International Student Movement

What already Happened:

Overview of Activities
linked to the "Spring of Resistance" around the world:

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May 26th:

• Rallies and demonstrations against tuition fees in Bavaria and Lower-Saxony (Germany)

May 6th:

• Strike against Precarity across Italy

May 1st:

• May Day rally in Hong Kong, also mobilised by the Hong Kong Federation of Students.
• May Day rally in Kiev (Ukraine), also mobilised by Direct Action - an independent student union.

April 18-20th:

• Tent City and Rally for Education and Solidarity in Nottingham (UK)

April 7th:

• About 3,000 joined protest by "Youth without a Future" in Madrid (Spain)

March 26th:

• Rally for Free Education in Kiev (Ukraine)
• Rally against fees and cuts in Vienna (Austria)

March 21-26th:

• "Education is a Right" - Week of Action in the Netherlands

March 25th:

• Freeze Mob in New Jersey (U.S. of A.)

March 24th:

• Thousands rallied in New York City (U.S. of A.) for a "Day of Rage" against cuts

March 22-24th:

• National Conference of the Bangladesh Students' Union (BSU) with about 7,000 participants

March 23rd:

• Report of SoR meeting at the University of Gdańsk (Poland), incl. presentation in Polish

March 20th:

• Rallies for Free Education in Russia; about 300 rallied in St. Petersburg

March 16th:

• Rally against Fees and Student Debt in Victoria (Canada) joined by about 1,200 students

March 12th:

• Massive rally in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) against the privatisation of education and healthcare with more than 50,000 people.

March 11th:

• Overview of activities linked to the "International Day of Solidarity with Activists at the University of Puerto Rico".

March 4th:

• Sit-ins staged in front of regional Commissions on Higher Education (CHEd) on the Philippines, called by the League of Filipino Students (LFS)
• Rallies for free education were held in all nine provinces of South Africa organised by the South African Students Congress (SASCO). Clashes with the police were reported at the University of Johannesburg.

March 2nd:

• Day of Action in the U.S. of A. - 50 protest actions in 16 states across the country, incl. sit-ins, blockades and rallies

March 1st:

• Hundreds kick-off the SoR with a rally in New Brunswick (Canada)

 

★ Overview of announced SoR Activities ★