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Sussex students visit Occupied Paris Universities

On Sunday 25th November, four Sussex University students travelled south to Paris to meet with the University students in Paris and to express their solidarity with those students occupying their Universities in the fight against the CPE laws and the threat of privatisation of their University education.

Netherlands: VIDEO - kids try to free detained pupil; police violence.

30-11-2007 10:35 | Education | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Netherlands. Watch this video and see whats going on in Netherlands since pupils from all over the country are on strike and protest against a new governments´ law on education. Police acts brutal against the kids. More information on:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/386773.html

Netherlands: All high-schools on strike! Riots cops against pupils.

29-11-2007 22:36 | Education | Social Struggles | World

The past few days have been exiting in the Netyerlands because suddenly the pupils of almost all (high)schools in the Netherlands walked out into the streets and started to create a big mess.

In Amsterdam riotcops on horses chased 13-year old kids over the Museumplein and applied the watercanon on them. 250 kids were arrested (in the whole of Holland). At many places small riots broke out, kids pelted buildings with egs and stones. One of the buildings attacked was that of the main media centre in Hilversum and that of the parliament in The Hague.

Amazing high-school revolt in Holland

29-11-2007 15:55 | Education | Social Struggles | World

Suddenly the tranquility of the Dutch polder is being disrupted because highschoolkids collectively decided to stop staying in their schools. They go into the streets and create mayhem...

France: university strikes and occupations against the LRU continue

29-11-2007 03:22 | Education | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Students across France have been voting on the next step in the ongoing struggle against the so-called reforms of the LRU law.

November 28th, 2007 by jef costello
Reposted from www.libcom.org

News of the strike movements in Grenoble

24-11-2007 16:10 | Education | Social Struggles | World

Renewed blocking at the occupied Stendhal university. The next AGs will be: Monday 26 for the personnel of the university, Wednesday 28 for the coeds. Every evening at 18h, Agora: the committee of mobilization.

Riot police attack the blockades at Nanterre University

21-11-2007 19:36 | Education | Social Struggles | World

An account from one of those at the blockades, with a few minor edits and additions for clarity.

Protest: UK Deports 14-Year-Old Kurdish Girl Via Germany

15-11-2007 10:23 | Education | London | World

Today, Thursday 15 November the UK government will deport Meltem Avcil, a Kurdish refugee who will turn 14-years-old on 21 November.

A protest was called yesterday by SOAS Detainee Support Group outside the German Embassy to call on German government to refuse entry to Meltem.

France: updates on student strikes

13-11-2007 11:17 | Education | Social Struggles | World

Updates and reports from AG, blockades and strikes across France.
This update is not comprehensive but it has most of the available information, additionally some universities are still on holiday and therefore no action can take place.

Prospectus for Second Round of edu-factory discussion, 25Nov 2007 - 28 Feb 2008

12-11-2007 17:25 | Analysis | Education | World

The first round of discussion on the edu-factory list showed that, despite the many differences between universities and countries, it is possible to identify a global trend and common experiences in the world of the university.

France: Report from Nanterre University Nov 9th

Yesterday a general assembly (Assemblée générale, or AG) was held at Nanterre, at the beginning around 1200 students were present, numbers dropped as the meeting took two hours but the final vote was over 600 in favour, 199 against and around 100 abstentions. Students voted to begin a strike and a blockade and also to occupy the buildings.

Academic Capitalism

05-11-2007 18:09 | Education | World

The academic world changes fundamentally when universities are understood as businesses. Rectors become CEOs and researchers and teachers become point-chasers through conditioning. A process of closure follows on the heels of the knowledge revolution.

SMASHING NEWS - minderbinder falls - USA TUMBLES TO THE VOTE FRAUD - kerrrrPLUNK

01-11-2007 16:23 | Culture | Education | Other Press | World

this weeks news from the california courtcase into the "automatic vote machine corporation" opens the taking away of the "trump cards" from minderbinder warbux - the over-easy machination of the USA - within each party - through the "primary" voting too - to cover for a dodgy, clumsy set of fraudulent scams - with the idea that they had the "back-up" of a tail-wag-dog hold over the administration

A Talk with Indian Student Activist Kavita Krishnan

20-10-2007 18:50 | Education | Globalisation | London | World

A ten-minute introduction talk by Indian Student Activist Kavita Krishnan, President of the All India Students' Association and editor of the CPI(ML) Monthly Liberation.

Excuse poor video quality, heavily compressed to get it online and keep sound as good as possible.

India against China: global competition, outsourcing, technology politics

10-10-2007 02:41 | Education | Globalisation | Technology | World

Talking about China and India! Is India able to move ahead of China soon? What is the next in world trade, finance, outsourcing, politics and international affairs?

The Grateful Slave by Paines Torch

This posted article should be mandatory reading in all schools in the common wealth.
Beginning in pre-school.

China against India: global competition, outsourcing, technology, leadership job

30-09-2007 12:46 | Culture | Education | Globalisation | World

which nation is going to lead in this century, China, India, or America? What takes to get ahead in borderless finance, wealth, investment, jobs, competition, entrepreneurship?

Iranian University Chancellors Ask Bollinger 10 Questions

26-09-2007 23:51 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Education | World

Seven chancellors and presidents of Iranian universities and research centers, in a letter addressed to their counterpart in the US, Colombia University, denounced Lee Bollinger's insulting words against the Iranian nation and president and invited him to provide responses to 10 questions by Iranian academics and intellectuals.

Philippines: Another Scandal rocks Arroyo regime

ZTE deal to cost US$527 million after 20 years of repayment

Wearing white elephant masks to depict the potential character of the controversial national broadband network (NBN) project, members of the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) staged a picket outside the Senate Tuesday in time for the Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the project won by Chinese firm ZTE Corp., and stressed its debt burden on the Filipino people.

Anti-City Academy Teachers Take To The Trees

Following six months squatting a threatened sports ground, teachers against the Wembley City Academy took to the trees to avoid eviction.

World Education Newswire Archive

Sussex students visit Occupied Paris Universities

Netherlands: VIDEO - kids try to free detained pupil; police violence.

Netherlands: All high-schools on strike! Riots cops against pupils.

Amazing high-school revolt in Holland

France: university strikes and occupations against the LRU continue

News of the strike movements in Grenoble

Riot police attack the blockades at Nanterre University

Protest: UK Deports 14-Year-Old Kurdish Girl Via Germany

France: updates on student strikes

Prospectus for Second Round of edu-factory discussion, 25Nov 2007 - 28 Feb 2008

France: Report from Nanterre University Nov 9th

Academic Capitalism

SMASHING NEWS - minderbinder falls - USA TUMBLES TO THE VOTE FRAUD - kerrrrPLUNK

A Talk with Indian Student Activist Kavita Krishnan

India against China: global competition, outsourcing, technology politics

The Grateful Slave by Paines Torch

China against India: global competition, outsourcing, technology, leadership job

Iranian University Chancellors Ask Bollinger 10 Questions

Philippines: Another Scandal rocks Arroyo regime

Anti-City Academy Teachers Take To The Trees

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