Student Fees Demo

Rebel W | 29.10.2003 17:03 | Education | London

30-40k protest against the rise in Tuition Fees.

For the record (seeing as it went entirely unreported on indymedia) the largest ever NUS demonstration took place in London. The route was far too long (even in a conscensus democracy, we'd have that agreed on!) but it was all thoroughly enjoyable.
It didn't rain, there was a sit down, but only by 500 people, and only for a short while. Several union leaders, including Mandy Telford of NUS, addressed the crowd. The press did actually enjoy telling the world about us, and some felt that we might be successful this time; i.e. the war was a harder thing to stop. Yes, it was inevitable that the majority of those present had been to London with Stop the War Coalition during this year. Yup, it might have been some people's first demo, but it was a usual suspect event. Still it was a great event, and only a few people were siously put off by the things we all take for granted... paper sellers!

Rebel W

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unreported

29.10.2003 18:22

> For the record (seeing as it went entirely unreported on indymedia)

indymedia works by people submitting stuff! DIY!

If you wanted it reported sooner, you should have put something up, or
encouraged other people there to do so.

unreporter

many telford

30.10.2003 18:30

Many Telford, the NUS president was booed when she appeared. The NUS exec has a large neo-labour contingent in control, and feeling is Telford was booed because of this.

Its as if people have seen through the lies of NUS preseident since we now know that however radical/reasonable they may appear in their youth, they soon turn into rabid pro-capital pro war politicians like charles clarke and Jack Straw!

stinkbomb
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I was one of those booing her

31.10.2003 16:35

Despite of all their radical rhetoric, the NUS are merely paying lip service to stopping tutiton fees (note how they are now just saying "stop top-up fees", rather than demanding an end to tuition fees outright?), and as long as Labour students (traitors IMO) remain on the exec of the NUS they will do as little as it takes to satisfy the disillustioned students, but never doing anything effective. It's time that the radicals in campuses throughout the UK stood up and recliamed the NUS.

A_KeeleLeveller

who sold who out?

31.10.2003 19:14

it was the nus new-labour starlets who sold out students giving labour the 'official nus' go-ahead to introduce fees, all in return for what they saw as their future careers within the party.

i was at the nus conference when this happened - the same year that the same people threw out the main environmental / green motion.

beware politicians in waiting, their ambition comes before you.

(still, good to hear the marchwas well attended)

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