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It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics.
As politics is disconnected from its ethical and material moorings, it becomes easier to punish and imprison young people than to educate them.
I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.
I know how messy things can get when adults overstep their boundaries and insert themselves - their politics, their fears, their prejudices, their ignorance - into the lives of young people.
I have dealt with a pretty interesting mix of young people, many of whom have never been involved in any form of politics at any level who are interested in alternatives to austerity and debt, and older people who left the Labour party, mainly over Iraq, who are coming back in.