{"id":5054,"date":"2020-02-22T00:57:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T00:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2020-02-22T00:57:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T00:57:06","slug":"protests-9-10-and-a-picket-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/22\/protests-9-10-and-a-picket-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests 9 & 10 and a picket line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Climate Strike<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m not in the target demographics for the Friday climate strikes, but most of my regular Friday protest is, so when they weren’t at Cargill, I went to join them there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Climate<\/a>
Protestors near Downing Street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The protestors had marched up the street a bit, but then came back. As with any youth protest, they were massively over-policed. However, it was the middle of the day and some of them had parents present, so the police were keeping their urges mostly in check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Disproportionate<\/a>
Over-policing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fashion Week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

XR showed up to Fashion week to demand greater sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Partially<\/a>
XR in the street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Earth Strike also set up a table there. It was a good thing for us to go to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Earth<\/a>
Earth Strike at Fashion Week<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

UCU Strike<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In other news, as nothing was resolved after the last set of strike days, my union is once again striking. I’m mostly working at Kent this term, but it’s a long way to travel on days I’m not scheduled to be in, so I showed up at Goldsmiths on the first day of the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"UCU<\/a>
Pickets at Depford Town Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It’s reading week, so nobody there was scheduled to teach at all. I think it’s a good turnout under the circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Picketers\"<\/a>
A picket line at Goldsmiths<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Student support was in evidence and some of the props were very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"In<\/a>
“In loving memory of Art Education 20202”
This is an actual mosaic made by one of the picketers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The strike carries on for several more days. I didn’t go out today, but will be out next week and will (probably) go to Canterbury for my effected teaching days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, this is bad for students and I hope that the strike ends early with an agreement. It is an unusual opportunity to talk about our dreams for higher education, our research and to foster a collegiate atmosphere. I wish there was a way we could foster the spirit of the strike when not on strike and share it with all the students. We all should have more of a say in how universities are run and what they’re like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Climate Strike I’m not in the target demographics for the Friday climate strikes, but most of my regular Friday protest is, so when they weren’t at Cargill, I went to join them there. The protestors had marched up the street a bit, but then came back. As with any youth protest, they were massively over-policed. … Continue reading Protests 9 & 10 and a picket line<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[393,398,399,81,397,396],"class_list":["post-5054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-climate-change","tag-march","tag-picket-line","tag-protest","tag-strike","tag-ucu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5055,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5054\/revisions\/5055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}