From areality at mail.tku.edu.tw Sat Oct 4 14:13:27 2008 From: areality at mail.tku.edu.tw (Jon Solomon Su Zhe-an) Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 20:13:27 +0800 Subject: CFP : Education, Imperialism, and Resistance Message-ID: _____ From: huimin Chen [mailto:huimin.chen at msa.hinet.net] Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:34 AM To: Undisclosed-Recipient:@msr34.hinet.net; Subject: CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS: Education, Imperialism, and Resistance CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Education, Imperialism, and Resistance Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan August 10-11, 2009 Deadline for abstracts: November 30, 2008 Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2009 Deadline for papers: May 31, 2009 The International League of Peoples' Struggle Working Group on Teachers, Researchers, and other Education Personnel invites academics, scholars, researchers, education and social activists and progressive intellectuals to an international conference on "Education, Imperialism, and Resistance," to be held in Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan on August 10-11, 2009. It will be hosted by the International Center for Taiwan Social Studies and Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. The conference aims to bring together academics and social activists to put forward a progressive critique of imperialism and education. Imperialism is at the root of untold suffering for billions of people throughout the world. Imperialist banks and corporations reap huge profits from the exploitation of working people even as the world economy is racked by crises, the gap between rich and poor countries widens, hundreds of millions are thrown into unemployment, billions are kept in poverty, and environmental destruction proceeds unabated. The imperialist countries, led by the United States, wage wars of aggression to control valuable markets and resources and suppress revolutionary movements. All over the world, imperialism intensifies the oppression of women, exacerbates racial and ethnic conflicts, and incites discrimination against migrants. In the guise of neoliberal globalization, imperialism is having a devastating impact on education. Drastic cuts in public spending for education have become the norm. Teachers, researchers, and other education personnel suffer deteriorating standards of living as salaries fail to keep up with rising costs. Large numbers are being laid off as governments close down schools and universities deemed inefficient. As education becomes the flashpoint for popular struggles, schools and universities are increasingly subjected to state repression. Imperialism exercises an ever-tightening grip on education. The WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) has placed liberalization of the so-called education market and the privatization of education on the agenda of future negotiations, along with other basic social services. Teaching and research are to an unprecedented extent driven and defined by corporate interests. Imperialist control of education is a key element in imperialist domination of culture as a whole. U.S. imperialism, in particular, makes full use of the means at its disposal-chiefly its huge monopolies in mass media-to shape world public opinion according to its interests. Monopolies have increasing influence over curricula, education programs, institutional organization, and research agendas. Struggle over knowledge and research is a key aspect of struggles against imperialism. On the one hand, imperialist domination of education and research is used to undermine people's struggles. On the other, a critique of imperialist ideology can be an important tool in the struggle for radical structural change. Throughout the world today, education workers respond to imperialist globalization through solidarity and struggle to defend their rights and welfare, the people's right to education, and advance the struggle for a more just and humane future for all. Participants to the conference are invited to present a critique of any aspect of imperialism and education including access to education, education sector reforms on neoliberal lines, right to education and livelihood, the political economy of education, the politics and theories of knowledge production and research, the impact of privatization and liberalization on educators and students and the impacts of education sector reforms on societies. We