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It is the 43 rd night that undergraduate students of colour, led predominantly by Black, brown and Muslim women and queer folx and supported by white allies, have been in occupation at Deptford Town Hall, the face of Goldsmith’s University Campus in New Cross, South East London. The students are campaigning against the numerous manifestations of institutional racism they have encountered , many of them in their first year of university life. Considering the outstanding community organising undergirding the
The analysis and activities of the occupation are deeply and inherently intersectional, demonstrating the distillation of theory into practice by this generation of young people, especially women, femmes, queer and trans folks of colour, who have learned to link struggles and centre the needs of the most marginalised. It is they, not academics or recognised intellectuals, who are advancing this knowledge and practice as they discuss and share it through digital media and implement it in their political str
While the students have made explicit and unflagging critique of the statues of slavers and a slave ship adorning the building they occupy, they also argue that Deptford Town Hall is, as a Town Hall, meant to be a community space, and that it was promised as such by Goldsmith’s leadership when it was purchased. However, the students protest, until the occupation, the ornate, palatial building was closed to the public and used primarily for music recitals and for the offices of senior management. The student