solidarity towards universities of California
Bildungsstreik Freiburg / Germany, 04.03.2010
We, the protesting students of Freiburg in Breisgau / Germany, standing united behind the campaign "Bildungsstreik", proclaim our solidarity and our greatest respect for the Universities accross California which have joined forces and are taking action.
We believe education is a fundamental right of every human which can not be restricted to some social groups. Far more than being just a economic factor, education is an essential part of the live in democracy and stimulates the development of the individual. We believe tuition fees and other educational fees are dissuasive for people having to raise a loan and put pressure on those who have to work while studiing. To garantee this fundamental right to everyone and prevent social cleavages it is the responsability of the state to finance education.
The students of Germany, Austria and Switzerland have squated their universities for about six weeks in november and december to protest against commercialisation of universities through public-private-partnerships and infiltration of their administrations by representants of the buisness world, social selection in educational system, lack of democratic participation in educational structures.
Your fight is our fight. We wish you a great success and you will see us soon.