tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40016334091734221852024-02-25T23:00:57.725-08:00SOAS Students in Solidarity with Gaza12-01-09 - SOAS students occupy university buildingSOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-74650745320822793752009-02-18T09:10:00.000-08:002009-02-18T09:15:59.125-08:00Meeting tomorrow!<p>1. Wes Streeting has disgracefully played the race card to criticise the wave of student activism.</p><p>In response, Dominic Kavakeb (Essex university) has written the following response: </p>We would like to express our severe disappointment at the NUS President for his comments regarding the wave of student occupations that has taken place over the past month.<br /><br />Thousands of students have been involved in these protests and the very breadth of the occupations serves to prove the wide support for these actions. Over 30 university campuses have seen some form of student action.<br /><br />Any minor disruption caused by these occupations has to be offset against their success in highlighting the desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza, including the destruction of the Islamic University of Gaza.<br /><br />The allegation that the occupations have fuelled anti-semitism on our campuses is as disgraceful as it is untrue. Thousands of students, many Jewish, have been involved in action to help rebuild the Gazan education system and support the right to education for Palestinians.<br /><br />The NUS was founded, in 1922, upon the values of peace and international solidarity after the slaughter of the First World War. Surely, the President of the national Union of Students should welcome wholeheartedly the return of student activism and international solidarity amongst students.<br /><br /><br />2. Meeting on Thursday, everyone welcome:<br /><br />This Thursday (the 19th), SOAS Stop the War are holding an activist meeting in the common room. The primary aim is to discuss upcoming actions and events in and around SOAS, and coordination for national and international events. Come along and help out!<br /><br />Campaign meeting<br /><br />Thursday 19th Feb, 5.30pm<br /><br />SOAS Junior Common RoomSOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-86927222617534554052009-01-28T16:10:00.000-08:002009-01-28T16:11:37.332-08:00Sheffield Hallam occupation<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Trebuchet;font-size:13px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0%; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; color: rgb(148, 15, 4); background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal bold 131%/normal Arial, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; "><a href="http://shuoccupation.blogspot.com/" style="color: rgb(17, 89, 60); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">http://shuoccupation.blogspot.com/</span></a><br /><br />'With the success of occupations throughout the UK, Sheffield Hallam students and workers from around the city voted to occupy the tenth floor of the Owen building. This is to make practical demands of the university in solidarity with Palestinians and to condemn the actions of the Israeli state.'<br /><br />excellent news!</div></span>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-51021792741347488192009-01-28T09:10:00.000-08:002009-01-28T09:11:56.370-08:00Bradford Student occupation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://occupied-bradford.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">http://</span></a><em style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: inherit; "><a href="http://occupied-bradford.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">occupied</span></a></em><a href="http://occupied-bradford.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">-</span></a><em style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: inherit; "><a href="http://occupied-bradford.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">bradford</span></a></em><a href="http://occupied-bradford.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">.blogspot.com</span></a></span>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-39085760502959235732009-01-28T08:46:00.000-08:002009-01-28T09:10:18.194-08:00Queen Mary occupationPlease send messages of support to qmoccupation@googlemail.com.<div><br /></div><div>Read a short commentary at <a href="http://solomonsmindfield.net"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">http://solomonsmindfield.net</span></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://queenmaryoccupation.blogspot.com/">http://queenmaryoccupation.blogspot.com/</a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"></span></div></div>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-18265740799930664602009-01-26T19:02:00.000-08:002009-01-26T19:03:20.036-08:00Leeds uni in occupation<a href="http://leedsunioccupation.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">http://leedsunioccupation.blogspot.com/</span></a>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-75894537453871830052009-01-26T18:40:00.000-08:002009-01-27T08:09:58.286-08:00We occupied the BBC on Portland place today...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_PU_peOzzauLzDp0aQElyfgLQKc8sUZ-IvAR9jaYQ1n2ul1SGUAzLybADrOyV9Cm8kqUhej2ZyPZrkM6_7Loyqp7KvI437zQR7jWMBCgBD_SG8OZbivg01a3mKyJotDBLV77f-i0VTg/s1600-h/bbc-protest(9)+(1).jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_PU_peOzzauLzDp0aQElyfgLQKc8sUZ-IvAR9jaYQ1n2ul1SGUAzLybADrOyV9Cm8kqUhej2ZyPZrkM6_7Loyqp7KvI437zQR7jWMBCgBD_SG8OZbivg01a3mKyJotDBLV77f-i0VTg/s320/bbc-protest(9)+(1).