Some 2013/2014 information here http://openfsm.net/projects/2011movements-fsm-wsf
De : Luke Shore [mailto:luke@obessu.org]
Envoyé : jeudi 23 octobre 2014 01:32
À : Luke Shore
Objet : [Occupy & WSF discussion] 17th November: Global Day of
Action for Free Education
International Students' Day, 17th November 2014, will see a global day of action for free education. With some of the biggest student unions in the world on board, get ready for a global wave of occupations and demonstrations for free education!
The call for action demands an education: free from costs and fees; free from discrimination; and free from fear. Student activists and student organisations around the world are invited to co-sign the call in support of free education! To add your name or organisation, contact Luke Shore at this email address: luke[at]obessu [dot] org.
Please share the call with your networks around the world and through your communications channels: let's catalyse a global student fightback!
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/346658748842350/
#17now #freeeducation
GLOBAL CALL FOR ACTION: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ DAY
On International Students’ Day, 17th November 2014, we call on student organisations around the world to stand up for free education. On 17th November, we commemorate past student struggles and draw attention to the current ones. In 2014, as policy makers around the world gather to set a global education framework in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, we take action to assert the common student interest. We declare, most fundamentally that: education is a right. To guarantee the educational, civic and social rights of students and citizens, we demand free education; which means an education that is, at all levels:
FREE OF COSTS AND FEES
Education is not a commodity to be bought and sold but the key to the development of an informed and emancipated society. Education must remain a public responsibility, in service of the public good. The universal right to education should be guaranteed through the abolition of all financial barriers to education, including tuition fees and hidden costs. Education is a right, not a privilege!
FREE OF DISCRIMINATION
Education systems often replicate the oppressive structures of wider society, perpetuating discrimination and social inequality. Instead, educational institutions must actively deconstruct prejudice and stereotypes to ensure the equal rights of all people in education and in society. Education is a path to emancipation!
FREE OF FEAR
Increasingly, students are targeted by institutions, governments and regimes in their imposition of damaging educational and social reforms. Those in power must live up to their responsibilities: upholding students’ rights to express themselves and organise without fear; protecting students in conflict and guaranteeing their right to engage in civil society. Student rights are human rights!
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We, the undersigned, call on student organisations around the world to unite in solidarity on 17th November: to defend our rights and stand up for free education, to take collective action to fight for fairer education systems and juster societies for all.