student protests

Within the last ten days alone around 75,000 school children and students have filled the streets in European cities. Instead of going to school or university they went on strike saying they won’t stop until governments take real action against…

Teaching children how to dissent in response to a violent situation that they feel threatens their well-being is aligned with the purposes of democratic schooling. Indeed, a flourishing democracy depends on such an informed and active citizenry who will speak…

In Berlin, a broad alliance of local initiatives took to the streets for social housing and self-determined organisation of the city by its inhabitants. Students of the Humboldt University of Berlin initiated this demonstration. What is exemplified by this demonstration…

A Statement from the International Solidarity for Thai Students and Teachers forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission THAILAND: Dissent is Not a Crime – Call for International Solidarity with Imprisoned Thai Students Fourteen Thai students were arrested on 26…