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296005615722159938" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-60yONR9J0JZX7tPQejGkKSO-K1yqK19EjWN7KVFlZnQy8ICysKUlnSgvbHx9p_v6W_uYv8IEwJLmZgIkzpmxmxyFubJ4deNWRWW9LF55BqSIQa-n40ftH4GdMhKMWtBi6iJ6VsBlR2w/s1600-h/bbc-protest(6).jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-60yONR9J0JZX7tPQejGkKSO-K1yqK19EjWN7KVFlZnQy8ICysKUlnSgvbHx9p_v6W_uYv8IEwJLmZgIkzpmxmxyFubJ4deNWRWW9LF55BqSIQa-n40ftH4GdMhKMWtBi6iJ6VsBlR2w/s320/bbc-protest(6).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296005404623308674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiWC-n5IF1fs0ztaQ96q4cc16KmfIShsk_XqFalFUepJBdha4ZnuT5hsv2o1rmkyHylDPwB1RSuGU5GDoV0uhsi-kzFJR4yhz3JdthjNpiOT1wbS1YEmyGgEHTiZFe0F8CrRws8MhBcc/s1600-h/bbc-protest(1).jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiWC-n5IF1fs0ztaQ96q4cc16KmfIShsk_XqFalFUepJBdha4ZnuT5hsv2o1rmkyHylDPwB1RSuGU5GDoV0uhsi-kzFJR4yhz3JdthjNpiOT1wbS1YEmyGgEHTiZFe0F8CrRws8MhBcc/s320/bbc-protest(1).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296005339640505474" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Trebuchet;font-size:13px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0%; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; color: rgb(148, 15, 4); background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal bold 131%/normal Arial, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; "><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; ">We made it onto BBC News 24, Newsnight and loads more (even the Metro and LondonPaper). See http://solomonsmindfield.net for more details, videos and pics.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; "><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; ">We received 2 texts within 3 or 4 minutes of being ejected by people who had seen us being kicked out.<div><br /></div><div>More on this soon...</div><div><br /></div><div>Called within just a few hours and hardly built at all, about 50 or 60 protesters turned up to BBC on Portland place to protest about the disgraceful decision not to air the DEC appeal.</div><div><br /></div><div>We got there a bit early and decided to storm the entrance leaving the police behind. We immediately sat down, linked arms and started chanting. We had a lot of support from BBC staff entering the building (i hope they can pull of a strike over this) by sort-of sneaky thumbs up when no-one was looking. the video below shows a small quiet period but really, it had a very good impact. Loads of press turned up, I'm just waiting for the reports to stream in!! </div><div><br /></div><div>I was on BBC World Service and had to deal with an idiot Zionist who tried, somehow, to tie in Iran and their supposed nuclear weapons!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Found a short video so far. Does <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">anyone</span> know who to 'embed' it?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7850407.stm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); ">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7850407.stm</a></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">they said: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">(italics my own-there is a definite case of </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">contradictory</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "> conscience/reporting here)</span></div><blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(70, 70, 70); font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-family:verdana;"><p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; font-size:100%;color:initial;">Around 20 (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">i would say there was 12 of us inside!!</span>) campaigners from the Stop the War Coalition (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">SOAS StW society</span>) walked (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">actually we stormed</span>) into the lobby of the central London building with a large banner proclaiming Hands off Gaza (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">the only banner we could find!</span>).</p><p size="3" color="initial" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; ">They were removed by police before continuing a noisy protest outside, during which some of them set fire to their television licences.</p></span></span></div></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">I should be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">receiving</span> more videos and photo's soon...</span></div></div></span>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-59891337863332268722009-01-26T01:44:00.000-08:002009-01-26T01:47:07.759-08:00Call for collaboration between occupations<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">KCL have released this statement. <br /> <br />We congratulate you on your stand against the atrocities committed in Gaza, and on your courage to take direct action!<br /><br />Here at King's we are delighted to be part of a strong and vigorous movement that has become national. We very much wish to strengthen coordination between the different universities, in order to strengthen our movement and cause. This will increase the ability of students to have their voice heard in the name of justice and equality. <br /><br />We therefore suggest the following three points:<br />1. The intensification of communication between universities<br />2. The production of a bulletin to publicise the experiences of all occupations.<br />3. The issuing of a joint statement to be distributed as widely as possible (media, trade unions, the government, Universities UK, internationally etc).<br /><br /><br />1. The intensification of communication between universities<br />In order to strengthen our cause we consider the creation of a united student front for Gaza a chance not to be missed. We therefore suggest that we intensify in any possible way our communication, in an important initial step on the way to achieving this goal. Moreover we suggest a meeting of students activists from all universities in occupation.