This is the statement we're being asked by the International Student's Movement (ISM) to consider endorsing at today's PA, and in the run up to the rally which could be part of ISM's 'Global Wave'. Pls post any comments here if you don't make the PA today:
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 170%" align="center"><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Copperplate Gothic Bold'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 36pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">"Joint Statement"</span></strong><b><i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Copperplate Gothic Bold'; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><br>
</span></i></b><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Copperplate Gothic Bold'; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">for the "Global Wave of Action for Education" this fall</span></strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></div>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Around the world students, pupils, teachers, parents and employees have been protesting against the increasing commercialisation and privatisation of public education, and fighting for free and emancipatory education in the past decade.</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><font size="3">This year will see people unify this struggle on the international and global level for the "</font><a href="http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/idea_global_wave_action"><font color="#800080" size="3">Global Wave of Action for Education</font></a><font size="3">".</font></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Many of us use the "<a href="http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/ism_en"><font color="#027ac6">International Student Movement</font></a>" as a self-managed platform initiated to exchange information, to network and to co-ordinate protests at both the international and the global levels. We strive for structures based on direct participation and non-hierarchical organisation through collective discussion and action. Anyone who identifies with the struggle against the privatisation of public education, and for free and emancipatory education can join and participate on as well as shape the platform! <br>
Some of us have already met and networked during the following occasions: <a href="http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/content/actions-and-events-2904-wednesday-gwa#comment-284"><font color="#027ac6">10 years of "Bologna-Process"</font></a> in Louvain la Neuve (Belgium) on April 25-29th 2009, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0kDQCJ1BI4"><font color="#027ac6">G8 University Summit</font></a> in Torino (Italy) on May 17-19th 2009, <a href="http://bolognaburns.org/"><font color="#027ac6">Bologna Burns</font></a> in Vienna (Austria) on March 11-14th 2010, <a href="http://bolognaburnsmadridenglish.wordpress.com/"><font color="#027ac6">Bologna keeps on Burning</font></a> in Madrid (Spain) on April 8-14th 2010 and the "<a href="http://educationcongress.eu/"><font color="#027ac6">European Education Congress</font></a>" in Bochum (Germany) on May 25-30th 2010.</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">The following aims unite us worldwide:</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><font size="3"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">What are we struggling against?</span></strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 7.2pt 0cm 0pt 6pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">The effects of the current economic system on people and education systems:<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> tuition fees or any form of fees which exclude people from accessing and equally participating in education<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> student debt</span></font><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><br>
</span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> public education aligned to serve the (labour) market;</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; MARGIN: 7.1pt 0cm 14.45pt 6pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">►</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> <em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The so called Bologna-Process (as with its counterparts around the world) is aimed at </span></em></span><font size="3"><em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">implementing education systems that primarily train people in skills serving the labour market. It promotes the reduction of costs for training a person, shortens the length of time spent studying, and produces underqualified workforces.</span></em><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; MARGIN: 7.2pt 0cm 0pt 6pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><font size="3">→</font></span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> turning education into a commodity (like all other aspects of life)<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> (increasing) influence of business interests on basic budgets for public education<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> (increasing) budget cuts on public education wor</span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">ldwide<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> the "privatisation" of public funds with the subsidisation of private educational institutions</span></font><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><br>
</span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> the commodification and exploitation of labor within educational institutions</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 7.2pt 0cm 0pt 6pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">We stand against the discrimination and exclusion within any educational institution based on:<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> socio-economic background (</span><em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">education systems are currently set up so that people with less money can't participate equally</span></em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">)</span></font><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><font size="3">→</font></span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> nationality<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> performance<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> political ideologies and activities</span></font><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><font size="3">→</font></span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> gender<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> sexual orientation<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> religion<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> ethnic background<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> skin colour</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 1.8pt 0cm 1.8pt 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">We stand against the prioritisation of research towards commercially valuable patents rather than open knowledge freely available to all!<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> Public educational institutions are increasingly forced to compete for private sp</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">onsorships to do (basic) research; at the same time private funds have the tendency to be invested into research promising to be profitable (- leading to a decline in funding for areas of research which may be important but not deemed economically lucrative). On the basis of profitability, education</span></font><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">al institutions and participants are deemed 'excellent' and often fulfill the criteria to receive additional public funding.</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 1.8pt 0cm 1.8pt 6pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">We stand against the prioritisation of income-generating research grants ahead of education and basic research</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 1.8pt 0cm 1.8pt 6pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Activities for the army within educational institutions:<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> no </span></font><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">research specifically for military purposes</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><font size="3">→</font></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> no recruiting and advertising activities for the army </span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><font size="3"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">What are we struggling for?</span></strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 7.2pt 0cm 0pt 6pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><font size="3">CONTENT:</font></span></strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><br>
</span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> </span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">free and emancipatory education as a human right: education should primarily serve the individual's interest to be emancipated, that means: to be enabled to critically reflect and understand the power structures and environment surrounding him-/herself; education must not only enable the emancipation of the individual but society as a whole<br>
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span></font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"><font size="3"> education as a public good serving public interests<br>
</font></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> academic freedom and choice: freedom to pursue any educational discipline</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 7.2pt 0cm 0pt 6pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><font size="3">ACCESS:</font></span></strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><br>
</span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> free from monetary mechanisms</span></font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><font size="3"> of payment by participants and any kind of discrimination and exclusion and therefore freely accessible to all individuals<br>
</font></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> sufficient funding of all public educational institutions, no matter if deemed profitable or not</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 1.8pt 0cm 1.8pt 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><font size="3">STRUCTURE:</font></span></strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><br>
</span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">→</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana" lang="EN"> all educational enti</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">ties/institutions should be democratically structured (</span></font><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">direct participation from below as a basis for decision making processes)</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><font size="3"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Why on the local and global level?</span></strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">The impacts of the current global economic system create struggles worldwide. While applying local pressure to influence our individual local/regional politics and legislation, we must always be aware of the global and structural nature of our problems and share our tactics, experiences in organizations, and theoretical knowledge to learn from each other. Short-term changes may be achieved on the local level, but great change will only happen if we unite globally.</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Education systems worldwide do what they are intended to do within the economic and state system(s): select, train and create ignorance and submission. We unite for a different education system and a different life.</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">We stand united against any sort of repression by governments worldwide directed at people involved in the struggle for free and emancipatory education.</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">The following groups and individuals support the statement above, pledge to spread it, and to get actively involved in the "<a href="http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/idea_global_wave_action"><font color="#800080">Global Wave of Action for Education</font></a>", as well as focus to increase networking efforts of education activist groups worldwide in the future.</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%"><em><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Wish to support this statement by having your (group) name listed below? Just send an e-mail to: </span></em><strong><i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><a href="mailto:united.for.education@gmail.com"><font color="#027ac6">united.for.education@gmail.com</font></a></span></i></strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 170%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #494949; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 170%" align="center"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: maroon; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><font size="3">~ one world - one struggle ~</font></span></strong></p>