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National Walkout Against Fees 24.11.10

:cool: went to a general meeting about student activism at university of birmingham tonight and there were a couple of riot vans at the uni so I think the police were expecting something might happen tonight (which was never planned)
 
DrRingDing said:
They're not all SWP.
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Although both organisations have SWP people in them, they are not all SWP by any means.

The general feeling that I'm picking up locally as well as in my workplace is that the scale of these cuts is going to be so big that any far left sect that tries to take over any movement will end up being swamped simply by both weight of numbers and the sheer complexity of the impact that the cuts will have on everyone.

What I mean by that is that there will be so many "Save our [insert name of public service/facility]" that no organisation will have the capacity for the traditional "command and control" model that was reminiscent of the "Stop the War" movement.

The students didn't ask for anyone's permission to turn up on the week before last on their march. Pressure came up from the roots to the leadership to put something together as quickly as possible after the Browne Review and the Comprehensive Spending Review documents were published. After that, it took on a life of its own - as it has done now.
 
Good, I'm glad to hear it. I heard he got pooh pooh when trying to forced only members of LMHR should be able to participate.
 
Prince Rhyus said:
The general feeling that I'm picking up locally as well as in my workplace is that the scale of these cuts is going to be so big that any far left sect that tries to take over any movement will end up being swamped simply by both weight of numbers and the sheer complexity of the impact that the cuts will have on everyone.
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This is fucking cynical of me - but reading your post sends a certain hackneyed phrase incorporating clouds and silver linings, through my mind. THANK FUCK this won't be STWC II
 
Prince Rhyus said:
:confused: - was that criticism or praise?
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erm, praise, quite obviously I'd've thought :confused:
e2a; in that we need a mass campaign, driven by grassroots anger, not just the usual left-sectlet circle-jerk (and that's what most of STWC ended up as, for all I met good people through it)
 
love detective said:
setting off now?
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:p
i rteally did walk straight into that one....:oops:
 
apparently the theatre school 1 block away from me are planning a walkout. That'll be one of the more stylish, choreographed walkouts around...
 
Senate House Library is closed tomorrow to all students. Pre-emptive disruption without a finger being lifted by the protesters.
 
Streathamite said:
erm, praise, quite obviously I'd've thought :confused:
e2a; in that we need a mass campaign, driven by grassroots anger, not just the usual left-sectlet circle-jerk (and that's what most of STWC ended up as, for all I met good people through it)
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Sorry - had a slow afternoon.

Am already trying to pre-empt risks of the local movement turning into a "March of the Month" organisation.

I think the difference with StWC is that once Blair had stuck two fingers up at us, those who had taken part in the movement (but most likely to drift) were almost paralysed with a sense of: "Now what?"

At the same time, it was relatively easy for most people to return to life as normal.

This time around, what we are campaigning against isn't about rockets exploding far away; it's stuff that will hit us on our doorstep - again & again & won't go away. I said to a bloke working in a local cafe that the first thing he'd notice workwise is a reduced bus service down the road (Mill Road for those familiar with Cambridge). He commented that he'd never realised that the council subsidises thd bus routes.
 
hundreds joining the facebook page every few minutes just now, new pages opening, seems to have suddenly taken off ??
 
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