EVENT: "Defend Education for the 99%"

[Christopher Schulz]

Hey all,

Here's a notice for an action beginning on UW campus tomorrow. From what I know, the local union UAW (United Auto workers 4121, which represents TAs) has organized it. If you're free, this could be a chance to start linking everything going on with the university to Decolonize/Occupy Seattle and other actions picking up globally:

Defend Education for the 99%

Wednesday, November 9th

Starts at 12:30pm on the Quad

As the possibility of further cuts to higher education looms, UW students, campus unions, faculty, and parents are coming together to demand that decision-makers serve the needs of the entire community, rather than the needs of the few.  On Wednesday, November 9^th, join in a campus-wide mobilization to Defend Education for the 99%.

Decision-makers have used the economic crisis in recent years to erode state support for institutions like UW.  Now we’re witnessing a paradigmatic shift that affects not only those who work and attend school, but the entire community. 

• Tuition and fee hikes do not serve the 99%
• Cutting staff positions and benefits does not serve the 99%
• Compromising research programs does not serve the 99%

As the wave of protests against Wall Street has reminded us, there’s money out there to fully fund higher education and other essential state services. In fact, mega-banks like Chase Bank receive over $100 million a year in tax exemptions from the state at the same time that higher ed and other core state services are sustaining deep cuts. For this day of action join students, workers, faculty and alumni to demand that the state spend our money on education and essential services for the 99% - not tax breaks for the 1% and their mega-banks.

See http://bit.ly/uHYJjV for more on tax breaks.

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