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Edited by Michelle Payne, Thursday, 30 Dec 2010, 09:19

I went to every protest march against the Iraq war. Despite massive turn outs they achieved nothing, beyond the Prime Minister telling us we should be thankful for having the right to protest....

I'm reading a bit about the campaign for women's suffrage. It started in the 1830s, but until the suffragettes came on the scene and took direct action very little changed...

Now some students caused a little ruckus on their march yesterday, and the media is falling over themselves to condemn it. More pertinently, so is the president of the NUS. But is he taking the right line? I don't think so. Why doesn't he say that, although unprovoked violence against people is to be condemned, the frustration and anger is an inevitable consequence of what the government is trying to impose etc.???

 

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