IT’S OUR ‘YOUTHQUAKE’ – WHAT WILL WE MAKE OF IT?

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged activism, capitalism, collective action, consumerism, corporate power, crisis, democracy, ecological crisis, ecology, economic crisis, economics, elites, featured, future, GE17, government, housing crisis, individualism, inequality, jeremy corbyn, Labour, mental health, momentum, neoliberalism, organise, Oxford Dictionaries, political apathy, political parties, politics, possibility, poverty, snap election, society, technology, tuition fees, uk, wage stagnation, westminster, word of the year, young people, youth culture, youth engagement, youth politics, youth turnout, youthquake.

by Bradley Allsop

Young people can’t catch a break. On the one hand, we’re scolded and ridiculed for our apparent lack of engagement with traditional political institutions, which is generally assumed to be a result of our ‘laziness’ or ‘apathy’, with our disillusionment and distrust with politicians that have continually failed us apparently precluding our ‘right to complain’. On the other hand, when we do engage politically, in those rare moments when we do seek to take an active role in our futures, we’re painted as thuggish, fragile or naïve. In short, the message we continually get is: “engage – but not like that!”

JAPAN MUST REFLECT ON ITS HISTORY IF IT IS TO REVISE ARTICLE 9

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Article 9, china, comfort women, conflict, constitution, diet, Donald Trump, Eisaku Sato, history, Japan, Korea, massacre, North Korea, nuclear weapons, pacifist, peace, peacekeeping, Samurai, SDF, self defence forces, sex slaves, Shinzo Abe, snap election, Tsukahara Bokuden, UN, united nations, war crime, wwii.

by Yali Banton Heath

On September 25th, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe called for one of those snap elections we all know and love. Unlike Theresa May, when the results were announced almost a month later on October 22nd, Abe managed to pull through and secure himself a majority in the Diet.

Japan is now swinging heavily to the right. With Abe possessing a mandate to attempt implementation of his main objective – revision of Japan’s pacifist constitution – is the country about to embark on a dangerous path of no return?Continue Reading

THE TUITION FEE FREEZE – TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged access, austerity, Brexit, child poverty, conservative party, conservative party conference, conservatives, elections, false promises, fox hunting, Free Education, government, help to buy, jeremy corbyn, Labour, less well off, living standards, migration, older people, patronising, politics, prime minister, privatisation, property ladder, repayment threshold, snap election, student debt, student loans, student welfare, students, theresa may, tuition fee freeze, tuition fee rises, tuition fees, voters, voting, young people.

by Laura Potts

As the country continues to languish in the grasp of a Conservative government, and the shadows of brexit and the snap election continue to lengthen, many are left questioning the political standing of this country’s future. This year’s extraordinary general election has made many people feel alienated from their government, especially among the younger generation. Hardly surprising, as the ultimate outcome reflected the voting preferences of their elders, with 58% of 60-69 yr old’s voting conservative while 62% of 20-24 year olds voted labour.

YOUNG VOTERS – DAMNED IF WE DO AND DAMNED IF WE DON’T

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Student and tagged anti-intellectualism, Brexit, Brexit negotiations, class, class divides, conservatives, cost of living, demographics, DUP, EU referendum, experience, GE17, generation gap, government, grades, graduates, housing benefit, hung parliament, hypocrisy, jeremy corbyn, Labour, lecturers, liberal ideals, Michael Gove, minimum wage, political economics, polls, property ladder, rent, snap election, student debt, student votes, students, Thatcherite, theresa may, turnout, young people, young voters.

by Alex Powell

Seeing the reaction to the snap general election result has been fascinating. For years, young people, particularly students, were criticised for not going out and voting. June 8th 2017 was the day we did. The result? A hung parliament that defied all expectations. In the lead up to the election, all the indications suggested that the Tories would win a landslide, even if the gap had begun to close in the final polls. In the end, this was far from how things played out, leaving Theresa May without a majority and forced to rely on the DUP to pass her key votes.

THE PARADOX OF TORY EDUCATION POLICY – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #7

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #GE2017, conservatives, cuts, education policy, employment, EU, EU students, exports, general election, HE policy, higher education, immigration quotas, international reputation, international students, manifesto, marketisation, migration, NHS, non-EU students, nurse bursaries, politics, racism, reputation, rights, skilled graduates, snap election, student numbers, student politics, student vote, students, Students and the Election, tuition fees, universities, university funding, university league tables, university rankings, voters, voting, xenophobia.

by Alex Powell

In the midst of multiple crises faced by students, universities and schools, the outcome of the snap general election will be a major indicator of the future of the UK education sector. Each week until the vote we are featuring perspectives from our regular contributors and guests on what the election could mean for students.

There is a severe dissonance between the conception of higher education that the Conservatives purport to support and the policies presented in their 2017 manifesto. In order to show this I have to work from within the Tory understanding of the purpose of higher education, and the role international students play within achieving that. Despite my adoption of this form of argumentation, I wish to make it clear that I do not subscribe to the idea that higher education is purely about reputation, financial stability, or the production of an effective workforce. Further, I do not accept the idea that international students are valuable only in terms of what they can offer to either educational institutions or the UK more generally. The current treatment of international students, and the blatant disregard shown for their welfare, is one of the most indefensible aspects of modern higher education policy.

IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN? – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #6

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #GE2017, armed forces, Article 50, austerity, buses, clive lewis, commentary, cuts, education, end poverty, EU, EU citizens, EU referendum, exit poll, Free Education, general election, Green Party, higher education, jeremy corbyn, journalism, Labour, left wing, Liberal Democrats, living wage, london, manifesto, MPs, Northampton, norwich south, NUS, Parliament, politics, polls, prime minister, privatisation, public services, rent, rights, shadow cabinet, snap election, student politics, student vote, students, Students and the Election, Sure Start, tactical voting, tax, theresa may, Tim Farron, Tories, UEA, UEA Labour Students, universities, voters, voting, wages, Wales, work.

from a member of UEA Labour Students

Having resolved to sit down today and write this article, I’m struck by the appropriateness of my day. I caught the bus to UEA from outside one of the few remaining Sure Start centres, a public service provided by the last Labour government which has been decimated by the Conservatives (and Liberal Democrats) since 2010. My bus was 40 minutes late, the consequence of a privatised, under-funded service – and even the previously UEA-hosted launderette I went to had been privatised since I last used it. It served as a strong reminder of the power of Labour government to change lives for the better, which contrasts with the crumbling services and privatisation festival that has characterised the last 7 years of Conservative and ConDem government.

A RAY OF HOPE – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #5

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #GE2017, #studentsnotsuspects, Brexit, Brighton, brighton pavilion, Bristol, Bristol West, caroline lucas, coalition, david cameron, debt cancellation, environment, environmental policy, environmental protections, Europe, fascism, Free Education, general election, Green Guarantee, Green Party, Hard Brexit, higher education, Higher Education and Research Act, hope, Isle of Wight, Labour, manifesto, molly scott cato, MPs, Plastic Returns Deposit, politics, prevent, recycling, Scandinavia, snap election, student debt, student loans, student politics, student vote, students, Students and the Election, theresa may, Tories, tuition fees, UEA, UEA Young Greens, universities, Vix Lowthion, voters, voting, xenophobia, Young Greens.

by the UEA Young Greens

On June the 8th the country will head to the polls for Mrs May’s snap election. This election has been called because, in a remarkable display of hubris, May and her Tory cohort expect to win a huge majority so she can continue to pursue her campaign of cuts whilst also pushing for a Hard Brexit. If they’re right, the future looks rather grim.

VOTE PROGRESSIVE, VOTE FOR OUR FUTURE – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #4

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #GE2017, campaigning, clive lewis, Compass, course cuts, cuts, elitism, Free Education, general election, Green Party, Havant, higher education, international students, Johnathan Bartley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, london, marketisation, norwich, politics, polls, progressive alliance, Sian Berry, snap election, student politics, student vote, students, Students and the Election, tactical voting, Tories, tuition fees, UKIP, universities, voters, voting.

by Robyn Banks

There is a lot of fear about the morning of June 9th. Will we wake up to a Tory super-majority that will see them stay in charge for the next 15 years? To a renewed age of cuts that hurt the poorest and most vulnerable in society, that disembowel the education system from primary to higher, and that destroy the environmental protections (or ‘Green Crap’) that will ensure that we have a safer and more secure future for our world? Or will the sun rise on something else? With the polls getting closer and closer, a miraculous Labour Party win isn’t off the table just yet.

CREATIVE & PROGRESSIVE VOICES – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #3

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #GE2017, age, arts, Arts Council, arts funding, arts universities, austerity, Brexit, children, conservatives, creative subjects, creativity, economics, education policy, environment, EU referendum, exams, general election, generation gap, Green Party, higher education, international politics, labour party, Liberal Democrats, local authority cuts, music, policy, political parties, politics, scrutiny, snap election, sport, student politics, student vote, students, Students and the Election, universities, voters, voting, youth campaigns.

by Laura Potts

The snap election. The vote looming over the future. We in the UK have the privilege of affecting the result. As students, young people and members of a fast changing world, voting in a western country like ours means more than just influencing your own future. Electing certain policies through parties can drastically alter how Britain relates to the rest of the world. How the next generation develop, what they value, and the state of the planet they will live on are all on the line. It is crucially important, therefore, for us each to familiarise ourselves with each party’s policies and plans. Not only is it vital to consider how these policies will affect broader issues such as the environment or foreign relations, it is also vital to be sure that the party you vote for stands to protect what you value in your country.

EVERY VOTE COUNTS – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #2

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #GE2017, disenfranchisement, dissent, erasmus, general election, higher education, local elections, mandate, New York, Parliament, parliamentary majority, politics, postal vote, proxy vote, representation, snap election, student politics, student vote, students, Students and the Election, theresa may, universities, voter registration, voter turnout, voters, voting.

by Alex Powell

I can’t be the only one growing a little exhausted with all these elections, right? Nonetheless, tired as we are, it has never been more important that we all get out and vote. In the local elections we saw something of a decimation of left leaning parties, to the benefit of the Tories. What’s more, those elections featured some astoundingly low turnout figures, many below 30%. As a result of this, I feel it is incumbent on me to encourage anyone reading this to ensure that they get out and vote in the general election on June 8th.

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IT’S OUR ‘YOUTHQUAKE’ – WHAT WILL WE MAKE OF IT?

JAPAN MUST REFLECT ON ITS HISTORY IF IT IS TO REVISE ARTICLE 9

THE TUITION FEE FREEZE – TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

YOUNG VOTERS – DAMNED IF WE DO AND DAMNED IF WE DON’T

THE PARADOX OF TORY EDUCATION POLICY – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #7

IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN? – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #6

A RAY OF HOPE – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #5

VOTE PROGRESSIVE, VOTE FOR OUR FUTURE – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #4

CREATIVE & PROGRESSIVE VOICES – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #3

EVERY VOTE COUNTS – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #2

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