A mass, direct action movement has broken out in Austria against planned attacks on the university education system.
It all started when The Fine Art Academy was occupied by a small number of students who were protesting at plans by the Austrian education ministry to introduce a three-tier degree system. Students were furious that many of them would be unable to access the higher ‘masters’ qualification and that their choice over what subjects to focus on would be dictated from above.
John from London asked Roman from REVOLUTION Austria to report from inside the occupation. Read more…