Showcases falling to pieces, under a hail of stones, sticks, and kicks, with the pieces that end up on the asphalt illuminated by the orange glow of smoke and flames of a bonfire fueled by signs and banners. One obstacle that breaks under the pressure of an angry mob, that makes its way between police unprotected and afraid e invade l'entrata dell'edificio lanciando grida di gioia e improvvisando danze scalmanate tra poltrone e schermi a cristalli liquidi. Non siamo ai piedi dell'Acropoli, nell'Atene in stato di sommossa permanente, ma a Londra, sulle algide sponde del Tamigi, all'entrata del cupo grattacielo di Millbank, sede del Partito conservatore al governo da poco meno di un anno. È contro questo simbolo della politica di austerità, che migliaia di studenti britannici si sono scagliati ieri pomeriggio, al termine di una grande manifestazione contro i tagli all'università che ha visto la partecipazione di almeno 50 mila persone.
In conclusione di una giornata storica, e una mobilitazione con pochi precedenti in un paese in cui il movimento student has traditionally been weaker than that of the continent, a group of several thousand protesters surrounded the headquarters of the Tory. In two hundred were able to occupy the hall, and thirty has climbed to the roof of the building from which they dropped banners against program cuts at the university. Only four hours after anti-riot agents of departments were able to regain control of the situation clear the building. In the evening, the police will have a score of wounded among the demonstrators and officers. The event
game at noon in front of Downing Street, was called by the UCU (University and College Union), the union of university professors, and Nus (National Union of Students), the review unit for students. Objective: To stop the project to cut more than 3 billion pounds to the British university system and plan to increase fees for students for which the coalition government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats want to raise the maximum speed at altitude 9,000 pounds a year .
The procession passes in front of the seats of power in Westminster, including vultures, giant puppets, bloodied faces and Halloween-style, going crazy slogans against the Tories 'nasty' and against Clegg the Liberal Democrat leader branded a "traitor." Sally a twenty year old student at the University of Nottingham brandishes a placard bearing a picture of the Deputy Prime libdem minister when he signed on the eve of the election promises that they would oppose the increase of tuition fees. "He had promised to be different. It has proven liar like other politicians, if not worse. " Sara, a student at Camberwell College of Arts, came to the rally to protest the decision to completely cut funding to programs for humanities and social - "Who said that the country needs only to engineers and scientists? '.
Alongside the students and many professors, who are at risk of losing their jobs because of the reform plan. For Kirsten who is finishing a doctorate in cultural studies at Goldsmiths College 'to pay più di tutti saranno i giovani ricercatori. Dopo la fatica del dottorato rischio di trovarmi senza lavoro. Stanno trasformando l'educazione universitaria in un grande McDonald».
Gli scontri con la polizia cominciano quando verso le due in duecento valicano il recinto del parlamento, e inscenano un sit-in ai piedi del Big Ben. La polizia che aveva preso sotto gamba la manifestazione, come ammesso in serata dal direttore di Scotland Yard Paul Stephenson, fa fatica a tenerli a bada. Poi verso le due e mezza circa diecimila persone riescono a raggiungere il grattacielo di Millbank dove si trova la sede dei Tory. Né il servizio d'ordine della manifestazione, né i pochi poliziotti messi a guardia dell'edificio riescono ad evitare l'occupazione by blocking the most militant of the procession, in which event any association with the organizers of the protest.
The success of the event yesterday is very bad news for Cameron that even in China, where he is on an official visit, had to answer criticism of its plan to reform the university. The Liberal Democrats, whose home was targeted by protesters are in great embarrassment after the U-turn towards the students. A score of parliamentary libdem have announced that they will vote against the reform plan will be discussed when the Commons later this month. And if not in front of the libdem gain new members for the Lib-Con coalition could be a defeat heavy and perhaps the beginning of the end.
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