{"id":149916,"date":"2023-02-07T13:58:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T12:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=149916"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:38","slug":"activists-occupy-erasmus-building-at-erasmus-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/02\/07\/activists-occupy-erasmus-building-at-erasmus-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists occupy Erasmus building"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some sixty protesters occupied the Erasmus building on Tuesday morning. They are protesting, for the second time, against, among other things, the university’s ties with the fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n

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The occupation in the Erasmus building proceeds quietly, with banners and protest songs.<\/span><\/p>

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After the protest on 28 November ended with the police, OccupyEUR is now hoping for a peaceful demonstration where they can make a statement. Thus, banners have been hung with duct tape and a path has been kept clear for students walking in and out of the lecture hall. \u201cWe are not out for escalation, we mainly want to show that we will not be bullied away just like that\u201d, said Elias, the press spokesperson of OccupyEUR.<\/p>\n\n\t

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With live music, speeches, corners with stickers and books and even a hairdresser present, the students plan to stay until the university cuts all ties with the fossil industry. The demands are the same as last time: sever ties with the fossil industry, an end to precarious employee contracts, an end to student debt and a more accessible campus.<\/p>\n

Executive Board president Ed Brinksma stopped by this morning, but OccupyEUR is holding off on a conversation for now: \u201cWe want actual actions. A conversation with some of us does not fit with who we are either, because we are one group\u201d, Elias says.<\/p>\n\n\t

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