Israelis kill 10 storming Gaza aid flotilla

> STOP THE WAR COALITION
> 31 May 2010
> Email office@stopwar.org.uk
> Tel: 020 7801 2768
> Web: http://stopwar.org.uk
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/STWuk
>
> ISRAELIS KILL 10 STORMING GAZA FLOTILLA
> EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION TODAY
> MONDAY 31 MAY 2.00PM DOWNING STREET LONDON
> SPREAD THE WORD
>
> Yet another act of Israeli barbarism as its forces storm one of the
> seven ships on the international flotilla taking aid to Gaza, where
> Israel's illegal seige is starving Palestinians of essential
> resources. At least ten activists on board have been killed by
> Israeli forces.
>
> Please join the emergency demonstration today if you can. Publicise
> it as widely as possible.
>
> See video of Israeli assault from Turkish televison: http://bit.ly/aKExFf
> For updates see: http://bit.ly/bg5gIu
>
> CONTACT FOREIGN SECRETARY WILLIAM HAGUE & YOUR MP
>
> PROTEST TO FOREIGN SECRETARY WILLIAM HAGUE:
> EMAIL:
> msu.correspondence@fco.gov.uk AND/OR
> private.office@fco.gov.uk AND MSU.PublicIn@fco.gov.uk
> LETTER TO:
> William Hague MP, Foreign Secretary, King Charles Street, London,
> SW1A 2AH
>
> CONTACT YOUR MP: http://findyourmp.parliament.uk
> Ask him/her to contact Hague on your behalf
>
> CONTACT DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NICK CLEGG
> EMAIL: cleggn@parliament.uk
> LETTER TO: Nick Clegg MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Protest Monday, 2pm, against israels attacks on #flotilla

EMERGENCY PROTEST: Demand immediate gov't intervention against Israel
blocking #flotilla to Gaza. 2pm tmrw (Mon) Downing St. Plz RT.

Clare Solomon
ULU President elect
http://ulucampaigner.wordpress.com

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misunderstandings for that matter!)

Middlesex update: 28/05/10

3rd Middlesex occupation going well. Another lecturer has recinded their job offer. Great coverage on BBC1 this morning. Check BBC iPlayer. Come join the post-hearing, post-UCU mtg rally at 2pm TODAY at Hendon campus. Spread the word.

See http://savemdxphil.com and http://counterfire.org for more

Clare Solomon 

ULU President elect

http://ulucampaigner.wordpress.com

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Open Letter: Condemnation of racial prejudice in our judicial system

> Dear All,
>
> Please consider signing the open letter below the body of this e-
> mail; it seeks to condemn the racist comments of a judge in a recent
> court case. Reply to me if you are happy to do so.
>
> Some of the signatories so far (in no particular order):
> Wes Streeting - NUS President
> Aaron Porter - NUS President-elect
> Bellavia Ribeiro-Addy - NUS Black Students Officer
> Ian Grigg Spall (National Critical Lawyers Group - Academic Chair)
> Jesse Fajemisin - Goldsmiths SU President
> Lee Jasper - National Black Alliance
> Bindz Patel - Goldsmiths SU President-elect
> James Haywood - NUS National Executive
> Gerry Morrisey - BECTU General Secretary
> Nizam Uddin - ULU President
> Clare Solomon - ULU President-elect
> Mazdak Alizadeh - ULU Vice-President
> Aled Dilwyn Fisher - LSE SU General Secretary
> Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang - LSE Education and Welfare Officer
> Sinead Brenan - Reading SU President
>
> NB: An editor from the Guardian has said they'd be willing to touch
> on it in their diary column with a brief update on latest
> signatories if I could get a list to them asap.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Jesse Fajemisin
> President
> Goldsmiths Students' Union
>
> ****OPEN LETTER BEGINS****
> Open Letter: Condemnation of Racial Prejudice in our judicial system
>
> To:
> Sheridan Greenland OBE - Head of the Office for Judicial Complaints
> Nicholas Green QC - Chairman of the Bar Council
>
> On Friday 14th May, the Metro reported on two Icelandic women being
> sentenced for conspiracy to rob (http://tinyurl.com/33dpscs). It was
> reported that Recorder Robin Pearse-Wheatley stated the following in
> his
> sentencing:
> "You seem to have a fatal attraction for the very worst elements of
> London
> society. You seem to have fallen in with a group of black men which
> seems
> to have been the beginning of your unfortunate adventures".
>
> This racist judgement is based on colour, is deeply offensive and
> damaging
> to black people, and perpetuates negative stereotypes that will do
> nothing
> to help fight the discrimination that can still be seen in wider
> society.
> Given the power Mr Pearse-Wheatley's position holds, and the effect of
> judicial decisions on wider society, his comments are dangerously
> irresponsible. In light of the principles of natural justice, they
> raise
> serious questions about his ability to adjudicate cases involving
> black or
> ethnic minorities.
>
> The Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard reported on the
> same case, but omitted the word "black" from any of the recorder's
> statement, which meant their reports didn't include the racism.
>
> We, the undersigned, condemn Mr Pearse-Wheatley's racist comments
> and hope
> that any complaints will be treated with the seriousness that they
> require. We also condemn the press publications that omitted the
> racism
> from their report, and believe that discrimination should be
> highlighted
> and tackled in order to achieve progressive change.
>
>
> ****OPEN LETTER ENDS****
>
> NB: The Metro's quotation does not contain an error, I contacted
> them and
> they have stressed on several occasions that they "would not have
> published such a quotation without being satisfied of its veracity".
> The
> Guardian editor also spoke to Central News Agency, who distributed the
> report from court to the various press publications.

