Sussex University Occupied! Solidarity with the Oct 31st Strike!

Says it all in the title folks!

Once again students at Sussex university have come out in solidarity with staff struggles on their campus. Over the past year they have been waging a struggle with a united front of teaching staff, support/catering staff and students to object to on-campus privatisation. In this time they have innovated the pop-up union as a way to forge cross-union cross-trade solidarity, and have held some of the largest student demonstrations outside of London in recent years.

You can follow them on twitter @occupy_sussex

Students and Workers: All Out on the 31st!

Students and higher education workers are going out on strike this Thursday, the 31st of October. Don’t go to class! Don’t cross picket lines! If you aren’t sure why then take a read of this article on LibCom and have a listen to this song to get you in the spirit:

Feel free to print and distribute either this flier from SolFed or the poster/flier below and let people know what is happening:

Call-out from the Autonomous Student Network

We have been contacted by the Autonomous Student Network. They are keen to talk with student groups in Glasgow that would be interested in working with others using anarchist principals. If your group is interested being part of the network then their call-out and contact details can be found here.

from Autonomous Student Network

Events at the Occupied Hetherington

The student occupation of the former Hertherington Research club has a plethora of events organised for the forthcoming weeks. Film showings, lectures, workshops and more. Below is a list of some of these events. We will update later on today with a full list of activities. Follow the links for more info.

Glasgow University Occupied

Students at the University of Glasgow have occupied the Heatherington Research Club, a vital resource for post-grad, mature and foreign students which was recently closed down, in opposition to cuts at the university and across society. The club can be found at 13 University Gardens, just off University Avenue, and any and all support will be welcome.

See you there!

@ Marks the spot!

Time to Up the Ante

On Wednesday 24 November, tens of thousands of people across the country will walk out of our colleges, schools and universities.

Words of Advice for Young People

Fitwatch, a website that offered advice to the young people involved in last week’s occupation of Tory Party HQ in London, has had it’s web hosting suspended. This came after the head of the Metropolitan Police’s “e-crime” unit (e-crime, really? Get with the times folks! Surely it should be iCrime!) wrote to informed Fitwatch’s webhost, JustHost, that the site was engaged in perverting the course of justice by “offering guidance to offenders”. Guilty until proven innocent is it eh?

So, for informational purposes only of course, we reproduce the advice given by Fitwatch after the jump.

Defy ID And The Onward Creep Of Fascism In Britain

Join us on the 25th of November in demonstration against the implementation of ID cards. We will gather outside the Home Office @ Festival Court, Brand Street, Ibrox from midday on the 25th.

Also join us on the Anti Racism and Anti Fascism march on Saturday the 29th. We will be meeting at ten a.m. at St Andrews in the Square just off the Salt Market. Look out for the black and red flags!

The nearest tube station is Cessnock tube. Turn right out of the  tube station, past the shops and right onto Elizabeth street which will take you past the Unity Centre and on to Brand street.