<br /><br />2. The production of a bulletin containing the experiences of all occupations<br />At King's we sense that the occupation is becoming a formative experience for many student activists. We are certain we are gaining experience that should be shared and disseminated as widely as possible within the campus communities of Britain. We are sure we and future student activists have much to learn from the different experiences of dealing with issues such as mobilisation, organization, negotiation, etc. <br />We therefore offer to edit a bulletin containing these experiences to be printed and send out to you in pdf. on Monday. This necessitates the collection of articles of approx. 500 words from each university by Sunday at 3pm. We would suggest the articles should deal with such issues as: The mobilization of students, the actual moment of occupation, problems with university security guards and police, negotiations with the university administrations, the organisation of activists during the occupation, forms of meetings and decision making, the establishment of work groups, public relations, solidarity work with NGOs, trade unions, etc. <br /><br /><br />3. Joint statement<br />In light of the success of our developing movement we should have a deep far-reaching discussion amongst and between ourselves on the political demands we want to put forward. This should be pursued openly and fully in order for fully developed demands to be decided upon so that our movement can move beyond the present confines of our respective universities.<br /><br />We are very proud to be part of this nation-wide movement for Palestine and to contribute to the revival of student activism and the empowerment of students around the country. We wish you the best of luck with your occupations and other activities, and will be very, very glad to hear from you soon.<br /><br />Don't give up, the struggle for a free Palestine continues! <br /><br />Kind regards and solidarity from<br />The King's College occupation - liberated space<br /><br /><br /><br />NB:<br />Two of our participants have proposed the following demands for discussion at King's. We attach them here in order to stimulate discussion:<br /><br />We call on the British government to: <br />1. Condemn the Israeli state's attacks and blockade on Gaza<br />2. To call for an international investigation into war crimes committed in Gaza<br />3. To temporarily expel the Israeli ambassador from the UK<br />4. To cease all arms trade with Israel<br /><br />We call on the British Government, the Ministry of Education and Universities UK to:<br />1. Guarantee that universities remain or return to the status of public spaces, including the right of students to arrange events with the participation of non-students at campus.<br />2. That all students have the right of assembly and free speech on all campuses.<br />3. That all students are guaranteed the freedom of movement within and access to campuses, without any harassment and control carried out by security guards or police.<br />4. To guarantee the freedom of students to spread information about their activities, and to impose harsh restrictions on all commercial advertisements within university campuses.</span>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-17727302926407683682009-01-23T10:51:00.001-08:002009-01-26T01:47:57.651-08:0016 Student occupations in solidarity with Gaza. .<span class="em"><span>I am finding it hard to keep up with all the updates of new universities joining occupations. Please can someon volunteer to help out! Please add more blogspots to the comments underneath this and i will add to the list.<br /><br />There are regualr updates on <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://solomonsmindfield.net/">http://solomonsmindfield.net</a><br /><br />Please add your uni to the<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=45620747685"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Facebook</span> group </a>and also send to me too at revolution[at]soas.ac.uk.<br /><br />Please email me for a list of Media contacts that i have recently received. Also let me know if you have any new email addreses to add to it.<br /><br />May I suggest that each uni does the following things:<br /><br />1) set up a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">blogspot</span></a> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">wordpress</span> site<br />2) install a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.sitemeter.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sitemeter</span>.com</a> counter to monitor how many visits you get. This is also useful for seeing where in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">worl</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">d people</span> are visiting you from.<br />3) perhaps set up a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter </a>and/or <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.jaiku.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Jaiku</span> </a>account. This way you can disseminate FREE texts to people who follow you.<br />4) Add all the new uni's to your blog like Oxford have done: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://occupiedoxford.wordpress.com/">http://occupiedoxford.wordpress.com/</a><br />5) Upload photo's to<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Flickr</span> </a>if you can. This makes them more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">accessible</span> than on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Facebook</span>. Make sure you mark them as <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">available</span> on a 'Creative Commons' <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">licence</span>. that way we can download them to use.