____________________________The radio's buzzing today ~
Len McCluskey, the newly elected leader of Unite, Britain's biggest trade union, today put himself and his union at the forefront of "an alliance of resistance" that he promised would rock the establishment and force the coalition government to step back from its plans to "decimate the very fabric of the welfare state".
The English students
are shaming
the French protesters of
last month
Len McCluskey, the newly elected leader of Unite, Britain's biggest trade union, today put himself and his union at the forefront of "an alliance of resistance" that he promised would rock the establishment and force the coalition government to step back from its plans to "decimate the very fabric of the welfare state".
He also told those briefing against Ed Miliband to desist, saying they should "get over it" and realise they had lost the Labour leadership election. He defended his union's role in securing the leadership for Miliband but said he was happy for the party to review its election rules.
He suggested figures like Lord Mandelson should leave the stage and realise "the Blairite era of free markets and neoliberalism had failed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/nov/24/new-leader-union-alliance-of-resistance-cuts
The English students
are shaming
the French protesters of
last month
they actually have
something to lose
:
their
future
not
their
retirement packets
or cheap holidays
in other peoples
misery
O to be in England Now!
(Robert Browning)
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2010/11/biggest-student-rebellion-since-68_24.html
Several fires burn on the tarmac, someone gives an impromptu speech from atop a concrete wall, and a chant goes up: "Let us out! Let us out! Let us out!". I am in the middle of Britain's student revolt, and I am amazed by the high spirits of thousands of kettled children and teenagers. For my part, I can only think how cold it is. Things keep "kicking off" on the frontlines between police and protesters. Further up Whitehall, a huge crowd of kids has gathered outside the kettle. I'm told the younger kids are walking around telling the police to go fuck themselves. They're so angry, more than I can explain, about being kettled in. When asked, the sheer righteous fury they express is impressive. The slogans that occasionally start up resonate throughout the wide avenue - "they say cutback, we say fightback!", "Tory Tory Tory, out out out!", and, yes, "one solution, revolution!". The police apparently claim they've made toilets available to us. They have not. There are two cubicles outside the kettle, which may be toilets but we can't access them. We have no water or food, and we are kept warm only by the fires. But still, people sing, dance, do the hokey kokey (yeah), and chant. This resilience is fuelled by white hot anger.
24 November, 2010
kettled!
Still blocked in by police Whitehall….cold as hell…think they are planning to bore and starve us to death. Hmmm.
Realtime results for #Demo2010
- sharonatbectu RT @piecebypiece: RT @jeremycorbyn: If u r arrested call Legal Defence and Monitoring Group: 02078334433 or 02079110166 #dayx #demo2010
- KieronMoyles RT @gracedent: RT @paul__lewis: Police horses have begun charging at protesters gathered outside the kettle#demo2010 feels dangerous
- eugeniedfranval RT @JosaYoung: Teen son has just been kneed in the crotch by one policeman (1/2) #demo2010
- FloTom RT @oxgoth: Remember there is no such thing as a friendly chat with a cop. #demo2010 #dayx ( via @fitwatcher website)
- theonlybear Horrified at these reports about what's actually going on inside the police kettle. #dayx #demo2010
- Hannahgould1 RT @BigSocietyBear: Help! I am being kettled! Can't get back to the woods so may have to shit in Whitehall #demo2010
- rushmew via @socialistworker: Day X: young people show how to fight back in UK http://bit.ly/fADPIi #demo2010 #dayx @ism030@FreeEdMtl
- masakepic @indiaknight RT @djhanks Wonder how 'national overhaul of police approach to demonstrators' is going?http://bit.ly/Gn7Mm #demo2010 #dayx
- martincoles RT @paul__lewis: Just met two mothers who have come to #demo2010 after hearing their children stuck inside the kettle.
- fwalloe RT @paul__lewis: Just met two mothers who have come to#demo2010 after hearing their children stuck inside the kettle.
- MattB_UK RT @paul__lewis: Just met two mothers who have come to #demo2010 after hearing their children stuck inside the kettle.
- mistywabbit RT @mrmatthewtaylor: Apparently students in whitehall told they cd be kettled until midnight. Many of them school kids on first protest #demo2010
- wotan343 RT @PenshawView: Now they're singing NWA's "Fuck the police". #demo2010 Police / Young People's relationships set back 20 years. Cheers #LibDems
- PenshawView Now they're singing NWA's "Fuck the police".#demo2010 Police / Young People's relationships set back 20 years. Cheers #LibDems
- wotan343 Look what's really trending: http://bit.ly/h9fXXG --
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posted: 9.51am Wed 24 Nov 2010 | updated: 7.19pm Wed 24 Nov 2010
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