A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the increasing threat of zombieism in our economy, a contagion that has taken a violent and widespread hold amongst members of the Conservative and Lib Dem parties here in the UK, and which is seeping insidiously into governments across the globe, gnawing on the kneecaps of economic policies in a most discourteous fashion.
I am proud to be able to say that in areas where this plague has begun to manifest most publicly, a fierce opposition has been established within the community. Today students in Edinburgh, Oxford, London (and here, and here), Plymouth, Essex, Cardiff, Bristol, and Newcastle continued occupations of university buildings – some which have been going on for several days – following yesterday’s national day of sit-ins, walk-outs, and protests.
Like the ever-present small band of survivors in zombie films who barricade themselves in shopping centres, desperately trying to stem the tide of rotting flesh-eaters, these demonstrators find themselves pitted against zombie hordes – albeit of a politico-economic nature. Although their focus has largely been on the Con-Dem government’s education cuts, these specific changes are but representative of a larger concern on the international economic stage. (more…)
Neighbourhood Zombie Watch 