<br />6) Set-up a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">qik</span> account if you have a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">nokia</span> or other <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">compatible</span> phone. Then you can upload videos <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">DIRECTLY</span> to the web and stream them live. See mine for some fairly rubbish examples <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.qik.com/solomonsmindfield">http://www.qik.com/solomonsmindfield</a>. But, once you have got the hang of it you can stream LIVE to your site, things like your public meetings can then be watched LIVE by people who cant actually make the meeting.<br /><span class="em"><span><br /></span><br />Some of the blogs so far: </span>LSE: <a href="http://lseoccupation.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://lseoccupation.blogs</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>pot.com</a><br />Essex: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45143838671" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://www.facebook.com/gr</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>oup.php?gid=45143838671</a><br />Warwick: <a href="http://warwicksolidaritysitin.wordpress.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://warwicksolidaritysi</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>tin.wordpress.com/</a><br />KCL: <a href="http://kcloccupation.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://kcloccupation.blogs</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>pot.com</a><br />SOAS: <a href="http://soassolidarity4gaza.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://soassolidarity4gaza</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>.blogspot.com/</a><br />Manchester Met: <a href="http://mmuoccupation.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://mmuoccupation.blogs</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>pot.com/</a><br />Oxford: <a href="http://occupiedoxford.wordpress.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://occupiedoxford.word</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>press.com/</a><br />Sussex: <a href="http://sussexoccupation.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://sussexoccupation.bl</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>ogspot.com/</a><br />Birmingham: <a href="http://birminghamoccupation.wordpress.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://birminghamoccupatio</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>n.wordpress.com/</a><br />Leeds: <a href="http://leedsunioccupation.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>http://leedsunioccupation.</span><wbr>blogspot.com/</a><br /><div>Newcastle</div><div>Bristol</div><div>Nottingham</div><div>Kingston</div><div>Salford</div>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-54464098303433480122009-01-21T13:13:00.000-08:002009-01-21T13:16:19.112-08:00SEVEN uni's have now occupied...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 11px; ">21 Jan<br /><br />Warwick GBT leads occupation. <a href="http://warwicksolidaritysitin.wordpress.com/" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "0b23e9661375092f3348e2ddef988e20", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span>http://warwicksolidaritysi</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span>tin.wordpress.com/</a><br /><br />See <a href="http://solomonsmindfield.net/" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "0b23e9661375092f3348e2ddef988e20", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span>http://solomonsmindfield.n</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span>et</a> for updates and commentary<br /><br />20 Jan:<br /><br />Essex, sussex and Kings and Birmingham also in occupation</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 11px; "><br /><a href="http://kcloccupation.blogspot.com/">http://kcloccupation.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 11px; "><br />Article in The Guardian about the King's occupation! We're in it too...<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jan/21/kingscollegelondon-gaza-protest" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "0b23e9661375092f3348e2ddef988e20", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span>http://www.guardian.co.uk/</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span><span>education/2009/jan/21/king</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span><span>scollegelondon-gaza-protes</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span>t</a><br /><br />15 January 2009<br /><br />Students at LSE occupy the Old Theatre in solidarity with Gaza. Their demands are for the LSE director to issue a statement condemning the Israeli violence in Gaza. The group is also demanding that LSE divests from arms firm BAE Systems, an arms company who supply the Israeli military.<br />[<a href="http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=16882" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "0b23e9661375092f3348e2ddef988e20", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span>http://www.socialistworker</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span>.co.uk/art.php?id=16882</a>]<br /><br />Students at LSE have raised over £2000 for the charity Medical Aid for Palestine in just 5 days.<br />[<a href="http://www.lseoccupation.