We met in Paris during the transnational meeting "struggles against austerity." As knowledge workers we are aware of the fact that our struggle is the same as that of our whole generation against the oppressive control exerted over our lives imposed by the current financial capitalistic system. We are a generation whose future has been stolen and subverted. We have learnt and are learning from the liberation movements in North Africa. The lesson is that we must take assertive action now. (...)