February 04, 2003
Student 'General Strike' This Thursday
Lifted in full from the Portland IndyMedia Center:
Subject: Student General Strike
A fight to save Oregons future : Student General Strike
When: 1:30 P.M. , Feb 6th 2003
Where: At the Waterfront, between taylor and nato
Who: We are calling for all groups in Portland to support a student led, student organized student general strike. We need all people from all communites because we feel that all people have been affected by the gutting of our budgets and we need them to say "NO MORE".
Why: We are demanding that students no longer be treated as 2nd class citizens. We feel that the legislation of this state has not taken us seriously in our demands to be given funding so that our education can succeed. We feel that our options are being taken from us. We have tryed to lobby, we have sent letters, we have gone to the capitol building and asked that they give us funding. Nothing has worked. We call this general strike of students to show people how much is dependant on funding of our social services.
Please take these demands seriously. Forward this message to as many people as you know so that we can have as big an impact as possible. Thank you for your support.
If interested, you can also read the original announcement, complete with a longer discussion thread.
Those who have been paying attention know that the Student Activist Alliance previously organized both a student walk-out and an overnight sleep-in to protest the crisis in public education funding, both of which successfully generated positive coverage of student concerns.
Comments (2)
Emma on 04 Feb 2003
It's good to see that people aren't just sitting back and taking the cuts. It's time to start holding our elected representatives accountable.
myrln on 04 Feb 2003
And most heartening to see students taking their lives and learning in their own hands.