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "0b23e9661375092f3348e2ddef988e20", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span>http://www.lseoccupation.b</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span>logspot.com/</a>]<br /><br />16 January 2009<br /><br />Essex university under occupation by students. Demands include that the university issue an official statement condemning the Siege on Gaza, facilitating a fundraising day for Medical Aid for Palestine, 5 scholarships for Palestinian students who can no longer study due to the fact that Gaza university was bombed on Dec. 28th, to use surplus resources like old books and computers to re-build Gaza University and that no student shall be victimised for their protest.<br />[<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/lse-students-continue-gaza-protest-1403934.html" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "0b23e9661375092f3348e2ddef988e20", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span>http://www.independent.co.</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span><span>uk/news/world/middle-east/</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span><span>lse-students-continue-gaza</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span>-protest-1403934.html</a>]</span><br /></div>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-59388164662583929142009-01-17T12:23:00.000-08:002009-01-17T12:24:35.694-08:00Photos of our occupation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/solomonsmfield/">See some photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solomonsmfield/</a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-monospace; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/solomonsmfield/3203829979/" title="Messages at our other door by solomonsmfield, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3386/3203829979_81534e5898.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Messages at our other door" /></a></span><br /></span></div>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-32756414274225427782009-01-17T05:23:00.001-08:002009-01-17T05:24:02.801-08:00A report from Indymedia<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;">We were occupying the Brunei Gallery (Ministry of Defence Exhibition) in solidarity with Gaza and have declared victory after winning significant demands from the university management. <br /><br />These include an agreement that there will be no military on campus without prior consultation with the student union. A motion passed yesterday by the student union opposes all military presence on campus. It stands for the next five years. <br /><br />The occupying students will also have exclusive use of the gallery space until end of day Friday. This time will be used to hold meetings on issues related to Israel's assault on Gaza, such as boycotting Israeli goods and Israeli war crimes. <br /><br />University authorities have also agreed that students will be able use the lecture theatre and gallery for their own use throughout the year. Previously the rooms cost £1,000 to hire for a day – though the Ministry of Defence got it for free. <br /><br />There will be no repercussions for the students involved in the occupation of the gallery. The mood here remains defiant and ready to ramp up the campaign for solidarity with Palestinians. </span>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-21527100055772937622009-01-16T10:36:00.000-08:002009-01-16T10:39:46.149-08:00Essex students in occupation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet; font-size: 13px; "><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0%; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; color: rgb(148, 15, 4); background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal bold 131%/normal Arial, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.solomonsmindfield.net/2009/01/essex-students-in-occupation.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(148, 15, 4); ">Essex students in occupation</a></h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; ">And the president/director of a college in Massachusets has just passed a motion on the board of trustees to condemn Israel.<div><br /></div><div>More details on both these stories being sent to me soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>will post here...</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm at LSE occupation. It is going really well. Loads of people stayed behind after. They are already in the Independent <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/lse-students-continue-gaza-protest-1403934.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/lse-students-continue-gaza-protest-1403934.html</span></a></div></div></span>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-86458842399994371812009-01-15T15:29:00.000-08:002009-01-15T15:30:24.833-08:00Watch us on Islam Channel-go to minute 9.28 i think...<a href="http://www.islamchannel.tv/newsvideo/news-14-01-09.wmv"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.islamchannel.tv/newsvideo/news-14-01-09.wmv</span></a>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-22426801016598555332009-01-15T14:58:00.001-08:002009-01-15T15:02:41.296-08:00Final events for friday-last day of Free liberated space :-(<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Trebuchet;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">2.30pm Film showing: War Made Easy</span> with speakers from Stop the War Coalition<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">5pm Meeting on Hamas</span> (title not exactly decided yet!) with journalist Anindya Bhattacharyya<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">7pm Gig for Gaza fund-raiser in JCR</span>. Couldn't sort out the AV equipment to do in our space.