Eurozone in Crisis: Reform or Exit?

Research on Money and Finance (RMF) at SOAS and the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities are organising a roundtable event. 

 

The event will explore themes from the widely read RMF report 'Eurozone in Crisis: Beggar Thyself and Thy Neighbour'. It will also contribute to the debate on the social, political and economic aspects of the Eurozone crisis that was launched by the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities. Since the start of 2010 the Eurozone crisis has become progressively deeper, threatening the existence of the euro as well as the coherence of the European Union. The crisis poses questions of economic malfunctioning and austerity policies imposed on several European countries, but also of democracy and state relations within the European Union. The roundtable will consider these issues from a variety of radical perspectives. 

 

Participants include

 

Costas Lapavitsas, SOAS, 'Reform or Exit from the Eurozone?''

 

George Irvin, SOAS, 'Costs and Benefits of Default'

 

Costas Douzinas, Birkbeck, 'The Democratic Deficit within the Eurozone'

 

Stathis Kouvelakis, King's College, 'The Eurozone Crisis as a Crisis of the State''

 

Alex Callinicos, King's College, 'Political Implications of the Eurozone Crisis'

 

CHAIR: Larry Elliott, Guardian Newspaper.

 

 

Date and Time: June 2nd, 6-8

Venue: Rm B33, Birkbeck College, Mallet St. WC1

Middlesex students reoccupy to protect their endangered books & subjects.

Follow @savemdxphil for updates.

World Cup Diski Party tickets selling out!

Always a joy-Philosophy and football. 

Always a party-Philosophy Football parties :-)

We're already down to our last few tables. After that it will be seats on the balcony and standing room only seats. This party of celebration and solidarity  is unique, a night to savour what Africa's first World Cup will be like.  A party with South African music, dance, comedy, poetry, art . Plus South African food, beer and wine. 

So don't delay! 

Philosophy Football's  'World Cup Diski Party'  on Friday 4 June is at London's Camden Centre, opposite St Pancras. 

Full details and booking here > http://www.philosophyfootball.com/view_item.php?pid=587

The party (show starts 7pm, food from 6pm, dancefloor through to 2am) is a unique opportunity  to savour what a World Cup in South Africa will be like, and to help create this there's an amazing selection of young South African talent including poetry from South Africa's brightest young poet, comedy from the presenter of South Africa TV's main World Cup show 'Countdown to 2010'  and Soweto DJ General S 'bu who will be recreating his legendary 'Politburo' club sessions which were the talk of the townships as Apartheid crumbled.  Plus Diski Dancers, Steve Bloomfield author of  Africa United, writers Gary Younge and Gillian Slovo on the 'rainbow nation' , Radio 5's Mark Pougatch looks at England's chances.

Presented in association with the TUC, PCS and Thompsons Solicitors, supported by When Saturday Comes, ACTSA, Action for Southern Africa and the British Council.

AND  each ticket is a £5 off voucher on Philosophy Football World Cup shirts bought on the night .

BUT MOST IMPORTANT - DON'T DELAY IN BOOKING. Either online or call 020 8802 3499

Mark

UAL ballot results: majority (circa 68%)

UAL ballot results: majority (circa 68%) for STRIKE ACTION! WIN! Thx
Joana Pinto for headsup...

More soon.

Clare Solomon
ULU President elect
http://ulucampaigner.wordpres.com

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misunderstandings for that matter!)

Public meeting: Who’s afraid of philosophy

Following the Middlesex philosophy occupation there is a meeting to, hopefully, discuss how to go forward with the campaign and to highlightthe ridiculous focusing of educational institutions away from the Arts & Humanities and towards te business type subjects. All welcome. 

