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Piers Corbyn The Squatting Movement in 1968

Speaker: 
Corbyn Piers
Room: 
Bertrand Russell Room
Time: 
4pm

Huntley Street SquatHuntley Street Squat
From the spirit of 68 to now, What happened?
- Squatting & the Housing crisis AND

Guerrilla Universities—the student uprisings in 1960s Lebanon A talk by Simon Assaf

Speaker: 
Assaf, Simon
Room: 
Tower Room 2
Time: 
12pm

Although the "May events" in Lebanon happened in 1969, the movement that first emerged out of the school strikes in 1966 filtered into the universities by the end of the decade.

1968, the view from outside London: Swansea!

Speaker: 
Ian Bone
Room: 
Bertrand Russell Room
Time: 
1pm

Bash the Rich Film captured Ian's talk on video:

Ian Bone was an anarchist in Swansea in 1968

The occupation of Hornsey Art College anmd the LSE

Speaker: 
Wright, Nick and Rose John
Room: 
Library
Time: 
1pm

Nick Wright was President of Hornsey Art College Students Union in 1968 when it was the denial of student union autonomy that led to the occupation.

Sheila Rowbotham The personal and the political in 1968

Room: 
Library
Time: 
3pm

Sheila Rowbotham will talk about the way events in 1968 shaped her work and philosophy and influenced the developing Women's Movement at the end of the 1960s.

Students in May and Students Today - a talk by Stewart Halforty

Speaker: 
Halforty, Stuart
Room: 
Bertrand Russell Room
Time: 
7pm

Stewart Halforty was President of Goldsmiths College Students Union in 2005 and is now an organiser for the Stop the War Coalition.

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