Indonesia - November 17th Education Protest Rallies in 13 cities

The increasing privatisation and commercialisation of education is also a big problem for people in Indonesia. In the context of the "Global Weeks of Action for Education" activists organised in the Indonesian Student Union (SMI) call for rallies in 13 cities on November 17th.

Various activities in the context of the GWA are being arranged as this email tells us:

GWA Report in Indonesia

In GWA activities in Indonesia, we involve outside elements such as student unions, the Youth Organization and the Organization of the Poor and the City Campus Level in 20 cities in Indonesia;
1. Jakarta
2. Tangerang
3. Bekasi
4. Pekalongan
5. Semarang
6. Yogyakarta
7. Solo
8. Luwuk
9. Macassar
10. Ternate
11. Surabaya
12. Kadiri
13. Lamongan
14. Mataram
15. Bima
16. Lampung
17. Field
18. Bengkulu
19. Pringsewu
20. Poor

Global Week Action For Education

Global Week Action For Education

SERIKAT MAHASISWA INDONESIA

(INDONESIAN STUDENT UNION)

STATEMENT

17^th NOVEMBER 2011

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT'S DAY

“UNDER CAPITALISM SYSTEM, SBY-BOEDIONO AND POLITICS ELITE FAILED TO ORGANIZING FREE EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC, DEMOCRATIC AND VISIONARY THE PEOPLE”

Education Not For Sale !!!

Free Education For Everyone !!!

~One world – One Struggle~

Every country that used capitalism system for their base of principle economical and political was failed. Capitalism crisis that still raged until now showed that capitalism system was broken, decrepit and it was suffering people all around the world by stimulated money and decreased estimate.

After the failed of direction stimulated money and decreased estimate, Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merker said that solution of the crisis in Europe was not yet founding. So, there is no ways to exit the capitalism crisis except leaves that system! One of the practiced decreased estimate is cutting a lots of the subsidy for education. The consequence of cutting this subsidy are expensively education fee and closed people authority to get an education.

Education is human right. Education is public service without exception, but the capitalism was changing the public service to public serve that based of profit oriented. So, in this world student movement was showed their consistency to resisted capitalization of education and demand free for education, scientific democracy and vision of people.