(This article was written by delegate Charley Allen and appeared in the Morning Star. You can see it at: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/92363) An emergency motion, proposed by international secretary Paul Bemrose, condemned the recent killing of nine human rights activists delivering aid to Gaza by sea in defiance of Israel’s blockade. Conference solidly backed the motion, which…
Just a quick note about the Nobel Peace Prize. Today they announced that the winner for the 2009 prize will be Barack Obama a president of the USA who has been in post for less than a year and was only in office for two months before he was nominated. This is an interesting choice…
On Monday 9th March about 40 Students gathered to hear Tamar Katz talk about her experiences being jailed for refusing to fight in the Israeli army. Tamar, a high school student, was drafted in to the army but told her story about how a group of school students and her joined a small but growing…
Over the last few weeks, and going in to months now occupations about Gaza have been happening up and down the country. This amazing act of solidarity has seen almost 20 Universities occupied from Scotland to Brighton even spreading to New York. The movement needed to come together – share ideas, and exchange views. That…
Last night I want to the Topic Folk Club, the oldest surviving folk club in the world. It was a great night, as always, and enjoyable. I would recommend that anyone around on a Thursday head off to the IDL – Bradford Irish Club and enjoy the night. At the night, John Waller sang a…
Yesterday after a peaceful demonstration outside the library and a walk to the Vice Chancellors office just under 100 students (see in the photo on the right) decided to occupy the University Boardroom. This action was taken by the students after they felt that the University had not fulfilled the demands laid out both by…
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