Driving the new wave of protests in England especially is a generational divide that is economic and cultural: the system traded on the alienation of the young from it but it was never mere passivity and now it started to erupt.
What happens when you go to a demonstration peacefully and are caught up in a riot? An honest account of what it is like for both sides as English higher education is marketised
A student protest in central London reveals the ugly face of an unaccountable government and the angry one of an alienated young generation, finds Delwar Hussain.
The British government lost control of the capital last night; it was not supposed to do so.
We now have the image that will define this age of retrenchment and rebellion, splashed across all the frontpages this morning. Even Grosvenor Square '68 can't compete with that kind of iconography. But the real images of the night were not of the violent black-flag brigade, nor of the middle clas
Let’s be clear about what has happened. The House of Commons has not voted only for a rise in tuition fees in English universities. It has voted for the privatisation of British Higher education.
Nick Clegg and other Liberal Democrats have tried hard to sell their mantra that the package of proposals surrounding the rise in university tuition fees are progressive. Yet they are proposing shoveling a huge debt burden on the younger generation, while withdrawing a vital source of funding that
Students and young people protesting against the education cuts are representative of a generation who have been consistently overlooked by politicians who have little regard for their democratic voice. The Liberal Democrats' abandonment of their policy pledge will help to further entrench the pol
After weeks of nation-wide student protests, tomorrow is decision day for Higher Education. A national demonstration expected to attract more than 20,000 students will converge on Parliament tomorrow afternoon, when MPs will be voting on the raising of tuition fees.
The student movement in Britain against the government’s tuition-fees and spending policies faces inescapable political questions over the character and limits of democratic protest, says Martin Shaw.
While the voting day on tuition fees is fast approaching, a substantial number of Lib Dem MPs have not yet declared their hand. Journalist Tom Griffin has compiled a list of all the Liberal MPs, indicating how they are likely to vote on Thursday.
As decision day for Higher Education draws near, it is crucial that the message of the student movement is heard and understood. Yet the intentions of the protesters are being drastically distorted by the media.
