Student Solidarity
At approximately 10pm on Feb 18th, students of Take Back NYU! took over the Kimmel Marketplace. They blockaded the doors, declared an occupation, and presented demands to the NYU administration.
Included in their list of demands are calls for deep transparency of university policies, fair labor practices toward all NYU employees, donation of supplies and materials to rebuild the University of Gaza, tuition stabilization for all students, and more. The students have also declared solidarity with the student movements in Greece, Italy, and the UK, with the people of Palestine, and with all other student "sleepovers" yet to come "in the name of democracy and student power."
The occupation can be followed at the Take Back NYU Twitter profile.
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message from the students
NYU Admin has told the students they need to leave by 1am or they will be officially trespassing. They are expecting a confrontation with security and/or police.
They need supporters outside for a giant rally at 12 midnight tonight, Feb 20th, at the Kimmel Marketplace on campus. The more people there are outside, the less likely it is that NYU will call in the police to drag them out.
Amputating Network Connectivity
Using a tactic that was also used by the military dictatorship in Burma, New York University has cut off internet access to students who are occupying the school.This is another example of corporate powers disabling network access to prevent social justice. Hopefully, some students in the occupation have access to the network via 3G networks or other means and can continue to communicate.
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Even if they lose it still seems like a win
Propaganda Anonymous
For the most part anyway.The fact that this is going out over the internet And it seems to be inspiring other university students across the globe to start taking standsThis seems, for the most part, a good thing.
As was reported on this site a couple months back about The New School in NYC. And what happened in Greece, there does def seemto be some sort of momentum being created.
Maybe the NYU actions can inspire students at Columbia to take a stand against the aggressive forms of gentrification going on in West Harlemwhich may or may not spread further east.
New York City has been a long ride towardsgutting affordable housing and selling out to the highest bidder for many years now.However there appears to be, since 9/11, an accelerated drive towards the "Luxury Condo" sham.
Which really isn't making the city any cooler.Or safer. Or more sustainable. IT's NYC on an All Night Coke Binge
So, it'd be cool to see students in colleges in the
city standing up for stuff like that.