La révolte des étudiants anglais s’installe et s’organise

La révolte des étudiants anglais s’installe et s’organise

La révolte des étudiants anglais contre les mesures d’austérité du gouvernement n’est pas un feu de paille. Après sa deuxième manifestation le 24 novembre (130.000 manifestants dans plusieurs villes universitaires), elle prend racine et s’organise en un mouvement structuré et sur le long terme, pour devenir un fait politique de la situation britannique. Avec ce mouvement, la contestation sociale brutale de la politique officielle est en train de “s’institutionnaliser”, avec un fort soutien des étudiants. Les démocrates-libéraux, qui font partie du gouvernement, sont divisés au niveau parlementaire et certains députés ont des contacts avec les étudiants. Une structure de désordre contre la politique officielle du système est en train de naître.

Dans le Guardiuan du 25 novembre 2010.

«Britain's most senior police officer warned today of a new era of civil unrest as the national campaign against university fee increases and education cuts gathered momentum.

»Sir Paul Stephenson, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the two large-scale student demonstrations of the past fortnight had been marred by a previously unseen level of violence, adding: “The game has changed.”

»His comments were seized on by critics, who said the hard-line rhetoric risked escalating tensions with students organising the nationwide grassroots campaign against education cuts.

»Meanwhile, protesters today occupied 16 university campus buildings around the country. Six of the occupations – in Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Plymouth, Edinburgh and London – were expected to continue through the night. The Southwark and Bermondsey constituency office of Simon Hughes, the Liberal Democrat deputy leader, was also occupied by around 30 students from the London School of Economics.

»More demonstrations are planned for the next month. More than 11,000 students have signed up to another wave of classroom walkouts and marches planned for next Tuesday. The demonstration will coincide with a Commons debate staged by Labour in a bid to expose Lib Dem divisions over the coalition's plans to dramatically increase tuition fees.

»Hughes said today that he had not yet decided how he would vote, but that he was willing to meet students this weekend to discuss it. He told Young Voters' Question Time on BBC Three this week that he would “like to vote against”, and was deliberating with other colleagues whether to do that or abstain.»

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