[p2p-research] Fwd: [Commoning] OT [Fwd: political freedom in Brazilian universities - petition]

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Miguel Said Vieira <miguelsvieira at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:16 PM
Subject: [Commoning] OT [Fwd: political freedom in Brazilian universities -
petition]
To: Commoning List <commoning at lists.wissensallmende.de>


Dear friends,

sorry for an off-topic message (unless you count public education as a
sort of commons), but I thought this could be of interest to many of
you.

Abraços,
Miguel S Vieira


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De: Miguel Said Vieira <miguelsvieira at gmail.com>
Para: info at edu-factory.org
Assunto: political freedom in Brazilian universities - petition
Data: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:11:26 -0200

Dear folks,

I learned about Edu-Factory through Silvia Federici and George
Caffentzis, in a conference about commons. I think you might be
interested in the following information, and would appreciate it if you
could spread it around; thanks in advance.

Twenty-four students from the largest Brazilian university (University
of São Paulo, state-run) are being threatened with expulsion because of
their political activism -- particularly, demonstrations in defense of
the public character of that university and for assistance to poorer
students. They are accused of “committing moral outrages and practicing
offensive acts against good customs”, “disturbing the school and
university administration” and “attempting against the name and image of
the university”.

The piece of regiment on which the charges are based was written in
1972, during military dictatorship, and by the same author of the
ill-famed "AI-5" <https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/AI-5>,
the decree that launched the most violent period of the dictatorship.
Unlike the AI-5, however, the university's disciplinary code remains in
place; it includes (probably unconstitutional) articles forbidding
strikes and political demonstrations.

We the students (I also attend that university) have started an
international campaign about this. In the link below you'll information
about the case (translated to many languages), as well as a petition
against these charges and for the revoking of the disciplinary code. If
you agree with it, we'd be very grateful if you could sign it / spread
it around to those who might be interested.

https://uspfree.wordpress.com/english/

All best, abraços,
Miguel S Vieira



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