Activists in Tottenham, north London, will meet tomorrow (Tuesday) to help co-ordinate campaigning activities for people coming up in court after the riots.
Glasgow University occupiers emerged victorious last Sunday after 196 days inside the "Free Hetherington". This building had been the Hetherington Research Club, a community space the university management closed down early last year.
"There have been two reactions to the riots. There are those who understand why the riots have taken place. Then there’s the mainstream press and politicians that, quite frankly, have been disgraceful.
The Tories claim that Britain is united against the rioters. But while there is a backlash, many people have defended young people and opposed the police crackdown.
In Birmingham, where three young Muslim men died after being hit by a car during the riots, there were fears that it might stir up animosity between Asian and African‑Caribbean people.
"We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality," wrote the 19th century Whig historian Thomas Macaulay.
