National Walkout Against Fees 24.11.10

[Paulie Tandoori]

heh! that's quite an impressive line-up

fucking students!!!!

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

I can find zero information about anything happening at my uni. Their NUS website is shite, and has nothing at all. On facebook all they have is an Ents group, no main NUS group. There is a campaigns group, which was updated once ahead of the 10.11.10 demo, and before that nothing since 2008. I've emailed the president asking if they have anything planned and haven't received a reply. They are a shower of motherfucking shit.

You could always start to get involved and organise yourself you know?

 

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what a bout the mention of going down to the LIdDem HQ?

seems to have gone quiet that one. not sure though.

some places are really well organised - 1000 bury college students are already signed up on facebook to walkout. some places there's barely anything (Cardiff and Sheffield for example, strangely).

 

[DrRingDing]

So, they are being passified by Mark Steel in Trafalgar Square.

 

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You could always start to get involved and organise yourself you know?

all it needs is a Facebook page and a friends list to kickstart things.

the media will do the rest of the work in hyping this as of Monday. wherever the info is out there and easy to be found, this will be big.

 

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So, they are being passified by Mark Steel in Trafalgar Square.

i don't think thats the idea, no.

 

[madzone]

We never get mentioned on those lists

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

We never get mentioned on those lists

my boy told me that there was 80 people having a carry on in truro when the london stuff was going on.

 

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Anything going on in Reading?

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164267206946600

 

[madzone]

my boy told me that there was 80 people having a carry on in truro when the london stuff was going on.

Yeah, the truro group is mentioned but not the falmouth one.

 

[where to]

We never get mentioned on those lists

whats happening and where? ?

 

[madzone]

whats happening and where? ?

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174070122619954

University College Falmouth - both campuses.

 

[DrRingDing]

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174070122619954

University College Falmouth - both campuses.

Is that massive cornish pastie I see?

Madzone I'm right behind you.

You are proper bad ass.

 

[madzone]

Is that massive cornish pastie I see?

Madzone I'm right behind you.

You are proper bad ass.

No, I'm not. I'll be the one with the hot chocolate and the blankets wrapped round me moaning about the noise

 

[DrRingDing]

No, I'm not. I'll be the one with the hot chocolate and the blankets wrapped round me moaning about the noise

(will you be humping my leg underneath?)

 

[madzone]

You're obsessed

 

[DrRingDing]

Proactive, not obsessed/
.

A community worker if you please/

 

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not a bad poster there

 

[DrRingDing]

OOh lets go to Trafalgar that's always sorted the problems out.

"Yeah I know Tony Benn a bit of a bore but Mark Steel He's the boy!"

 

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i cautiously predict you'll be feeling a bit silly come mid afternoon Wednesday.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

i cautiously predict that the old bill might be a bit more lively come mid afternoon Wednesday.

 

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the actual call out for Trafalgar square isn't talking about them staying there listening for speaches:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161641453873444


Paulie: agreed.

 

[Prince Rhyus]

In Cambridge, students are gathering around (rather than under the wing of) http://www.defendeducation.co.uk/

Went to the "what can the trade unions do" workshop organised by the students, to which reps from Unite, UCU & muggins with a PCS hat on.

The really interesting thing is how http://www.cambridgeshireagainstthecuts.org.uk/ (which is the trades union/local coalition) is organised & structured completely differently. ( The former mirroring a traditional union branch, while the latter having a much more fluid "collective" based organisation).

Suffice to say, the students-based organisation has a much more dynamic feel to it than the trades union one. That said, the students-based one is currently lacking in strong local links beyond the university, & also funds are very tight.

The good news is that both sides are talking to each other - more than just the "formal plattitudes" of campaigns gone by. We've identified how we can support each other without needing to have one side taking over the other.

 

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Statement from National Union of Teachers executive members in support of the 24th November Walkout/Day of Action
November 21, 2010

We the undersigned members of the National Union of Teachers National Executive wish to express our wholehearted support for, and solidarity with, the national day of protests and walkouts being organised by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts on November 24th.

The student demonstration against fees on November 10th has provided a huge boost to all those organising to fight cuts and defend public services. The turnout on that demonstration was the most effective response possible to all those who claimed that young people were apathetic and unwilling to fight.

We hope that the day of action on the 24th will be a huge success and reinforce that message. It is clear that many thousands of sixth formers and other school pupils are planning walkouts on November 24th. These young people will be the primary victims of the Coalition’s proposal to raise the cap on fees and to savagely cut university funding. They are absolutely right to be angry about this and their keenness to be involved in the protest against fees and cuts is a tribute to them. We stand wholly in support of those school students who take part in the NCAFC protests on November 24th.

We urge our members in schools to do what they can to support pupils who wish to protest and to avoid, as far as possible, any instruction to prevent walkouts or to retrospectively discipline pupils who take part. We encourage NUT groups to meet and consider ways in which they can collectively support protesting pupils, protect them from any disciplinary action and send them messages of support to pupils taking part.

Gill Goodswen, National President
Nina Franklin, Senior Vice President
Patrick Murphy
Hazel Danson
Chris Blakey
Ian Leaver
Nick Wigmore
Dave Harvey
Pete Bevis
Simon Jones
Tony Tonks
(this list will be updated as more sign)

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[Prince Rhyus]

Look at the list of protests across the country - http://anticuts.org.uk/?page_id=778 - it's huge.

 

[dennisr]

Look at the list of protests across the country - http://anticuts.org.uk/?page_id=778 - it's huge.

its an excellent listing - worth bookmarking

 

[treelover]

that Bristol flyer is excellent

 

[Santino]

SOAS students have started early and just occupied a building in their college.

 

[butchersapron]

SOAS students have started early and just occupied a building in their college.

Was just going to post that they voted to occupy last night, not as part of a one-off but as part of a rolling plan.

 

[DrRingDing]

The good news is that both sides are talking to each other - more than just the "formal plattitudes" of campaigns gone by. We've identified how we can support each other without needing to have one side taking over the other.

Woodcock won't be happy about that.