With the overall situation dissatisfied.

The loudly announced formation strike is gaining momentum: In casting students blocked a crossing in Berlin, students occupied the FU-presidency, in Munich defenders camp prior to LMU in the meadow. So far, the number of participants is still low.

 

Dieter Lenzen had before shown much sympathy - it has used the President of the Free University of Berlin little. The FU-protesterprobten students occupied midday Tuesday after a general assembly of around 1300 students, the Bureau of the University. From the administration building in the suburb of Dahlem since banners dangle with the word "Busy" and "Free Education".

For the planned demonstration on Wednesday on the occasion of the "Education Strikes 2009" Lenzen the students had previously released on strike and insists it should be for the protesters because of the participation of "no disadvantages." He had sympathy for the displeasure of the students.

That was enough for students not: "Part of the problem is Lenzen policy itself," said a student at the Bureau occupation. "The important thing in the demand for more money is that this is actually in better teaching and more student flows, and not in excellence and research projects, of which the students have nothing," said Karin Schneider, a student at the FU. Central was also the demand for more critical science: "What we have here comes to this ideal is often not even close," said Schneider.

With as many against ... against everything, sort of

The Alliance for Education strike 2009 "accumulate 230 mostly leftist groups of students and student and also by trade unions and political parties. The topics are broad - so broad that they are a bit arbitrary.

What unites the protesters can be dimly seen: More money for education, as are all quickly d'accord. Similarly, the rejection of tuition fees and all other types of fees in education - free education for all ".

The students criticized the shortened high school time by the Turbo-Abitur aka multi G8 and the school system. Otherwise, they are more teachers and smaller classes, and, somehow, for more democracy in schools. And against "repression". And against the "influence of the economy."

The call list of students on the website education strike 2009 is similarly diffuse, but extensive and with more exclamation garnished: The newly introduced Bachelor conclusion as the rule is gone, the standard period of study as well. Also on the moon wish the organizers all the eligibility restrictions - and tuition fees, ceterum censeo, anyway. Otherwise they are, somehow, against "economic constraints in the education and elite education, for" free alternative educational approaches, and more participation.

Some suffering is evident. To articulate what they specifically want to target, the organizers, however, is equally apparent difficulty. An ever-changing mix of assets is more than an accessory in numerous press releases, in which the Bildungsprotestler but mainly because inebriate, that it's finally back actions on the streets and on campus there.

Some occupations in Unis

In addition to the occupation of the FU's Bureau in Berlin was one of the action so far spektaulärsten a small transport blockade in Giessen. They demonstrated some 700 pupils and students against the educational policy of the government of Prime Minister Roland Koch (CDU). 200 of them blocked for 20 minutes followed by a large road junction in the city. Then the demonstrators by policemen from the road taken. Overall, the demonstration proceeded peacefully, the police reported.

Already on Monday there was agreed to launch sporadic protests in connection with the long-announced formation strikes. In Heidelberg, Berlin, Hamburg and Jena students occupied a few rooms or university institutes, in Wuppertal and Bochum activists blocked access to seminars. In other German university towns, students set up "protest camp," reported the Alliance for Action on Monday evening in Berlin.

In Munich, beat 30 students from around tents outside the main building of the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), which until the end of the week are to remain. In Dusseldorf was a small group of students for a seat in front of the blockade Staatskanzlei. On Wednesday there will be demonstrations in 70 cities with a total of "at least 150,000" people, so the organizers hoped.

The protest is supported by the Union for Education and Science. GEW Thöne boss Ulrich said that a "turning point in the educational system" was necessary because young people by gender inequality and lack of study and training courses they would be deprived of future opportunities. The Association of German philologists, however, spoke of "linksgesteuertem Actionism", the chairman Peter Meidinger said, by "one-sided ideological claims were legitimate concern among some.

LMU-Rector Huber: "Protest is perfectly legitimate"

In addition to Uni-President Lenzen from Berlin showed his Munich colleague, LMU-Rector Bernd Huber, understanding anger of students. At his university students instead of the planned 25,000 are currently 40,000 young people: "There are too few professors, the condition of the building is poor and the classrooms are overcrowded." Getting upset about it, was "perfectly legitimate," said Huber.

Margret Wintermantel, President of the German Rectors' Conference, rejected the protest as a flat rate starting. "It is difficult to understand how some students and professors present their own higher education bad talk," wrote Winter coat in a guest article for the newspaper "taz". It was "dangerous and stupid", the universities as "stupefying stations to defame." Criticism also came from the FDP, the Union parties and their youth organizations. The CSU Bundestag deputies Stefan Müller said, "leftist groups" were pupils and students "attract" and thus hold their training.

For Wednesday nationwide demonstrations planned on Thursday to be in action under the title
"Bank attack" in front of bank branches and billions of aid to stumble into the precarious financial institutions and for more money in education can be demonstrated. On Friday, some activists are planning the meeting in Berlin Kultusministerkonferenz disturbing.