Education

from email, 27 January 2010: "The next London Free School will be held 6-7 March 2010. This free school is organised around issues of gender oppression and emancipation, but in a very particular way. We are open to all manner of workshops, discussions, seminars, etc. which aren't specifically about feminism or gender, however, whatever the workshop (origami, stoic philosophy, language lessons) there would be an engagement with how gender figures into what is being learned. Deadline for workshops proposal is Feb. 11 2010..." more

from email, 25 May 2009: "19th May - Turin, Italy - The Anomalous Wave has invaded the streets, and blocked the cities again, and again has conflicted on the link education-work, starting from the protests against the unsustainable and illegitimate G8 University Summit. In Turin, ten thousands students, moving from the Block G8 Building, decided to march across the centre, sanctioning banks and temporary employment agency, crying again that 'We won't pay for your crisis'..." more

from louvain, 5 April 2009: "Hundreds of soldiers from the 42 state areas state: We refuse to become a force of terror and repression against the mobilisations; We support the struggle of the school and university students and the workers. We are soldiers from all over Greece [it’s necessary to point out here that in Greece conscription is still in practice and that it effects all male Greeks; most or maybe even all of the people signing this are bound to be people who are serving their compulsory military service at the moment - not army recruits]. Solidarity with students..." more

from email, 23 February 2009: "Call-out for a libertarian block on this Wednesday's London anti-fees demo, Feb 25 2009, all welcome, not just students * Scrap All Fees - Free Education For All * A Living Grant For Every Student * Education Not Profit +++ We believe that now more than ever the barrier between ‘students’ and ‘workers’ is visibly false... Meet up 12pm corner of Thornhaugh St and Russel Square, look for the red n black flags..." more

from email, updated 19 February 2009: "A weekend of free workshops and discussions to promote community organised skill-sharing. The London FreeSchool is planning an event for mid-February 2009 which will be completely free and open to all willing to respect the ideals of the freeschool and of each other..." more

from ol, 9 January 2009: "Once again in the last few weeks, we are standing before an unprecedented situation here in Greece. The (suspicious, to say the least) injuring of a riot police cop has been followed by a frantic state and media attempt to shift the mood against the police and the state following the assassination of Alexandros. What is more, a sinister procedure is under way, aiming to terrorise the participants of the popular revolt and to criminalise all and any form of dissent..." more

from zmag, 21 December 2008: Amid fears Greek demonstrations catching, French government postpones high school reforms +++ "On December 15, French Education Minister Xavier Darcos announced the temporary withdrawal of a highly contested high school reform, in the face of student protests and after consultation with President Nicolas Sarkozy..." more

from imc-ny, 20 December 2008: By Tim Hearin "As the dust settles, here are some reflections on useful strategy and tactics. Some of these rules of thumb can be generalized, and perhaps others cannot; nevertheless, they comment on the specific context of the student occupation that lasted two days and won important concessions from the New School, including amnesty. The students agreed to continue the struggle next semester. This is only the beginning..." more

submitted 11 December 2008: "Here are some more snapshots of the debates and actions that are continuing across Italy. Also important is the discussion that comes from the Wave re: the murder of Alexis in Athens last weekend and Greek plans for education reform. Not only this but the actions around house occupations in Rome and the idea to re-occupy the recently evicted Horus social centre..." more

from email, 9 December 2008: "No insurrection in history could ever be controlled, manipulated, or submitted to ideologies or political parties and mechanisms, it could never be merely political in content. Every riot, every insurrection has always been a social affair and has thus been deeply political in the broadest sense... Guilty are the State and its uniformed murderers. It is they who are the true specialists and actual managers of violence. They started it. They are the ones who are responsible for this wave of violence and insurrection that broke out with the murder of Alexandros. There was never justice for the murders of Koumis, Kanellopoulou, Kaltezas, Temboneras, Boulatovic, and of so many more immigrants..." more

from email, updated 14 December 2008: "From the minefields in the borders, the pogroms and the murders of immigrants and refugees to the numerous “suicides” in prisons and police stations… from the “accindental shootings” in police blockades to violent repression of local resistances, Democracy is showing its teeth! From the first moment after the murder of Alexandros, spontaneous demonstrations and riots burst in the center of Athens, the Polytechnic, the Economic and the Law Schools are being occupied and attacks against state and capitalist targets take place in many different neighborhoods and in the city centre. Demonstrations, attacks and clashes erupt in Thessaloniki, Patras, Volos, Chania and Heraklion in Crete, in Giannena, Komotini and many more cities..." more