Activistas contra a comercialização da Educação

Dear All,

1st: Take a look of this mobilisation map created by activists in France:
http://www.univ-lille1.fr/snesup59-62/mobilisation_en
Is anybody willing and able to make a similar map for the upcoming week of action, which we could then put on the homepage (http://emancipating-education-for-all.org)?

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2nd: A few days ago I prepared a "Slide-show" with some of the footages of the "International Day of Action against the Commercialisation of Education", on Nov.5th:
http://www.emancipating-education-for-all.org/content/slide-show

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3rd: Did you hear about the recent protests in France, India, U.S. of A. or Ireland? No?? Well, let me give you a little overview.

• 28/01/2009 In Pakistan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6-C9s5jUQA
  

• 28/01/2009 In Arizona, U.S. of A.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4STA2Py3dmo
  

• 04/02/2009 15.000 in Dublin, Ireland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAnQdh287nQ
  For more info: http://free-education.info/2009/02/05/irish-times-15000-in-third-level-fees-protest-in-dublin

• 04/02/2009 Hundreds protested in Bielefeld (Germany) against tuition fees: http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/143383.proteste-reloaded.html (in German)

• 05/02/2009 Directors' office was occupied in Freiburg (Germany) for at least 24hrs: http://linksunten.indymedia.org/de/node/125 (in German)
  

• 05/02/2009 In Paris, France: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buxUNBCyKlc
  

• 09/02/2009 In Tennessee, U.S. of A.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyUYrUY-NcM

• 09/02/2009 In Pennsylvania, U.S. of A.: http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/02/11/penn-state-students-protest-governors-budget-proposal.html

• 09/02/2009 In Atlanta, U.S. of A.: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Clark_Atlanta_Students_Protest_Layoffs_020909
  

• 10/02/2009 In New Delhi, India: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCI_2qmn2Xw
  For more info: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Delhi/JNUSU_called_for_a_48-hour_strike_from_Monday/articleshow/4132720.cms

• 11/02/2009 In Washington DC, U.S. of A.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyhMearqMhE
  For more info: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/02/11/ST2009021103355.html
  

• 13/02/2009 In Minesota, U.S. of A.: http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2009/02/14/news/03students0214.txt

• 16/02/2009 In Roskilde, Denmark: http://jp.dk/uknews/article1603816.ece

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4th: This is the current list of activists (9) willing to share their contacts with all of you:

• anythingartscollective@gmail.com (RN Wagner: Spoken Word Poet / Artist, who's involved deep with the social justice crews crowds of St.John's, Newfoundland & Southern Ontario [Canada])
• info@socialwelfareparty.com (Nadeem Juneaja: Social Welfare Party [England, Kenya and Pakistan])
  
• tao_of_tempest@yahoo.com (James R.: Ft. Worth, Texas [U.S. of A.])
• greenlady81@yahoo.com (Lisa: Socialist Students Union, Kentucky [U.S. of A.])
• lapollaconcebolla@hotmail.com (Zaragoza [Spain])
• uniurbinlotta@gmail.com (Andrea: Urbino [Italy])
• international.students.movement@gmail.com (Mo: Marburg [Germany])
• iain-b@hotmail.com (Iain: uOttawa Drop Fees [Canada])
• alphonso_weah@yahoo.com (Alphonso: YoCADS [Liberia])
  

Any other groups willing to be added?
I am also considering to publish this list on the homepage (http://emancipating-education-for-all.org). Does anybody of those eight listed here not want their address to be published on the website?

It might be very useful to have a contact from each group/city/country listed on the homepage, so that activists know who to contact in their region.

Therefore I ask all of you to let me know, if I can publish your group name and email address on the homepage!
Please let me know in the coming days.

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5th: Details for the next "international chat-conference"

Agenda proposal for the next "international chat-conference"

• TOP1: Round of introduction (if deemed necessary and praticable)

• TOP2: General questions (space to ask general questions regarding the global week of action and the "International Students Movement"open space for all who want to make any sort of announcements)

• TOP3: Announcements (open space for all those who want to make any sort of announcement)
  

• TOP4: Things to be done! (e.g. translations, mobilisation video, poster designs, ... [~25mins])
  

• TOP5: "Global Flashmob" (for details: http://www.emancipating-education-for-all.org/content/day-united-action-during-global-week-action-09 [~25mins])

• If there is enough time and energy left:
  TOP6: Collecting suggestions on how the week of action can be filled (e.g. teach-ins in public spaces [~30mins])

• TOP6: Open Space

How to join the chat:

Feb.22nd (Sunday) ---- 3pm GMT ---- click on this link to get to the chatroom:

https://chat.indymedia.org/cgiirc/irc.cgi?Nickname=guest-de&Channel=%23education&interface=mozilla&Realname=Anonymous

To give yourself a nick just enter "/nick YOURNICK".
Or go here: https://chat.indymedia.org and enter your nick and the Channel (#education) inside the mask.

If you have any problems with the chatroom, just drop me a line and we'll try to fix it.

3pm GMT equals:

9am in Guatemala;
10am in Ottawa (Canada), Washington D.C. (U.S. of A.) and Colombia;
11am Santiago (Chile);
3pm in the UK, Liberia, Togo, Gambia, Ghana and Ireland;

4pm in Belgrade (Serbia), Spain, France, Germany, Finnland, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Croatia and (f.Y.R.o.) Macedonia;

5pm in Egypt, Instanbul (Turkey), Israel, Bulgaria, South Africa and Athens (Greece);
8pm Kyrgyzstan;
9pm in Dhaka (Bangladesh);

11pm in Manila (Philippines);
10pm in Jakarta (Indonesia);

12pm (lunch time) in Argentina

and 2am (Feb.23rd) in Sydney (Australia).

I created an "event page" for the chat this time (for the first time!) and more than 140 confirmed their attendance so far. Therefore I expect dozens of people attending the chat this time. I have no idea how we will be able to handle that.
But then again, it is great, if more people get involved :)

In Solid,
Mo.