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archive > dated 10 January 2009 | issue 2133
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Posted: 12.57pm Friday 9 January 2009
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This article should be read after: » Resist Israel’s murder of Gaza
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The rally on Thursday
by Richard McEwan, Branch Secretary UCU Poplar
Lecturers at Tower Hamlets college, east London, organised a protest on Thursday to make a splash in east London and big up Saturday's national demonstration.
We leafleted lecturers on Wednesday. People were particularly outraged as we'd just heard that another school had been bombed.
On Thursday morning we gave out flyers to students with a list of schools that the Israelis had bombed. This A generated a real buzz was around the college. Classes were taken over with discussions about the siege of Gaza and what life is like for Palestinians.
Up to 400 workers and students turned out to protest at the break time in between exams. Speakers from the Stop the War Coalition, the Islamic Forum of Europe and the UCU lecturers union spoke to the protesters.
It was brilliant. Everyone took away flyers for Saturday’s march determined to send a message into the estates, to friends through text messages and to the mosques to get as many people out on Saturday as possible.
Meanwhile a convoy of 80 cars travelled through Tower Hamlets in protest at the attacks on Gaza. Beginning in Brick Lane and heading through Whitechapel towards Bethnal Green, people in the cars spoke to local residents about the situation in Palestine and urged people to join the demonstration on Saturday.
The following should be read alongside this article: » Resist Israel’s murder of Gaza» Israel's strategy of terror against the Palestinians» Hamas's history of resistance» Targeting the Arab rulers over inaction on Israel» West Bank police repress Gaza solidarity protests» Palestine and Israel - questions and answers on a conflict made by the West» Israel and the media - twisted by propaganda» Huge protest stands with the Palestinians» Round-up of Gaza protests across Britain» Horror and lies as Israel deliberately bombs UN schools full of children» Israeli war crime in Gaza» Massive London demonstration opposes Israel's Gaza attacks
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