National UCU ‘Ceasefire NOW!’ information page
Please join us – email ucu@manchester.ac.uk
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The following motions have been passed by UMUCU
Motion on IHRA definition of Antisemitism and UoM 14th April 2021
Palestine motion amendment 6th Dec 2023
Motion on the Current Upsurge in Violence in Israel and Palestine 16th Oct 2023
The motion below was submitted to NW Region UCU by Liverpool John Moores University. It was passed at a meeting on 27th Jan 2024.
Motion on Palestine Solidarity from LJMU UCU 27th Jan 2024
The letter below was approved by the UMUCU branch exec on 29th Jan 2024.
Letter to Jo Grady, NEC and HEC. Calling for Immediate Solidarity Action for Palestine
Publications by UMUCU members
Why We Need To Talk About ‘State Terrorism’ By Israel In Gaza – Dec 2023
Chatham House and the Call for the Decolonisation of Israel and Palestine- Oct 2023
Entanglements – the IHRA, Jews and non-White Minorities – 2022
Ongoing conversation between UMUCU and UoM SLT – Divestment from companies complicit in the war on Gaza & ending partnerships with Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rehumanising Palestinians killed in Gaza 16th Feb 2024 – poster exhibition
Exhibition Space, University of Manchester Students’ Union, Oxford Road
Friday 16th Feb to Sunday 18th Feb 2024
10am – 6pm (Sunday 12pm – 6pm)
Images include that of:
Wiesam Essa
Wiesam was killed in Gaza when his apartment block was badly damaged by Israeli bombs.
Wiesam was based in the University of Manchester, Department of Geography from June 2019 to March 2021. His family joined him for much of this period. Wiesam is fondly remembered by colleagues in Geography – he was a regular and cheerful presence in the Department, contributing enthusiastically to the Mapping, Culture and GIS research group. He was especially keen to develop collaborations to further his research in Palestine.
Refaat Alareer – The 44-year-old Refaat was a prominent poet, writer and professor at the Islamic University of Gaza and was one of the leaders of a young generation of authors in the enclave. He was killed alongside several family members by an air strike in Gaza City. Alareer’s final poem, “If I must die”, was widely circulated and translated into numerous languages after his killing.
If I must die, you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long tail) so that a child, somewhere in Gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze- and bid no one farewell not even to his flesh not even to himself- sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love If I must die let it bring hope let it be a tale.
Stand With Gaza – Workplace Day of Action – 7th Feb 2024
UMUCU protested at the Whitworth Arch, Oxford Road over lunchtime.
‘Stop Profiting from Genocide’ rally and march, Manchester – 20th Jan 2024
We marched from St Peter’s Square to the buildings occupied by AXA Insurance and Barclays Bank. The comrade holding the Jewish Voice for Labour banner turned out to be a retired academic from the School of Maths.
National ‘Global Day of Action – Ceasefire Now’ demonstration in London – 13th Jan 2024
UMUCU vigil for those killed in Gaza, next to the Whitworth Arch – 19th Dec 2023
