At the Branch AGM (held on Jan 16th 2009 the following motion was passed unanimously): Napier University EIS Branch notes: Israel’s latest massacres of Palestinians in Gaza Desmond Tutu’s description of Israel’s long term treatment of the Palestinian people as an “abomination” Ex USA President Jimmy Carter’s description of the Israeli occupation as…
Support St Andrews University Students in Occupation Please send your messages of support to the students at St Andrews University who have just began their occupation in protest at the University’s complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people: standrewsoccupation@googlemail.com http://twitter.com/StASolidarity http://standrewsunioccupation.wordpress.com Student are also asking for anyone living or working in the area to…
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By Paul Belina, submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 16/02/2009 – 09:13 Indymedia Scotland A GROUP of students at the University of Aberdeen, organized around the Stop the War Coalition, are fighting for the freedom of Palestinians through a ‘Boycott Israeli Goods’ campaign. They gathered on Friday 13 February at the Elphinstone Hall, where members of The…
http://edinburghunioccupation.wordpress.com/ “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality” Bishop Desmond Tutu Edinburgh University Student Occupation for Gaza – Final Press…
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By NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD Gaza City. We are a delegation of 8 American lawyers, members of the National Lawyers Guild in the United States, who have come here to the Gaza Strip to assess the effects of the recent attacks on the people, and to determine what, if any, violations of international law occurred and…
Congress of South African Trade Unions and Palestine Solidarity Committee ( South Africa ) February 6, 2009 — The Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) is pleased to announce that its members, dock workers belonging to the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), achieved a victory last night when they stood firm…