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University of Manchester Students Union Boycotts Israel
On Wednesday 11th Feb the University of Manchester Students Union passed a motion in support of the people of Gaza, which includes a resolve to boycott Israel, in an emergency general meeting [1]. The meeting, which was attended by over 1000 students, was called in response to the crisis in Gaza. It follows a week […]
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Students are revolting: The spirit of ’68 is reawakening
Campus sit-ins began as a response to the Gaza attacks, but unrest is already spilling over to other issues. Emily Dugan reports Sunday, 8 February 2009 They are the iPod generation of students: politically apathetic, absorbed by selfish consumerism, dedicated to a few years of hedonism before they land a lucrative job in the City. […]
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University agrees to cancel Israeli water contract after sit-in
Published Date: 06 February 2009 By CRAIG BROWN A STUDENT sit-in at a Scottish university ended peacefully last night, after the university authorities agreed to cancel their contract with an Israeli water company. The 40 students, led by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, occupied the foyer of Strathclyde University’s McCance building, to demand that it […]
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Contents of BRICUP Newsletter #13 February 2009
[Note: Please download attached PDF file for the issue of the BRICUP newsletter; table of contents is below.] The PACBI column: In the Aftermath of the Gaza Massacre Imagine that your University is bombarded with tons of explosives! (Islamic University of Gaza) Jerusalem’s Al-Quds University cuts ties with Israeli academia. The US Campaign for an […]
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The Academic Boycott of Israel
Document prepared by Mona Baker, St. Jerome Publishing Note: This document was written some 18 months ago, long before the latest round of atrocities. Many more links can be added to the list at the end of the document. Please consider signing up to any or all of the following http://usacbi.wordpress.com/endorsers/ http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/20270 http://www.bricup.org.uk/GazaEmergency.html#statement The academic […]
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The University of Manchester Occupation in solidarity with Gaza
For info on Strathclyde, see http://pulsemedia.org/2009/02/04/strathclyde-university-occupied-by-students/ For information on the forcible removal of student protestors at Nottingham, see http://occupationnottingham.wordpress.com/ http://manunioccupation.wordpress.com/ Manc Uni | 04.02.2009 17:52 | Anti-militarism | Education | Palestine | Manchester Over 150 University of Manchester students have occupied the main university administration building in a demand for a stronger and more proactive […]
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Protest at the holding of ‘Israeli Day of Science’
Dear Supporter, With amazing and insensitive bad taste the Science Museum in London (and the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry) are allowing their premises to be used for an ‘Israel Day of Science’ sponsored by the Zionist Federation. The research of seven Israeli universities is to be showcased. The planned dates are March 3 […]
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A letter from BRICUP
Dear Supporter, We would not normally write to you about the affairs of another organisation, however PSC, with whom BRICUP has worked increasingly closely, is the central British organisation in the campaign for Palestinian rights and decisions taken by PSC in relation to BDS critically affect the work of BRICUP. If you are a member […]
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Protests over Gaza spread to eight English universities
Anthea Lipsett guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 January 2009 13.38 GMT As student protests over the bombing of Gaza spread to eight universities across England today, the director of the London School of Economics, Sir Howard Davies, issued a joint statement with student protesters saying he understood their concerns and backing a fundraising drive for scholarships for […]
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LSE STUDENTS SECOND UNIVERSITY TO HOLD OCCUPATION WITH MORE UNIVERSITIES ABOUT TO JOIN
LSE STUDENTS SECOND UNIVERSITY TO HOLD OCCUPATION WITH MORE UNIVERSITIES ABOUT TO JOIN Over forty pro Palestine students have occupied a lecture theatre at the London School of Economics to demand that the university releases a statement condemning the attack on Gaza and that it divest from arms companies that supply the Israeli military. Students […]
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