The occupancy of the lecture halls at the universities is expanding. Since Monday evening, students have been occupying the auditorium of the Vienna University of Applied Arts. Since mid-November, smaller groups of climate activists from the “Erde brennt” group have occupied lecture halls of the universities of Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck and the Academy of Fine Arts. A radical change is needed in climate, social and education policy.
With the occupation, the students of the Angewandte also show solidarity with the movement “Erde Brennt”, the international movement “End Fossil: Occupy!” and the protests in Iran and Afghanistan. They also set university-specific requirements.
From the Angewandte, which describes itself as “University for Future”, they demand transparency about concrete steps towards the desired climate neutrality in 2030, democratic forms of education, as well as the disclosure and renegotiation of the university’s financial dependence on “anti-future companies” . “.
“We use this space so that as students we can come together, network and discuss grievances at the university and beyond. In order not to succumb to isolation, it is important that we organize and resist the continued colonial and imperial exploitation of land, people and ecosystems,” the squatters argue.
The first item on the program is a “Lectures for Future” lecture by Ulrich Brand, university professor of international politics, who the activists say supports their demands.
Only on Monday did the occupiers of the University of Vienna confirm that they would and would like to continue their protest, even after a possible evacuation of lecture hall C1 of the University of Vienna.
Source: Krone
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