Tag: occupation

Defending the Red City: Why the Fight for Làbas is a Fight for the Future of Bologna
Bologna, with its history of urban activism and network of autonomous political spaces, has long held a reputation as a 'Red City'. But with the recent violent and unexpected eviction of the Làbas social centre, this reputation is under threat.
Surrey’s Water Protectors: 3 Reasons Protesters Are Occupying Leith Hill
Leith Hill Protection Camp is an occupation of a proposed exploratory drilling site in an area of natural beauty in Surrey. Here are three reasons the occupiers are there - and why you should join them.
Occupy, Strike, Resist: 3 Lessons from the Warwick Occupation
Following a two-week occupation, Warwick students have won major concessions on their demands that the university oppose government higher education reforms, agree to fair teaching conditions for hourly-paid academic staff, and scrap a protest injunction.
3 Reasons the UAL Occupation Matters to FE, HE and the Free Education Movement
Like other recent direct actions such as at LSE, the University of the Arts London occupation is rooted in the free education movement. But the task of articulating longer term goals alongside combating immediate course cuts presents fresh challenges for students in the face of an ongoing restructuring of education.
4 Things I Learnt from Arguing with University Management
Provoked by the outcry over a police attack on a student sit-in last December, the Centre for Human Rights in Practice at the University of Warwick held a 'protest summit'. Free education activists and university bosses were invited onto the panel, making for a revealing - and sometimes heated - exchange of views.
#ReclaimIWD: 7 Reflections from Inside the University of London’s Feminist Occupation
8 March is International Women’s Day, and to mark the occasion free education activists from across the country have spent the weekend in an occupation of Senate House at the University of London.
4 Reasons the Privatization of Sussex University Services Affects Us All

The anti-privatization campaign at Sussex University has been one of the catalysts for a recent resurgence in political activity on campuses across the UK. A major hurdle Sussex campaigners have had to overcome is conveying to fellow students the consequences that privatization of university services has – for all of us. Here, Alia Al Ghussain […]