Student Protests in Budapest, December 2012

Starting from December 10, 2012 thousands of university and high school students went into the cold streets of Budapest with spontaneous protests against governmental budget cuts in education. The government of Hungary decided to cut the number of budget (free of charge) places from 50.000 to 10.000 from the next year on. This means that the next generations of students are deprived of free education in this country.

Spring of Resistance: Kyiv Edition

26 March is the Day of Spring of Resistance.
"Direct Action" student union of Taras Shevchenko university of Kyiv organized a demo and the first all-Ukrainian conference aimed at rewieving activities of "Direct Action" for the past 2,5 years and plan future activity togetehr with representatives from various Ukrainian cities.
About the Spring of Resistance >>HERE
About the demo in Kyiv >>HERE
About the Conference >>HERE

Student protests against commercialization of education in Ukraine

On October 12, over 20000 Ukrainian students came to the streets to protest the decision of the government to allow public universities to introduce new burdening fees. A total of 15 cities were protesting, fromthe West to the East of the country. Major rallies were held in Kiev, Lviv, Kharkov, Uzhhorod and Simferopol. Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zhitomir, Kamyanets-Podolsk, Sumy, Khmelnitsky, Kirovograd, Lugansk, Lutsk and Sevastopol were protesting as well.

Solidarity Appeal from Ukraine: Stop Repression of Student Trade Union

A CALL FOR SOLIDARITY

Dear Comrades!

We are an Independent Student Union, “Priama Dija” (“Direct Action”) and we ask for your support.

The case is that for over the last six months, the union has been under unprecedented pressure. Everything started with our series of successful actions (together with other youth organizations) against the establishment of fees for previously free services in the universities, against cutting funds for scholars and against the plans to suspend scholarships for students who received even a single grade of “3”- (C). Ever since then, the intelligence services, together with the administration of the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev, are carrying out a whole campaign of pressure against the union's activists. All available measures are used against them, including intimidation and repression.

Austrian Universities Occupied: Education is not for Sale!

A number of universities were occupied recently in Austria. The students protest against higher fees for education.
Some information and the video can be found here: http://thecommune.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/the-battle-for-free-education-begins/

And here is a message from Mo Gas I have got recently:


Dear all,

I am part of the student representative body at the Philipps University in Marburg and initiator of the independent platform "International Student Movement" (ISM).
It is great to see this group grow and reaching almost 5.000 members within just a few days.
Please keep inviting people. It inspires the occupiers and helps to spread the global perspective of the struggle.

--- BREAKING NEWS ---

University of Vienna (Austria) is occupied
University of Graz (Austria) is occupied
University of Klagenfurt (Austria) is occupied
University of Linz (Austria) is occupied
Academyof Fine Art in Vienna (Austria) is occupied
Technical University of Graz (Austria) is occupied
Technical University of Vienna (Austria) is occupied

Demonstrations are scheduled to take place across the country today [28/10].
_________________________________

We have a VERY unique situation right now:

Protestes are spreading across Austria, groups are preparing protests across Germany [esp. on Nov.17th], Italy [esp. on Nov.17th], the U.S. of A. [especially on Nov.10th; 2 buildings of the University of California (Santa Cruz) are still occupied], Canada [esp. on Nov.5th], Croatia [to begin soon] and in Bosnia Herzigovina [warming up already].

Further protests are expected in Ireland, Nepal, Bulgaria, Marocco, [f.Y.R.o.] Macedonia, the UK, Switzerland, Indonesia, Spain, Bangladesh and elsewhere in the coming month.

Most of the actions will also be part of the
"Education is NOT for $A£€ - Global Week of Action", which is called for by 60 groups in 24 countries on the independent platform "International Student Movement".
Details:
http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/content/global-week-action-reloaded-nov-2009

We must free public education from economic interests!!

Our struggle for FREE and EMANCIPATORY public Education [and against the increasing commercialisation and privatisation] can only be won, if we unite globally!!

Therefore I ask ALL of you to consider to JOIN the struggle on an international level by joining this Global Week of Action!

Show locally, that this struggle is GLOBAL!!

The infrastructure is there! We just need to make use of it!

Just drop me a line, if you have any questions or suggestions in connection with the ISM or the Global Week of Action.

~ One World - One Struggle ~

In Solidarity,
Mo.

PS: Please also sign & spread the "International Petition for Free and Emancipatory public Education":
http://UNITEDforEDUCATION.org

PPS: JOIN the "United Video Project":
http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/content/united-video-project

PPPS: Consider to join an international "video-conference" on Nov.5th:
http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/video-conference

More information:

Regular updates are here http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/.
see also: http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=163329887062

5 hours ago a message went out "More than 40.000 people protested in support of the occupations and for Free public Education in Vienna (Austria) tonight!!"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aEmd7wKUVp8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8eyxv_k4KVs

Anarcho-syndicalists involved in this struggle have an article here http://www.syndikate.at/node/218

other links:
http://www.syndikate.at/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/syndikate/157109460041
http://austria.indymedia.org/node/16008