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From Cairo: Letter of Solidarity with the Occupations at Santa Cruz and Berkeley!
A lovely solidarity letter from comrades in Egypt!
Dear Santa Cruz and Berkeley Occupiers,
We are students and faculty from Cairo writing to you from within the folds and dust of an ongoing revolution. Many of our own universities are now occupied by the military, and we now find ourselves fighting against a regime that grows worse than the one that our revolution had initially rose up against only 3 years ago. When we first heard that you had occupied your universities, we were inspired by and felt close to your revolt that we see as resonating with our own.
We think it is important to say that our struggles arise from distinct histories, but we also know that the problems we all face can only ever be challenged by a cascade of a thousand revolts, revolts like yours that involve both a struggle for your own lives but equally for the lives of others. Our revolts are ultimately attempts to become something together, to become a part of a collectivity that is as much emancipatory as it is diverse. In your occupations against the tuition increases in your universities, we hope you find yourselves fighting alongside new and unanticipated friends and allies, people found in your revolt that have joined you in inhabiting spaces that you have made your own. We hope that you consider us among these new friends as well.
We don’t find it so urgent to distinguish between whether the attacks on our lives come in the name of austerity, security, or civility, but instead recognize that each of these attacks and each of our revolts against them are connected by shared logics: the logic of what you’ve called in your communique the “capitalist economy of accumulation” and the opposing logic of what we’ll call in this letter “creativity and solidarity”. In this spirit, we write in solidarity with all of those who look forward and see a hopeless future, and in return demand a different present and occupy it. We write in solidarity with you who have been ignored by society’s institutions, and in return have seized them. We write in solidarity with you who the global powers hope will suffer injustice alone, and instead have found one another on the barricades of revolt. We write in solidarity with you who were born into a world of fear, and yet have learned to light fires that cast fear away.
With fires against fear,
-Students and Faculty from Cairo’s Universities
We are students and faculty from Cairo writing to you from within the folds and dust of an ongoing revolution. Many of our own universities are now occupied by the military, and we now find ourselves fighting against a regime that grows worse than the one that our revolution had initially rose up against only 3 years ago. When we first heard that you had occupied your universities, we were inspired by and felt close to your revolt that we see as resonating with our own.
We think it is important to say that our struggles arise from distinct histories, but we also know that the problems we all face can only ever be challenged by a cascade of a thousand revolts, revolts like yours that involve both a struggle for your own lives but equally for the lives of others. Our revolts are ultimately attempts to become something together, to become a part of a collectivity that is as much emancipatory as it is diverse. In your occupations against the tuition increases in your universities, we hope you find yourselves fighting alongside new and unanticipated friends and allies, people found in your revolt that have joined you in inhabiting spaces that you have made your own. We hope that you consider us among these new friends as well.
We don’t find it so urgent to distinguish between whether the attacks on our lives come in the name of austerity, security, or civility, but instead recognize that each of these attacks and each of our revolts against them are connected by shared logics: the logic of what you’ve called in your communique the “capitalist economy of accumulation” and the opposing logic of what we’ll call in this letter “creativity and solidarity”. In this spirit, we write in solidarity with all of those who look forward and see a hopeless future, and in return demand a different present and occupy it. We write in solidarity with you who have been ignored by society’s institutions, and in return have seized them. We write in solidarity with you who the global powers hope will suffer injustice alone, and instead have found one another on the barricades of revolt. We write in solidarity with you who were born into a world of fear, and yet have learned to light fires that cast fear away.
With fires against fear,
-Students and Faculty from Cairo’s Universities
For more information:
https://aletterfromegypt.wordpress.com/201...
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University students and alumni across New South Wales (NSW), Australia extend their solidarity and support to those occupying and rallying at the University of California today. From NSW to California Vice Chancellors and Regents are leading the charge for fee hikes, and carrying out business and government agendas on our campuses. But education should be a right for everyone, not a privilege for those who can pay. Students and staff are continually dismissed and ignored by the administration and have no choice but to demonstrate, occupy and fight. Our struggle in NSW is the same as yours in California.
Organised by the NSW Education Action Network.
