The reality is that the offenders were deriving support and encouragement from being together with other offenders and offering comfort, support and encouragement to the other offenders around them. Perhaps too the sheer numbers involved may have led some of them to believe that they were untouchable – Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, commenting on […]
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The March that was
March 26 Movement In the following section, we asked several contributors to reflect upon a month of movement. March saw actions at universities continue, resistance erupt on the streets and London play host to one of the largest demonstrations in over a decade. What follows are reports of struggles and also articles discussing the March […]
Protest Heralds New Age
Adam Hutchings, London to protest March 26th saw one hundred billion people descend upon London to protest the cuts. Said Brendan Barber, leader of the TUC on the largest gathering in the history of mankind, “It was a great turn out.” In Hyde Park, as the march began, Labour’s Ed Miliband said, “This just shows […]
A Goldsmiths Occupation
Statement on the Goldsmiths Occupation 21 March – the eve of the first day of stop work by the University College Union (UCU), Goldsmiths students took a step that would demonstrate concrete solidarity and open up the possibility of new avenues of resistance. We occupied the opulent headquarters of Goldsmiths Senior Management Team at Deptford […]
Fear that Stops Thinking
Fear-Les Back The Germans were over this house last night and the night before that. Here they are again. It is a queer experience, lying in the dark and listening to the zoom of a hornet, which may at any moment sting you to death. It is a sound that interrupts cool and consecutive thinking […]
What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
ALICE SPENCER Part one: It’s a long way to the top I started working in a brothel called Top of The Town. I rang up the number listed in the directory, went in for an interview and I started the next day. I told management a fictional story about being a single mum, but gave […]
A Retreat to Be Sure, But a Retreat to the Only Possible Victory
Protesters, Tahrir Square | Hossam el-Hamalawy EDDIE MOLLOY Education Retreat What were the features of those heady days back in November and December when it seemed that 16 year olds were making the government shake and a new movement was in the pangs of birth? What excited us so as missiles were hurled and cavalry […]
A day I will never forget
I will never forget | Anonymous That Friday in January 2011 will be a day that my six workmates and I will never forget. At 10 a.m. UK border agents entered our workplace saying that they had received a report about people working illegally there. For my mates and I it was a crushing blow […]