Students occupy their universities in Europe
Stellan Vinthagen November 15th, 2009
There is an ongoing wave of student occupations and protest for a free and better university education, and against privatization policies at several European universities, mainly in Germany and Austria. (Not in France yet …).
The occupations started at Vienna University the 22 Oct, and has since then spread throughout Austria, and to other countries. See some reports at sites like these: site 1, site 2. It is interesting to note that the occupations are not mentioned as far as I can find in New York Times or BBC …
Last time we did see a wave of student occupations were in connection to the Gaza massacre in January, and then that happend mainly in the UK.
Historically radical student activism has played an important role in the creation of broader social movements, e.g. in the 1968 world rebellion.
There is a map of presently occupied universities, occupations that the police brooken up and other forms of protests by students. See here.
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