While the genocide in Gaza continues and Israel continues the invasion of Lebanon, the Toulouse student organizations (Capitole Autogerée Palestine, Le Poin Levé, Le Souffle, Les Jeunesses Anticapitalistes, Révolte Décoloniale, INSA en struggle, CGT Sela, Union Student and Young Insoumis) came together to organize a week for Palestine on the campuses of Toulouse. At Mirail University, Capitole University, Sciences Po, but also at INSA (National Institute of Applied Sciences), events will be organized throughout the week to support Palestine, against the criminalization and repression of its supporters, against partnerships between Israeli companies and universities, but also for the release of Georges Abdallah.
Already last year, faced with the horrors of the genocide, an international student movement, started in the United States, marked a resurgence of anti-imperialist mobilizations among young people. In France, the mobilization was particularly strong, notably at Sciences Po, where the end of university partnerships with Israeli companies and universities was one of the main demands. A mobilization which had highlighted a sector of student youth which refuses to allow teaching and knowledge to be put at the service of colonial and genocidal policies. For the bourgeoisie and the bosses who are not ready to give up their profits, the questioning of these partnerships does not bode well.
The government and the management of the various schools concerned, notably Science Po Paris, violently repressed the student movement. The repression continues today. Since the start of the school year, the new Minister of Higher Education, Patrick Hetzel, has notably called for more sanctions for students who mobilize and calls on university presidents to be increasingly severe.
However, despite the repression, student mobilization against the genocide and the complicity of French imperialism is regaining momentum, particularly in Tolbiac-Paris 1 where blockades and general meetings were organized, as well as in other areas. other Parisian universities. Toulouse youth organizations wanted to join this mobilization by extending it to the city and bringing solidarity with the Palestinian people to life on all campuses.
With Le Poing Raivé, we are mobilizing in our universities against attempts at censorship and for the abandonment of sanctions for all those repressed. At Mirail, with the Sud-Education staff unions and the SNASUB, in Paris 8 as well as in Nanterre, we had motions adopted in the boards of directors condemning political repression in higher education.
These motions must be a point of support in the concrete fight against the criminalization of support for the Palestinian people. But to continue the mobilization and put an end to France’s complicity in the genocide, we must broaden the movement. For this, it is imperative to organize the struggles in a unitary manner between the different places of study on a local, but also national, scale. In this sense, we call on students and high school students to gather in numbers on Thursday, November 28 at the University of the Capitol in front of the RU l’Arsenal at 12 p.m. against repression and for the end of partnerships, at the call of the organizations stakeholder this week for Palestine.
Also, we must fight alongside all those who have been repressed, in particular the workers and trade unionists who have been violently affected, like Timothée Esprit, a CGT trade unionist fired for a photo on his Facebook account and Jean-Paul Delescaut, leader of the CGT du Nord, sentenced to 1 year in prison for… a leaflet of solidarity with Palestine. It is through the alliance between the student and worker sectors that we will be able to obtain our demands. It is with this in mind that we are mobilizing this Tuesday at Mirail alongside the local CGT Union, and that we are organizing a round table at INSA between activists for the Palestinian cause, workers and unionists from the aeronautics sector.
Finally, if the announcement on November 15 of conditional release for Georges Abdallah is historic news, the prosecution has already appealed. The next hearing will take place on December 19. The mobilization must gain momentum in the meantime to definitively obtain the release of this communist activist of the Palestinian cause who has been held in French state jails for 41 years. The demand for his release will be at the heart of this week of mobilization in the universities and schools of Toulouse.
Here we relay the press release and the program for the week on the Toulouse campuses:
**In what tangible ways does the collaboration between student organizations and labor unions in Toulouse translate into practical support for the pro-Palestine movement, considering the potential for university administrations to leverage their economic and institutional power?**
## Interview: Student Activism for Palestine in Toulouse
**Welcome to World Today News. We’re here today discussing the recent surge in student activism in Toulouse in support of Palestine. Joining us are two guests:**
* **[Guest 1 Name and Title],** a member of Capitole Autogerée Palestine, one of the student organizations organizing the week for Palestine at Toulouse campuses.
* **[Guest 2 Name and Title],** a prominent voice on campus regarding labor rights and Palestinian solidarity, particularly engaged in mobilizing alongside student unions.
**Thank you both for joining us.**
**Section 1: The Roots of the Movement**
* **[To Guest 1]:** Your article highlights a resurgence of anti-imperialist movements among students. What sparked this renewed wave of activism specifically in Toulouse, and how does the conflict in Gaza and Lebanon contribute to the context?
* **[To Guest 2]:** Last year, there was a strong student mobilization against partnerships between Israeli companies and universities in France. What were the key demands then, and how has the situation evolved since?
**Section 2: Facing Repression
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* **[To Guest 1]:** The article mentions government and university authorities actively repressing this student movement. Can you elaborate on the nature of this repression and its impact on student organizers?
* **[To Guest 2]:** You’ve been working alongside student unions and workers’ groups. How does this collaboration strengthen the movement and help counter the repression faced by students? Can you provide specific examples?
**Section 3: Building Solidarity**
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* **[To Guest 1]:** The call to action mentions the upcoming hearing on the release of Georges Abdallah. How does his case connect to the broader fight for Palestinian liberation and the need for solidarity with political prisoners?
**Section 4: Looking Ahead**
* **[To both guests]:**
What are your hopes for the Week for Palestine in Toulouse? What concrete outcomes would you like to see from these events?
* What message do you have for students in other cities who might be inspired by the actions in Toulouse? How can they contribute to this global movement of solidarity?
**Thank you both for sharing your insights. We wish you success with the Week for Palestine and your continued activism in support of justice for Palestine.**
