2nd issue of Reclaim Education - an ISM newsletter. details: http://ism-global.net/newsletter

1. Monday, 15th November 2010
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international o n t h e g l o b a l st r u g g lmovement
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Dublin: Gardai attacks Demonstration for Free Education one out of the building, after doing so
they attacked by riot police (Gardai)
the crowd in front of the ministry us­
On November 3rd the Union of Stu­ free access to education for all! They ing shields, batons, dogs and horses.
dents Ireland (USI) called for a understood their block as part of the Several protesters suffered head in­
demonstration against an increase in "Global Wave". juries, one student was knocked un­
registration fees (£3,000) for uni­ More than 2,000 people made up the conscious. A few were arrested.
versity students. In the end up to "Left Block" and joined a breakaway One week later about 700 people took
40,000 people flooded the streets. from the main demonstration, which to the streets of Dublin to protest the
Students from Free Education for first headed to the Irish Parliament be­ police attack.
Everyone (FEE) and the Students in fore going to the Department of Fin­ The next protests against fees have
Solidarity (SIS) network issued a call ance. About 40 students staged a been announced for November 18th.
for a clearly visible left­wing pres­ sit­in inside the lobby. After some for further details:
ence at the demonstration calling for time police managed to force every­ www.free­education.info
London: 50,000 resisting the Privatisation of Higher Education
About 50,000 people from across the as far as Scotland, travelling a whole something which has a high "market cuffed, 35 people were arrested for a November 24th.
UK came together for a demonstra­ day to get to the capital. value" (on the labour market), so they range of offences, including criminal Details on the website of the "Na­
tion in London to protest plans to The cuts are expected to hit the arts are more likely to be able to pay back damage and trespass. tional Campaign Against Fees and
massively cut public spending and the and humanities hardest, as funding their debts. Currently groups across the UK are Cuts" (NCAFC): www.anticuts.com
trippling of tuition fees (£9,000 per for science, medicine and engineering Towards the end of the demonstration preparing for a day of action on
year). Hundreds arrived by bus from is likely to be protected. Faculties that thousands of protesters took over the
are unable to at­ headquaters of the Conservative Party
tract third party (Tory), the Millbank Tower. Fires About this newsletter
sponsorships are were lit in front of the building, eggs
likely to be were thrown and windows were This newsletter is part of the communication infrastructure of the
threatened with smashed. Hundreds went inside and independent platform "International Student Movement" (ISM). The ISM
closure. Only the occupied the place for half a day. A is being used and shaped by education activists and groups around the
individual and so­ group occupied the roof top and re­ world who are struggling against the increasing privatisation of public
ciety at large, but leased a statement warning that "this education and for free emancipatory education for all.
no company nor is only the beginning". This newsletter is the result of voluntary work done by a few individuals
the state have an Police forces were totally over­ who are passionate about this issue. The positions expressed are not in
interest to pro­ whelmed by the energy and determin­ any way representative for any group or the "International Student
mote critical sci­ ation. Nontheless there were some Movement" as a whole.
ences. At the scuffles and in the end 14 people had
same time stu­ to be taken to hospital. Towards the For further details:
dents are put un­ end of the day remaining protesters website: www.emancipating­education­for­all.org
der increasing were kettled by police forces in front contact: united.for.education@gmail.com
demonstration in London pressure to study of the building. Many were hand­

2. November 17th ­ a memorable day Short notes
November 17 marks the International concentration camps; and nine stu­ ment" and will see protests against November 1st
Students' Day. The date commemor­ dents and professors were executed the increasing privatisation of educa­ A group of activists at the University of Marburg (Germany) hang a ban­
ates the anniversary of the 1939 Nazi without trial on November 17. tion and for free emancipatory educa­ ner right at the Faculty of Social Sciences to inform students about the on­
storming of the University of Prague The International Students' Day was tion for all at least until the end of going "Global Wave". In the same context the group is preparing the "1st
after demonstrations against the occu­ first marked in 1941 in London by the november around the world. The Marburg Forum for Education", which will take place inside the faculty
pation of Czechoslovakia. More than International Students' Council and "Global Day of Action" unites all the and consists of presentations, discussions, a film room and workshops as
1,200 students were taken and sent to the tradition has been kept up by the protest actions on November 17 well as a concert with four bands in the evening of November 20th.
successor International Union of Stu­ linked to the "Global Wave of Action
dents, which seems to have dis­ for Education". Check out the box on
~ Global Day of Action ~ scolved in the past few years as well. the left side for some of the protests
* Monrovia, Liberia: various This year on this
groups are organising a rally Novem­ memor­
* Lisbon, Portugal: student bodies ber 17 able
across the country are mobilising will also day.
for a demonstration in the capital be a highlight It's crazy
* Philippines: League of Filipino of the "Global how we all face
Students together with many other Wave of Action the same
groups are calling for walk­outs for Education". symptoms
* Italy: various groups and organ­ The "Global Wave" caused
isations call for demonstrations kicked off on October 7 by the
across the country and cur­
* Germany: demonstrations in already rent
various cities, such as Gießen, saw eco­
Hildesheim, Osnabrück and Mu­ massive nomic
nich (incl. general assembly) + protests sys­
flashmobs in Bremen for free tem details: www.bildungsstreik­marburg.de
* Skopje, Rep. Macedonia: install­ education aroun
ment on campus, a flashmob and a in Aus­ d the world. November 11th
party tria, Italy, the Ukraine It's about time that we start acting to­ For the second time the anarcho­syndicalist student labour union "Direct
* Poland: Demokratyczne and U.S.A. among others. It is being gether!! Action" and the "Foundation of Regional Initiatives" organised a protest
Zrzeszenie Studenckie calls for coordinated on the independent plat­ ~ one world ­ one struggle ~ as part of the "Global Wave" against the commercialisation of education.
flashmobs in about 10 cities form "International Student Move­ This time hundreds of students gathered for a rally in front of the Ministry
* California, U.S.A.: actions to of Education and Science.
prevent the regents meeting at the
University of California through a
statewide demonstration among
others
* Banner actions for this day are
expected in Yogyakarta (Indone­
sia) and Ottawa (Canada).
Send your reports to
united.for.education@gmail.com
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