The Time for Action Is Now

 

In 1969, a group of black and Puerto Rican students occupied City College demanding the integration of CUNY, which at the time had an overwhelmingly white student body.  The occupation spread to other CUNY campuses, forcing the Board of Trustees to implement a ground-breaking new admissions policy.”

Such occupations also occurred in the 1980s and 2000s.

It’s that time again.

As graduate Film students at Hunter College in New York, we’re very excited to see how the spreading Occupy Wall Street movement is giving new momentum to the militant protest culture of CUNY (City University, NYC).

We filmed the second General Assembly at Hunter College, and the first “Occupy CUNY” teach-in at Washington Square Park on October 21st, 2011.

During the last weeks, we learned how quickly small protest gatherings can turn into new social movements.  This is a document about the struggle of students and adjunct faculty at CUNY.

This local struggle is part of an international student movement against neoliberal dictatorship.

This is only the beginning.  The time for action is now.

Find out how to support, participate, take action:

cunygeneralassembly.wordpress.com
studentsunitedforafreecuny.wordpress.com
resistandmultiply.wordpress.com (at Hunter College)
cunyadjunctproject.org
nycga.net (Occupy Wall Street)
occupywallst.org


Martyna Starosta and Iva Radivojevic are filmmakers in New York City.


 

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