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet; font-size: 48px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Trebuchet;font-size:13px;"><div>7pm- SOAS Rebetiko Band</div><div><br /></div><div>8pm- The Rub</div><div>Peace Not War</div><div><br /></div><div>9pm- Riz MC and crew.</div><br />We do have the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">space til 9pm</span>. feel free to pop in and hang out there.<br /><br />see you all there....thanks for all the wonderful messages of support.<br /><br />Good luck to LSE who are in occupation right now-see http://www.lseoccupation.blogspot.com/</span></div>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-5925911351811458662009-01-15T13:45:00.001-08:002009-01-15T13:54:15.097-08:00Photo from the Beaver newspaper<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/solomonsmfield/3200104352/" title="We reclaimed our space by solomonsmfield, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3448/3200104352_f94dd7a29d_o.jpg" width="590" height="393" alt="We reclaimed our space" /></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:48px;">Addressing the occupiers</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/solomonsmfield/3200103922/" title="Addressing the occupiers by solomonsmfield, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3431/3200103922_86534906b6_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Addressing the occupiers" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/solomonsmfield/3199258853/" title="The cops turn up outside the occupation by solomonsmfield, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3098/3199258853_cc4c66a1b2_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="The cops turn up outside the occupation" /></a></span></span><br /></span></div></div>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-52903725222944428742009-01-15T11:32:00.001-08:002009-01-15T11:32:41.075-08:00VERY short video-don't know how to upload my photos-looking into it!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(69, 85, 96); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre; "><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,115,0" width="425" height="319" id="qikPlayer" align="middle"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="movie" value="http://qik.com/swfs/qikPlayer4.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#333333"><param name="FlashVars" value="rssURL=http://qik.com/video/a49663e42cd2487689b0f908e0fc5651.rss&autoPlay=false"><embed src="http://qik.com/swfs/qikPlayer4.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#333333" width="425" height="319" name="qikPlayer" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="rssURL=http://qik.com/video/a49663e42cd2487689b0f908e0fc5651.rss&autoPlay=false"></embed></object></span>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-54432205238547573812009-01-15T08:27:00.001-08:002009-01-15T11:43:33.746-08:00Breaking news: 40 LSE students occupy the stage of their Old TheatreMore news will be added to this post soon.<div><br /></div><div>Check out their blog for updates.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://lseoccupation.blogspot.com/">http://lseoccupation.blogspot.com/</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Well done LSE. United we stand<br /></div>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-51000473681950439982009-01-15T07:53:00.001-08:002009-01-15T07:54:00.292-08:00Military recruitment? Not on our campus.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; ">One of our demands when we occupied the Brunei Suite at SOAS was to get assurance from the school that military propaganda will not be allowed on campus in the future. The school responded by saying that they would not allow any military on campus in the futuree without prior approval from the Students' Union.<div><br /></div><div>Given that we passed a motion on Tuesday that resolved to oppose ALL military propaganda, a policy which will now last for FIVE years, we now have a mandate to say to the school 'NO, not on our campus'.</div><div><br /></div><div>We claim this as a major result. An action that is part of an international campaign to oppose military recruiters on<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/11/29/military_recruiters_pursue_target_schools_carefully/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> campuses and places of study</span></a>. UCL, a top university in England<a href="http://globaldayofaction.org/stopwar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=557&Itemid=169"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">passed a motion for this last year</span></a> and caused an uproar in the right-wing media...well done to UCL Stop the War Society. Read another story<a href="http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=15944"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> here.</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div>SUCCESS!!</div></div></span>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-86943375470468725142009-01-15T07:27:00.000-08:002009-01-15T07:29:57.534-08:00Yvonne Ridley and others speak at SOAS today in our newly liberated space...