encourage interdisciplinary approaches to these concerns. Individual papers and panel presentations on the general theme are most welcome. Specific papers on any of the following themes may be submitted for consideration. Tracks correspond to the possible organization of the plenary sessions. The program committee reserves the right to merge, reschedule or reassign topics, based on suggestions and interest from the participants. Track 1. Education and Imperialism * Education and Imperialism: Historical Perspectives * Basic Education and Imperialist Globalization * Higher Education and Imperialist Globalization * Debt, Aid, and Education Track 2. Education and Markets * Education, Industry, and Imperialist Globalization * Free Trade Agreements and Education * Global Migration and Education * Transnational Education Track 3. Education, Oppression, and Resistance * Education and the Social Movements * Education and National Liberation * Race, Ethnicity and Education * Education and Human Rights * Gender Issues and Education * Rights and Welfare of Educators Participants may also form panels and are urged to submit the corresponding proposals. Panel organizers will be responsible for organizing panels put forth by them. The organizing committee will review submissions and decide on the final schedule of presentations. Selected papers will be considered for publication, after peer review. Papers should be prepared and presented in English. There is no page limit but contributors are encouraged to limit their paper to less than or equal to 20 pages (A4 paper, font 12, double-spaced) including the cover page, abstract, text, references, tables and figures. The format should follow standard academic styles. An abstract of not more than 500 words, together with a one-page resume of the proponent, must be submitted to the Conference Secretariat on or before 30 November 2008 at the following email address: conferencesecretari at.ilps11 at gmail.com Notification of acceptance will be released on 31 January 2009. Completed papers must be submitted electronically to the Conference Secretariat on or before 31 May 2009 for inclusion in the final conference program. Deadline for submission of panel proposals is December 15, 2008. The panel line-up will be announced on February 1, 2009. Presentations should be limited to 15 minutes including Q & A. Proposals for artistic performances (music, poetry, exhibits) must be cleared with the Conference Secretariat for available space and time. Outstanding papers and presentations will be awarded in the closing ceremonies, based on the following criteria: innovation, significant contribution in the theory and practice of education and resistance, and other criteria to be identified by the Program Committee. Inquiries may be sent to the Conference Secretariat. For more information, please visit the conference website at http://ilps11.webng.com. Registration fees: US$200.00 on site, $ 175.00 if paid on or before May 31, 2009 to the designated conference bank account. Foreign students: US$ 100. Domestic participants: US$ 40 (US$ 30 if paid on or before May 31, 2009). Registration will cover conference kit, CD-ROM with conference papers and materials, souvenir photos, and other amenities. It is expected that participants will seek funding for their own travel, accommodation, visa, insurance, and other expenses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dvdzerozero at gmail.com Thu Oct 16 20:37:44 2008 From: dvdzerozero at gmail.com (dvdzerozero) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:37:44 +0200 Subject: Italian universities occupied against the reform!! References: Message-ID: <00b201c92fbe$48cf0bb0$e700a8c0@TYLER> 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'universit? non pagher? la vostra crisi!!" Questa mattina all'Universit? la Sapienza di Roma si ? 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 citt? 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 viabilit?, fino ad arrivare alla Stazione Termini, dove sono stati occupati i binari. Nel pomeriggio durante l'assemblea che si ? tenuta a Lettere si ? decisa l'occupazione della facolt?, 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'universit? pubblica sia diffuso alla Sapienza come in tutti gli atenei italiani. Durante l'assemblea si ? ribadito il carattere autonomo e indipendente del movimento, che non accetta strumentalizzazioni n? da parte di sigle sindacali n? da parte dei partiti. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: universita099.