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Monthly Archives: January 2009
17 Student Occupations so far this month
I am amazed at the wave of student activism that is sweeping the UK. I’m still trying to keep track of it all or at least link to people keeping track of it at occupations.org.uk and that has totally absorbed … Continue reading
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Obama’s policy of war
It will not come as a surprise to many of you that within days of taking office Barack Obama has sanctioned two missile attacks in Pakistan – which have killed dozens of civilians. He also announced the doubling of US … Continue reading
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Occupations.org.uk
I have a new site up and running all about occupations. It’s in its infancy so be kind!
BBC Headquaters in Glasgow occupied in protest
Stop the War have occupied the BBC headquarters in Glasgow. It’s all over the web – they have demanded to see a senior representative of the BBC. It’s great to see so much action being taken. More info about it … Continue reading
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University Students Occupy in support of Palestinians and Tony Benn makes a stand
The situation in Gaze continues – over a dozen universities in the UK have seen student occupations some of which seem to have been successful to some degree. The universities so far are: SOAS – Occupation 13th-16th January LSE – … Continue reading
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The Five Filters – Garage Science meets the Propaganda model
K is off to Madrid next week to the MediaLab-Prado Grange Science Interactivos workshop. He is going to be making a project named after and based on The Five Filters from the Propaganda Model as put forward in the book … Continue reading
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Change I don’t believe in
While it would be nice to believe that Obama ascension to presidency is going to usher in a new era I remain staunchly pessimistic. John Pilger points out that “Obama’s campaign was funded largely by rapacious capital, such as Citigroup … Continue reading
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University of Cambridge celebrates 800 years
I was in Cambridge over the weekend and got to see some of the celebrations for the 800 year anniversary of the university. On Saturday night there was a wonderful light show projected on to the Senate House with illustrations … Continue reading
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We won’t do business with Israel
I can’t believe the horror is continuing on Palestine. How dare the Israeli government perpetuate such atrocities in the face of the outraged international community. However there is some hope coming out of the situation. There have been massive protests … Continue reading
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Bias, Palestine/Israel and the Media
Israel appears to be hell bent on continuing their attack on Palestine – I don’t know whether it’s the desire not to look ‘soft on the Palestine’s’ in the face of the upcoming Israeli election or the ending of the … Continue reading
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