For 9 months now, the University of Manchester has been a hotbed of unrest and scandals. On Monday 10th May, students held another protest with the intent of expressing their anger at the university they perceive to have failed them. The protest began outside the then-Occupied Samuel Alexander building. The building had been occupied for […]
This commitment came as a result of pressure from a week-long student occupation in protest of Manchester University fossil fuel investment
Since it’s birth one year ago, the Occupy Movement has spread across the world, writes Eve Fensome
In the wake of the much-publicised Roscoe occupation, Jak Dyehouse assesses the rationale behind the seemingly unstoppable spread of occupations to cities across the world
They described the University and SU agreement as ‘patronising and insulting’ and are calling for further discussion
Students have no access to news food supplies and the group has been split in half, meaning two protestors are currently occupying a corridor with no access to toilets
Maya Oppenheim rejects government proposals to criminalise squatting in the context of a housing crisis in an era of rampant unemployment
High-profile figures, including Noam Chomsky and Billy Bragg, have sent messages of support to the students occupying a University of Manchester building.
