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ISM London offers support and solidarity to the numerous student occupations and sit-ins around the UK in recent weeks. This response to the most recent Israeli onslaught on Gaza has been one of the most important initiatives in the movement. Generating pressure on our higher education establishments to take a stand against Israel and the war crimes it commits is vital. We stand in solidarity with the many Palestinians, students, activists, academics and members of the public who are now being more and more vocal about the boycott of Israel as a means of both exerting international pressure on the Israeli apartheid system, and standing in solidarity with the resistant Palestinian people.
ISM activists all around the UK are available to speak about their experiences on the ground in Palestine and are contactable via ISM London (info@ism-london.org.uk). An ISM speaker will be at the Warwick sit-in tonight. For those interested in visiting Palestine, we can also organise training events around the UK if you can organise a group large enough (usually 10 or 15). Email training@ism-london.org.uk for more details.
Current or recent UK student occupations we know of:
- SOAS: soassolidarity4gaza.blogspot.com
- LSE: lseoccupation.blogspot.com
- Kings: kcloccupation.blogspot.com
- Warwick: warwicksolidaritysitin.wordpress.com
- Essex: www.visitpalestine.asia/page.cfm/id/98207
- Birmingham: birminghamoccupation.wordpress.com
- Sussex: sussexoccupation.blogspot.com
- NEW TODAY: Bodleian building, Oxford: occupiedoxford.wordpress.com
UPDATE: since posting the above, student occupations have been breaking out all over the country at such a rapid pace, it has been almost impossible to keep up! This site does a pretty good job though. See also this Facebook group. And see also this statement of support from the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE).