All Education Matters: Crucial Read: A Statement from the Occupy Student Debt Campaign

All Education Matters: Crucial Read: A Statement from the Occupy Student Debt Campaign:

Crucial Read: A Statement from the Occupy Student Debt Campaign

by Cryn Johannsen

Occupy Student Debt Campaign recently released a lengthy statement about their mission. They differentiate themselves from other groups - who are, in my view, reformist - quite well in this manifesto. I applaud their efforts, and encourage you to get involved with supporting and promoting their collective activism. The group truly understands a horizontal approach to attacking this monstrous problem. More than anything, the principles explained below demonstrate a keen awareness of how neoliberalism has destroyed higher education (and education overall) as a public good. This is at the heart of the problem, so no type of reform, which if anything were to pass would be utterly watered down, will suffice. Reform through legislation, though admirable, will not adequately address the crisis we are now facing. 

Here's their statement:

Everybody is now talking about the student debt crisis, but nothing is being done about it.

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