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 33810 bytes Desc: not available URL: From clod.zeta at gmail.com Sun Oct 26 01:05:39 2008 From: clod.zeta at gmail.com (claudia bernardi) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:05:39 +0200 Subject: =?windows-1252?q?Desde_las_facultades_ocupadas_de_=93La_Sap?= =?windows-1252?q?ienza=94_de_Roma=2C_desde_la_universidad_moviliza?= =?windows-1252?q?da=2E?= In-Reply-To: <103f36b90810251604i100462d4r97a47682074e007d@mail.gmail.com> References: <103f36b90810251604i100462d4r97a47682074e007d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <103f36b90810251605y2c556507l80dad138d5c0960d@mail.gmail.com> Convocatoria nacional, Roma 22/10/2008. A las facultades movilizadas, a las estudiantes y a los estudiantes, a los estudiantes de doctorado, a los precarios de la investigaci?n. "Nosotros no pagaremos la crisis", es con este eslogan que hace pocas semanas hemos empezado las movilizaciones dentro de la universidad "La Sapienza" de Roma. Un eslogan sencillo pero a la vez claro: la crisis global es crisis del mismo capitalismo, de la especulaci?n financiera e inmobiliaria, de un sistema sin reglas ni derechos, de gerentes de empresas sin escr?pulos; esta crisis no puede recaer sobre la formaci?n, desde la escuela hasta la universidad, la sanidad, los contribuyente en general. El eslogan se ha vuelto famoso, corriendo r?pido de boca en boca, de ciudad en ciudad. Desde los estudiantes hasta los precarios, desde el mundo del trabajo hasta el de la investigaci?n, nadie quiere pagar la crisis, nadie quiere socializar las p?rdidas, en una situaci?n en la que la riqueza ha sido dividida entre pocos, poqu?simos, durante a?os. Precisamente el contagio que se ha difundido estas semanas, la multiplicaci?n de las movilizaciones en las escuelas, en las universidades, en las ciudades, es el que debe haber suscitado mucho miedo. Se sabe que el perro asustado muerde, as? que la reacci?n del presidente Berlusconi no se ha hecho esperar: "polic?a en las universidades y las escuelas ocupadas", "eliminar la violencia del pa?s". Justo ayer Berlusconi hab?a declarado que quer?a aumentar las ayudas a los bancos y hacer que el estado y los gastos p?blicos fueran los garantes en ?ltima instancia de los pr?stamos a las empresas: en una palabra, recortes en la formaci?n, menos recursos para los estudiantes, recortes en la sanidad, pero dinero para las empresas, para los bancos, para los particulares. Nos preguntamos entonces d?nde est? la violencia: ?es violenta una ocupaci?n o en cambio es violento un gobierno que impone la ley 133 y el decreto Gelmini, pasando de cualquiera discusi?n parlamentaria? ?Es violento el disenso o los que quieren ahogarlo con la polic?a? ?Es violento el que se moviliza en defensa de la universidad y de la escuela p?blica o los que tienen intenci?n de eliminarlas para favorecer a los intereses econ?micos de pocos? La violencia est? de la parte del gobierno Berlusconi; al otro lado, en las facultades y en las escuelas ocupadas, est? la alegr?a y la indignaci?n de los que luchan por su futuro, de los que no se conforman con ser arrinconados o constringidos a callarse, de los que quieren ser libres. Nos han dicho que s?lo sabemos decir que no, que no tenemos propuestas. Nada m?s fuera de la realidad: las mismas ocupaciones y asambleas de estos d?as est?n construyendo una nueva universidad, una universidad hecha de conocimiento, pero tambi?n de socialidad, de cultura pero tambi?n de informaci?n, de conciencia. Estudiar es imprescindible para nosotros, por eso consideramos las protestas indispensables: ocupar para hacer que la universidad p?blica viva, disentir para poder seguir estudiando o investigando. Muchas cosas en la universidad y en las escuelas tienen que ser modificadas, pero lo que es seguro es que los cambios no pueden conseguirse a trav?s de la de-financiaci?n. Cambiar la universidad significa aumentar los recursos, sustentar la investigaci?n, calificar los procesos de formaci?n, garantizar la movilidad (desde el estudio hasta la investigaci?n, desde la investigaci?n hasta la docencia). En cambio la de-financiaci?n solo tiene un objectivo: transformar las universidades en fundaciones privadas, decretar el fin de la universidad p?blica. El plan est? claro, los instrumentos tambi?n: la ley 133 ha sido aprobada durante el mes de agosto y frente al disenso de decenas de millares de estudiantes se reclama la polic?a. Este gobierno quiere destruir la democracia, por medio del miedo, por medio del terror. Pero