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Berlin. Since feb 12th 2010 the students occupying the main lectures room in the so-called FU (Freie Universität Berlin) were informing their fellows that the uni’s chancellor, Peter Lange, finished the university’s tolerance of their occupation. They hinted quite clearly at the fact that this end of tolerance was coming openly visible in a planned timeframe – it was clear that many of their fellows will be in Dresden, fighting against the nazi manifestation trial. 

Today, on sunday early morning, in the ‘end of the night of Dresden’, the evacuation began. First “indoor security civil” persons were inside the lecure room 1A at 6 a.m. Police arrived at 8 a.m. with 5 police vans. 10 people arrested, first people set free since noon, at 2 p.m. they are still waiting for informations about last 2-3 people who still seem to be in the police building. 

The lecture room 1A, located in the university's main building, was occupied by the students on november 11th 2009. They stress that the university's leaders showed ongoing deafness to their claims, interested only in the question when they plan to finish their occupation. 

They began their occupation within the europeanwide universitiy occupation wave which had started in October 2009 in Vienna, Austria. Until today, they are fighting against both as well the consequences of the Bolgona Process 1999 - changing education to a pure econimical value - as well as an ongoing desocialization of the higher education's social environment which has already lead to first German states demanding tuition fees from students. This being a clear undisclaimable step to part society in classes, isolating poorer inhabitants from higher education, as well as a step to cement this division for coming generations. 

They also hint at the fact that a cut of the state education etat coming with tuition fee demands from the state - is a further grounding of military structures also, every missile landing in sands in Afghanistan being partly sponsored by money which first had to be set free for this misuse - by exactly the same cuts of the social etat the students are criticizing globally.

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Occupied FU Berlin Lecture Room 1A Evacuated in the "Night of Dresden"

Berlin. FU students have been occupying the main lecture room 1A since nov 11th 2009. Evacuated by berlin police today early morning.

by anna panek in Germany on 14/02/2010

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