Greek students revolt!
| By RevolutionAM - Jun 20th, 2006 at 7:27 pm EDT |
And by Greek students I mean the ones in Greece, not the Beta house.
85% of Academic Departments Occupied by Students in Greece [indymedia]
First the Chileans now the Greek! What a splendid summer this is turning out to be.
Greece's Constitution (may or may not be the one that Eisenhower told the Greek Ambassador to "fuck") guarantees free, public education. Such niceties of the Greek system include
- free textbooks, a total absence of Administration departments,
- difficulty for outside police to enter campus grounds unless specifically invited,
- ease of transfer to different universities depending on hardship,
- and the fact that every single university in Greek is public and free.
The Greek government has set up a panel of "experts" to recommend changes to the current system. Big surprise, all the niceties just described, and more, have been recommended to get the chopping block.
If there's anything the young Greek left knows how to do, it's mobilize. Here's a map (current as of the 20th) of the campuses that have student occupations. The latest updates are available at the Athens Indymedia. Here's an interesting piece linking the proposed changes with pressures from the economy.
85% of Academic Departments Occupied by Students in Greece [indymedia]
First the Chileans now the Greek! What a splendid summer this is turning out to be.
Greece's Constitution (may or may not be the one that Eisenhower told the Greek Ambassador to "fuck") guarantees free, public education. Such niceties of the Greek system include
- free textbooks, a total absence of Administration departments,
- difficulty for outside police to enter campus grounds unless specifically invited,
- ease of transfer to different universities depending on hardship,
- and the fact that every single university in Greek is public and free.
The Greek government has set up a panel of "experts" to recommend changes to the current system. Big surprise, all the niceties just described, and more, have been recommended to get the chopping block.
If there's anything the young Greek left knows how to do, it's mobilize. Here's a map (current as of the 20th) of the campuses that have student occupations. The latest updates are available at the Athens Indymedia. Here's an interesting piece linking the proposed changes with pressures from the economy.
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Many video games, for instance, are banned there.
Forget religious liberty - Blasphemy is in many cases against the law.
Cute! Let's hope they're all expelled, and refused admission by any other Greek university as a show of solidarity. It would be a wonderful way of saying "good riddance" to people who clearly aren't interested in working through the proper channels.
Also, Greece isn't the only country that figured out educating its children is a pretty decent investment. France has close to 90 state (ie completely subsidized) universities and I'm sure other European and Asian countries must have a similar setup (perhaps even countries with *ahem* higher rates of literacy than the US of A.
Just a thought.
Yes, because giving up fundamental freedoms of expression is never a slippery slope!
That explains the wonderful state of the French economy.
And since those rights are only ostensible rights given the current administration's attitude towards the Constitution, I might be willing to consider risking some of those in exchange for having a lower infant mortality rate and a higher minimum wage or literacy rate.