hoy, desde "La Sapienza" movilizada y desde las facultades ocupadas decimos que nosotros no tenemos miedo y que desde luego no daremos marcha atr?s. M?s bien es nuestra intenci?n hacer que el gobierno retroceda: ?no pararemos de luchar hasta que la ley 133 y el decreto Gelmini no sean retirados! Y esta vez iremos hasta el final, no queremos perder, no queremos bajar la cabeza frente a tanta arrogancia. Por eso invitamos a todas las facultades movilizadas del pa?s a hacer lo mismo: ?quieren atacar las ocupaciones, entonces que ocupen otras mil escuelas y facultades! Adem?s, despu?s del extraordinario ?xito de la huelga y de las manifestaciones del 17 de octubre, convocados por los sindicatos de base, creemos que ha llegado el momento de dar una respuesta unitaria y coordinada en las plazas de nuestras ciudades. Proponemos dar vida a dos encuentros nacionales: el viernes 7 de noviembre un d?a de movilizaci?n con manifestaciones en todas las ciudades y el viernes 14 de noviembre en Roma una gran manifestaci?n nacional del mundo de la formaci?n, desde la universidad hasta la escuela, el mismo d?a en el que los sindicatos confederales han decretado la huelga de la universidad, d?a que hay que construir desde la base y viendo como protagonistas a los estudiantes, a los investigadores y a los profesores movilizados. De la misma manera consideramos ?til aprovechar, con nuestras maneras de manifestar y con nuestros argumentos, de la huelga general de la escuela convocada por los sindicatos confederales para el 30 de octubre. Lo que est? pasando en estos d?as refleja una movilizaci?n extraordinaria, potente, rica. Una nueva ola, una ola an?mala que no tiene intenci?n de pararse, al contrario, quiere ganar. ?Hagamos crecer la ola, hagamos crecer las ganas de luchar! Pretenden que seamos idiotas y resignados, ?pero nosotros somos inteligentes y activos y nuestra ola ir? lejos! Desde las facultades ocupadas de "La Sapienza" de Roma, desde la universidad movilizada. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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"La Sapienza" Un slogan simple, mais au m?me temps direct: la crise ?conomique globale est crise du capitalisme m?me, de la sp?culation financi?re et immobilier, d'un syst?me sans r?gles, n? droites, manager et de syst?me sans scrupules, cette crise ne peut pas retomber sur les ?paules de la formation, de l'?cole a l'universit?, de la sant?, des contribuables en g?n?ral. Le slogan est devenu c?l?bre, en courant rapide de bouche en bouche, de ville en ville. Des ?tudiants aux pr?caires, du monde du travail ? celui de recherche, personne ne veut payer la crise, personne veut socialiser le pertes, puisque la richesse a ?t? pour des ans distribu?e parmi peu, trop peu. C'est vraiment la contagion qu'on a d?termin? dans ces semaines, la multiplication des mobilisations dans les ?coles, dans les universit?s, dans les villes qui doit avoir suscit? beaucoup de peur. On sait, le chien qui a peur, il mord, autant la r?action du premier Berlusconi ce n'est pas faite attendre: " Police pour les universit?s et les ?coles occup?es", " nous allons arr?ter la violence dans le pays". Seulement hier Berlusconi avait d?clar? de vouloir augmenter les soutiens ?conomiques aux banques et de vouloir faire de l'?tat et de la d?pense publique garants en derni?re instance pour les pr?ts aux entreprises: bref, coupes ? la formation, sauf des ressources pour les ?tudiants, coupes ? la sant?, mais argent aux entreprises, aux banques, aux priv?s. Nous nous demandons, alors, c'est o? la violence: elle est violent une occupation ou plut?t il est violent un gouvernement qui impose la loi 133 et le d?cret Gelmini, ? la barbe de n'importe quelle discussion parlementaire? Est-il violent le d?saccord ou qui entend l'?touffer avec la police ? Est-il violent qu'on se mobilise en d?fense de l'universit? et de l'?cole publique ou bien qui entends les c?der pour favoriser les int?r?ts ?conomiques de peu ? La violence est de la partie du gouvernement Berlusconi, de l'autre partie, dans les facult?s ou dans les ?coles occup?es, il y a la joie et l'indignation de qui lutte vraiment pour son futur et pour le futur de touts, de qui n'accepte pas d'?tre mis ? l'angle ou forc? au silence, de qui veut ?tre libre. Il nous a ?t? dit que nous savons seulement dire non, que nous n'avons pas de propositions. Rien de plus faux: les occupations et les assembl?es de ces jours construisent une nouvelle universit?, une universit? faite de connaissance, mais m?me de socialit?, de