The Anti-Cuts and Austerity Movement in the UK

As protests against the cuts and austerity measures in the UK pick up pace, we’ve put together a collection of online resources to keep track of what’s going on and ways to get involved.

Coalitions and Info-Portals Against the Cuts and Austerity Measures

Coalition of Resistancehttp://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coalition-of-Resistance-Cant-Pay-Wont-Pay/137748819598933

Right to Work (Local groups can be found by clicking on the side-bar): http://righttowork.org.uk/http://twitter.com/Right_To_Work

Anti-Cuts Protests website “The site allows you to find your local anti-cuts groups and protests… It also facilitates the promotion of events via social networking.”: http://anticuts.org.uk/https://twitter.com/Anticuts

National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC): http://anticuts.com/ | http://twitter.com/imAFC | http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108319208229

O is for Occupations: http://occupations.org.uk/

Education Activist Network (EAN), “Building and coordinating the resistance in further, higher and adult education.”:http://educationactivistnetwork.wordpress.com/about/http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=285899477982http://twitter.com/edactivistnet | Founding statement: http://educationactivistnetwork.wordpress.com/about/

National Union of Students (NUS)http://www.nus.org.uk/https://twitter.com/nusukhttp://twitter.com/AaronPorter (NUS President)

See also…

Clare Solomon (President of University of London Union): http://solomonsmindfield.blogspot.com/http://ulucampaigner.wordpress.com/ |http://twitter.com/solomonsmfield

A Few Links to a Few Anti-Fees/Cuts Groups

[NOTE: A map of anti-cuts groups across the UK, with links to local projects can be found here]

University of Strategic Optimism “A university based on the principle of free and open education, a return of politics to the public, and the politicisation of public space.”: http://universityforstrategicoptimism.wordpress.com/

The Really Open University (Leeds)http://reallyopenuniversity.wordpress.com/http://twitter.com/reallyopenuni

Merseyside Network Against Fees and Cuts “aim is to coordinate and organise the resistance across Liverpool and the Wirral to to the proposed changes in education funding”: http://mnafc.wordpress.com/http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=373996114454

University Occupations

The following is a list of websites and Twitter feeds of universities either currently in occupation, or else set up during recent occupations:

UK Occupation ‘Tumblr’, “An online resource for media teams from University Occupations – listing new and existing content, advice for occupiers and recording mainstream press presence.” http://uk-occupation.tumblr.com/

University College London: http://ucloccupation.wordpress.com/

Sussex University: http://defendsussex.wordpress.com/

Brighton University: http://brightonresistance.wordpress.com/ | http://twitter.com/brightonnocuts

King’s College London: http://www.kcloccupation1.blogspot.com/

Nottingham University: http://nsafc.wordpress.com/ | http://twitter.com/nsafc

Leeds University: http://reallyopenuniversity.wordpress.com/ | http://occupiedleeds.wordpress.com/ | http://twitter.com/occupiedleeds

Cardiff University: http://twitter.com/CDFUniOccupied

Birmingham University: http://birminghamstudentsagainstcuts.blogspot.com weard@riseup.net

Edinburgh Universityhttp://edinunianticuts.wordpress.com/

London South Bank: http://savesouthbank.wordpress.com defendsouthbank@gmail.com

Manchester (ROSCOE) University: http://roscoeoccupation.wordpress.com/

Newcastle University: http://ncluniocc.blogspot.com/

Oxford Universityhttp://www.occupiedoxford.org/ oxfordoccupation@gmail.com

Plymouth University: http//www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Plymouth-Students-Against-Cuts/142291359155295

Roehampton University: http://roeunioccupation.wordpress.com/

Royal Holloway University: http://rhacc.wordpress.com/

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS): http://soasoccupation2010.wordpress.com

University of East London (UEL): http://uelagainstthecuts.tumblr.com

University of West of England (UWE) Bristol: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=165523440154156

Slade School of Fine Art at University College London: http://sladeoccupation.wordpress.com/ | http://www.facebook.com/slade.occupation | http://twitter.com/SladeOccupation | http://sladeoccupation.tumblr.com/

London School of Economics (LSE): http://lseoccupation2010.blogspot.com/ | http://twitter.com/LSEOCCUPATION

London Metropolitan University: http://twitter.com/WEareLONDONMET

Bradford University: http://twitter.com/BradOccupation

Goldsmiths University: http://goldsmithsinoccupation.wordpress.com/

University of the Arts London (UAL) Camberwell: http://artsagainstcuts.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/university-of-the-arts-london-camberwell-college-of-art-occupied/

St. Andrews University: http://twitter.com/OccupyStAndrews

Sheffield University: http://sheffieldoccupation.tumblr.com/

Royal College of Art (RCA) London: http://longnightrca.blogspot.com/ | http://twitter.com/LongnightRCA

Exeter University: http://exeteroccupation.wordpress.com/ | http://twitter.com/ExeterOccupied

Birkbeck College, University of London: http://openbirkbeck.wordpress.com/ | http://twitter.com/openbirkbeck

School and Sixth Form Occupations

Camden School for Girls (London): https://camdenschoolsitin.wordpress.com/ | http://twitter.com/camdensitin

Protests Against Arts Cuts

Arts Against Cuts, “This space is for students, artists and cultural workers to display and align their ideas and actions against the cuts.”: http://artsagainstcuts.wordpress.com/ | http://twitter.com/artsagainstcuts | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Arts-Against-Cuts/180764858605338

Pamphlet: User’s Guide to Demanding the Impossible: http://artsagainstcuts.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/users-guide-to-the-impossible-web-version.pdf

Trade Unions Fighting the Cuts

Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT): http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/

Fire Brigade Union (FBU): http://www.fbu.org.uk/

News, Reports, and Coverage

Red Pepper: http://www.redpepper.org.uk/

Counterfire: http://www.counterfire.org/ | http://twitter.com/counterfireorg

Socialist Worker: http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/ | http://twitter.com/socialistworker

Indymedia UK: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/

Morning Star: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php

SchNEWS: http://www.schnews.org.uk/

Manchester Mule: http://manchestermule.com/

Laurie Penny’s coverage: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/laurie-penny | http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny | http://twitter.com/pennyred

Infinite Thought (Nina Power’s blog with plenty of updates about the protests): http://infinitethought.cinestatic.com/

International Stuff

Uninomade (a multi-lingual site of the nomad university): http://uninomade.org/ | English language articles:http://uninomade.org/category/language/english/

Edu Factory “Conflicts and transformation of the university”: http://www.edu-factory.org/wp/ | Journal: http://www.edu-factory.org/wp/journal/

UniRiot (Italian student movement website with occasional English-language articles): http://www.uniriot.org/

Occupied London (News about Greek movements against austerity, including coverage of solidarity actions in support of students in the UK):http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/

Legal Information and Defence

Legal Defence and Monitoring Grouphttp://www.ldmg.org.uk/

Activists’ Legal Projecthttp://www.activistslegalproject.org.uk/

Green and Black Cross: http://greenandblackcross.org/

‘No Comment’ Defendant’s Guide to Arresthttp://www.ldmg.org.uk/files/No_Comment_3rd_Edition.pdf

Bust Card’ with legal information to carry with you: http://www.ldmg.org.uk/files/bustcard.pdf | http://thethirdestate.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Occupation-Bust-Card-Final.pdf

Twitter

The following hashtags are currently being used to spread information about cuts and austerity protests: #ukcuts | #solidarity | #ukuncut | #UNIty

NOTE: If you would like to be added to this listing, email us at editors [at] turbulence [dot] org [dot] uk or Tweet us @turbulence_mag

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