Take Action on March 4th to Defend Education!
Animas SDS
On March 4th, student groups and others across the country will be
taking action to defend the right to education at all levels, from pre-
K through 12, adult education, community colleges, to the university
level. Budget cuts affect all, but especially the working class and
oppressed nationality students that will be hit the hardest by further
budget cuts that attack our right to education.
SDS supports the national call to action for actions on March 4th and
is calling on all SDS chapters to take up the call to fight back and
be a part of the nationwide resistance movement that is saying enough
is enough – no more budget cuts on the backs of students and workers!
While this country is continuing to spend millions on wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan and giving our money to rich bankers, state universities
are cutting scholarships for oppressed nationality and working
students, and eliminating funding for women’s and cultural centers
that focus on Black and Chican@ programming and education.
SDS works for the democratic transformation of education in this
country through its national campaign, Student Power for Accessible
Education. The goals of this campaign are:
1. Universal, free, equitably-funded schools at all levels
2. Schools run democratically by students, workers, teachers, and the
local community
3. Debt cancellation of all student loans
4. Affirmative action and a focus on anti-oppression to end all forms
of oppression in our schools and communities
We in SDS call on students across the country to stand up and take
action against budget cuts at your university. Protest proposed budget
cuts, sit-in at administrator or board of trustee meetings, call for
walk-outs, host a teach-in, chalk or table on campus to educate your
fellow students. Get out and make your voice heard against budget cuts
and for accessible public education.
The national March 4th call states “Why March 4? On October 24, 2009
more than 800 students, workers, and teachers converged at UC Berkeley
at the Mobilizing Conference to Save Public Education. This massive
meeting brought together representatives from over 100 different
schools, unions, and organizations from all across California and from
all sectors of public education. After hours of open collective
discussion, the participants voted democratically, as their main
decision, to call for a Strike and Day of Action on March 4, 2010. All
schools, unions and organizations are free to choose their specific
demands and tactics — such as strikes, rallies, walkouts, occupations,
sit-ins, teach-ins, etc. — as well as the duration of such actions.
Let’s make March 4 an historic turning point in the struggle against
the cuts, layoffs, fee hikes, and the re-segregation of public
education.”
* To get involved, check out www.defendeducation.org
* To learn more about SDS, check out http://www.newsds.org
* To learn more about the SDS Student Power for Accessible
Education campaign, email sp...@googlegroups.com for more info
Participating SDS Chapters:
SDS- UCLA
SDS- Tuscaloosa, AL
SDS- College Park, MD
SDS- Durango, CO (Animas)