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University of Minnesota Occupation Releases Demands « Student Activism

University of Minnesota Occupation Releases Demands « Student Activism

University of Minnesota Occupation Releases Demands

The students occupying a building at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made it through their first night, and they’ve released a list of demands:

Because we are residents of Minnesota, and because this is a public, land-grant university,

We demand the right to peacefully occupy space at our university,

We demand that the general public has reasonable access to university resources;

We demand that the university respect the rights of all workers to organize and to earn at least a living