tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post1028777608161905480..comments2024-03-18T08:20:19.461+00:00Comments on Transpontine: Goldsmiths OccupationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-42818562178092523002009-03-01T15:40:00.000+00:002009-03-01T15:40:00.000+00:00they did not achieve anything, the scholarships we...they did not achieve anything, the scholarships were good to go before the occupation, top brass fobbed them off, had they done a small amount of research they could have engaged college mgmt in discussions and achieved a great deal more,this particular gang of respect heads are far more interested in telling everyone they are left wing and everyone else is right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-51677557631550901172009-02-28T09:20:00.000+00:002009-02-28T09:20:00.000+00:00I agree there is a selective sense of outrage invo...I agree there is a selective sense of outrage involved in protesting about Gaza while blithely ignoring very similar events elsewhere - e.g. in Sri Lanka. I guess it's better to do something about one injustice than do nothing at all, although I am very wary of the nonsense spouted by some 'anti-zionists' (e.g. support for Hamas)..https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-74967564751558719772009-02-27T11:50:00.000+00:002009-02-27T11:50:00.000+00:00the ongoing fetishising of the 'exotic oppressed' ...the ongoing fetishising of the 'exotic oppressed' - if you're a girl in congo whose been macheted in the head or a working class lad in deptford just down the road from goldsmiths who will never get a chance of a decent education then you and yours are nothing in the eyes of these romanticist adventurersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com