Student agitator
A STUDENT union organiser is a major voice behind the calls to ‘bring down the Government’ through protests on Wednesday.
Antonia Bright is responsible for the Movement for Justice By Any Means Necessary. Within hours of the Grenfell fire’s scale becoming clear, she switched the campaign’s focus from fighting Brexit and immigration policies.
Now, the group – provocatively named to echo a Malcom X speech – is calling for thousands to march on London.
‘This government has presided over thousands of deaths from seven years of austerity and anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant racism and bigotry. They need to go. Now,’ a poster urges.
In one online profile, Miss Bright says she is responsible for supporting student reps at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.
Asked about the march, she said: ‘You have to ask what does it take to make this Government stand up and listen?
‘This is about justice for everyone and I would expect people from all strands to be there.’
Miss Bright is close friends with Trotskyist Tony Gard, 76, who has been at the centre of violent protests, including at the State Opening of Parliament in 1995.