The General Call for a Student Week of Action in Defense of Education
Novemeber 14th – 21st
This site has been created in response to the call put out by the NYC Student Assembly on Saturday, October 22nd for a “Student Week of Action in Defense of Education.”
The idea for the week of action is to have sustained, coordinated student efforts in New York City around the large OWS mobilization on November 17th and the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting on tuition hikes on the 21st.
As there are numerous events and actions planned for this week the purpose of this site will be to disseminate information about the events leading up to and during the Week of Action.
We hope this will be one step towards building a new student movement adequate to the grievances of our times!
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Hello there,
I am not sure who to contact in this regard, but I want to inform you that people worldwide are currently coordinating “Global Weeks of Action for Education” (Nov. 7-20th): http://ism-global.net/coordinations_november2011
You can also link the Week of Action in NYC to the transnational level of the struggle by simply confirming that it also takes place in the context of the global weeks of action (GWA).
The framework of the GWA basically consists of three elements:
* an international joint statement: http://ism-global.net/international_joint_statement
* common slogans:
► “education is not for $A£€; one world – one struggle”
► “free education for emancipation; one world – one struggle”
► “for the social revolution; one world – one struggle”
► “education is not a commodity; one world – one struggle”
► “abolish student debt; one world – one struggle”
* common symbols: http://ism-global.net/coordinations_november2011#comment-5574
-> the slogans and symbols will help to visually communicate locally and globally that your action also takes place in the context of the GWA
Please get in touch with united.for.education@gmail.com or send a mail directly to the main mailing list of the International Student Movement (ISM) platform [international_students_movement@lists.riseup.net] to announce that the Week of Action in NYC (or just the strike on Nov.17) can be communicated in the context of the GWA.
★ one world – one struggle ★
in solidarity from marburg,
mo ~
PS: to subscribe to the ISM list: https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/international_students_movement