One year on. Hundreds of thousands are dying or dead, millions are displaced, the Middle East is undergoing its greatest changes in a generation, Iran has directly attacked Israel twice in one year, and Yemen has proven that the US Navy ain't worth shit. We are the closest we have been to nuclear war (discounting accidents) in decades, but also the fall of Israel.
Because one day, the prisoners of a concentration camp paraglided over a wall.
My University held a student's assembly today and decided: The University is now taken and partially managed by it's students until Wednesday, when the action will be temporarily suspended because we will hold a protest. However, if the Argentinian Congress fails to overturn milei's veto on education funding, a new assembly will be celebrated to decide on the next action. An indefinite occupation of the premises is not out of the question. We joined our efforts with the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Buenos Aires and other institutions that have carried out similar actions. This can become a big snowball very quickly.
Wherever this ends, it's valuable experience. Even if we don't achieve political victories, let it be known that we can work together and we can act in solidarity with one another. That's a big win, because we can find the ways to transform the material reality in capitalism, and that is, to me, the way to bring it down.
That's awesome!
Please take all my energy in your struggle to destroy
Is this based on some previous experience? My org is growing inside universities and I'd love to read about this and discuss it with everyone
Please keep us updated!
Yes, this is all based on previous experiences. I can recall at least two big instances where universities were taken by it's students, one was around 2012 and the last big one was in 2018. The latter lasted for about one month. We have people who have been around in 2018 so they have some experience.
It requires quite the organizational effort. There are people who will literally live in the premises, so they need food, some spare clothes, water, meds and everywhere you can imagine. The building must be maintained, cleaned and there needs to be people literally running some basic security because you never know who's going in and out, especially now when you have insane reactionaries on the other side who absolutely despise everything we do. There are students backed by political parties who will be taken part of the occupation, so they can get their resources from them. But there are also volunteers and independent students who don't have the same support frameworks, so donations are a must.
I'm trying to think of any useful advice based on stuff I've done in the us and the biggetst one I can think of is: toilets are a strategic resource and should be maintained at all costs.
If I ever find myself inside a chud-controlled place I'll keep this in mind 🧨
It can be important if you get kettled - surrounded on all sides and then trapped by the police for a long time. Having toilet paper, trash bags, menstrual pads or tampons, water, snacks, and first aid supplies can make it a lot less miserable and really helps moral. If someone brings a collapsible camping shower shelter or collapsible toilet shelter, like one of the really light weight ones, that can make things more comfortable too, give people some privacy.