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If the prospect of debt forces the students of "supermarket" of education, society as a whole will be affected, said Michael Mansfield

After the Civil War U. S., President James Garfield, a radical republican, said: "Depending on the importance of freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be maintained. "He was a tireless campaigner against the rights of civil slavery of African Americans and in particular the need for an educated electorate.

These sentiments were echoed by the movement as the justification of the various international instruments on human rights related to education. The UN committee that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) stated in no uncertain terms: "Education is a fundamental right in itself and an indispensable means of achieving other human rights. "The Committee emphasizes the vital role that education plays in empowering individuals and groups who are vulnerable and susceptible to exploitation. In other words, the quality and dignity of life, no products in a commodity market.

is not surprising that the normative vision of the alliance in mandatory language and explicit: "Higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of capacity by every appropriate means and in particular by the progressive introduction of free education ".

These provisions must be read in conjunction with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Which were approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966, which the UK was one of the parties and ratified by the British government in 1976.

seems that collective amnesia, or wanton, with these obligations. We came to free education, a modest interest-free loans, loans, there is tremendous interest. It is not a genius here.

If a younger generation can not, or who are afraid, start a massive millstone of debt, their right of access to education is severely hampered if not extinct. This is a generation whose economic future is dark, anyway. Universities have had their education grants reduced by 80% in July and dropped the ax on the system for allocating research students.

Not surprisingly, Vice-Chancellor said the university's reputation as a world leader in higher education is threatened by the cuts. The funding gap, especially for international students is the "major reason why those who are in turn provides us down," he said.

On the domestic front have forced drastic cuts as expected a large number of universities to charge the maximum rate of £ 9,000 a year, saying that £ 7,000 can just cover expenses. Arithmetic minor compared to the average household income of £ 22 000 in the UK -. £ 23,000 shows how the prospects are not large swathes of the population

No politician dares to confront the interests of large companies with initiatives such as the tax on tax on financial transactions (Robin Hood), the abolition of the bonus culture, and the punishment of tax fraud with the company and individual tax evasion.