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LSE students in occupation over atrocities in Gaza

Posted on 15/01/200901/04/2015 By 3arabawy

First SOAS, now LSE.. The Palestine solidarity movement in Britain kicks ass.

SOAS students occupy university building in solidarity with Gaza

Posted on 14/01/200901/04/2015 By 3arabawy

Students at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London have occupied the Brunei Gallery Suite in protest at a Ministry of Defence exhibition being held there and in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

UPDATE: The students scored victory…

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.
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.
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.
University authorities have also agreed that students will be able use the lecture Theater 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.

London pro-Gaza protest

Posted on 12/01/200910/02/2021 By 3arabawy

My friend Adib sent me the following message from London:

Here is a 5min video of Saturdays protest. The riot police were deliberately provocative and indiscriminately violent. At some point they declared the protest a riot and rows of police on foot on horses and in vans encircled and trapped at least 1000 people. Over the next couple of hours the crowd was let out one by one, each person was required to say their name, address and date of birth to the police camera before being taken aside and thoroughly searched. When it was my turn to be searched my Aljazeera building pass was in my wallet. I was asked by the officer “Why did you say you did not have a press card?”
“This is not a press card” I replied
“Doesn’t Aljazeera support terrorism” he asked.
The conversation continued but my camera had been taken by this point.