Students march in protest and occupy Auckland University Business School 26 Sep 2011
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release my release Myas myase Mye my release my release my release my the worlding the worlding the world all we need to do is we need to keep keep this movement growing today is just the first day we're going to keep coming back here and keep doing this again and Saturday is the next thing we're going to do we need to join the student movement to the workers Movement we need to point out that 18% child poverty in this country is shameful some of the highest feed in the world is [Applause] shameful so Joe's going to say a few words too okay everybody continue the solidarity of unite Union that organizes the 7,000 poorest workers in ockland and your fight is their fight students are workers and workers are [Applause] students I just want to say a few words about our comrade Marcus he's in here right and I want you to understand two things a couple of weeks ago Professor Margaret M warned that people who come to this country from certain countries where they've had a racist education who behave in a racist manner disrespectful to our history here in Alo when there was the protest last week for the Palestinian students the South African security guards ID checked two marry students one of whom was Marcus and then trespassed him off his own campus sh I want to tell you two things two things about that Campus number one it is built on Nati fat a land and mared people have a right to be on their own [Applause] land number two that University is financed by the taxes of the working class and middle class people of Oakland and workers and middle class people have a right to be on that campus and I hereby sir the pr pass order on behalf of the student movement and the workers movement on every [ __ ] racist South African security guard up there in that [Applause] campus Marcus is a student in un Tech he was with you last week in solidarity with your occupation that's what we need to see more of in this country solidarity between the people who are in struggle Street students are getting it in the neck with high fees but students are also getting it in the neck from high prices High rents job insecurity unemployment and low pay we need to connect we need to connect the student struggle with the workers struggle we need a whole year a whole two years whole three years of resistance against the next government that's coming in cuz it's going to be act and it's going to be National and we're going to need not to just vote we're going to need to fight like we did today like we wi next week like we will until we bring this [ __ ] government [Applause] down street street stre our streets H streets our streets does anyone else want to speak oh we oh yeah we're not going anywhere anywhere [Applause] anywhere let let let let let let let let let let let I said a few more things but I'll say this one thing as well I've never in my life been more proud to be a St and I've never my been as proud to be a student when we sitting out here after a [ __ ] great day when we took back the university against for workers rights for student rights and for every person in this country and I'm just real [ __ ] glad we could share this moment and I hope that [Applause] we I hope that you guys will join us and we are the university the the the collective that is organizing and I hope we will continue this [ __ ] resistance this is just the beginning omo has been out here chanting his ass off all day the poor man's just about dropped in from you give Omar Round of Applause today we had 250 people up there next time we want it next time we want to th000 people we want the whole university to join in we want the whole country to join in we want the whole [ __ ] world to join [Applause] in in [Applause] the ATT stand up stand up rights are under attack stand up F back when human rights are under attack stand up fight when St rights are under attack stand up back under attack stand up F back we right are under attack stand up the people United will never be defeated the people [Applause] let go let him go let him go let him go let him go let him go let him go after the Marvy M was attacked a delegation from New Zealand joined an international um another Convoy a land convoy into Gaza I was one of the people that went there and we busted we busted luat blockaders troops and their guns and we got into Gaza and when I was in Gaza protests by students broke out in Cairo this is the same exactly the same week last year here now the spring the the police were sent into the universities to occupy them just as the police were sent in to arrest Marcus today the police weren't enough they had to send in the Army to occupy the the students their universities the Army wasn't enough they closed down the universities the Arab Spring started on the campus off in Cairo because of cuts and education it's a shame that in New Zealand we see our police sent into our campuses to places of our learning our furry wine hangers to snatch a young man who is standing up against an extreme rightwing leader and [Applause] govern took on the students and he Lo the police the government the army they all need to know that student attacks on their on their on their things will have a lasting impact on all student students [Applause] rule they're all the same to me m they're all the same no more prisons free education no more prisons free education no more prisons free education no more prison free education no more prison free education no more pron release the prisoner marus don't forget guys he's in there for us and we're out here for we are the university we are the univ we are the university we are the university who is the University univers who is the University un w