International Student Movement

Dec.12th, Hamburg:
School Strike in Solidarity with Refugees

In response to this call to action between 3,500 and 5,000 pupils and supporters gathered in the streets of Hamburg today. Unsurprisingly the demo was not supported by the school board. School authorities even attempted to intimidate pupils by threatening to register all who are missing classes and that everyone who attends the protest needs to present a letter of apology from the parents. On the other hand the education union (GEW) supports the pupils saying that it is a practical lesson in political education.

Many banners and posters with different slogans were displayed (see pictures below) and slogans such as "no border - no nation - stop deportation!" heard.

In the same context also more than 400 pupils and students rallied in Frankfurt/M on the same day in the afternoon. The rally was also supported by the general students' committee of the Goethe University of Frankfurt/M.

sources:
ism-global.net (call to action in english) - spiegel.de - mopo.de - taz.de -
Refugee Schulstrek Hamburg (organisers' fb page)

the speech bubble says: deportation means torture - deportation means murder

Erich-Kästner school against racism

No one is illegal! Ⓐ

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no one is illegal