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LSE students occupy Simon Hughes' office

Around twenty students from the London School of Economics have occupied the office of Simon Hughes, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats,…

Inside the Edinburgh occupation

Interview with Edinburgh University students under occupation

After a march on the Lib Dem HQ, around 100 students occupied Appleton Tower at the University of…

Student protests against cuts and fees photo gallery, November 24 2010

Photographs from the student protests against the tripling of university tuition fees and the ending…

Police 'kettling' protesters at the G20.

Don't be kettled! - South London Solidarity Federation statement for November 24th

Press release of the South London Solidarity Federation ahead of the November 24th 'Day of Action'…

Photograph from Whitehall by @beckpitt

Thousands of students take action against cuts and fees

Thousands of students and supporters are due to take part in a national day of action against cuts…

Student/worker demonstrations: We need to control our own struggles!

The leaflet below was given out at the large meeting held at King's College last night, under the auspices of the left wing of the unions (Education Activists Network). We would welcome comments, criticisms, and above all, offers to distribute it or improve and update it in this period leading up to next week's Day of Action. A comrade from the ICC's section in Toulouse, which has been very active in the movement…

Police force shut down of Fitwatch

The metropolitan police forced the closure of anti-police blog fitwatch.org.uk after it published advice for protesters involved in last weeks' student protests.

Sussex University occupation issues statement

Occupiers of the Fulton building at Sussex University today issued a statement from the occupation explaining their reasons and putting forward demands.

University occupations following London student protests

Students at Manchester and Sussex universities have staged occupations following the NUS/UCU march…

Beating police repression after the student occupation - Fitwatch

Police intelligence watchdog Fitwatch published the following article on their site after the events…

Breaking glass, building solidarity?

A campaign of demonisation has started against the students who trashed Tory HQ on Wednesday, who are being portrayed as unthinking thugs. We re…

"Hardcore troublemaker" anarchist group laughs off Millbank blame game

Solidarity Federation, which helped organise the Radical Workers' and Students Bloc at the NUS/UCU…