savoir, mais m?me d'information, de conscience. ?tudier est pour nous fondamental, et c'est pour ceci que nous retenons indispensable nous mobiliser: occuper pour faire vivre l'universit? publique, se diff?rer pour pouvoir continuer ? ?tudier ou a faire de la recherche. Beaucoup de choses dans l'universit? et dans les ?coles doivent ?tre chang?es, mais une chose est certaine, le changement ne passe pas pour le de-financement. Changer l'universit? signifie augmenter les ressources, soutenir la recherche, qualifier les proc?s formateurs, garantir la mobilit? (de l'?tudie ? la recherche, de la recherche ? l'enseignement). Par contre le de-financement a un seul but: transformer les universit?s en fondations priv?es, d?cr?ter la fin de l'universit? publique. Le dessin est clair, m?me les moyens: la loi 133 a ?t? approuv?e dans le mois d'ao?t et face au d?saccord de douzaines de milliers d'?tudiants ils invoquent l'intervention de la police. Ce gouvernement veut d?truire la d?mocratie, ? travers la peur, ? travers la terreur. Mais aujourd'hui, de "La Sapienza" en mobilisation et des facult?s occup?es nous disons que nous n'avons pas peur et nous ne revenons pas en arri?re sur nos pas. Plut?t elle est notre intention faire reculer le gouvernement: nous n'arr?terons pas les batailles lorsque la loi 133 et le d?cret Gelmini ne seront pas retir?s! Cette fois nous allons jusqu'au bout, nous ne voulons pas perdre, nous ne voulons pas abaisser la teste face ? tant d'arrogance. Pour ceci nous invitons toutes les facult?s en mobilisation du pays ? faire le m?me chose: ils veulent frapper les occupations et alors qu'autres mille ?coles et facult? occupent! En plus, apr?s la gr?ve et les manifestations du 17 octobre fix?es par les syndicats de base, nous retenons qu'il soi arriv? l'instant de donner une r?ponse unitaire et coordonn?e dans les places de nos villes. Nous proposons de donner deux journ?es de mobilisation nationales: une pour vendredi 7 novembre, avec des manifestations disloqu?es dans toutes les villes, et une grande manifestation nationale du monde de la formation, de l'universit? ? l'?cole, ? Rome pour vendredi 14 novembre, journ?e o? les syndicats conf?d?raux ont d?cr?t? la gr?ve de l'universit?. Une journ?e ? construire dont, en premier lieu les protagonistes soient les ?tudiants, les chercheurs et les professeurs en mobilisation. Autant, nous retenons utile traverser, avec nos formes et nos contenus, la gr?ve g?n?rale de l'?cole lanc?e par les syndicats conf?d?raux et fix? pour jeudi 30 octobre. Ce qui arrive dans ces jours c'est une mobilisation extraordinaire, puissant, riche. Une nouvelle vague, une vague anomale qui n'entend pas s'arr?ter et qui plut?t veut vaincre. Faisons nous cro?tre la vague, faisons nous cro?tre l'envie de lutter! Ils nous veulent idiots et r?sign?s, mais nous sommes intelligents et en mouvement et notre vague ira loin ! Des facult?s occup?es de "La Sapienza" de Rome, par l'universit? en mobilisation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: par l'universit? en mobilisation.doc Type: application/msword Size: 29184 bytes Desc: not available URL: From clod.zeta at gmail.com Sun Oct 26 11:55:26 2008 From: clod.zeta at gmail.com (claudia bernardi) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:55:26 +0100 Subject: From the occupied faculties of the La Sapienza, from the University in mobilization, Rome. Message-ID: <103f36b90810260355o21452db4o123eeda582ed969b@mail.gmail.com> National Call, Rome, 22.10.2008 To the faculties in mobilization, to the undergraduate and Ph.D. students, and to all the precarious researchers "We won't pay for your crisis", this is the slogan with which a few weeks ago we started our protest at the university of La Sapienza, Rome. A simple, yet at the same time immediate, slogan: the global crisis is the crisis of capitalism itself, of the financial and real estate speculation, of a system without rules or rights, of unscrupulous companies and managers. The burden of this crisis can't fall on the educational system - from the school to the university - on the health system or generally on taxpayers. Our slogan has become famous, spreading by word of mouth, from town to town. From the students to the precarious workers, from the working to the research worlds, nobody wants to pay for the crisis, nobody wants to nationalize the losses, whereas for years the wealth has been distributed among few, very few people. And it is exactly the contagion that has been produced in these weeks, the multiplication of