Sorbonne the Rebellious

We’re manifesting here! Sorbonne, the cradle of student (and revolutionary!) movement, is up and about again, well we haven’t had a student strike this autumn yet. So, what we did was we invaded one of the biggest amphitheatres at university, someone literally broke in since the door was closed, but then we needed a place to meet.

Next step was opening a general assembly which followed at times very heated discussion with students going up on the stage and giving speeches. Basically, what it is all about is Sarko and his new law proposals which include some commercial nuances which are so repugnant to left wing students of Sorbonne. To be honest, I haven’t quite figured out what we’re striking against, obviously it is all about autonomy of universities and keeping them public, not private. Discussion has been going on for some time already, apparently now is time for action.

Some of the speakers in the assembly were really good and got loud applause, some got people really agitated, they were really heating up the lot. Well, no wonder people got really noisy at times, after sitting two hours in stuffy amphi with the student’s empty stomach you do get a little grumpy and ready to hop on the barricades. We’ll see what happens tomorrow, apparently there won’t be any courses, though I might have my eight o’clock lecture since the uni’s rebellious individuals will be still fast asleep. There’s also some talk that the strike might last four or five weeks – a lot of holiday for us! Last time during a big strike two years ago there were no courses for eight weeks.

Well, I’ll be a good girl and try my luck with my lecture tomorrow… it’s not like revolutions were ever made in the first flushes of the morning. ; )