17 novembre 2010: des milliers d'étudiants défilent contre la marchandisation de l'enseignement

"International Student Movement" "Global Wave of Action for Education"

http://www.emancipating-education-for-all.org/nov17_2010

Le 17 novembre, date de Journée Internationale des Étudiants, a cristallisé l'année dernière les mouvements universitaires nationaux, en particulier dans les universités autrichiennes et allemandes. 

Un rassemblement de soutien au mouvement étudiant anglais est prévu le jeudi 18 novembre à Paris (voir l'agenda militant). Le mouvement est d'ailleurs loin d'être terminé en Grande Bretagne: Day of Action in the UK le mercredi 24 novembre.

Lier également: Les étudiants manifestent dans toute l'Europe contre la marchandisation du savoir (24/11/10)

Ci-dessous la liste des manifestations qui étaient prévues un peu partout dans le monde ce mercredi 17 novembre 2010:

• Italy: Day of Action across the country called for by Rete della Conoscenza, Unione degli Studenti and LINK (facebook)
  
• Monrovia, Liberia: Youth for Community Academic and Development Services (YoCADS), an NGO, is calling for a rally in Monrovia.
• Lisbon, Portugal: the student body of Coimbra together with major students associations are calling for a demonstration in the capital Lisbon (academica.pt, canalup.tv)
  
• Indonesia: PEMBEBASAN is currently planning actions for that day. Details to be announced soon.
• Philippines: among others the League of Filipino Students (LFS) are currently preparing for walk-outs and a wave of strikes on campuses across the country. (studentstrikes.tumblr.com)
• Hildesheim, Germany: the student parlament at the University of Hildesheim is calling for a demonstration (stupa-hildesheim.de). Groups in other cities are still discussing what actions to take.
• Bremen, Germany: flashmobs at main railway station and city centre on Nov.17th and a General Assembly on Nov.18th at the University of Bremen (fspsycho-bremen.de, calendar)
• Gießen, Germany: various groups, incl. the student representative body at the University of Gießen, are calling for a demonstration (bildung-macht-aufruhr.de)
• Osnabrück, Germany: pupils are mobilising for a demonstration (schulstreik-os.de)
• Freiburg, Germany: "demonstration of jubilation": a sarcastic protest, celebrating the wonderful education system: leadership - fees - competition! (bildungsstreik2009-freiburg.de)
• Stuttgart, Germany: rally at the castle, Schlossplatz, with open mic (linksunten.indymedia.org)
• Munich, Germany: rally in front of the Ludwig Maximilian University + general assembly (unsereunibrennt.de)
  
• Skopje, Rep. Macedonia: the independent student movement "Sloboden Indeks" will arrange an installment on campus to work against the established student unions (that represent government interests), have a flashmob and a party in the evening. (calendar)
• Poland: Demokratyczne Zrzeszenie Studenckie is calling for flashmobs in at least eight cities across the country. (facebook)
• Ottawa, Canada: smaller actions such as banner drops
• California, U.S.A.: actions to prevent the regents meeting at the University of California through a mass statewide demonstration among others (defendcapubliceducation.wordpress.com)
• Patiala, India: the Punjab Student Union is organising a rally as part of the "Global Day of Action"
• Vienna, Austria: zombie flashmob (facebook, unibrennt.at)

Latest news on developments related to the "Global Day of Action" around the world:

• "A UC spokesperson has stated that at least 16 people who tried to cross a police barrier have been arrested." (twitter)
  

[updated 6:20pm GMT]

• at UC: "@callie_hoo: I'm covered in pepper spray and they hit my leg so hard i can hardly walk #occupyca #globalEdu" (twitter)
  

[updated 5:50pm GMT]

• News from the University of California (UC): "Cops are indiscriminately pepperspraying students outside. some students badly injured. 5 arrested. just to pass 8%" (twitter)
  

[updated 5:25pm GMT]

• three students have been arrested in connection with todays protests against the Regents' meetings at the University of California (ucregentlive.wordpress.com)

[updated 5:10pm GMT]

• Students and workers rip down barricades and storm building where the Regents' meeting is taking place at the University of California (U.S.A.). The Regents are expected to vote on an 8% increase in tuition fees. (twitter)

[updated 4:45pm GMT]

• about 200,000 people join demonstrations in 70 cities across Italy (35,000 protesters in Bologna alone; repubblica.it, video of demo in Forli)
• general assembly at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (Germany) with about 700 students is going on right now and will probably be followed by a protest action
• 400 protesters each join demonstration in Gießen and Osnabrück (Germany)
• 8,000 are protesting on the streets of Regensburg (Germany) right now
• students began to occupy spaces at around 40 universities across Greece