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Frontpage: Student protests show… Police are the real thugs

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Student protests show: Police are the real thugs

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Since the student protest on the day of the university fees vote, the media has been filled with panic about the “violence” of student “thugs”.

Tax dodgers: Make firms pay up

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Protesters will take to the streets across Britain this Saturday 18 December to step up the pressure on companies that have used legal scams to avoid paying billions of pounds in tax.

Who says?

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In their own words

Mark Thomas: Tories cut the poor and cushion the rich

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Cuts to council services will hit the poorest areas hardest. The government is slashing more than a quarter of the central government grants of every local council in England and Wales.

Tommy Sheridan trial: Andy Coulson on the stand

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The trial of socialists Tommy and Gail Sheridan for perjury took a revealing twist last week when Andy Coulson, now David Cameron’s media chief, took the stand.

Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah: Cop tried to ‘inflict pain’

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Damning new evidence has emerged at the inquest into the death of Habib “Paps” Ullah in police custody in High Wycombe, Berkshire.

Death after boss takes fire engine

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A woman has died in a fire in Holloway, north London, after bosses took a fire engine from the local fire station.

In brief: 20,000 kids on food handouts

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Thousands of people will be forced to take charity food handouts or go hungry this winter because of soaring poverty.

In brief: Will ex-ministers lose passes?

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The parliamentary Commons Standards and Privileges Committee has recommended suspending the parliamentary passes of former Labour ministers Geoff Hoon, Stephen Byers and Richard Caborn for breaching lobbying rules.

In brief: Defend Julian Assange against the US government

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The Stop the War Coalition protested outside Westminster Magistrates Court against attacks on Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, on Tuesday.

In brief: Pupil premium is a big con

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Education secretary Michael Gove has proudly announced a pupil premium for poorer pupils—but it’s recycled money and he’s been forced to admit it!

Tim Sanders: Cartoon: Tim: Royal transport

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Viv Smith: Student revolt: ‘Violence of police put our lives at risk’

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Police nearly killed one student protester last week and viciously abused a disabled man. But instead of feeling ashamed, they are demanding more power to use force.

Student revolt: Alfie’s friends kettle Scotland Yard

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Around 60 supporters of Alfie Meadows protested outside Scotland Yard on Tuesday to tell Met police to end kettling and violence towards protesters.

Health: Pay blackmail won’t save jobs

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Bosses are trying to blackmail more than a million NHS workers into accepting pay cuts in exchange for paper-thin “guarantees” of job security.

Workers support for students is key

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The student fightback is inspiring workers—but the union movement needs to step up the battle.

Laura Miles: Lecturers: UCU union demands inquiry into policing of student protest

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The UCU lecturers’ union has issued a statement condemning the police violence – Laura Miles, a member of the UCU national executive, spoke to Socialist Worker in a personal capacity.

Sadie Robinson: Day X3: The day students shook the Tory coalition

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The vote on tuition fees in parliament last week showed British “democracy” is a hollow sham. The Tories and their Lib Dem poodles voted to allow universities to charge up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees—despite huge opposition and previous Lib Dem promises to oppose fee rises.

Lib Dems in crisis – and what's Ed up to?

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The vote for increased tuition fees has not solved the coalition’s problems—it has deepened them.

Student occupations have focused the struggle

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Some students suspended university occupations this week as the winter holiday approaches—but others are vowing to stay in over Christmas and more began new occupations.

Student revolt: Why top cop's head should roll

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The last Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Ian Blair, resigned in large part because he misled the public about the police shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes in 2005. His successor, Sir Paul Stephenson, appears to have a similarly troubled relationship with the truth.

Martin Empson: Climate "deal" sells out the planet

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The outcome of last week’s climate conference in the luxury resort of Cancun, Mexico, shows the utter contempt the world’s richest governments have for the planet.
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Greek workers set for seventh general strike of the year

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Workers in Greece were to end a year of struggle with a general strike this Wednesday 15 December—the day of the government’s budget.

Phil Sanderson: Hull firefighters march over job cuts

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Around 350 firefighters marched through Hull last Saturday in protest at plans to slash 170 jobs by reducing crew on fire engines from five to four.

Matthew Cookson: Beans bosses will be toast when Heinz workers strike

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Production of millions of cans of Heinz beans and other foods will be shut down this week as more than 1,000 workers at the company plant in Wigan are set to strike.

Medirest workers to strike against low pay

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Some of the lowest-paid workers in the NHS are preparing to strike this week.

Tube workers to strike against victimisations

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Three crucial strikes are set to take place on the tube over Christmas. Two of the walkouts are against the victimisation of RMT union activists.

Letters

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'I want a velvet school revolution' | Join the SWP | Malthusian calls are a disgrace | ‘Heroes’ | Michael Gove is not a good sport | Respect FBU’s opinion | Thanks students | Corrie’s strong traditions | Human beings not selfish | Tory cuts will hit children | Well done for protest report

Tom Walker: LSE occupation: Life inside a rebel base

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How are university occupations organised, and what role have they played in the wider new student movement? Tom Walker spent the day with students who were occupying a management suite at the London School of Economics and found some of the answers.

What Socialists Say: Does capitalism rule with our consent?

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Riot police showed the brutal face of the British state on the streets of London last week
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Charlie Hore: China: The masses are on the move

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One of the most inspiring developments of 2010 was the wave of strikes by China’s workers. Charlie Hore looks at the background to the rising discontent of China’s masses.

Tim Sanders: Cartoon: Tim: Away in a manger

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Editorial: Signposts for the fightback in 2011

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The student revolt nearly defeated a key coalition policy last week. The demonstrations that flowed to the gates of parliament so rocked MPs that the Tory-Lib Dem majority fell to just 21.

Editorial: Sources of hope in attitudes survey

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The right wing papers have used the latest British Social Attitudes survey to suggest that Britain has become more Thatcherite.

Ken Olende: Racism, not Islam, is the problem

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The man who apparently blew himself up planting a bomb in Stockholm, Taimour Abdulwahab Al-Abdaly, lived in Luton. That has been enough to trigger a wave of propaganda painting Luton as a hotbed of Islamic extremism.

Simon Basketter: Review: Pantomime is a load of rubbish. ‘Oh no it isn’t!’

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As panto season begins, Simon Basketter says there is something to celebrate in its traditions of audience participation.

Tom Mycock: Review: Tell Me A Story – Grace Petrie

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When Grace Petrie played Glastonbury’s Leftfield stage, an awestruck Billy Bragg declared that she “stole the fucking show”.