Lisa Mckenzie on the day she was arrested

I have watched your demonstrations with the group calling itself Class War, but never detected anything remotely akin to support for working people. All one hears is a blast of obscenities which you misleadingly present as typical working class forms of speech. You boast about using the c word in your Class War Facebook Page, and few of your followers ever go beyond calling the occasional Tory or UKIP member a c***t. Beyond that your followers enjoy wallowing in mirthless jokes about killing rich people. The nearest you or your supporters ever get to political argument is via ad hominem responses or simply dismissing opponents as Daily Mail readers before blocking them from your Class War Facebook Pages. Not a very profound approach for an academic, a public sociologist.. The police should not have arrested you, and your point about diminishing legal aid for protesters is sound. But do try to make your protests in some way appealing to working people.

That's pretty much the extent of their 'anarchist protests'. Mockney accents and lots of swearing. The penultimate point was the idiotic 'protest' against a pair of beared hipsters somewhere in east london that had dared to open a shop selling cornflakes for 3 quid a pop. It shows you how far things have come when we have issues of geopolitical violence across the middle east, mass migration flows, climate change and the rise of anti-liberal political cults in russia, the Islamic world and amongst our own supposed 'progressive left' (anti free speech etc) and the best these bunch of 'anarchists' can muster is a half drunk protest about one shop charging hipster idiots too much for a bowl of cornflakes.

Thanks for caring and for fighting Lisa. It's heartbreaking what is happening in Britain. The wealthy are wealthy at the cost of the poor. It's always been this way. The extremely wealthy and powerful pretend to be concerned about everyone else but they don't need frontline public services. They don't need charities. They don't need food banks or affordable housing. They don't need access to legal representation. The wealthy will always be fine. They never willingly give up their power and history demonstrates they consistently seek to consolidate and further it by whatever means necessary. Demonstrable rising inequality, decimated public services paid for by the people then sold off so shareholder profits can be increased and financial contributions to corruptable political parties can increase, the seemingly relentless desire for war (during which the accumulation of wealth by the wealthy is always accelerated), the relentless downplaying of the negative effects of climate change, a mantra of economic growth which inevitably destroys the earth's finite material resources at a faster and faster rate, a population whose understanding is profoundly shaped by an increasingly corporate media whose top priority is the generation of profit closely followed by waging an ideological war on anyone who dare challenge existing conditions, and as you imply, the institution of higher education itself increasingly turned into a neoliberal factory designed primarily to support and facilitate the continued accumulation of wealth by a tiny elite and keep the status quo rather than being a place where communities engage in free, radical thought focussed on understanding complexity and determinedly pursuing the manufacture of a more peaceful, sustainable, equal world which is sidelined at best and actually punished by the full force of the state at worst. These desperate times need strong, brave and committed people like yourself. Thanks for acting. Please, keep caring and please keep fighting. The powerful have always been terrified of the prospect of a well educated majority with a capacity for critical thought. Cracks are appearing. Nothing good ever happened for the majority without good people speaking out, getting organised and involved, challenging the elite's disingenuous narrative and taking direct action.

I remain second most wanted international fugitive for allegedly calling a certain now former VC 'a criminal.' What kind of country does that?

This low level harassment against peaceful protest is pretty poor. At least you weren't beaten up like some or thrown into the back of a van or cell and left to die like many cases. At least you weren't shot to death like Jean Charles de Menezes. Still pretty awful and I bet neither the police involved, their managers with oversight or the CPS had any disciplinary action against them for this vindictive prosecution. Sticker on window = arrested. For an illegal war on false pretences become a multi-millionaire and peace envoy. How many bankers ever get prosecuted? Class War fulfills a valuable function and stands as a beacon shedding light on this issues. If the establishment doesn't feel threatened (embarassed) by them why doesn't it leave them alone. Keep up the good work Lisa and Class War.

Those who want more powers for the police and security services always say, if you've done nothing wrong then you have nothing to worry about. You have clearly demonstrated how wrong that is. In your case you were charged with an offence even the police admitted you did not commit - although you were in a 'joint enterprise' with a man who did. And the youths in Nottingham were guilty of being black and on the streets.

Lisa Will you please stop calling yourself an academic and working class (whatever than means) . Sociology is twaddle ( i have studied it at the OU) unlike a proper science and you clearly spend more on your hair and makeup then I make in 2 weeks. Not sure what your salary is as a lecturer but clearly more than the minimum wage which I am on. Your performance on Any Questions demonstrated a clear inability to speak proper English ;sort of thing like - know what I mean -you know like and a total lack of academic rigor (complete contrast to Comrade Kwarteng ). You seem to be stating human nature is shaped by free trade - debatable! Have a glorious revolution and the Promise Land will arrive as if by magic. I would like a changed society - your goal will only result in a left-wing fascist state and the true working class will be the victims - ever heard of "The Terror" in France. Didn't go well in Venezuela i under Chavez did it? 400m Chinese have been lifted out of poverty due to "capitalism" - is that a good thing or bad if it costs British jobs. Your philosophy is very similar in many way to 'The Donald' - worrying! Mind you I think he has less tattoos than you (do you think people like me can afford to waste our very limited resources on such things) . Tell you one societal change I would like - all non-productive people from the boardroom downwards sacked and the salaries spent on proper jobs like nursing. I thank Any Questions for letting you speak.