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UMSU Students not profit demo May 1st

A@ | 27.04.2007 15:45 | Education

Students not profit demo at UMSU on May 1st. Also joint with anti war and anti climate change people.

Event Info Name: Free Education May Day Rally
> Tagline: Students Not Profit - People Not Concrete
> Host: UMSU
> Type: Causes - Protest
> Time and Place Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
> Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
> Location: University of Manchester Students Union
> Street: Oxford Road
> City/Town: Manchester
> Demonstrate on May 1st for the right to a Free Education for all. The
> right to
> education is a fundamental human right - it is not decided by race,
gender,
> religion or class. March on 1st May to defend our Education here in
> Manchester
> and as part of a day of struggle all over the world.
>
> Another Education is Possible. Another World is Possible.
> _______________________________________________
>
> racism and war. May Day is about celebrating another sort of world -
> One based
> around the traditions of the struggle for democracy, human rights and
peace.
> The TUC has called a national day of action to defend public services
with
> protests outside schools, hospitals and alongside the civil service
strikes.
>
> Our University,
> We're spending millions on new buildings and flashy advertising while
> teaching
> time, contact hours and staff conditions are being reduced. Staff are
being
> offered redundancy as part of an agenda for cutting services aimed at
> creating
> a more profitable University. Stand up for people not concrete, an
education
> based on staff and students learning together - not an exam treadmill
and a
> paid for qualification.
>
> Our Voice,
> Students have grouped together to campaign for a free education,
> against climate
> change, racism and war. Our protest is a united action by many
societies and
> groups with different aims and campaigns coming together to stand up
for
> Students Not Profit.

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Free education

29.04.2007 09:44

I hope free education does happen. I can expect a huge tax reduction when it does, but I can't see anyone bothering to teach at universities or build them if there is no pay involved.


Students are legally adults, and paying for things you want is all part of being an adult. Mummy and Daddy should have explained that to you really. If you don't want to pay for education you receive as an adult then don't go to college.

simon


Simon

30.04.2007 14:35

So what do you propose, that the rich people get an education while the poor don't. That sounds wonderful, at least for rich consescending toffs like yourself. Do you seriously think that an adult with a full time job gets the same amount of income than a student? Doesn't matter what you are legally, its the economics that are important. Do you think that we have the time to be getting jobs when we are learning, which is a full time occupation and not easy as the tory bastards always like to say time and time again after every GCSE, AS and A level examination result day. So you have to pay for what you want...so what else would you propose using this theory of yours? Say if you were someone who couldn't afford to go for a private because of your income, and say if you had some sort of illness that was life threatening (Cancer or the likes), it sounds absolutely wonderful then to pay for what you want when you cant afford it, and as a result you die. Paying for things you want is all part of being an adult...if you can afford it. People like you just want an educational institution dominated even more by the rich than it already is so it is even easier to screw the poor over. To learn is not a right for the few, it is for everyone. Finally, how would tax be reduced if university education is free? That doesn't make any practical sense in a society where we still operate with money.

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