The New School faculty walk out #Occupywallst

Posted on 05. Oct, 2011 by Karla Marie Ostolaza in Arte, Instituciones, Política Pública

We just received an email through the art&education service (yes, the paid service) with a letter from a group of professors from The New School.   The letter express their support with the Occupy Wall Street movement and their intention to join their students in a walk out planned for today at 3:30pm.  The letter is sign by various members of the faculty including the department chairs of philosophy, social science and literary studies.  Is great to know that they are not only an excellent art and design school, they also have a commitment with the community.

Here is the letter:

We faculty members of The New School would like to express our solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protest. We support its demand for real democracy and its denunciation of the effects of the economic crisis on the conditions of life for millions of people around the world. We strongly disagree with political and economic measures against the crisis based on the reduction of public spending and cuts to public services. We condemn the exclusive and unnecessary use of force by the NYPD that resulted in the arrests of 700 hundred people marching in a peaceful and non-violent demonstration on Saturday October 1st. It is inconceivable that New York, the city known for a tradition of free and independent thinking, should be governed like a police state.

This crisis and the measures adopted by governments will affect the future of young people, and among them, our student body. We all know that our students made a commitment to higher education that forces them into debt. The current economic situation is such that our students will probably carry these debts for decades to come. This is why we support the walk out organized by our students on Wednesday October 5th at 3:30pm.

To see who signed the letter click here.

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