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Co-ordinated Actions
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Nov.24th - an International Day of Action?
A MESSAGE FROM THE FRENCH ‘COORDINATION NATIONALE DES UNIVERSITES TO THEIR EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES
"Professors, scholars and students of the French universities united within the “Coordination Nationale des Universités”, stand by the professors, scholars and students who are now fighting to defend higher education against the ‘reforms’ in Italy, Germany, Austria and Hungary.
They are calling for a Day of Action common to every European country on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009, when professors, scholars and students can organize massive gatherings and/or demonstrations.
E-mail : prepa.coordination.nationale@shesp.lautre.net "
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On the same day:
- Ireland: Strikes called by the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions! - Details available here: ifut.ie
- Students, pupils, lecturers, postal workers and banking employees in France will go on strike. Details [in French] can be found here: sauvonsluniversite.com
- U.S. of A. [California]: UCI: Nov 24, 12pm-Rally @ Admin Bldg.
- Germany: Regents' conference [from across Germany] will be meeting in Leipzig - bigger protests are expected! - Details [in German]: hrkdemo.blogspot.com
- Croatia: Students will begin to squat faculties at the universities in Zagreb, Pula and Rijeka on Nov.23rd - occupations are exected to spread across the country in the following days! - Details [in Croatian]: slobodnifilozofski.com [website in English with a little less info: slobodnifilozofski.org]
Any further protests planned for that day? [leave a comment below or send a mail to united.for.education[at]gmail.com]
Consider all these protests taking place on the same day during your local protests. Let everyone know and also refer to them in your press releases! [just a suggestion]
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Brussels [Belgium]
Just received the following message via email:
"Hello !
On Tuesday the 24th, a General Assembly will take place at the University of Brussels (ULB) to discuss current privatisation of student residences, risk of reduction in social aid for students, reduction of the number of courses due to a lack of money and calls to private funds, and more largely to debate about the commercialisation of Education and Research.
I'l try to make you a report not long after Tuesday."
France
A message from the Sorbonne, Paris:
"France: Youth is waking up
Yesterday in France, a national call for strike was launched in Education; 1/3 of teachers were on strike; and a lot of people in the streets (8,000 in Paris alone). The best news is the come back of youth; in all the General Assemblies, students were many, more than they were since the beginning of the new scholar year. The hope comes from high school pupils who blocked and came in the demonstration in mass. A new day of action and held of GA is announced for December 3th.
The Sorbonne students, teachers and worforce voted a message to students on strike:
"We, the students, professors and the university workforce of the Sorbonne (Universities Paris I and Paris IV), having gathered at the Sorbonne in a General Assembly today (November, 24th 2009), proclaim our solidarity and our greatest respect for the Universities of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, the U.S.A. and Hungary which have joined forces and are taking action.
Since the 1999 Bologna declaration, and the enforcement of the LMD (Bachelor/Masters/Doctorate ECTS) system, we have been undergoing the same unceasing attacks against our state universities, attacks which aim at their privatization and the dismantling of higher education as a public service.
The common ground of our struggles throughout Europe is that universities remain free (no tuition fees), that students of all backgrounds have access to higher education, that research be independent, that all funding for research and higher education be public, and that the budget for Education increases.
For the first time in decades, Europe is uniting in its struggle against the selling (out) of higher education and against the notion that knowledge is for sale.
We will do all we can to join the European universities in this struggle and we call upon all French universities to do so, and to carry on the fierce struggle we led for 4 months, all winter and spring of last year. Now is the time for universities all over Europe to fight back — let us all rise to the occasion !""