Edinburgh students shut down lecture by Israeli diplomat
Liam , 03-02-2011 - 12:43

Edinburgh University Students for Justice in Palestine successfully shut down a lecture last night by Ishmael Khaldi, advisor to Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman.

The event, hosted by the University's Jewish society and held in Lecture Theatre 1 of Appleton Tower, was re-arranged only the night before after the International Relations society refused to host Khaldi, due to the fact that Palestinian were living under “Apartheid”

The talk was scheduled to start at 5pm but was delayed until 5.30pm, with the organisers citing 'security concerns'. When it did eventually get under way, one SJP member interrupted immediately shouting “Where is the freedom of speech for the 1,500 massacred in Gaza? Where is the freedom of speech for the Palestinian students in Israeli dungeons?”
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Video of Occupation of Hetherington Research Club.
Vegan Lefty , 02-02-2011 - 14:55

Video of Occupation of Hetherington Research Club.
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OACA called Oxfordshire library read-ins - defend our libraries
Julie Simmons , 31-01-2011 - 08:24

Authors, trade unioinsts, library and anti-cuts campaigners, councillors and members of local communities will unite in defence of Oxfordshire library service on 5th Feb in a series of read-ins that are part of the Camaign for the Book national day of action called by author Alan Gibbons.
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Celebratory Protest at Stroud Library, 5th Feb
StroudViews , 31-01-2011 - 00:26

What: A celebratory protest against Gloucestershire County Council’s proposals for the Library Service
Where: Stroud Library, Lansdown
When: 12noon-4pm Saturday 5th February (1), followed by street protest from 4-5pm (see below for full – preliminary - timetable)
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Oxford Education Campaign meeting!
Oxfod Education Campaign , 30-01-2011 - 16:54

Weekly consensus based campaign meetings @ Ruskin College, Walton St
Oxford OX1 2HE - 8pm Monday
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The Manchester protest against Aaron Porter was not anti-Semitic!
Shift Magazine , 30-01-2011 - 15:54

Many people reading the news coverage of the TUC, UCU and NUS-organised demonstration in Manchester on 29 January must have felt disgusted with the student movement in this country. First students desecrated the Cenotaph in London last December (sic), and now they have apparently shouted vile racist abuse at NUS president Aaron Porter. The ‘story’ seems to have begun with an article on Daily Mail online, which refers briefly to a photographer, who apparently overheard a chant of ‘Tory Jew’ directed at the student leader. From that they constructed a headline reading ‘student leader faces barrage of anti-Jewish abuse at rally’. Then a story on the Telegraph website mentions unnamed ‘witnesses’ who heard the same ‘anti-Semitic insults’, and they add that other protesters responded with ‘no to racism, no to racism’. From there it goes viral with several online media outlets ‘reporting’ chants of ‘Tory Jew scum’ and ‘vile racist abuse’.
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Students face disciplinary action after protest
injustice , 30-01-2011 - 13:46

Ten University of Birmingham students are facing disciplinary action that could lead to expulsion after a peaceful sit-in that ended with forceful eviction by university security and the police.
The University has seemingly singled out students who they perceive to be politically active in an attempt to victimise them. Twenty-five students participated in the occupation; ten students are facing disciplinary procedures including one who was not even involved. The hearings will take place on Wednesday, 2nd February.

please sign our petition we need your help:

 http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/defendbirminghamstudents/
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Hundreds of students chase Aaron Porter through Manchester
National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts , 29-01-2011 - 16:42

National Union of Students President Aaron Porter was unable to speak at the rally of today’s NUS/UCU demonstration in Manchester, after hundreds of angry students chased him off the streets.
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Student Debt: the solution is non-payment
sintians , 28-01-2011 - 14:10

As the government seeks to shackle the new generation of students with new levels of debt slavery, this personal account shows what happens if you Just Say No.
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Police plan huge operation to contain Manchester student protest on Saturday
for note , 27-01-2011 - 11:39

A massive police operation costing around £100,000 is being planned ahead of a protest by up to 14,000 students.

Greater Manchester Police have shared intelligence with other forces to identify potential troublemakers before the march in Manchester city centre on Saturday. Police fear extremists could hijack the protest over government education cuts.

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Recap-Remembering WHY we are here....
RUE , 26-01-2011 - 21:30

A short recap as to what its all about-a reminder of how much the tory scum are laughing at us, and why we should carry on being FU*!ING ANGRY.
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Coach Oxford to London - 29 Jan - Anti-cuts, Save EMA
I am number 6 , 25-01-2011 - 18:25

There's a national protest against fees and funding / EMA cuts in London this Saturday - it was mentioned at the OEC meeting that Oxford Right To Work have organised a coach but will have to cancel it unless more people use it. People seemed very up for getting some good action done. Should be good in its own right, and it should give us food for thought re. tactics for March.
It's £5 waged, £10 unwaged, leaves St. Giles at 9.30 and leaves London (Malet St. area) at 4.30.
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Careers Group defends inclusion of arms company BAE Systems in careers events
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) , 25-01-2011 - 11:54

The Careers Group (University of London) organises the Guardian Graduate Fair which last November exhibited numerous companies including BAE Systems (the worlds largest weapons producer. Students and campaigners protested in front of the BAE stall and at their presentation and an open letter signed by student representatives was presented to the Careers Group and The Guardian asking for the company to be excluded from future events. (To read open letter see  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/12/470099.html). We have received a vague response from the Careers Group defending the inclusion of the arms company at the event and we have responded with another letter, both of which are available to read here.
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Brighton: Anarchism and Education, Monday 24th Jan
Cowley Club , 24-01-2011 - 17:41

Booktalk by
Dr Judith Suissa
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education
Institute of Education, University of London

Judith Suissa will be doing a talk (Free/Donation) at The Cowley Club about her book ‘Anarchism and Education: A Philosophical Perspective ’ at 7pm Mon 24th January .
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Interview with college students on education cuts and resistance
lotte continue , 24-01-2011 - 10:27

Interview with a college student activist from Leeds, and testimony from others around the country, on the impact of government cuts, and the resistance to them.
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Oxford Education Campaign meeting!
Oxford Education Campaign , 23-01-2011 - 18:46

Weekly consensus based campaign meetings @ Ruskin College, Walton St
Oxford OX1 2HE - 8pm Monday
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Book banning in Italy; backtracking on human rights
Joanna Eckersley , 22-01-2011 - 19:25

Authorities in Italy have sent out a list of author's whose work they want removed from the shelves because of their support for a contraversial activist called Cesare Battisti. Based on a press release from an Italian group campaigning against what is happening, who have requested global publicity on the matter.
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Walk out on Wednesday 26th!
Learning Worker , 22-01-2011 - 16:06

Please find a bulletin, not from any group, attached. Text follows:
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Student walk-outs on Wednesday 26th - bulletin to print and distro!
the struggle continues , 21-01-2011 - 21:26

This is the bulletin that came out of the class struggle working group at Network X. We'd like to encourage you to consider printing a few off, and giving them out at your local college over Mon - Wed next week.
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Sharing n Caring!
Skill Sharer , 21-01-2011 - 21:20

Sumac Skill Share Days every Thursday at Sumac Centre in Nottingham
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