15 year old Tells Establishment to Stick-it

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Run time: 04:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U_gHUiL4P8   Posted on YouTube: December 08, 2010 By YouTube Member: RodneyOwenMcCarthy Views on YouTube: 13   Posted on DU: December 08, 2010 By DU Member: Subdivisions Views on DU: 1674

 
Remember that http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=9631943">kettling incident last week or two in London. That's where the students were protesting, with thousands of teenagers from all over London walking out of lessons and marching spontaneously on Westminster to voice their anger at government cuts to education funding which will prevent thousands from attending college and university.

They were "kettled" and, afterwards, characterized as scoundrels and vandals by the police and media. From the link: "kettling is a tactic used by cops in large protests when they do NOT want to disperse the protest or end it peacefully. They cordon in the protesters, cut off all routes of escape, crack skulls of anyone: protester, bystander, little old lady, who tries to leave. They leave everyone inside the kettle stewing for long hours, crowding them in, agitating them with baton charges, the occasional barrage of pepper spray or tear gas, conflicting orders from megaphones."

Well, those students were not discouraged, as this 15-year old explains rather passionately.

[mstinamotorcity]

1. What's really funny

is they are rioting everywhere and all of the Governments where unrest is taking place keep acting as if nothing is going on. Wait until its America's turn. And it coming unless we think of a different way to get our way.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. I would welcome some signs of life in this country.

It seems like everyone is a zombie..

[mstinamotorcity]

4. No its easier to

Keyboard quarterback after the fact!!!!We need ACTION,but the very word scares people and has them in fear of what the repugs will do to them. It will be their own that gets them. they are the ones stilled fooled into hating everything and not loving themselves.

[baldguy]

19. Remember the Iraq War protests?

According to the MSM, nothing happened that day.

[Luciferous]

3. Good for him and for the rest of those kids who stood up for

themselves. I wish we would see the same thing happen here.

[indimuse]

5. Bravo! knr! n/t

[KurtNYC]

6. very well delivered

no notes, no stumbles. Great delivery of a message.

[reggie the dog]

10. something most modern politicians are incapable of

and he is only 15! i would love to see what kind of work that kid could do in my history classroom... his presentations would probably be great.

[reggie the dog]

12. x

[struggle4progress]

7. People, once put in motion, learn some lessons rather quickly, don't they?

[DemocraticPilgrim]

8. I like the union talk at the end as ultimately unions are the people..

Great clip

[reggie the dog]

9. This gives me hope for the future

solidarity with a tube strike from teenagers! yes... a politicized generation in the uk would be great if it means fighting against the current favor the rich system...

[sirthomas66]

11. That was great. We had better start fighting back here, or we are done--

[reggie the dog]

13. "they knew we weren't a danger"

"they wanted to scare us from ever demonstrating again" !!! kids in the uk see what so many adults are blind to in the usa, the real reason for kettling.... i personally hope to see demonstrations and rioting all over the world until the banks, multinationals, and the corrupt politicians are all brought down... i can dream cant i???

[tomm2thumbs]

14. someone who realizes life is not a dress rehearsal

good for him

[Gamey]

15. Wow! Natural born leader

[lumpy]

20. Britain's Bobby Kennedy

Bravo !

[Glassunion]

16. Kick!

[Joanne98]

17. KICK

[forty6]

18. Mature beyond his mere 15 years! So well-spoken.

I would like to know more about him. Is he already a leader in his school?

Is there somewhere I can go to find out?