Forge issue 89

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Issue 89 FREE Friday 6 November 2015

Gengha Review Fuse went to see Gengha at Leadmill, it was a “spiritual homecoming” FUSE P11

The Impact of Paris on a Acne Shoestring Features investigate Lifestyle explore the the impact acne has on streets of Paris and how young people in the UK to travel on a budget FEATURES P16

LIFESTYLE P23

Micropigs! Are they cute or evil? Is it moral or immoral? Should we be doing this? COMMENT P11

THREE STUDENTS ARRESTED AT LONDON DEMO

Will Morgan Over 160 students from the University of Sheffield took part in the November 4 protest march that received national media attention after it turned violent. At least 12 protesters of the few thousand strong crowd were arrested, three of whom were from Sheffield. The students were protesting

planned changes to convert the maintenance grant into a loan and to limit international students’ options post-study. Speaking exclusively to Forge Press, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Diane Abbott MP said that these changes to higher education will “further dis-incentivise university for lower income families” and said that she “completely opposes them”, although at first she ap-

peared not to know what the protest was about or even what the changes to higher education were. The protest began on Malet Street outside the University of London, before winding its way through central London past the National Gallery and the Palace of Westminster before stopping at its designated end point outside the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS) building at 3pm.

Here the combination of class war advocates, anarchists and police kettling tactics led to a violent confrontation between protesters and police. At first eggs and smoke bombs were thrown but as the police began to tackle and shove protesters, signs and other objects were launched. Continues on page 3....


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