010 14:22
Roehampton Students Occupy Roof & Inside of Grove House in Roehampton Uni
email: rhracsg@hotmail.co.uk
blog: http://roeunioccupation.wordpress.com/
twitter: @Roeoccupy
ROEHAMPTON STUDENTS OCCUPY UNIVERSITY
EMBARGO: 2.30PM WEDNESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER, 2010
In conjunction with the day of national student direct action, at 2:30 pm on Wednesday 24th November students at Roehampton University have occupied Grove House, one of the university's administrative buildings.
This action is in protest against the proposed scrapping of the university's popular and unique Human Rights BA, as well as the wider cuts being faced by higher education.
It is also in solidarity with the other student actions taking place on the same day across the country. Grove House was targeted because of it's administrative status and its high-visibility value on the campus. The students taking part in other actions had no prior knowledge of this occupation, and are not responsible for it happening.
This action has been planned and carried out by a small group of students acting independently, but has been designed to coincide with the larger student walk-out taking place at 11am and other actions organised on the same day.
We demand the following of roehampton university:
* no victimisation or punishment of any students participating in occupation & no victimisation or punishment of any students involved in possible future non-violent direct action against fees &
cuts - any such victimisation or punishment will be countered with further action
* a pledge from the university to fight education cuts - including a press release from vice-chancellor condemning cuts to higher education and the raising of tuition fees
* no scrapping of university programmes without meaningful prior consultation and agreement with students and affected staff
* no compulsory redundancies
* the opening of all financial records to public scrutiny on request in order to facilitate a transparent debate
We also sincerely request of roehampton lecturers:
open lectures with a discussion of the impact of cuts on the university in order to raise awareness
Further action will be taken until these demands are met.