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Being Boiled
Gavin Butt
On December 9, 2010, I was “kettled,” or contained against my will, for over eight hours in London’s Parliament Square in freezing conditions, without food, drink, or toilets. I was not alone. Along with thousands of others—including students, lecturers, trade unionists, and schoolchildren—I was on the streets that day to protest against the UK government’s swingeing plans to cut funding and raise fees in English universities. The plans have been rightly, and widely, criticized as an attack…
e-flux Journal
Posted: January 1, 2011
Category
Education
Subjects
Protests & Demonstrations, Privatization, Authoritarianism, Police & Prisons, Violence, State & Government