[Reallyopenuniannounce] ROU digest

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Dear friends,

So the Really Open University have had a fairly busy month this May.
Of particular note, was our journal launch which was made possible thanks to
our friends Art in Unusual Spaces. We had it in an unused shop in Leeds
Shopping Centre with fine wines and even finer literature to purchase. We
reckon about 50 people came, which was a great turnout. Anyway, the free
crisps all went but we still have journals left. You can get these for £4
from us, or download for free from www.reimaginetheuniversity.org.uk

We also hosted the book launch of our friends at The Free Association, with
a talk from John Holloway,  who have their book "Moments of Excess:
Movements, Protest and Everyday Life", who we You can get the book for a
fiver from any stall we do at our events, or from PM Press, Check out the
writings and rantings of the Free Association on www.freelyassociating.org.

In case you missed John Holloaway at the book launch or at his lecture on
Crack Capitalism at Leeds University, you can read a report on this or the
book launch, on our website.

www.reallyopenuniversity.org

As usual, we've been very interested in events abroad, particularly in
Spain. If you've somehow missed the Spanish Revolution unfurling, check out
not one, not two, but three articles up on our website. The" Communique from
Universidad Nomada: It's Not Just Indignation: Inventing New ways of Doing
Politics", the CNT's statement "It's our Moment: May and the Occupations and
Disobedience Continue" and "It's the Real Democracy, Stupid".

Not that abroad is the only place where they have fire in their bellies.
There's been more occupations, such as the one by London Met after 70% of
courses were chopped. See www.wearelondonmet.wordpress.com for more on that.

And elsewhere on the website we got excited about the upcoming NUT strike
and wrote an article "This is what a school strike could look like". Which
brings us neatly to dates for your diary -

If there's one day you don't want to be at work/school it's June 30th.
Everyone On the Streets!  There's a big call to generalise the strike for
June 30th, and in Leeds there's a meeting on Monday June 6th to discuss what
forms of action this day can take. It's taking place at 6pm, Room 263, The
Rosebowl at Leeds Met.
You can join the Facebook event here:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=151694614900989

and if you're not in Leeds, you can check out www.j30strike.org to see where
meetings are happening in your area. We know London, Birmingham, Surrey,
Oxford and Newcastle to date are calling some.

also, next ROU concept meeting is "In, Against and Beyond the University" at
7pm, on Tues 21st June. venue TBC.

See you on the streets if not before!







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