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-------------------------------------------- Rowan Wilson Sales and Marketing Director Verso 6 Meard Street London W1F 0EG Phone: +44 (0)20 7437 3546 Fax: +44 (0)20 7734 0059 email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.versobooks.com<http://www.versobooks.com/> http://versouk.wordpress.com<http://versouk.wordpress.com/> http://twitter.com/VersoBooksUK http://www.facebook.com/pages/Verso-Books-UK/122064538789 ________________________________ From: Peter Hallward [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 26 May 2010 01:57 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Middlesex university update; Hendon rally on Thurs 27 May at 4pm Dear all, With apologies for another mass mailout; this is likely to be a decisive week at Middlesex. As many of you already know, last Friday four students and three members of staff (Peter Osborne, Christian Kerslake & me) were suspended, pending an investigation into the recent occupations at Trent Park (http://savemdxphil.com/2010/05/21/the-library-sit-in-is-over-the-campaign-continues/). The staff suspensions block us from entering University premises or from communicating 'in any way' with Middlesex students and employees. For more on the suspensions see http://savemdxphil.com/2010/05/25/more-information-about-the-philosophy-suspensions/. We've posted a few of the many letters we've received about the suspensions in the last couple of days at http://savemdxphil.com/letters-of-support/letters-condemning-suspensions/. If you'd like to write a letter about this or about the closures and haven't already done so you'll find the addresses posted at http://savemdxphil.com/how-you-can-help/; please BCC your letter (if you're willing for us to make it public) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. A brief overview of the whole situation is posted at http://savemdxphil.com/about/. We'll be holding a rally to protest the closures and suspensions and their wider implications at the main Middlesex campus, at Hendon, this Thursday 27 May, starting at 4pm; for more details please see the site homepage at http://savemdxphil.com/, or http://savemdxphil.com/2010/05/26/rally-in-solidarity-with-suspended-staff-and-students/. Please encourage everyone who might be able to get to Hendon on Thursday to come along, and please circulate this announcement to everyone who might be sympathetic, all best, Peter.