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Sussex Uni students occupy building following education cuts

February 8th, 2010 | From Journalism | tags: occupation, protest, Sussex University |

Over 100 students at Sussex University have occupied a conference centre, in response to drastic cutbacks to education on a local and national scale. Police have been called to the scene but no arrests have been made.

The occupation is sited in Bramber House, in a part of the building used for hosting conferences, and not for teaching and learning. Students inside say they intend to stay for 24 hours.

In a statement published soon after the occupation began, the students highlight not only the mass redundancies proposed for Sussex this year, but also the wider cutbacks to higher education funding in the UK.

The occupiers are currently liasing with Police and University management. I will be in close contact with the students involved throughout the next 24 hours and will post any urgent updates here. – Josh

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‘Remember Gaza’ – Smash EDO protest, Brighton

January 18th, 2010 | From Journalism | tags: Brighton, Gaza, Palestine, police, protest, Smash EDO |

'Remember Gaza', 'Blood on your hands' - the protest marches along Lewes Road outside Moulsecoomb. Photo © Josh Jones 2010

Monday 18th January, 2010: Hundreds gathered in Brighton today to protest the presence of EDO, an arms firm that develops weapons parts used in the assault on Gaza last year. Police responded with force, and scuffles outside the EDO/ITT weapons factory on Home Farm Road led to several injuries. In Brighton city centre, protestors were kettled by police for up to an hour, and several arrests were made, including one medic.

The Smash EDO campaign has been calling for the closure of the Brighton-based arms manufacturer for six years, and claims EDO/ITT corp. is complicit in war crimes.

Mounted police find a picturesque position to await the protest. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

Avoiding a police blockade on Lewes Road viaduct, protesters storm up the hill towards the EDO/ITT weapons factory. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

Defiant, one protester faces police as they attempt to protect the EDO/ITT arms factory. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

Police in riot gear form a line outside the weapons manufacturer. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

Protesters attempt to force their way through police lines. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

In town, Brighton and Hove bus drivers look on as the protest passes. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

In Brighton, demonstrators resist all efforts to kettle or curb the march's progress. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

Local citizens show their support as the protest passes Brighton University. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

A group of 50 protesters were 'kettled' by police in the North Laine for one hour, including the present photographer. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

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1417 dead in Gaza – London remembers

January 16th, 2010 | From Journalism | tags: Gaza, London, Palestine, protest, Trafalgar Square |

People from all over the United Kingdom came to London today to remember the 1417 Palestinians who died in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip one year ago.

‘This is not only to remember the dead’, one speaker announced, ‘but also to protest at Israel’s ongoing policy of occupation.’

The planned ‘die-in’ protest at Trafalgar Square was instead held as a minute’s silence, due to wet weather. Each attendee held up the name of one person who died in the assault, to emphasise that the victims were individuals and not just part of a statistic. Of the 1417 Palestinians killed, up to 1181 are thought to have been civillians.