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FEES DEFEATED - DIRECT ACTION WORKS

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Sunday May 25, 2003 12:47

by Campaign for Free Education - CFE

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At a press conference about an hour ago, Noel Dempsey announced that he would not be reintroducing fees and that he had secured an extra 42 million directly from the exhequer to improve the grants system.

After a prolonged campaign of direct action which saw tens of thousands of students take to the streets over the last year in USI organised demonstrations and a countless number of direct actions organised by USI and CFE the plan to reintroduce fees has been defeated.

CFE played a leading role in fighting fees, taking part in several occupations of government departments as well as a blockade of the Dáil and the blockade of Noel Dempsey when he was in UCD to open the Vet building.

This clearly shows that direct action works. It also shows that cutbacks can be defeated and that when enough pressure is exerted the government are able to find money for improving access to education and other public services.

However the fight is not over. The government has yet to reverse its recent cutbacks to the back to education allowance which is a critical support for mature students, lone parents and the long term unemployed who return to education.

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Comments (46 of 46)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Not really	Studento	Sun May 25, 2003 13:20
2	Simple politics	Morpheus	Sun May 25, 2003 14:38
3	Direct Action works	Cian	Sun May 25, 2003 15:01
4	This is a victory won by students and workers	OK	Sun May 25, 2003 15:08
5	er	aoife	Sun May 25, 2003 16:22
6	Ok we have done alot of good work but lets not fool ourselves	Padraig	Sun May 25, 2003 16:23
7	still protesting?	TCD student	Sun May 25, 2003 17:06
8	UCD Heads	Maximum Bullshit	Sun May 25, 2003 17:22
9	whats the catch?	Gaz	Sun May 25, 2003 17:56
10	press release	Gaz	Sun May 25, 2003 18:23
11	Where's the catch?	Cian	Sun May 25, 2003 18:56
12	Catches	Finghin	Sun May 25, 2003 20:36
13	Direct action bad, mass action good	SWIMMER	Sun May 25, 2003 21:39
14	Great Result	Max Dempsey	Mon May 26, 2003 01:33
15	A catch there will be..	Gaillimhed	Mon May 26, 2003 09:31
16	Finghin	pat c	Mon May 26, 2003 10:00
17	Catch	Cian	Mon May 26, 2003 11:13
18	SF on Fees	IRPB	Mon May 26, 2003 11:36
19	how can students occupy gov buildings and anti-war protestors can't sit outside	pc	Mon May 26, 2003 14:18
20	How Come	Curious	Mon May 26, 2003 14:39
21	Because the SP are hypocrites...	TROTWATCH	Mon May 26, 2003 14:48
22	'Ruling out'	Glen Moran	Mon May 26, 2003 15:05
23	FUCK OFF	TROTWATCH WATCH	Mon May 26, 2003 15:06
24	...as well as being...	TROTWATCH	Mon May 26, 2003 15:11
25	Setting the record straight	OK	Mon May 26, 2003 15:33
26	Oisin	Another trot watcher	Mon May 26, 2003 16:06
27	Dont Mention The War	pat c	Mon May 26, 2003 16:13
28	official treatment of protestors	Gaillimhed	Mon May 26, 2003 16:37
29	trots are in league with Bush! Indymedia exclusive	Gaillimhed	Mon May 26, 2003 17:01
30	Joe Higgins	TROTWATCH	Mon May 26, 2003 17:07
31	Fake Gallimid is obviously SP member	Joe	Mon May 26, 2003 17:23
32	Maximum Bullshit	Intransigent	Mon May 26, 2003 17:40
33	Paul Murphy in disguise	anon	Mon May 26, 2003 18:48
34	fees, cuts, grants	Finghin	Mon May 26, 2003 20:00
35	Spin	Gaz	Mon May 26, 2003 20:19
36	Ban the fuckers	TROTWATCH	Mon May 26, 2003 21:56
37	FUCK OFF	TROTWATCH WATCH	Tue May 27, 2003 09:20
38	Trotwatch you are a disgrace	Trotwatch is a spa	Tue May 27, 2003 13:44
39	SP - a Stalinist Party.	TROTWATCH	Tue May 27, 2003 13:57
40	I Am The Usual TROTWATCH	TROTWATCH	Tue May 27, 2003 13:57
41	Questions for 'Trotwatch'	Trotskyist and Proud	Tue May 27, 2003 14:35
42	Let the thought police loose	TROTWATCH	Tue May 27, 2003 14:43
43	I'm all for free speech	Trotskyist and Proud	Tue May 27, 2003 15:06
44	Whats a shit stirer?	Real Trotwatch	Tue May 27, 2003 15:39
45	What should we do?	Daithi	Tue May 27, 2003 16:33
46	Analysis: Harney's principles of power	???	Thu May 29, 2003 12:37

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