Father Vlad speaks at Occupy RHUL

Tonight at ten o'clock Father Vlad visited our humble abode for the second time today. On his first visit he brought us mince pies which we thank him for. We were saddened to receive the news that he will be leaving Royal Holloway in Easter. He joked that he was being sent into exile for supporting revolutionary students but the real reason for leaving is that he wants a new project and we wish him well.
On this vist he talked to us about his time as a political prisoner and how he came to be here at Royal Holloway. It was an inspiring tale and reminded us all what a ledgend we have supporting the anti-cuts movement.
Father Vlad also discussed a book is called Purge by Nickie Fourreau available from Amazon Kindle about people who want to exterminate homosexuality and three women who stop this happening.

We would like to thank him again for giving up his time so generously to inspire and invigorate the occupiers.


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Thanks to Simon Higman

We would like to thank Simon Higman (College registrar) and his wife for their offering of mince pies, chocolate biscuits and brandy butter this evening.

Very important meeting 3pm

We are having an important meeting at 3pm today in which we'll discuss the latest response from senior management. We hope as many people as possible can make it as this will be when look at how we can move forwards.

In other news, tonight we have Father Vlad speaking about his time as a political prisoner. We have more speakers lined up for the week including Stephanie Carver from the PIR dept and a speaker from Occupy London Stock Exchange (OLSX).

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General Meeting 3pm

We have received a new reply to the pledge from Management. This needs discussing.

What we did - Saturday 3rd December

Good evening.

Father Vlad came down today with mince pies, which were filled with lovely festive cheer (and mincemeat).

At 6pm we held another general meeting (GM), open to all, in which we discussed future plans and the general maintenance of the Principal's beautiful corridor.

After the meeting we had a beauteous home-cooked ratatouille with couscous. We will be having communal meals, which accommodate for all dietary requirements, every night so feel free to join us. 

This evening Graham Smith from Royal Holloway's UCU branch came to speak about the anti-Poll Tax movement from '88 to '92 and gave some advice on peaceful protest.

Kit Leary from Save Our Services in Surrey (SOSIS) talked about the trade union movement in general, and about unions that accept students under their wing. There are unions for every job.

The open mic night was a success, and is still going on now with music from all manner of instruments including trumpets, guitars and pianos.

Come and join us for our next GM tomorrow (more info will be on the facebook page) and for Father Vlad's talk at 8pm. We hope you can join us.

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