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">1.30pm:</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Yvonne Ridley, Journalist and activist <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">"War, the media and the Lies"</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Brunei Suite, ground floor, Brunei Gallery, SOAS...All welcome<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">3pm:</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span>Mike Cushman and John Chalcraft, Lecturer of History & politics of <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Empire/Imperialsm<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>from BRIKUP-British Universities of Palestine<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">"The need for Academic Boycott, divestment & sanctions"</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">5pm:</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Film showing, John Pilger's brilliant documentary</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">"The War on Democracy"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">TOMORROW</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">2.30pm: </span> Filmshowing and Lindsey German and George Galloway from Stop the War Coalition</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">"War Made Easy"</span></div></span>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-10254297407307961382009-01-14T14:55:00.000-08:002009-01-14T14:56:49.692-08:00Update: Soas students in occupation declare victory as university concedes demands<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; ">This article should be read after: <span class="red" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">»</span> <a href="http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=16880" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">Soas students occupy university building in solidarity with Gaza</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; "><em>by Siân Ruddick at the Soas occupation</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; ">Students at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) occupying the Brunei Gallery in solidarity with Gaza have declared victory after winning significant demands from the university management.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; ">These include an agreement that there will be no military on campus without prior consultation with the student union. A motion passed yesterday by the student union opposes all military presence on campus. It stands for the next five years.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; ">The occupying students will also have exclusive use of the gallery space until end of day Friday. This time will be used to hold meetings on issues related to Israel's assault on Gaza, such as boycotting Israeli goods and Israeli war crimes. Tariq Ali is already confirmed to speak at the space tomorrow.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; ">University authorities have also agreed that students will be able use the lecture theatre and gallery for their own use throughout the year. Previously the rooms cost £1,000 to hire for a day – though the Ministry of Defence got it for free.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; ">There will be no repercussions for the students involved in the occupation of the gallery. The mood here remains defiant and ready to ramp up the campaign for solidarity with Palestinians.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong>The following should be read alongside this article: </strong><br /><span class="red" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">»</span> <a href="http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=16880" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">Soas students occupy university building in solidarity with Gaza</a><br /></p><div id="floating"><hr style="display: block; clear: both; margin-top: -0.66em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -0.66em; margin-left: 0px; visibility: hidden; "></div><br /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/sw_email_art.php?id=16881" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><span class="red" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">»</span> email article</a> | <a href="http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/sw_comment.php?id=16881" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><span class="red" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">»</span> comment on article</a> | <a href="http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/print_art.php?id=16881" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><span class="red" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">»</span> printable version</a></p><p class="small" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 80%; ">© <em>Copyright Socialist Worker (unless otherwise stated). 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Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-49389325857031870822009-01-14T04:46:00.000-08:002009-01-14T05:06:18.504-08:00EVENTS UPDATE<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><p><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">4pm – </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Voices from Gaza </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">(Lecturers and activists from Gaza) – </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">JCR</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Mass movement over to the Brunei Suite.