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What day do you prefer for a GLOBAL EDUCATION STRIKE in 2012? [closing May 18th]

Sat, 28/04/2012 - 19:33 — Mo
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Global Education Strike 2012?

Tue, 10/04/2012 - 09:35 — Mo

~ DISCUSSION ~
GLOBAL EDUCATION STRIKE 2012
to Resist increasing Privatisation and Commercialisation of Education and fight for
Free Emancipatory Education?

★ ★ GLOBAL CHAT MEETING - May 18th (friday) ★ ★

Why strike together globally?

People worldwide are struggling against the increasing commercialisation of education and fighting for free emancipatory education.

Massive staff cuts, budget cuts, privatisation, de-democratisation within schools and universities, tuition fees hike, an increasing pressure to perform, and increasing influences of 'private economic actors' on teaching and research - it's the same shit everywhere!

To resist these effects from the current dominating economic system and fight for alternatives together we - participants of a first chat meeting on April 28th - believe it is time to call for a first coordinated strike at educational institutions across the world. Furthermore such an action would encourage a desperately needed public discussion on the actual purpose of education for the individual as well as society at large. It could also point out the global dimension of the struggle and therefore put greater emphasis on the actual roots of the problems we are all experiencing.

After the 1st chat meeting on April 28th

Participants of the first chat meeting discussed the idea to call for a Global Education Strike and agreed on the following:

How to share your thoughts and stay connected:

~ one world - one struggle ~

Kuala Lumpur: Rally for Free Education

Sun, 15/04/2012 - 12:29 — Mo

Kuala Lumpur, April 14th:
Rally for Free Education
- public Square occupied -

Not only in Taipei (check: ism-global.net) have students and teachers in Asia been resisting the increasing commercialisation of education, but also in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) things are heating up. More than 500 people protested against the education loan scheme PTPTN as well as for free education in the streets of the capital yesterday (April 14th). PTPTN stands for the National Higher Education Fund Corporation.

The students first gathered in front of Masjid Jamek LRT station at 2pm. They then marched towards the Sogo shopping centre along Jalan Raja Laut. At 3pm, the crowd stopped in front of the Sogo shopping centre to hear speeches from student leaders.

Mandeep Singh, a former student (he did not disclose his university): "The PTPTN only drives the youth into debt. And not just the youth, but also their families!” he shouted.

The students then left Sogo at around 3:35pm, and marched down Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman towards Dataran Merdeka.

Following the rally more than 300 activists began to set up tents on the Merdeka Square and occupied it. Assemblies were and are still being held. At this hour (April 15th - 5.30pm local time) the square is still being occupied.

reports: freemalaysiatoday.com + malaysia-chronicle.com

By the way, how about uniting worldwide for a Global Education Strike on November 19th 2012?

Currently activists are also considering to set up an International Student Movement - Chinese (中文). Get involved!
International Student Movement - Asia: ism-global.net/ism.asia

more videos of the rally: I, II, III, IV

pictures of the rally:


"Students are not Robots! Stop fooling students."

Taipei: Protest against Tuition Fees + Activist Network initiated

Wed, 28/03/2012 - 10:41 — Mo

Taipei, March 26th:
Protest against Tuition Fees
Anti-Commercialisation Platform Initiated

Not only in Canada students are currently struggling against increasing tuition fees but also in Taiwan, where the government announced plans to hike fees by 10% last week. A final decision on this issue is expected by the end of April, but students are angry and didn't want to wait.

Close to 100 students, teachers and labour union activists got organised and gathered in front of the Ministry of Education in Taipei to hold a "Press Conference". Various speeches were held, a rather huge media presence covered the event and the activists did not let the huge police force at the spot intimidate them.

Tsai Chung-yi (蔡忠益), section chief of the MOE’s Department of Higher Education, faced the students, but only spread hot air saying that a final decision has not been taken yet and that he will forward the message to the minister. Since the minister or chief secretary didn't come out to receive their demands and to express their dissatisfaction with the reaction to their protest activists decided to tear up a huge poster with their goals.

 

It listed the following three points:

  • NO tuition hike - tuition fee should be cut annually instead, until education is freely accessible to all;
  • NO decentralisation of the decision making regarding the costs for tuition fees - this would promote the corporatisation of universities even further;
  • higher taxes for the high-tec industry as well as other wealthy parts of society.

The protest was also used by the activists to express their unity with the ongoing student strike in Quebec and with education activists worldwide. After all this is a common struggle and we are all in this together.

Quebec (Canada): Student Strike + Massive Rally against Tuition Fees

Sat, 24/03/2012 - 20:54 — Mo

Quebec, March 22nd:
Student Strike and Massive Rally
against Tuition Fees

Just like in many other parts of the world people in Quebec (Canada) struggle against ever increasing tuition fees, where authorities now announced plans to hike them by 75% over the next 5 years.

To resist these moves students in Quebec have been building a major student strike over the recent weeks. L'Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (ASSÉ) is leading the current student strike, via Coalition large de l’ASSÉ (CLASSE).

Following a massive rally against tuition fees with up to 300,000 people in the streets of Montreal...

....CLASSE is now calling for a week of actions disrupting the economy and the State from March 26 to March 30.

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