• The introduction of a non-means tested grant that reflects the cost of living
• The maintenance of the current rate of interest on student loans
• The aver rage cost of a degree is now nearly £20,000
• Student debt in England and Wales has risen by 31% since 2002 graduation to as much as £33,708 by 2010 of living anstudying in the caRita sinuos pay off debts billion years ago
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The last 20 years have seen students' incomes cut to impossibly low levels. The role of NUS must be to mobilise the biggest opposition to stop all student fees.
An AUT poll shows that 80% of the public are opposed to top-up fees
Top-up fees combined with increases in the cost of living could raise student debt at
• The maximum student loan in London of £3.698, is almost €5,000 less shan the cost
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Twotbirds of 2003 graduates moved back in with their parents to save money and
• Student debt has increased by 544% since grants were removed - it's now over £5
• In 1992 one third of students owed money - now 90% are in debt
• Only 17% of students are from working class backgrounds - this is 3% less than 2
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As one student recently suggested on a Festival, BBC discussion website, answers to where
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The Socialist Alliance has launched a Head Campaign materials are available at
rioted. This year, it's in sticky weather. Mike Ladd. It signifies a with materialism. Some in this area, such as Cam'ron "Watch MTV are peddling, playing up Majesticons project. Spike Lee's masterful Bamboozled film.
Majesticons battle LAST YEAR, when this was Infesticons at a council site, attendees The Majesticons partystarting intro includes the some rich people's garden lines "Alan Greenspan and everyone's relaxed in throw your hands up, Billy
Gates throw your hands
The Majesticons is a up". Majesticons have four concept from Brooklyn's excellent MC's, over beats
rivalling the Neptunes and people primarily concerned Dr Dre for jigginess.
The Majesticons transother rappers have excelled form into enemies the
Infesticons for a rowdy finale. (A people "interestcribs to learn how to live". ed in ideas and the content
That's the type of stuff of their minds", in case major record companies you're asking).
In the dance tent were negative black stereotypes. Free*land, the brainchild of Mike Ladd's response to breakbeat DJ ace Adam this is the hilariousty O.T.T. Freeland. The sound is
Rock/Breaks. Dance du Parallels can be drawn with jour? Rock-breaking.
Their Bill Hicks sampling. anti-consumerist We want Majesticons (top) and Free*land your soul' had some cool backing visuals. 'American Repression' replaced the American Express logo "fight imperialism' also got flashed. Mass reefer blazing
Free*land generated energy, even after they finished I was rock-breaking into the hot sun, and the law lost judging by mass reefer-blazing
The Soledad Brothers say they don't want to be seen as just a political band. Judging by this performance there is no danger of that.
They've been photoshot being gagged by the Stars and Stripes and sing that way tonight: no politics, much Lord talk. All very authentic blues music, I'm sure
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