Excellent victory at SOAS general mtg-Israel IS an Apartheid state.

Full motions document can now be found HERE.

Yesterday's packed (although due to essay deadlines not quite as packed as usual) Union General meeting brought surprise victories for ALL the motions submitted. 

Interestingly, in the Make Apartheid History motion, someone proposed to take the 'resolves 3: 3) Affiliate our Union to the “Campaign for Academic Boycott of Israeli Institutions” carried out in the UK by BRICUP and by PACBI in Palestine.' to discuss seperately. 

Which we did and it still passed almost unanimously. So, what this means is that the person didn't want to have the academic boycott bit in the main motion but would have been in favour of the motion if that part was removed. It wasn't so now we have policy on the whole motion.

Motions included:

• Make Apartheid History; Israel is an Apartheid State, affiliate to BRICUP (for academic boycott of Israeli institutions)
  
• Stop the BNP- On the Streets and at the Ballot Box: No Platform for Fascists
  
• No Means No!
  
• No to Commodification of Communism
  
• Solidarity With Gaza
  
• Mobilisation Against the G20 and NATO Conference
  
• Working with FE Colleges on the Future of Education
  
• Save Our Universities: Save London Met
  
• Supporting Student Activism
  

Comrades spoke confidently and passionately. We had hardly any opposition. There is a slight issue with the no Platform for Fascists motion which i am trying to deal with. Will keep you informed.

Candidates who are standing for election passed some very important motions. Katie Boothby was brilliant. Clearly our approach this year has brought people closer to us and we are now planning how to maximise on this.

Another Education is Possible is a great campaign that can bring together forces on the left to fight for a united position on the 5 key points:

Free Education
Stop the War
Freedom for Palestine
Unite Against Fascism
Stop Climate Chaos.