Mark Thomas – The Guardian – 10 February 2009

The debate about the use of stop and search – be it protesters or young black and Asian men, be it in the case of stopping knife crime or deterring terrorism – is one that has (understandably, perhaps) been fixed on the police results rather than the times they get it wrong.

But it is in the cases where they get it wrong that attitudes towards police are sharpened and the rights we feel we have as citizens practically defined. So I offer this card for readers to download, print and carry. It warns police officers that if a stop and search is intrusive, unlawful or malicious, you will pursue the issue through the Independent Police Complaints Commission and, if necessary, to civil proceedings. You might want to offer this card to an officer before a search takes place. Enjoy.

Click here to download a pdf of the card. Then print, cut it out, fold it in half and carry it around with you.

GDSC info: Click here for information on your rights if you get stopped and search or arrested.

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Tuesday

From the Greek Streets – 02 Dec 2010

(At 00.15” a riot police man is clearly seen hitting a protester with a fire extinguisher)

In response to the arrests, the entire demonstration headed to the police headquarters (GADA) demanding their immediate release.

More info, soon.

Pictures from the clashes:

http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2010/12/02/430-2000-students-march-against-education-reform/

From the Greek Streets – 02 Dec 2010

http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2010/12/02/athens-sends-its-solidarity-to-the-struggle-of-british-students/

Suzanne Moore – The Guardian – 04 December 2010

We live in a society in which we are told there is no money and yet see it washing around the upper echelons

Students in Glasgow protest against forthcoming cuts to higher education.

Sometimes you move between worlds too quickly for comfort. I certainly did this week. I went from talking to students staging an occupation at University College London to a pre-Christmas do full of movers and shakers. One group of people were complacent, self-indulgent and had a huge sense of entitlement. And guess what, it wasn’t the students! I wondered just when my generation had got just so bloody complacent.

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Upcoming Demos + Actions

Saturday 4th December
UK Uncut: Latest wave of national protests this time targeting tax dodging Philip Green’s Arcadia Group (Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Burton, Miss Selfridge and British Home Stores) as well as good old Vodafone, Lloyds TSB, Boots and Barclays. Actions already planned in Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Leeds, Liverpool, Reading, Oxford, Nottingham and Manchester
http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/
http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/targets

Saturday 4th December
Stop the Fees Demo at Lib Dem London Conference (facebook link)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148974651817209

Saturday 4th December
March on Parliament for a Zero Carbon Britain
12 noon: Assemble at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park. Building a Zero Carbon Britain means Climate Jobs Now: we have a positive vision not only for addresing the global threat of climate catastrophe but also for the economic crisis.
http://www.campaigncc.org

Sunday 5th December
Student protests being planned in towns and cities (facebook link – requires logon)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172969552731286

Sunday 5th December
3rd London Student Assembly: No More Kettles
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122031574526310

Wednesday 8th December
TOWER HAMLETS PROTEST OF FULL COUNCIL MEETING – £70M CUTS
Tower Hamlets HOOPS (Hands Off our Public Services) Lobby Tower Hamlets full Council meeting on Monday 8th December at 6pm, against £70m+ cuts to jobs and services. Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London E14 2BG.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Hoops-Tower-Hamlets/100001509794712#!/event.php?eid=177519458940227

Thursday 9th December
NCAF National Day of Student Action
http://anticuts.org.uk

Saturday 11th December
NCAF National Day of Action
“Workers, students, pensioners: All To The Street!”
http://anticuts.org.uk

PLUS:

(depending which day the fees vote in parliament is… mid-December maybe 14th Dec)

NUS/UCU National Protests on the Day before Fees Vote
NUS/UCU National Mass Lobby of Parliament Day of Fees Vote, followed by rally + candle demo
http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5141

Youtube – 30th Nov 2010

A policeman hits a student protester on the student protest on the 30th of November at trafalgar square. Please can you send this to all your friends, the media, post it on fb, tweet it, people need to see this police brutality.

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Riot police officer U1202 punches student in head at london protest

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Police fail to kettle student protest

The Agenda – Press TV – 27th Nov 2010

The Agenda on Press TV on Saturday night, hosted by Yvonne Ridley, discussed the student protesters and drew links between them and the Gaza protesters.

Sukant Chandan of Sons of Malcolm was on the program with an ex senior Met Police Officer David Michael and a right-wing LibDem Andy Marvin.

(Don’t worry about the title of the program on the site, Press TV made a mistake, it is the right show)

Link to program

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Adam Gabbatt, Paul Lewis, Matthew Taylor and Rachel Williams – The Guardian – 26th Nov 2010

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A short film about the student walkout on Wednesday 24th November. Over 100,000 thousand students took part in protests across Britain in response to the Government’s proposal to drastically cut education funding. This short film focuses on the London protests. Please spread far and wide!

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Student Tuition Fees Protest from fil kaler on Vimeo.

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