<agu> Italian universities occupied against the reform!!

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Document  approved by La Sapienza (Rome University) assembly 

"University is not going to pay your crisis!!"

This morning in La Sapienza University of Rome has taken place a general assembly , partecipated by over 10.000 students, asking the Director Luigi Frati to suspend lessons and the academic year as a protest against law 133, that will cause definitive privatization of italian university, massive job cuts and huge cuts of public foundings for research and education.

After the negative response of the Director, he students left the University Town for an unauthorized demonstration that blocked various main roads of Rome, directing itself to the Minister of Finance (that has the main responsibility of the Law 133). After half an hour of siege to the minister, which included a launch of eggs and shoutings like "the university is not going to pay your crisis!!", the massive demonstration started to move again through the city reaching the main railway station of Rome, Roma Termini. The station has been blocked for one hour, after some tension with the few cops that were following the demonstration.  ( watch this video )

Then everybody moved back to the University Town, where we held another assembly to decide the occupation of the Literature Faculty, and to prepare the general strike called from independent trade unions and social movements for tomorrow morning. The students from high schools, universities and even child schools (yes!) will partecipate to the demonstration. The partecipation and determination expressed by the students shows as the opposition to the annihilation of public university is strong in Rome and in all the other italian universities. Stay tuned on www.globalproject.info  !!!!!!



Comunicato stampa dell'assemblea d'ateneo della Sapienza
"L'università non pagherà la vostra crisi!!"
Questa mattina all'Università la Sapienza di Roma si è tenuta l'assemblea d'ateneo che ha visto la partecipazione di diecimila studenti per chiedere al Rettore Luigi Frati il blocco dell'anno accademico come forma minima di protesta contro la legge 133. Alla risposta negativa del Rettore l'assemblea ha deciso di muoversi in corteo per uscire fuori nelle strade della città e per raggiungere il Ministero dell'Economia. Al rifiuto del Ministro Tremonti di confrontarsi con gli studenti, il corteo ha continuato a praticare il blocco della viabilità, fino ad arrivare alla Stazione Termini, dove sono stati occupati i binari. Nel pomeriggio durante l'assemblea che si è tenuta a Lettere si è decisa l'occupazione della facoltà, per costruire un laboratorio in preparazione dello sciopero di domani. La partecipazione e la determinazione espressa nella giornata di oggi mostra come il dissenso contro la dismissione dell'università pubblica sia diffuso alla Sapienza come in tutti gli atenei italiani. Durante l'assemblea si è ribadito il carattere autonomo e indipendente del movimento, che non accetta strumentalizzazioni né da parte di sigle sindacali né da parte dei partiti.


































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