More news from the student actions that are still expanding across UK universities. What started on January 13th as a a 24-hour occupation at the School of Oriental and African
Studies in London has now spread to the London School of
Economics, King's College London, Queen Mary University of London, Kingston and
Goldsmiths and to universities in Birmingham,
Sussex, Warwick, Manchester, Manchester, Oxford, Leeds, Cambridge, Sheffield,
Bradford, Nottingham, Strathclyde, Newcastle and Glasgow.
From the article "Student occupations for Gaza spread" in Britian's Morning Star newspaper:
A meeting of over 1,000 students at Manchester University's student union on
Wednesday night passed a resolution comparing Israel to apartheid-era South
Africa.It called on the union to divest from Israel, boycott all companies which
support or benefit from the Israeli occupation and lobby the university to adopt
a similar policy.Protesters at Glasgow University celebrated victory on Thursday after ending
their marathon 55-hour occupation on Wednesday night.University principal Sir Muir Russell agreed to organise collections for the
Disasters Emergency Committee fund for Gaza, publicise its scholarships for the
territory and find ways to help the bombed Islamic University of Gaza.Students at Goldsmith's University in south-east London continued their
occupation of nearby Deptford town hall on Thursday, which began on Wednesday
night, to secure two masters degree scholarships for Palestinian students.A lecture theatre sit-in at Edinburgh University entered its second day
without incident.Students demanded that the university divest from Israel and from arms
companies QinetiQ and BAE systems, send material to war-damaged schools and
hospitals and provide five scholarships for Gazan students.Occupations also continued at the University of East Anglia in Norwich.
Photo credit: Morning Star online
