Springtime, the New Student Rebellions (Edited by Clare Solomon and Tania Palmieri. Verso.) The autumn and winter of 2010 saw the sudden and dramatic re-emergence of radical student movements, with mass student uprisings taking place across Europe and the United States in opposition to both the austerity measures being levelled against ordinary people as a…
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Tag Archive: protest
NUI Maynooth News: Bertie Ahern Meeting/ November 24th Strike
In the last two weeks, activists (both staff and students) from the Social Solidarity Network and Free Education for Everyone have been attempting to organise against the honorary professorship awarded to Bertie Ahern T.D by the National University of Ireland Maynooth.
UCD FEE Protest: Bertie’s coming to Belfield
Education shouldn’t be a debt sentence. UCD Free Education for Everyone are holding a protest against the arrival of pro-fees TD, Bertie Ahern on campus.
NYC, USA: NYU 18 Suspended, Protest Sparks Campus Debate
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…
The College View (DCU): Free the fees
He might have watched them on the telly. Or listened to their chants broadcast on the radio. He might have even waited until the following day and read all about it in the national press. Or perhaps, Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe locked himself away in his office and chose to ignore the cries of…
Helsinki, Finland: Overnight Student Sit-in Ends at Helsinki University
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…
Maynooth FEE banner drop report
Last week, on the 11th of February F.E.E activists in N.U.I Maynooth dropped a reasonably sized banner off the bridge connecting the North and South campuses reading: NO TO FEES! WE WONT PAY
New York, U.S.A. – New York University (NYU) Occupied
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…
Report from UL protest February 2009
A protest was organised on February 16th in UL to greet senior Fianna Fail Minister Willie O’Dea who thought he could simply waltz onto our campus after his government recently announced major cutbacks in education and will soon try to impose college fees. Even though the Minister cancelled a few hours before the event an anti-fees rally…
Trinity News : Students march on Dail
Not all students were willing to listen to the speakers however. One group broke off from the rest, marched against traffic down Leinster St., turn on to Kildare St. and staged a sit-in in front of the Daíl. The group was lead by Free Education for Everyone (FEE), who have been present at USI and…