Who's afraid of philosophy phallward | 17 May 2010 at 23:21 | Categories: events | URL: http://wp.me/pU92s-dE

Wednesday, 19 May, 6:30 pm, *at the ICA*. Who's afraid of philosophy? A Goldsmiths/ICA event, chaired by Dr Alberto Toscano (Goldsmiths) with interventions by Prof Alexander Garcia Duttmann (Goldsmiths), Prof Alex Callinicos (King's College), Prof Peter Osborne (Middlesex), Dr Nina Power (Roheampton University) and Ali Alizadeh (PhD Student at MDX Phil) and other guests.

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Public Meeting: Can't Pay, Won't Pay: Solidarity with the Greek Protests

Following the massive popularity of the Can't Pay, Won't Pay: Solidarity with the people of Greece facebook group a meeting has been organised to discuss these issues, issues which will affect us all, especially with the new ConLib coalition.


*Public Meeting*

Caroline Lucas MP will join Tony Benn and others at the Can't Pay Won't Pay - Solidarity with Greek Protests rally.

Join the Facebook group HERE.

Make sure you are there and please publicise widely.

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Public Meeting
Can't Pay Won't Pay: Solidarity with the Greek Protests
Stop the Cuts in Britain.

Speakers include Tony Benn, Caroline Lucas MP, Christos Giovanopoulos coalition of the Radical Left SYRIZA • Aris Vasilopoulos SYRIZA, Clare Solomon ULU President elect and more...

Wednesday May 26th, 7pm
Conway Hall,
Red Lion Square WC1R 4RL
Nearest tube Holborn

Speakers include
Tony Benn, Caroline Lucas MP,

The IMF is demanding that Greek wages be cut and public services decimated.

It is unacceptable that ordinary people should be made to suffer for a crisis caused by financial speculation and the relentless drive to profit.

We must not allow the Greek present to become our future. All those who wish to defend jobs and public services should come along and support those in Greece who are defending their jobs, wages and services and prepare to defend our own.

Me, Penny Red and the New Statesman

Further to my facebook profile being disabled, blogger Penny Red has written a great article in the New Statesmen.

Three weeks ago I set up a facebook group entitled Can't Pay, Won't Pay: Solidarity with the people of Greece

The group not only showed support and protested against the so-called austerity measures but also enabled a coming together of activists from around the world. Through it I helped organise international protests with people who had never even been on a protest before let alone organise one!!

My profile was disabled on the night of the Brittish general elections, May 7.

After my account was disappeared the other two admins were disabled a few hours later. A Reactivate Clare Solomon and Andrew Burgin support group was set up by someone who I do not know. In the morning I set up a new account which was also disabled within mins and so was a profile which I use for organising not for profit events and campaigns.

My 'disappearance' concerned my family and friends and was, to say the least, a little disconcerting; it seems like 1984 is the future. We discussed all sorts of theories. However, an Egyptian activist I know goes by the thinking that the more you are visible online the more it is noticable when you disappear. Whether recent events has changed my behaviour is yet to be analysed but I am certainly going to be taking precautionary steps to protect both my content and my safety.

The fact that the security words that I had to enter when I used my activist profile on fb were 'the leninist' (photo on post below) was most probably a coincidence but it did draw my attention to the fact that the Internet allows for a manipulation of reality.

Clearly any service run for profit will be controlled by those who own it. We contribute content to fb for free. Effectively we all work for facebooks for nothing. Facebook then makes money by using our free labour to boost advertising rates.

Certainly by using open source software platforms we have more control and, usually, revenue is not generated by our free labour. I am hoping to soon transfer myself and my friends over to an opensource model, possibly/probably Diaspora.

Creative Campaign a la Lady Gaga

Next Mutiny planning mtg TMRW, Tuesday, 7pm

Democracy on Trial gave us musical comedy, art, speed debating, a giant live painting on the gallery wall and fantastic discussion from all our guests and mutineers.

You voted for our next event to the put the Media on Trial.

Join us on Tuesday from 7pm in the Institute of Education Bar for a planning meeting - bring ideas for artists, performances, questions and topics for the sessions. How the next Mutiny looks is up to you!

Map to the Institute of Education: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=institute+of+education&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=institute+of+education&cid=0,0,8824978682544878382&ei=j-3vS-CGKpz00gTXodnlBw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQnwIwAA

If anyone has any photographs of the event, please email them to us. The videos of the sessions will be up on the site early next week.

love, Mutineers

Photos from Middlesex occupation

Being & Nothingness. There's plenty of Heidegger floating around too.