Sheffield Joins the Global Student Anti-Genocide Encampment Movement for Palestine
Students in Sheffield yesterday joined the growing student encampments in the US, UK and elsewhere against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Students in Sheffield, England yesterday joined the growing student encampments in the US, UK and elsewhere against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. A group called the Sheffield Campus Coalition for Palestine, comprised of “staff, students, and alumni” from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, set up an encampment in solidarity with people in Gaza.
They have posted a video on their Instagram page of day one of the encampment and have listed their demands.
Students at the University of Sheffield, 1 May, 2024. Credit: Angela Martin
This article published yesterday by online Sheffield-based media outlet Now Then provides a good summary of yesterday’s events, including the fact that the University of Sheffield’s links to the arms trade was also being denounced. In fact, a Festival of Debate event last month addressed this very issue, with the event outline stating:
The University of Sheffield has established links to the arms trade, and recently students have put pressure on the institution to divest from its ties to arms manufacture.
Its ties to BAE Systems have been instrumental in developing the F-35 - a weapon used to bomb Gaza.
Students at the University of Sheffield, 1 May, 2024. Credit: Angela Martin
The student encampment for Palestine in Sheffield is one of a number currently being held at universities in the UK, with more expected to follow. The scenes of US security forces attacking students, staff and allies at student encampments in the US seems to have galvanised UK students into action.
Angela Martin, a member of Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign who attended yesterday’s encampment set-up and whose photos are featured above, has made a short video of the protest which you can watch below.
All power to the students and their allies in Sheffield refusing to keep silent as Israel continues its genocide in Gaza.
This Friday the Sheffield Campus Coalition for Palestine and the Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid have called an event in solidarity with the encampment at the University of Sheffield. More info here.
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