Thoughts on Violence and Resistance from the UK Student Protests
A sampling of responses to last weeks massive British student protests, focusing on questions of violence, resistance, tactics, and ethics…
Riots, Fire, Anger at Tuition Fees Protest — And a Defining Political Moment
For years, the young have been dismissed as apathetic. What has happened to make tens of thousands of them pour on to the streets in the bitter cold – not once, but again and again; not just in London, but in Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds? What has sparked the re-emergence of student occupations in lecture theatres across the country? What is it about the coalition government and its policies that has ignited so much anger?
Inside the Parliament Square Kettle
What I saw a month ago at Millbank was a generation of very young, very angry, very disenfranchised people realising that not doing as you’re told, contrary to everything we’ve been informed, is actually a very effective way of making your voice heard when the parliamentary process has let you down.What I saw two weeks ago in the