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04-03-2007 23:43

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Greece: After an eight week struggle, the movement is still on…

04-03-2007 19:45

It has, already, been eight weeks since the world of education in Greece has been struggling. Today we can count up to 280 occupied faculties out of the 420, six national mobilizations in Athens and six decentralized, a few occupations of secondary schools, a three week strike by university personnel and three days of nation-wide strike in several sectors of the industry

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Solidarity Request - Crichton Campus Struggle

04-03-2007 18:18

Glasgow University IWW Job Branch and the Save Crichton Campus campaign in Glasgow are calling another phone lobby on the success of last week's event, which saw the University implement a telephone protocol for complaints about Crichton and lay on extra staff to deal with the volume of calls.

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Students Occupy Runcorn College!

04-03-2007 16:23

Over fifty Sixth Form students at Riverside College, Runcorn, Cheshire reacted against the removal of I.T. facilities from the college and the atmosphere of secrecy in which the ill-disguised asset strip was carried out.

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Do You REALLY Love Hackney?

03-03-2007 14:33

How to influence local, national, and global planning policy using a simple criminal law argument....

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New 'rebel' bulletin - The Nottingham Sparrow - March 2007 - no.1

02-03-2007 17:14

THE NOTTINGHAM SPARROW FLIES!
A new local bulletin by the Nottingham group of the Anarchist Federation is launched this month to 'celebrate' the opening of Nottingham's new Market Square later this month. Further issues will come out whenever we
have something new to say. We welcome letters and leads for the next issue. Contact Nottingham AF at:

http://www.afed.org.uk/nottingham/

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Save ESOL campaign lobby of Parliament

28-02-2007 17:47

Save ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Campaign lobby of Parliament and rally on Wednesday 28th February 2007, attended by about 1,000 ESOL students and teaching staff. Protest against proposed cuts to free ESOL provision. One of the biggest lobbies of Parliament for a long time.

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Celtic invites its young supporters to experience fine dining

26-02-2007 17:15

In an attempt to improve the diet of its young fans, Celtic is inviting them to dine on fine fare.

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Ginster pieman/Nottingham Uni bid for William Sharp city Academy

25-02-2007 22:38

The East Midlands meat pie industry has helped many a student through their degree with part-time work at Pork Farms. Now 'Nottingham businessman' Andrew Samworth will link up with Nottingham University to run William Sharp school in Bilbourough. The business? None other than Samworth Brothers, prior owners of Pork Farms (now sold to Northern Foods) and continuing owner/suppliers of fine cooked meat pie brands such as Ginsters.

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East Oxford Social Club Threatened With Immediate Termination

25-02-2007 19:04

A small minority of Council members have acted unethically to terminate the East Oxford Social Club sometime this week.

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Greece, Athens: Announcement for the events of the educational march (22/2/07)

24-02-2007 17:14

"the fight for a Public, Free and Social University will transform the fake dilemma of state or private University into the pragmatic and really essential dilemma: FREEDOM or CAPITALISM! ..."

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New website allows protesters to air their thoughts

23-02-2007 23:02

A new website, www.darrengrover.co.uk allows protesters to air their thoughts on development, the environment, and politics.

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The Kemalist Apartheid Is One Thing And Democracy is Another

23-02-2007 22:57

The speech of Michalis Charalambidis during the unveiling of the Pontian genocide Monument in Pennsylvania, United States of America, September 10, 2006.

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Athens, Greece: 25,000 people march against the education reforms

23-02-2007 22:27

More than 25,000 people, got into the streets of Athens, as a response to the reform of the higher education

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Students demand more education in their own language

20-02-2007 20:47

Students in Wales claim that only 1.5% of higher education students in Wales receive courses in their own language and that only 0.3 of the University of Wales' budget is spent on Welsh language courses

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Support Professor Ward Churchill. Stop the Inquisition.

20-02-2007 00:20

The following is an essay that deconstructs the charges of research misconduct that were leveled against Ward Churchill - charges that were obvious retaliation for his comments concerning 9-11.

Please take the time to read this report. Internal appeals are now underway and it is possible that Ward Churchill may be fired from his tenured position at the University of Colorado at any time now.

If this happens, we cannot let it go unchallenged.....

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Affective Knowledge & Alternative Media, some audio

19-02-2007 17:43

The following audio was taken during a session at the Knowledge Lab event. It is titled 'Affective Knowledge & Alternative Media' and explores the relation between the conditions of the world and how our feeling for others makes us feel in certain ways. Comment: This session turned out to be more about feminist critical theory than either its application to / or / about the alternative media. Very much a philisophical question, than a practical application of technique. Which, I feel, would have been more useful.

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Craig Murray wins Dundee University rectorship

19-02-2007 17:34

On the 16th February 2007 former Uzbekistan ambassdor with a conscience, Craig Murray, was elected to the position of Lord Rector at the University of Dundee. Craig Murray promised his best to kick out Special Branch from the campus and from spying on the Islamic Society and also pledges to defeat severe cuts in the departments of town and regional planning, modern languages and community education, which also could see the Botanic Gardens sold off.
The election saw an increase in turnout of 50% from the previous election, [Wikipedia]

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Peace Conference & Knowledge Lab :: some photos

19-02-2007 15:16

A photo report from the Knowledge Lab and the Peace Conference, both held at Nottingham University.

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Audio reports and background from the 4th KnowledgeLab

19-02-2007 12:00

Over 50 people came together over the weekend at Nottingham University for an event called 'the Knowledge Lab'. The event is aimed at bridging the gap between activism and academia to reflect in a more indepth way on various issues, this time based around 'Knowledge'.

Workshops were based around questions such as 'how do we know'? what is knowledge'? 'where do we gain our knowledge from'? 'does someone hold control over our knowledge'? 'how does gender affect knowledge'? 'how does education effect knowledge'? 'how are our senses affected by advertising and the media'? 'how can suppressed knowledge be released into the mainstream'? Other sessions included a presentation on alternative education projects, an Indymedia session showing people how to use the website and publish news, and an experiment in anarchism called SOMA - Consensus decision making without the mind/body split.

We recorded an interview with one of the organisers of the event and a chat with a 'knowledgelab-regular' about the history and aims of the knowledgelabs. The last recording is part of a session called Open Spaces for Dialogue and Enquiry (OSDE) which looked at knowledge, what it is and how our knowledge is affected.