N9 Anarchist Bloc
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November 03, 2011 16:50
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N9 Anarchist Bloc
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Students · Sparks · Anarchists
Out on the streets for Nov 9th
Anarchists will be mobilising on November 9 in solidarity with the students and the striking electricians.
Get active, get angry, get visible!
Students
The national demonstration against fees, cuts and privatisation will bring together university, further education and school students from across the country to stage the biggest education protest in the capital since last December. Also planned is a mass walkout of schools, FE colleges and universities by students in support of the demo.
Dubbed “march on the city” thousands will be descending on the streets of London, starting at the University of London Union, Malet st through Trafalgar Square and up the Strand, before passing St Paul’s Cathedral to connect with the Occupy London protest camp and ending at London Metropolitan University Moorgate campus next to the City of London, the heart of the financial capital.
The day of protest is aimed at the government’s education reform bill which is a chaotic and regressive attempt to introduce markets and private companies into education. The poorest will have to compete for ever-decreasing places at university while many others will be denied access to education through lack of funding and the rising cost of tuition fees. Students are either being priced out of the market or turned into commodities!
Sparks
Students will be joined on the day by thousands of striking electricians, who are attempting to prevent the big 8 construction companies from deskilling the industry and overturning long standing agreements, forcing wages down and undermining construction industry workers’ bargaining rights. Sparks across the board are being forced to accept new, imposed contracts by December 7th or face instant dismissal. In true militant style they have responded with a weekly campaign of direct action outside construction sites across the country, blocking entrances and picketing the main gates. Sparks have called November 9th as their big day of action.
Anarchists
Anarchists have been organising to ensure that we have a visible presence on the day, to be an active part of the growing resistance and militant action against the institutions of capital and forces of government, both Tory and Labour, who have sold off our future generations’ right to a free education.
This is our opportunity to join together with those who will not be governed by markets, dictated to by politicians, or accept the conditions being forced upon them.
Solidarity is our weapon!
There will be an anarchist bloc on the march. Meet at Malet Street outside Uiversity of London Union 12.oopm. Look out for the red and black flags and banners. Bring banners, flags, friends, and your best protest gear. Let’s make this a day the government will remember.
contact: n9mobilization@gmail.com
Facebook page: N9 Anarchist Bloc on the Student/Education demo
Website: http://n9anarchistbloc.wordpress.com/
Contact email: n9mobilization@gmail.com
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How to piss off the sparks
Published: November 03, 2011 20:15
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Mike
Students will be joined on the day by thousands of striking electricians,,, and do you seriously think they'll appreciate their chances of financial reinstatement being jeopardised by an Anarchist rampage?
Fight-back if you're attacked, but don't play into the enemy's hands, we're nowhere near strong enough to pull-off even a ghost of a real revolution without much more public support. We need to build up public sympathy and support, and let the public see their support for moderate tactics fail them, BEFORE the public will ever get behind in mass militancy and revolutionary direct action.
If you want solidarity, blend in
Published: November 03, 2011 20:16
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Mike
If you want solidarity, blend in
Lets get thing straight
Published: November 04, 2011 10:06
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a
This is a political call, from anarchists in London, no one said it was a black bloc so don't project onto it such things.
anarchists of london?
Published: November 04, 2011 17:29
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bizzle
@ a
what london anarchists?
the london anarchists i know seem to be against going specifically as anarchists but rather going as students, workers, people, trade unionists, in smaller affinity groups and friendship groups. More likely to be able to stick around for the whole day that way.
read carefully comrade
Published: November 05, 2011 10:47
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a
Anarchists IN London, yes there are anarchists in London, that felt the need to organise this call out and this bloc - made of students, workers, unemployed - it is your choice whether you join it on the day or see the usefulness of having a visible anarchist presence ( for those interested in marching with anarchists ) and those that are not already in affinity groups.
Fight Back
Published: November 16, 2011 12:20
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David Norton
To all who are resisting this tsunami of oppression,
from the peaceful occupation movement to the Black Bloc,
Thank you for taking a stand against injustice.
You give us hope and with hope we can fight back.
November 30th, everyone join in the strike,
if you can not march for whatever reason, then line the streets and applaud the revolution,
To the police your days of thuggery are over.
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