the mobilizations in the schools, in the universities, and in the cities that should have stirred up a lot of fear. It is well known that a fearful dog bites; similarly, the reaction of President Berlusconi was immediate: "police against who occupy universities and schools", "we will get rid of violence in our Country". Only yesterday Berlusconi declared that he was willing to increase the financial support to the banks and that the State and the public expense would stand surety for the companies' loans: in a few words, cutbacks to education, less founds for the students, cutbacks to the health system, but public money for the companies, for the banks and the private sector. We are wondering where is violence: is it a violence to occupy universities and schools or instead that of a government who imposes the Law 133 to cutback the founds for the education system refusing the parliamentary debate? Is it the dissent violent or is it violent who intends to put it down by the police? Who is violent: who mobilizes for the public status of university and schools or who wants to sell them for a few private profits? Violence is on Berlusconi government's side, while in the occupied schools and universities there is the great joy and indignation of who fights for his own future, or who doesn't accept to be put in the corner or forced to be silent. We don't want stay in silence in the corner, of who wants to be free. They tell us that we are only able to say no, that we don't have any proposal. There is nothing more false: the occupations and the meetings of these days are really building up a new university, a university made of knowledge, as well as of sociality, of learning, but also of information, and consciousness. Studying is very important for us: and it is exactly for this reason that we think that the protests are necessary: we are occupying so that the public university can endure, to continue to study and do research. There are a lot of things that have to be changed both in the universities and in the schools, but one thing is certain: the change can't pass through these cutbacks. Changing the university means increasing founds, to sustain the research, to qualify the educational processes and to guarantee mobility (from study to research, and from research to teaching). The cutbacks mean just one thing: transforming the public universities in private foundations, decreeing the end of the public university. The design and its tools are clear: Law 133 was approved in august, and against the protests of dozens of thousands of students they claim the police. This government wants to wreck democracy, through the fear, through the terror. But today, from La Sapienza in mobilization and from the occupied faculties, we want to say that we have no fear and we won't step back. On the contrary, our intention is to make the government retreat: we won't stop struggling before Law 133 and the Gelmini decree will be withdrawn! This time we will proceed till the very end, we don't want lose, we don't want submit to this arrogance. For this reason we ask all faculties of the Country to do the same: they want to repress the occupations, so that a thousand of faculties occupy! Moreover, after the extraordinary success of the general strike on October 17th, we think that is the right time to give an unitary and coordinated answer in our cities. We suggest two national dates: a day of mobilization on Friday November 7th, with demonstrations spread all over the cities; a huge national demonstration of the educational world, from university to School, on November 14th in Rome, the day the unions proclaimed the general strike of the university; a day to be built from the bottom and in which the central figures have to be the students, researchers and teachers in mobilization. At the same time we think that it is useful to cross, with our forms and claims, the general strike of the school proclaimed by the unions on Thursday October 30th. What is happening in these days tells us of a powerful, extraordinary and rich mobilization. A new wave, an anomalous wave that doesn't want stop and that rather wants to win. We have to increase this wave and the will to struggle. They want us idiots and resigned, but we are cleavers and in movement and our wave will go far! >From the occupied faculties of the La Sapienza, from the University in mobilization, Rome. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: national call.doc Type: application/msword Size: 37888 bytes Desc: not available URL: