by Nicholas Vrousalis, Robin Celikates, Johan Hartle, Enzo Rossi
Open Democracy, 3/4/2015
Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you’re worried that I just might win
You know the way to stop me, but you don’t have the discipline
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
Leonard Cohen, ‘First we take Manhattan’
The university movement in the Netherlands has just won its first victory; a victory for democracy and academic freedom against the commercialization of higher education.