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Students arise – anti-fees/cuts actions coming up

skint | 05.11.2010 18:22

Will S Williams MP keep his pledge?
Or will he prove to be another back-sliding MP, and like so many LibDem MP's utterly corrupted by power?
Now is the time for current and prospective higher education students to take to the streets. Resist. Strike. Occupy.

This is what Stephen Williams, MP for Bristol West, pledged before the elections:
“I hope you will be pleased to learn that it remains the policy of the Liberal Democrats to scrap tuition fees for all students undertaking their first undergraduate level degree. I believe it is right both in principle and in practice to scrap the tuition fee model of part-financing for higher education. In addition, I think it is only fair that part and full-time students should be treated equally, whatever the system, when studying for their first degree. The Liberal Democrats will therefore also abolish fees for part-time students studying for a first undergraduate level degree.”
From http://www.stephenwilliams.org.uk/pages/fees.html
We dont think he will keep to his pledge, will he prove us wrong tonight? And if he wont keep his pledge, what shall we do with him?

Debate tonight at Uni of Bristol Student Union, 6.30 to 8pm, with Stephen Williams & Kerry McCarthy MP's, plus President of the NUS, on the Question 'Are we all in it together?'
Details http://www.ubu.org.uk/events/01112010/are-we-all-in-it-...ebate

Students Arise – now is the time to kick back
Hot on the heels of French students demos and occupations, and with 40,000 Irish students on the streets of Dublin just a few days ago (http://anticuts.com/2010/11/03/mass-protest-40000-irish...blin/), now its time for UK students to get stuck in. With the LibDemCon's confirming removal of the fees cap, and prospective students facing fees of upto £9k per year,
National student anti-cuts demo 10 November in London – lets do it.
Possible days of action locally 23 & 24 November, focusing on occupations, 'lobbying' or lobbing MP's, outreach to the public, and encouraging high school students to join in to defend their futures.

National Campaign Against Fees & Cuts - http://anticuts.com/
Publicising resistance to the LibDemCon cuts - http://anticuts.org.uk/


skint
- Original article on IMC Bristol: http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/697833

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