PUBLIC INVITATION
“The Student Movement at Concordia: Where to Go From Here”
Public Meeting on Strategy and Tactics
Friday/ 5-pm / GSA Lounge, 2030 mackay
This Friday, come together to create a game-plan for Mobilizing around Tuition Hikes at
Concordia.
Word on the streets says
that an open-ended student strike could be a reality for many schools here in
Quebec, as early as February. But Concordia has a long way to go to reach that
point. Mobilization has thus far drawn a few thousand students into the
movement- but there are thousands more that need to become engaged if Concordia
is going to take a hard stance on issues of rising tuition and growing austerity
measures in Quebec and beyond.
The “MOB squad” - a core
group of organizers behind mobilization up to and including the November 10th
demo, will be meeting to envision what strategy and tactics are necessary for
the student movement to become a success here at Concordia. Members of the
campus and Montreal community are all strongly encouraged to attend and help
develop an action plan for the coming semester.
The issue is complex and multi-faceted, with issues of tuition hikes embodied in everything from corrupt
university governance to a growing national and international trend towards
austerity and the severing of the public well-being for private
profit.
The success of this movement, and the ability of concordia students and community members to protect the integrity of this community we hold so dear, is banking on the an insurgence of diverse
and
broad
based support and mobilization.
“Activists will be having
a short holiday this year,” said political science student and activist, Matthew
Brett. “members of the MOB squad are already planning some major actions to hold
our university administration and provincial government to account, and we need
your creative ideas and energy.”
Please join us this Friday,
and forward this call-out widely.