What happens next has to be the question? I'd be interested to see whether we see some 'direct action' like this on any other issue in the coming few months or will the student radicals settle down for exam time and coursework deadlines.
Maybe the next set won't be so divisive but will actually try to unite the student movemement around an issue we can all agree on like climate change, education funding or the ongoing Genocide in Darfur. The problem is it's not clear whether those topics will be such useful recruiting tools for the Stop the War Coalition and their like...
What do you think? Any predictions?
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"I'd be interested to see whether we see some 'direct action' like this on any other issue in the coming few months"
ReplyDeleteOh, you're interested? Then get involved in representing your university at the Jobs, Justice, Climate march in London on the 28th. Get to Strasbourg for the NATO demonstrations like a great many of the students involved in the occupations. Visit your next local "British Jobs for British Workers" trade union picket and stand instead against the injustices suffered by foreign workers. Preach compassion, solidarity, peace and unity rather than divisive hatred and intellectually lazy cynicism.
You're living in an incredibly exciting time and you don't even realise it.
These demo's have been going for years (anarchists rip up cities worldwide every time the G20 or G8 comes to town).
ReplyDeleteI don't really do preaching (neither do other contributers to this blog) but we do support peace and unity, compassion and solidarity...something that is often sadly lacking or cynically missing from many of the student actions.
Calling for peace might include mention of a two state solution, supporting compassion might mean being vocal in opposition to Israeli suffering as well Palestinian suffering and suggesting that this blog preaches hatred while refusing to publicly condemn Hamas is beyond ridiculous.