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Grow Heathrow Under Eviction!

Grow Heathrow Under Eviction!

8 July 2015
Posted by AFed

EMERGENCY: An attempt to evict Grow Heathrow is taking place at the momet. They need people there ASAP. Spread the word to all. Postcode UB7…

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Greek anarchists oppose repressive laws and imprisonment on Parliament steps in Athens [with video]

Greek anarchists oppose repressive laws and imprisonment on Parliament steps in Athens [with video]

3 June 2015
Posted by AFed

Today, after a call out for international solidarity, a group of 15-20 anarchists in Greece, in parallel with a continued stand off at the occupied…

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Interview with an anarchist student occupier at Sheffield University

Interview with an anarchist student occupier at Sheffield University

24 November 2010
Posted by AFed

This article comes from The Fargate Speaker, one of the many local AFed blogs that you can see there in the blogroll on the right.

Interview with an anarchist student occupier at Sheffield University

Mark is a third year Biology student studying at Sheffield University and a member of the Anarchist Federation. He is one among many students currently occupying the Hicks Building on Sheffield University campus. The views expressed in the interview should be considered his alone and not that of the occupation’s general assembly.

–          Why are you occupying the Hicks building today?

We are occupying for a variety of reasons but generally around the common purpose of being against the cuts in this university, to other universities and to education in general. Particularly we want to demonstrate against the proposed rise in tuition fees and the ongoing privatisation of higher education. However, we are also tying our actions to a wider struggle against austerity measures and cuts. So our occupation is about more than just education cuts but this is currently our primary focus.

–          What has been the reaction of University security/the police so far?

They haven’t taken any action to stop us occupying yet but they have told us after 6pm that everyone who is leaving won’t be able to return. This will presumably be until tomorrow morning. It might open up again after 8am. We haven’t had any major trouble so far but police have been inside to observe what was going on. It should be stated thought that we have no intention of damaging university property. This is a peaceful occupation.

–          Why should the occupation be supported?

Because the tactic of occupation, as opposed to lobbying or simply asking political representatives to make changes for us, is a tactic that has been historically successful. Clegg and his broken promise to scrap tuition fees is just one example, among many, that politicians cannot be trusted to make decisions for us. Direct action puts a lot more pressure on university management and by extension government ministers to act.

Aside from the past success of these kinds of tactics what we are fighting for is essentially access to education for everybody regardless of income. We also recognise that there is a much wider struggle beyond simply what is happening to education right now. We need to extend these tactics into all of these areas where we are currently under attack.  This is a fight that all of us should be taking on and working in solidarity with each other.

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Parents occupy school in Lanarkshire threatened with closure

Parents occupy school in Lanarkshire threatened with closure

19 January 2010
Posted by AFed

Parents in Glasgow occupied yet another primary school this week; the latest in a series of school occupations which have taken place over the past year. Taking action in response to proposals to close St. Matthew’s Primary School, five concerned parents barricaded themselves inside the school and announced their intention to remain there until their demands were met. Protests have also taken place at three other schools in the area set to close. These threatened closures are the most recent in a concerted campaign by councils across Greater Glasgow to shut of schools and nurseries.

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Glasgow School Occupied in Defiance of Council Cuts

Glasgow School Occupied in Defiance of Council Cuts

2 July 2009
Posted by AFed

Parents have reoccupied Wyndford Primary School and physically prevented the council removing equipment and furniture in a bid to keep a primary school in their community.

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