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">5pm- </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Tariq Ali</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> War Crimes in Gaza</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- Brunei Suite</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">6pm – </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">John Rose</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">“The Myths of Zionism” </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">– Brunei Suite</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">7.30pm – </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Alberto Toscano ad Peter Hallward</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> (Goldsmiths and Middlesex Lecturers) </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">“Civil Disobedience, Internationalism and Universities” – </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Brunei Suite</span></span></p></span>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-46208552665500739852009-01-14T03:46:00.000-08:002009-01-14T04:41:17.559-08:00Demands of the OccupationWe will continue to occupy the Brunei Suite until the School administration agrees to acquiesce to our list of demands:<div><br /></div><div>1) Written confirmation of the cancellation of the racist, biased MoD exhibition</div><div><br /></div><div>2) An assurance by the School that military presence on campus will no longer be allowed under any circumstances in line with current Union policy</div><div><br /></div><div>3) to be allowed to host free lectures in the Brunei Suite until the weekend</div><div><br /></div><div>4) No repurcussions for the students involved</div><div><br /></div><div>5) For the school to consult with academic staff for the use of school space for events such as extra curricular lectures</div><div><br /></div><div>6) That room bookings be made through the university rather than Sodexo and that this change be brought about as soon as possible</div><div><br /></div><div>7) 5 x week-long bookings for student societies funding by the school for the Brunei suite including the use of kitchen facilities</div><div><br /></div><div>8) 5 x bookings for the Brunei Gallery to be funded by the school</div><div><br /></div><div>9) any thing else?...</div><div><br /></div>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-76419968375599057442009-01-13T19:11:00.000-08:002009-01-13T19:13:36.286-08:00Myths of Zionism public meeting-all welcome<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKjiE9ZH3WT9-8AtVlZQmR56wSJKUzxyUEO0cof4jzzzVZVGcXQb0AeafhcshNclg62tMjkj3QMOu8_ALACxZeuPXENYawnUmZB9Dd7t3zubUfsoxSdZHHC0DIadTGB6Etu2EqyEwnFQ/s1600-h/zionism.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKjiE9ZH3WT9-8AtVlZQmR56wSJKUzxyUEO0cof4jzzzVZVGcXQb0AeafhcshNclg62tMjkj3QMOu8_ALACxZeuPXENYawnUmZB9Dd7t3zubUfsoxSdZHHC0DIadTGB6Etu2EqyEwnFQ/s320/zionism.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290981950454599906" /></a>The escalating crisis in Palestine has reignited a political debate over the history and nature of Zionism — the ideology of Jewish nationalism that underpins the Israeli state.<br /><br />In response to the atrocities in Gaza Author and Teacher John rose speaks out.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wednesday 6pm<br />SOAS Brunei Suite, Brunei Gallery, Thornhaugh St, London, WC1<br /><br />ALL welcome</span></span></span><br /></div>SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-86195531776480072562009-01-13T18:10:00.001-08:002009-01-13T18:10:54.558-08:00What we plan to do.As of tuesday 13th January, the Brunei gallery suite is under occupation. Our aims are to raise awareness of and uphold motions passed by the SOAS Student's Union on:<br /><br /><br />1) The illegal occupation of Palestinian land by Israel<br /><br />2) The racist exhibition currently in the Brunei gallery hosted by the Ministry of Defence.<br /><br />3) The privatisation of university space.<br /><br />This occupied space will be open to the public.<br /><br />We aim to complete our aims by:<br /><br />1) organising a series of lectures, speakers , workshops and events on all of the three issues<br /><br />2) Re-arranging the exhibition to include the history that the MoD has deliberately manipulated and hidden<br /><br />3) Communicating with the media and other interested parties about our intentions.<br /><br /><br />No damage will be done to any of the space.<br /><br />A full press release will be issued soon.<br /><br />For further infomation, suggestions and contributions please contact soas.stopthewar@googlemail.com <br /><br />In solidarity with the Gazans we thank you for your understanding.<br /><br />Long live PalestineSOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001633409173422185.post-17670871078806273302009-01-13T18:09:00.000-08:002009-01-13T18:11:19.757-08:00Our aims and objectivesWe, a coalition of SOAS students from many different backgrounds, have resolved to occupy the Brunei Gallery Suite. In line with Student Union motions, our aims are the following:<br /><br />To ensure that the SOAS director, in line with motion ‘A’ of the most recent UGM, issues a statement of condemnation regarding the recent atrocities in Gaza, as a result of the illegal 60-year occupation by the state of Israel.<br /><br />To end the racist exhibition currently on display in the Brunei Gallery Suite. This exhibition ignores the reality of the ethnic minority experience within the British army, which was tainted by racism, forced conscription and colonialism. <br /><br />This is inappropriate, especially given the current colonial occupation of Palestine.<br />To draw attention to the lack of student control over student facilities. <br /><br />Many SOAS-owned spaces, including the Brunei Gallery are currently subcontracted to Sodexo, which provides catering for Abu Ghraib, immigration detention centres in the UK, private prisons, military mess halls and other global facilities.<br /><br />We intend to achieve our aims by raising awareness through the organisation of an alternative series of events including public talks, teach-ins and exhibits. <br /><br />No damage will be inflicted upon the property – this is a peaceful occupation. The occupation is run democratically with regular meetings.<br /><br />Solidarity with the people of Palestine.<br /><br />School of Oriental and African Studies student occupiers.SOAS students in solidarity with Gazahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09496988387087109504noreply@blogger.com0