Quick note about the student occupations - fantastic and most getting their demands asceded too and an article in the Independent on Sunday called "Students are revolting: The spirit of '68 is reawakening" with occupations at both Manchester Universities; Sheffield Hallam, Nottingham, Cardiff, Newcastle, Oxford, Kings College, Glasgow, Sussex, LSE and Leeds to name but a few. Whereas in 1968 the students were not paying for their University education; now they can and are demanding to see where pension funds have their money and to demand that they do not place them into firms that deal with Israel - is this as small start to the banning of Israeli goods I wonder?
When you get Gerald Kaufman Labour MP for Manchester Gorton, speaking at a benefit in Rushlome, Medical Aid for the Palestinians, you know that time and momentum is starting to move and that maybe this is like the fight against apartheid and that the conflict in the Middle East will be halted, although I don't think Israel is going to like the likely outcome!
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