On our 105th show we've got lots of hot stuff to keep us in tune with the weather.



- Writer and researcher dizzyshambles with musings and reflections on the politics of the militant student uprising in Quebec



- Donal from the Dysophia zine discussing Anarchism, antisemitism, and ways of recognising / combating the covert and overt manifestations of racism in our solidarity struggles.



- A che…

up to a thousand london students took part in the march yesterday afternoon, starting at malet street and ending with a call for david willett's resignation at the dept for business, innovation and skills in victoria. the procession was closely policed, and new tactics were deployed.

see report and pics...

Stop UCL victimizing its students!

Defend freedom of expression on campus!

Goldsmiths students occupied the Deptford town hall university building on Monday night in solidarity with their lecturers in the University and College Union (UCU) who are striking on Tuesday and Thursday.

Students are calling on senior management to revoke previous statements sent to staff and students via email, which attempted to intimidate those taking action against higher education cut…

Allover Allday

Recently, I have been asked several times by Italian friends and comrades to talk about the British student movement. I must confess that their questions always made me feel slightly embarrassed.

At first, I tried to forget about this uncomfortable feeling, talking about the rise of a new civic participation, which had been lacking in this country since the 1980s, with the brief exception of th…

Friday, 25th March 12.00pm, Outside the ICA

Join us for an ‘art performance’ you’ll never forget. Bring all your friends and whatever you’d like to sell off at the biggest education market since the transformation of UK’s education system into a privatised zone of business academies and the selling of the public services by the ConDem(ned) coalition. We start outside the ICA at 12.00 …

Next London Student Assembly

The next London Student Assembly will be on Sunday March 13 from 3pm at University of London Union (ULU) . 

  This is the transcript of the seminar "From Tute Bianche to the Book Bloc: the Italian movement and the coming European insurrection". [italian version]

It seems a century has gone by since the political season of the Tute Bianche (White Overalls), but it was only a little over ten years ago. Ten years in which much has happened. Despite the historical shifts that have taken place in t…

For the first time in 20 years bailiffs used violent force in evicting a student occupation. After trying to kick down the doors of the grade 1 listed building, the bailiffs entered through the roof to forcefully evict the occupiers of the Anti-Cuts Space at 11 Bedford Square.

Royal Holloway university management and student union have has also recently been actively working against studen…

There are massive cuts to the school building programme so we've set up a UKuncut classroom in a bank - Lloyds TSB on Oxford Street!

Derivatives. Fractional reserves. Toxic assets. Sub-prime mortgages. Banking is complicated. Even the bankers who crashed the global economy into the ground didn't really understand it. And with massive Tory cuts coming to school building programmes, it's going …

A group of student Anti Cuts activists have occupied Royal Holloway's premises on Bedford Square in central London.

They have reclaimed the space to use as a centrally located hub for all student anti cuts groups to organize and hold events! If you’re in the vicinity pop in and show your support!!

http://rhacc.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/royal-holloway-students-occupy-in-central-london/

11 bedfo…

Hundreds took part in the latest Dayx4 student protests, with feeder marches from several different universities, meeting to protest outside the Universities UK Vice Chancellors meeting [report and pics]. From there, refusing to be stopped by police, they took Euston Road and marched down Oxford Street protesting against UKUncut targets. Deciding against occupying ULU, they demonstrated in solidar…

Police serve the eviction of Guy Ritchie's £6m property, 34 Fitzroy Square. The 'Really Free School' collective moved in lat weekend and turned the space into a free education centre in response to rising tuition fees. London, UK, 18/02/2011.

Universities UK conference: Woburn House, Tavistock Square

http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/Events/Pages/SpringMembers%27Meeting.aspx



The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts endorsed the call for a fresh wave of action around February 24th, timed to coincide with a national meeting of Universities UK - the organisation for Vice-Chancellors, who will be meeting in London on the day. UUK have a t…

Published today, Fight Back! features reports, analysis, images, reflections and overviews on the UK's winter of protests, and the start of a movement against fees and cuts.

From a 15-year-old UK Uncut activist to a rebel Lib Dem peer, via kettled students and forward-thinking commentary - Fight Back! captures both the spirit and arguments of revolt, bringing together the best reportage and a…

Paris – Saint-Denis Meeting, 11-13 February 2011

Common Statement

We, the student and precarious workers of Europe, Tunisia, Japan, the US, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru and Argentina, met in Paris over the weekend of the 11th-13th of February, 2011 to discuss and organize a common network based on our common struggles. Students from Maghreb and Gambia tried to come but France refused them entry…

Westminster Magistrates Court,

70 Horsferry Road,

SW1P 2AX

(This is in the Borough of Westminster, some of those arrested have bail

conditions which will prevent them from attending).

Here there are a few more random pics of the first part - the official bit - of last saturday's anti-cuts demo in central London.

Escalate is a collective of writers and activists from around the University of London. Brought together through protest, we come from a variety of political backgrounds but write and edit our work collectively. Anonymity frees us from reputation-seeking and ideological dead weight. We have no wish to contain or regulate the diversity of the student movement. We are not its 'voice'. Our writing fo…

Aaron Porter’s position as President of the National Union of Students (NUS) looked increasingly untenable today after he was accosted and chased by hundreds of students from the University of Manchester campus to the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), where he took refuge  behind a police cordon.

The incident began when a small number of students spotted him at University Place, opposi…

A few clips from today's take over of London Streets, with several thousand marching against fees and cuts to parliament, then off and away past Millbank, to show solidarity with those in Egypt fighting a repressive regime, and then off again, streets reclaimed, Boots, Topshop, Vodaphone and Banks protested, different groups marching miles around the city, blocking whitehall, splitting off, coming…

more pics from earlier

now breakaway groups all over the place!

some quick pics from todays fees and cuts demonstration

Saturday saw the Defend Education, Fight Every Cut demonstration (called by EAN and NCAFC with trade union backing) with at least 7,000 people marching to Parliament from ULU. After heading to Millbank the protest refused to stop and continued via several routes to the Egyptian embassy for a protest which had been called in solidarity with the recent uprising in Egypt. After an hour and a half se…

Sukey is a tool for non-violent demonstrations. It allows peaceful demonstrators to communicate events they've observed to the public and stay safe and mobile. The more people using it, the better service it becomes!

The Mission is to provide peaceful protesters with up to date protest news that will keep them informed, assist them in avoiding injury, help them to keep clear of trouble spots and…

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR EDUCATION

30th JANUARY, 11AM-5PM, LSE

The Quad, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE

We attended the EMA protest in London last Wednesday, and the change in atmosphere was striking. The crowd were similar to previous demos- schoolkids, young students, jumping on the bus straight from school to attend, with their homemade banners, enthusiasm and thirst for a party. But the attitude of the "organised left" was somewhat different. Gone was the wide-eyed wonder from late last year, wh…

Room 3.26, Francis Bancroft Building, Queen Mary, 

University Of London

Mile End

London, United Kingdom

25 January · 18:00 - 20:30

About 500 people gathered at Piccadilly Circus to start a new series of protests ( 24th | 26th | 29th ) while MPs debated scrapping the EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) and later on marched towards Westminster. Although not as large as the November/December demos, it was a loud and good protest. People finally arrived in front of Parliament where the demo turned into a little rave.

See the…