The AUC Leftists Student

Movements Manifesto

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Who are we?

We are a group of Egyptian and Arab
students in The American University in
Cairo (AUC), that are united on the
same belief that the Egyptian and Arab
revolutions are the only way towards
our progress as an Arab nation. We
share the same leftist and socialist
political ideologies, believing that the
left have always been at the vanguard
of the Egyptian student movement,
have always been biased to the
oppressed and segregated classes, and
believing that the working class
represents the vast majority of the
Egyptian people making its rights and
interests a priority.
We decided to unite as part of one
movement, because we believe that in
the post revolutionary context the
student must play a leading role in the
Egyptian political scene and are the
main igniter of social change.
The AUC Leftists student movements
announce the launch of our
independent movement as part of the
Egyptian student movement as a
whole, and part of the Leftist student
coalitions in particular in all Egyptian
universities.
When the movement was initiated and
why?
The first members of the movement
met for the first time in the Fall of 2010
before the Egyptian revolution and
during the first workers and staff strike,
we were a group of Leftist students
that decided to support the workers in
their struggle with the AUC
administration for better wages and
working conditions. Following the first
strike, a few students that were
involved decided to form the first
Leftist student movement in AUC. The
movement was then reinforced with
even more members during the
second student and workers strike in
Fall 2011. After the relative failure of

both strikes in meeting the legitimate

demands of the students and workers
alike, we felt the need to create a
grassroots movement of AUC students
that share leftist ideologies in order to
continue strengthen the student
movement and follow up on the
workers rights.
We believe that the students role in
reshaping the Egyptian society
following the revolution is pivotal. And
it is important to note that Egyptian
student was pioneering in the Arab
world in the 70s of the last decade
with the Egyptian Left being at its core.
That it is why it is our role today as
Egyptian students to rebuild the
Egyptian student movement in a way
that would ensure the fulfillment of the
demands of the revolution, and to get
the students back into political life
following Mubaraks long years of
repression of student rights and
crackdown on any political student
activity.
Why the Left ?
Because we are against capitalist
pursuits being the main drive of our
society, as it is the first step towards
corruption and injustice. Because
capitalism is based on power being
monopolized by a small ruling elite
and the economic exploitation of the
masses. Capitalism calls on individual
competition within the free market,
but how can the toiling masses
compete in the free market without
capital, health and education? Indeed,
health and education has become a
luxury product in capitalist societies
and reserved exclusively to the owners
of the means of production. Capitalism
has transformed production into being
a process of exploitation of the
working class to the sole interests an
elitist economic class. Being students
in the American University in Cairo,
and part of the Egyptian education

elite, gives us the responsibility to be

biased to the exploited and
marginalized lower classes and to fight
by their sides for their long lost rights.
We see that the Leftists political
ideology is the most suitable to this
post revolutionary era as it is the only
path to the fulfillment of social justice
and the equal access to basic rights
including education and healthcare.
Our Goals:
1.
Emphasize the students right to
representation and political activity
within the university.
2.
Promote awareness on the
importance of the student movement
and its influence on society and create
links with other Egyptian universities
as part of the Egyptian student
movement as a whole.
3.
Support and defend the workers
movement within the university
represented in the independent
workers syndicate.
4. Monitor the respect of the workers
legitimate rights and demands which
include
material
as
well
as
psychological gains, and promote
overall solidarity with the workers
cause within the AUC community.
5. Defend students rights within the
university including the enhancement
of the quality of education and overall
student activities on campus.
6.
Promote awareness of different
leftist ideologies in an attempt to
remove stereotypes that revolve
around them.
7.
Promote awareness of the
Egyptian political scene.
8. Emphasize on the right to freedom
of expression and its different forms
within the university.
9. Support all attempts of cleansing
educational
institutions
from
bureaucratic as well as political
corruption, and fight any attempts to
corporatize the education.

The AUC Leftist Student Movement is the first organized independent leftist group
on campus. The movement is not affiliated with any entities or parties inside or outside
the campus. The movement adapts the whole leftist spectrum starting from
social democrats, socialists all the way reaching revolutionary socialists, communists,
and anarchists who unite in struggle under the leftist flag.

Join us and pursue equailty and freedom!


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