Autonomous School Zürich
Education for everyone: Self-organised. Emancipatory. Together.
The Autonomous School Zurich is a project against racism and injustice. For more than 15 years, we have been organizing free courses for everyone and creating a community space. We are independent of the state and politically active.
In addition to many courses, we also look after children, run a café and even have our own football team. So we’re always looking for help with the organization, but also offer space for self-realization and learning.
Regardless of your experience, skills, ethnicity, age, gender, etc., you are always welcome at the ASZ!
The ASZ also does political work outside the school:
Together with the Alliance against Racial Profiling, we are committed to combatting racial profiling in Switzerland. We also support the alliance “Wo Unrecht zu Recht wird…” (Where Injustice Becomes Law…). This alliance campaigns against the repressive emergency aid regime for rejected asylum seekers in the canton of Zurich. We are also part of the Justice for Nzoy alliance. Delegates of the ASZ are part of the committee that organizes the charity run “Lauf gegen Rassismus” (Race Against Racism) each year in Zürich, ASZ is among the organisations supported by this charity run.
News
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Turning Sechseläutenplatz into a classroom
Over 150 course participants, facilitators and activists from the Autonome Schule Zürich (ASZ) turned Sechseläutenplatz into a classroom this Friday afternoon, November 6. The self-organised education project is still looking for a new school building. Lessons in the open air – here we go! #zuerimachplatz for the #asz! pic.twitter.com/h5e4Xrbjfd — ASZ (@aszbfa) 6. November 2015 Education…
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A Successful ASZ campaign in the Municipal House
The entire lesson revolved around the question of how the school should get a new school building. This is because the ASZ has to leave its current location at the Güterbahnhof at the end of April and despite an intensive search, it has not yet found an alternative. A school instead of prisons Right on…
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A brochure for room search
The ASZ has produced a brochure to help homeowners search for rooms effectively. It can be downloaded here and used for your own information or to pass on to others. Answers from property owners
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Supporters organisations, groups and individuals
When the ASZ had to leave its barracks on the Güterbahnhof site in spring 2013, it launched a solidarity campaign to find broad support for its project. As the following list of individuals and groups shows, we succeeded: The Autonomous School Zurich (ASZ) urgently needs a new space. At the end of March, it will…
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An uncertain future for the ASZ
The spatial future of the ASZ is still uncertain. You can find everything about our campaign under the following links:Our needs | List of supporters | What do you support with the ASZ? | Information about the search for space After an initially nomadic existence with stops at ten different locations, the school was at…
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What do you support with the ASZ?
At the end of last year, the ASZ squatted a vacant building in Höngg. Although the occupation was only short-lived, the accompanying media work had an impact and brought the ASZ a lot of positive attention. It was nice to see once again that our project received a lot of sympathy and support from many…
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Repression
After talks with the school and the city of Zürich, the police may not be doing any targeted checks in the vicinity of the school since spring 2011 (see article here). Nevertheless, the police repression belongs to the sad everyday life at ASZ. Course participants and activists from the school are regularly arrested for “illegal…