LONDON – March for Education, Fight Every Cut
Assemble 12noon ULU, Malet St. March to Parliament
PUBLICITY:http://educationactivistnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/unite-for-education-29-jan1.pdf
MANCHESTER – March for A future that Works
Assemble 10:30am Manchester Museum. March to Platt Fields Park:
PUBLICITY:http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/2/f/futurethatworks_29jan_poster.pdf http://educationactivistnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/unite-for-education-29-jan1.pdf
WHY THE 29th
Just months into office the Coalition government’s vicious attack on education and young people has faced mass opposition on the streets. Hundreds of thousands of students have protested, walked-out of their schools and colleges, or occupied their universities.
The vote to treble tuition fees and scrap EMA might have passed through parliament, but as the movement in France has shown “what parliament votes for the streets can undo” Our movement has generated mass support up and down the country and has shown it is possible to resist the coalitions vicious attacks. This week’s protests to save EMA saw the return of the student movement onto the streets with hundreds of London students chanting outside parliament: ‘wipe off David Cameron’s smile, let’s all go Tunisian style’.
Now we are gearing up for two very important demonstrations on 29th January in London and Manchester. The “Unite for Education” London demonstration has been supported by UCU, PCS, GMB, UNISON HE Committee and CWU Gen Sec Billy Hayes. The “Future for All” Manchester demonstration has been called by NUS, UCU and the TUC and is supported by PCS, GMB, UNITE, NUT, FBU and PCS.
The attacks on education and young people are part of a wider assault on workers and the public sector. A record one million under 25s are now unemployed and hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs, as well as pensions and benefits, are under threat.
These demonstrations present a real opportunity to bring trade unionists, parents, the unemployed, pensioners and all those under attack in behind the student movement to build a movement that can stop fees, win back EMA and defeat the government.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR EDUCATION
30th JANUARY, 11AM-5PM, LSE
The Quad, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AEThe protests, walkouts and occupations of last term were just the first chapter in a much longer struggle for the right to education and against Con Dem austerity. In 2011 as university managements gear up to implement massive fees increases and students and staff are faced with vicious attacks on courses, jobs and our education we will need to go further. The first National Assembly for Education is open to students, staff and all supporters of our movement: let’s get together and discuss the future of education and how we fight for it.
The assembly will include: planning and co-ordinating future actions. Break out sessions for university students * school and college students * education workers. Opening plenary with activist Jody McIntyre, Mohamed Bani eye witness to Tunisian revolution and occupiers from round the country.
Called by university occupations including Kings College London, LSE, Sheffield, Manchester, UWE and UEL.Supported by Education Activist Network, National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, London Student Assembly.
http://educationassembly.wordpress.com/ nationalassemblyforeducation@gmail.com
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These are 2 articles written by Dave Hill, a member of SR in Brighton.
STUDENTS ARE REVOLTING: EDUCATION CUTS AND RESISTANCE
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