Posts Tagged ‘ Lib Dem ’

Andrew George MP and the ‘Rage Against the Lib Dems’ Demo

  Around 5,000 gathered on Saturday to oppose the Liberal Democrat leadership in Sheffield at their conference. A video of the march is below – the mood seemed to be overwhelmingly for Nick Clegg to go. Probably the same could be said for those inside the conference hall as the membership rejected Tory NHS ‘reforms’ [ READ MORE ]

Activists storm council in Truro against scrapping of EMA

Around 40 students and activists marched over two miles to County Hall in Truro today to protest against the government’s scrapping of the Education Maintenance Allowance. The demonstrators marched with placards saying ‘Don’t Con-Dem Us to Unemployment’, chanting ‘education for the masses, not just for the ruling classes’. The march was met with huge support [ READ MORE ]

Continental shift: Europe’s unions and students unite

A report published less than two weeks ago by the prominent international free-market body the OECD argued strongly for wide-scale government investment in young people. The news should have hit the headlines. But the publication, Off to a good start? Jobs for Youth has been almost completely ignored by the mainstream press. The organisation which [ READ MORE ]

Day X – Student Resistance Reaches Towns Across UK. Falmouth and Truro Join the Action

Thousands of students took to the streets today as part of the national Day of Action, organised by the National Campaign Against Fees And Cuts (NCAFC), with the backing of Education Activist Network and the Right to Work campaign. What made today inspiring was the fact that over 100,000 young people, according to the NCAFC, [ READ MORE ]

The Students Who Actually Caused Wednesday’s Unrest

In response to criticisms of the student demo in London on the 10th, someone has added a fantastic caption to an image of the actual students who really have ruined the futures of a generation of young people. THESE are the students that ruined it for the rest. #demo2010… on Twitpic.   The Bullingdon Club [ READ MORE ]

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