Signed:
Adam Adelpour, 2012 Alumni, Sydney University
Amelia Kerridge, 2013 Alumni University of New South Wales
Amy Thomas, University of Technology Sydney
Anna Sanders Robinson, 2014 Global Solidarity Officer, Sydney University SRC
April Holcombe, 2014 Global Solidarity Officer, Sydney University SRC
Bebe D’Souza, Union Board Vice President, Sydney University
Blythe Worthy, 2015 EducationOfficer, Sydney University SRC
Brigitte Garozzo, 2014 Education Officer, Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association
Caitlin Doyle-Markwick, Sydney University
Camilo Haley, Sydney University
Chiara Angeloni, Sydney University
Chris Gall, President, University of Technology Sydney Students Association
Christian Goopy, Univeristy of TechnologySydney
Cian de Bhaldraithe, Sydney University
Clare Fester, Charles Sturt University
Clo Schofield, 2014 Environment Officer & Social Justice Officer, Sydney University SRC
Daniel Ergas, 2015 Vice President, Sydney University SRC
Danny Hardimann, Sydney University
David Shakes, 2015 Education Officer, SydneyUniversity SRC
Dylan Lloyd, Queer Officer, University of NewSouth Wales SRC
Edward McMahon, Union Board Director, University of Sydney
Eleanor Morley, 2014 Education Officer, Sydney University SRC
Eliot Hoving, Sydney University
Eliza June, University of Western Sydney
Emmet de Bhaldraithe, Sydney University
Erima Dall, 2013 Alumni, Sydney University
Evan Van Zijl, Macquarie University
Fahad Ali, Sydney University SRC Councillor
Gabrielle PeiTiatia, 2014 Ethnic Affairs Officer, Sydney University SRC
Georgie Lowe, 2012alumni, Sydney University
Helena Miranda, Sydney University
Joshua Han, 2015 Queer Officer, University of Sydney SRC
Kalina Knight, University of New South Wales
Kyle Redman, University of New South Wales
Liana Hampson, University of Sydney
Luciano Carment, University of Sydney
Maddie Kelly, 2014 Student Housing Officer, Sydney University SRC
Marco Avena, Sydney University
Marijke Hoving, 2012 Alumni, Sydney University
Mia Sanders, 2015 University of Western Sydney Bankstown SRC, Cruwsible (UWS Student Mag) Editorial Board
Omar Hassan, University of Sydney
Rachel Evans, University of Technology Sydney
Rachel Lobo, 2014 Ethnocultural Officer, 2014 Students with Disabilities Officer, University of New South Wales SRC
Stephanie Chinneck, 2013 Alumni Macquarie University
Timothy Scriven, President, Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association
Victory Yang, Sydney University
Vinil Kumar, Macquarie University
Vivian Honan, Sydney University
Contact Clare Fester on +61 415 821 485 for more info.
Organised by the NSW Education Action Network.
Signed:
Adam Adelpour, 2012 Alumni, Sydney University
Amelia Kerridge, 2013 Alumni University of New South Wales
Amy Thomas, University of Technology Sydney
Anna Sanders Robinson, 2014 Global Solidarity Officer, Sydney University SRC
April Holcombe, 2014 Global Solidarity Officer, Sydney University SRC
Bebe D’Souza, Union Board Vice President, Sydney University
Blythe Worthy, 2015 EducationOfficer, Sydney University SRC
Brigitte Garozzo, 2014 Education Officer, Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association
Caitlin Doyle-Markwick, Sydney University
Camilo Haley, Sydney University
Chiara Angeloni, Sydney University
Chris Gall, President, University of Technology Sydney Students Association
Christian Goopy, Univeristy of TechnologySydney
Cian de Bhaldraithe, Sydney University
Clare Fester, Charles Sturt University
Clo Schofield, 2014 Environment Officer & Social Justice Officer, Sydney University SRC
Daniel Ergas, 2015 Vice President, Sydney University SRC
Danny Hardimann, Sydney University
David Shakes, 2015 Education Officer, SydneyUniversity SRC
Dylan Lloyd, Queer Officer, University of NewSouth Wales SRC
Edward McMahon, Union Board Director, University of Sydney
Eleanor Morley, 2014 Education Officer, Sydney University SRC
Eliot Hoving, Sydney University
Eliza June, University of Western Sydney
Emmet de Bhaldraithe, Sydney University
Erima Dall, 2013 Alumni, Sydney University
Evan Van Zijl, Macquarie University
Fahad Ali, Sydney University SRC Councillor
Gabrielle PeiTiatia, 2014 Ethnic Affairs Officer, Sydney University SRC
Georgie Lowe, 2012alumni, Sydney University
Helena Miranda, Sydney University
Joshua Han, 2015 Queer Officer, University of Sydney SRC
Kalina Knight, University of New South Wales
Kyle Redman, University of New South Wales
Liana Hampson, University of Sydney
Luciano Carment, University of Sydney
Maddie Kelly, 2014 Student Housing Officer, Sydney University SRC
Marco Avena, Sydney University
Marijke Hoving, 2012 Alumni, Sydney University
Mia Sanders, 2015 University of Western Sydney Bankstown SRC, Cruwsible (UWS Student Mag) Editorial Board
Omar Hassan, University of Sydney
Rachel Evans, University of Technology Sydney
Rachel Lobo, 2014 Ethnocultural Officer, 2014 Students with Disabilities Officer, University of New South Wales SRC
Stephanie Chinneck, 2013 Alumni Macquarie University
Timothy Scriven, President, Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association
Victory Yang, Sydney University
Vinil Kumar, Macquarie University
Vivian Honan, Sydney University
Contact Clare Fester on +61 415 821 485 for more info.
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