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By Dominic Casciani BBC News home affairs correspondentBy Dominic Casciani BBC News home affairs correspondent
Over the past month, many parts of the UK have witnessed student-led protests against tuition fees and the end of grants in further education.Over the past month, many parts of the UK have witnessed student-led protests against tuition fees and the end of grants in further education.
On television, the scenes have looked like a typical demonstration: people standing around in the cold waving placards while police run around after trouble-makers. But what's beyond doubt is that social media has played an important role in the anti-cuts demonstrations, but is it changing the nature of modern protest?On television, the scenes have looked like a typical demonstration: people standing around in the cold waving placards while police run around after trouble-makers. But what's beyond doubt is that social media has played an important role in the anti-cuts demonstrations, but is it changing the nature of modern protest?


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protest is good people in power will not listen' so how can anyone get the message across if the people in power do not want to know. it,s like a us and them situation' it;s all about them that have, and them who do not have anything . This is reminiscent of various sci fi novels. The creation of a hive consciousness or, instant democracy, whereby information and votes can be viewed and actioned quickly. The hope is that this would form the future of government and political power. The reality at the moment seems to be that peoople use technology constructively. The reality, at the moment, is quite destructive/irrisponsible.
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    • It is naive to suggest that the government is provoking a class war with the eduction cuts. They actually suggest means tested scholarships, that will make it cheaper for the poorest 25% of students.The cuts are a tool to reduce the huge deficit, and as a biproduct it will also sort the terrible, oversubscribed mess of higher education in the UK - both due to 12 years of labour governance!! As an e-learning specialist, I find this a fascinating use of new media... and as someone interested in the political process I find it sad that even with all the shiny new toys, elected politicians still take no notice of what they are being told by the very people who pay them to act as their representatives!
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    • Protest is an essential and healthy part of any democracy, indeed it is essential. However, the levels of violence which have been witnessed on the streets of London potentially ruin the legitimacy of the campaign!! Single acts of anarchy being carried out instinctively by disparate groups with no single controlling centre, reducing infiltration / detection by security services, if you like guerrilla style tactics. Potentially more damaging than any organised TU / Peace demos could ever achieve.....the latter gets 2 minutes coverage with disputes over real numbers of demonstrators.....
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    referring to Champs92 comments - How is the Iraqi war and Brown/Blaire relevant here? How is Tory's ideology - Thatcher-ism referenced in Brown/Blaire's reign?!
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    • Rewind back a few hundred years, it would not have been a protest but a revolt! What does one do when your trust is betrayed by the people you put into the office, into the government?!Violence aside, I truly support the protest's core values. The new system will give new graduates a debt the size of a mortgage even before they earn anything, how is that fair, how is it not a class war?!
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