The activists from “Erde Brennt Innsbruck” have been fighting for nine days at Innsbruck University to save the world from climate change. They pitched their tents in lecture hall three at the Innrain campus. On Friday evening, the group handed over a claim paper to the management of the university.
“As an open group, we decided on the demands in a grassroots democratic and consensus-oriented process. Now it’s up to the decision-makers at the university to respond to this and enter into negotiations with us,” emphasizes Luca Moser. The paper submitted contains eight demands. Concrete strategies are to be negotiated for these. The eight demands A comprehensive phase-out of fossil fuels Appropriate behavior by the university in relation to the climate crisis and social injustice Combating discriminatory structures at the university Low-threshold access to university education Promotion of democratic structures at the university Freer design options for one’s own studies and more direct contact to the university managementThe implementation of the demands of UniNEtZThe support of the joint demands of the “Erde Brennt” groups in Vienna and InnsbruckDuration of the occupation still unclearThe implementation of the demands also decides on the further duration of the occupation of the lecture hall. How the university management will react remains to be seen. In Vienna, the activists started putting up a banner on the main building of the university as early as October.
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