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Liveblogging Another Day of UK Student Demonstrations « Student Activism

Liveblogging Another Day of UK Student Demonstrations « Student Activism

Liveblogging Another Day of UK Student Demonstrations

The third national day of action in as many weeks against the British government’s plans for massive student fee increases and higher education cuts is underway. The BBC has an overview of the day’s plans up here, while The Guardian is liveblogging. Twitter hashtags include #solidarity, #demo2010, and #dayx2.

A number of university occupations started last week are still ongoing, and one new one — at Nottingham University — was launched this morning. Their blog is here.

At last week’s London demonstration police used a tactic called “kettling” to bottle up demonstrators in confined