Hey comrades, I'm thinking of running for presidency in my school, and I really wanna put some socialism into my school. I'm thinking of having trans day of recognition being a school-wide event, establishing a "communal dining hall" where people eat together and share stuff and play vidya, establishing voluntary mutual aid networks of "student tutors" who help other students learn in exchange for some reward idk what yet, and if I won I would play salute 2 el chapo and put Chapo posters up everywhere. :party-parrot: :matt:
I'm kidding about the last two bits, but I do genuinely wanna make some sort of "socialist" student body. A big part of my schools student government is who they donate their yearly charity drive to, so who would be a based charity to give to? Obviously there aren't means of production so there isn't a lot I can do, but what do you think of my proposals so far? Any other ideas? (When I say school I mean high school, not college)
This is the level of potent and coordinated struggle that could be waged if independent student unions were coordinated in the west, outside of the sphere of influence of Democrat-backed NGOs that split student activism up into a million different interest and advocacy groups. In Greece the student movement at the beginning of the academic year were able to occupy 700 schools and lead huge protests all over the country for safer conditions, while building up coordinating committees that can ensure the struggle will continue. We need to dream bigger than the student activism we currently have and I think looking abroad provides a lot of great inspiration.