Our building's been locked down so no-one new can come in. We've also been given written notices that the University will seek a court injunction against us if we're not out by 9am tomorrow morning. This injunction will seek damages for legal costs as well as the cost of paying for extra security workers.
We're all pretty outraged that the University would suddenly start behaving so heavy-handedly towards its own students, particularly given the lengths we've gone to to ensure the minimum amount of disruption to normal educational functioning (going as far as to facilitate lectures taking place ourselves when University management wanted to relocate them!).
People have congregated outside our building to attend our 7pm meeting; we're currently discussing how to maintain and grow our occupation...
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This seems relevant: http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~hamish/palestinian-student.html
ReplyDeleteStay strong guys! Many of the other occupations have had similar threats; with non of this materialising when the unis realise the students are serious! It takes days for them to set this in motion and they will not want this as it gives you time to build up poor press etc against them. It will especially ruin their image if they are the one uni out of all the ones so far to go out on an absolute limb and do this; especially when it's been proven that the unis negotiating with occupiers has been an effective way for the institutions to handle the situation.
ReplyDeleteIn Solidarity!
Court injunction?
ReplyDeleteMeh.
Couple of hundred rabid ferrets in the ventilation duct should do it.
Wow, shocker that the University would seek legal action over a group of students taking residence in a building that doesn't belong to the students.
ReplyDeleteHold on, taking residence in a building you have no legal right to...isn't that squatting?
I see your game...well good luck to you. It's only 12 years until you can legally claim it as your own. And now your cover has been blown its going to be even harder.
IN SOLIDARITY!
Hang on in there guys.
ReplyDeleteGood luck and solidarity
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ReplyDeletebtw I think you will find the building is "locked down" every night...
ReplyDeleteHey, at least Sheffield has yet to have to endure what happened to the occupiers at New York University, wherein the Administration intentionally lured out a handful of delegates from the occupiers and had them arrested and shuttled off to various police precincts around the city. Y'all will get through this. No pasaran!
ReplyDeleteget the hell outta the building u stupid kids, we actauly want our lectures.... this is so pointless.. will mak jack all difference
ReplyDeleteHow very very tedious. Yet another bunch of Grand standing muppets take ineffectual pointless action. You have disrupted an educational establishments normal functioning, I'm sure this will great solace to the people of Palestine. Next time try targeting action at the cause or solution to the problems. I'm sure you will all get laid at parties due to your "heroic" deeds....well done...clap...clap....clap
ReplyDeleteStay in, stay strong! Their threats are just threats, horrible as they are.
ReplyDeleteHa, and let your pity for the poor soles on here that have to resort to their little High School insults in order to feel like they are communicating with you remind you of your cause and make it stronger!
ReplyDeleteI pity your poor spelling and grammar. 'poor soles'?
ReplyDeleteHow do you think this well help the Palestinian cause at all? If any of you were truly looking to help, you would have volunteered yourself for something that would a) raise better awareness and b) raise money for the victims.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=90160 will give you some more thoughtful and effective ideas.
This is merely an attention seeking stunt for your own gain, and should not be done in the name of the people in Gaza.
Heavy handed? Surely recovering the costs of any extra security workers required is logical? Why should the rest of the students of the university have funds diverted from their education to pay for your protest?
ReplyDelete"why should ... funds diverted..."? hmmm - perhaps because state murder must be a matter for us all?
ReplyDeleteStop the occupation of Palestinian Territories, and we can stop the occupation of Sheffield Uni. Disrupting a few lectures, which can be put on elsewhere, is wrong, but disrupting all lectures by bombing a whole university building, burning all the books and imprisoning the students is ok? The demands to give just a handful of these students a chance to study, and to send books that we no longer need to replace the libraries that have burnt can be fulfilled easily without harming anyone. So what's against it? Keep going until these perfectly reasonable demands are met!
ReplyDeleteSylvia Finzi
in response to the anonymous blog posted on 18 March 2009 at 16:07 :
ReplyDeletewhy is this a stunt? it's not claiming to do more than put pressure on the university to fulfil our demands to offer free places to a few Palestinian students, and to send badly needed equipment that we no longer use. Why does this not help these few students and those that benefit beyond as a result?
Sylvia