Tag: puerto rico
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Massive student protests are alive and well, just not here
In Berkley, in Puerto Rico, and now in the UK, students are putting on massive demonstrations – in the last month, even. In the UK: Around 52,000 students marched through London in protest at plans to increase tuition fees while cutting state funding for university teaching. • Around 200 people from the march occupied 30 […]
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Great News!
Dear everyone pining after dramatic unifying campus protests: It’s happening, just not here. The students in the University system of Puerto Rico endured police sieges, food and water shortages, and fights for months in a struggle against huge budget shortfalls. And they just won! From StudentActivism.net: The university’s board of trustees approved a settlement agreement a […]