A feature of the national student protest was the widespread use of mobile phones to record video clips. Here’s some footage you won’t find on RTE. Gardai attack students in sit-down protest Garda leaves female student unconscious (3 minutes in) Mounted horses trample students
National Student Protest updates: From: UTprotest_live The University Times – “Our reporters agree that the level of violence was entirely excessive by the Gardai and that the sit-in was not a “riot” “Some of the crowd outside are now trying to push through the doors to get into the Department, a line of Gardai are trying…
The occupation at the University of Vienna continues today. Messages of support can be left at the solidarity page on Facebook, and are much appreciated. The students are demanding free education, and banners with slogans like ‘EDUCATION IS NOT FOR SALE’ are hanging from the University. The students have the support of many lecturers, and…
Press Release: Over 30 college students from the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) staging a direct action protest at the Department of Finance on Merrion Street upper. Students from FEE have occupied the building itself while more have blockaded the entrances to the department as part of the protest.This is in protest against the…
Up to 40 third-level students staged a protest outside the Department of Finance in Dublin today at the planned reintroduction of college fees and the education cutbacks announced in the Budget. Some 15 of the protesters from the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) group entered the building in Merrion Street and held a sit-in on…
On Friday, Feb. 20, the student occupation of New York University’s Kimmel Center for Student Life ended, and the repercussions began. The university suspended the last 18 students who remained in Kimmel Friday morning, and non-N.Y.U. participants were told that their information would be given to the NYPD for trespassing. Judicial hearings begin on Monday…
A student sit-in at the administration building of the Helsinki University ended peacefully this morning. The protestors held discussions with Helsinki University Chancellor Thomas Wilhelmsson about proposed regulatory reform, details of university legislation and the status of students. About 100 students occupied the university’s administration building from Thursday afternoon. About two dozen protesters remained…
Following what has been a wave of student activism over the past couple of months, including student occupations in Greece ,Great Britain , and the United States and protests across Europe, students from the Take Back NYU coalition have begun to occupy the Kimmel Center for University Life at New York University. The coalition, which includes a diverse number of groups ranging from Amnesty…
Students were yesterday accused of “pulling stunts” by the youth wing of the Green Party after a five-hour sit-in at the Department of Environment. The Union of Students in ireland (USI) turned their focus on Green Party leader and Environment Minister John Gormley in the latest demonstrations opposing the re-introduction of fees. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/students-accused-of-pulling-stunts–with-sitin-protest-1642025.html
Over 20 students from UCD occupied the office of Paul Gogarty Green Party TD for Dublin Mid-West and Spokesperson on Education in Lucan Village. This is in protest at the increase in college registration fees to €1500 per year and the possible full re-introduction of fees.
