A-Infos (en) Greece, APO land & freedom: Neither State - nor Private University (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The University as a pillar of Public Education is a bone of contention 
among lovers of delegation (see power) everywhere either according to 
the right, neoliberal model that assigns it to the market - or to the 
"socialized" left that assigns it to the working class. But both are 
aspects of statism! Their main difference is who will control things: 
the market or the party vanguard. After all, the revolutionary left 
believes that the capitalist state is simply to blame for everything, 
while according to their narrative, in a workers' state, the problems 
simply wouldn't exist. History disproved them.

Since the Public Education System is the major issue in my view it 
should overcome devolution and statism wherever it comes from. Knowing 
capitalism already, I will focus more on this combative "fighting" 
reason displayed by the various left-wing trade unionists which, 
however, at its core does not ask for the overthrow of power but for its 
management by their own vanguard. In essence, they do not want to 
abolish the state but to run it.

This institutional way seeks the protection of students and universities 
through the powerful state machine, through legislative regulations. On 
the contrary, the way we choose as Anarchists must promote the 
self-organization of both workers and students in universities in 
solidarity and collectively against any form of separated power or state.

Institutional reformism under the guise of public character, the 
participation of workers in universities and not only in positions of 
power, at the top of the management of organizations and in the staffing 
of government - state staffs. The way we as Anarchists seek is the 
abolition of every authority structure. For this and at the same time we 
stand against militarism, patriarchy and statism as a whole.

It is clear that according to this reformist way invoked by Article 16, 
access to education is a democratic right that must be guaranteed and 
controlled by the state. Our own approach as Anarchist students, 
students, teachers and workers clearly proposes that the state cannot 
ensure and provide any equality as long as the vertical and 
authoritarian mechanism that exists in every state is maintained.

Any institutional reformism creates a set of practices and perceptions 
that shape an obedient individual in the face of democratic policies. On 
the contrary, the self-organized way we seek builds libertarian values 
where means and ends are compatible, with the aim of abolishing power 
relations and replacing them with relations of freedom and equality. All 
sorts of social democratic practices simply want an alternative, 
ecological, refined and right capitalism. Anarchists oppose capitalism 
and all forms of oppression. In our view the state and capitalism are 
not improving and it is a delusion to believe in it.

It is known that all these "militant" left-wing student fathers who talk 
about Public Education are connected to hierarchical structures & 
extra-parliamentary parties. They promote voting and participation in 
state politics. On the contrary, we Anarchists organize equally, 
horizontally and in solidarity with the aim of direct action without 
delegation and party staffs, for a world of freedom.

Finally, the institutional reformism of the left-wing student trade 
unionists believes that with their intervention, all kinds of 
legislation that will be enacted by the authorities, will make the 
hierarchical structure of the state more "democratic". But the 
Anarchists see the struggle, not as the conquest of a position in power, 
but the abolition of all statism. That is why we stand by our fellow 
students and faculty workers, but it does not mean that we accept a 
priori the demands of their leadership. Because in our opinion, another 
way of organizing Education and society in general is not only possible 
but also imperative!

Argyris Argyriadis

https://landandfreedom.gr/el/apopseis/1468-oyte-kratiko-oyte-idiotiko-panepistimio
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