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NEWS ABOUT: student activism

student activism stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - An annual vigil marking the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre brought a record 150,000 people to a park in Hong Kong, the only place in China to mark the event, reports the BBC. “It is something to remember not only for our generation but for the... More »

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China • democracy • Hong Kong • Tiananmen Square • protests • student activism • vigil • candlelight

(Newser) - Liberal arts students are ditching traditional summer internships of office coffee-fetching for life on the land, reports the New York Times. As part of a generation well-versed in Michael Pollan's attack on industrial agriculture and interested in social change, these students see organic farm work as a political statement.... More »

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environmentalism • student activism • Michael Pollan • internship • organic farming

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 The Twilight of Students' 
 Radical Reading 

What happened to Sylvia Plath and Allen Ginsberg?

Mar 8, 09 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A few decades ago, college kids turned to radicals to satisfy their literary thirst, but on today’s campuses, “you're more likely to hear a werewolf howl than Allen Ginsberg,” writes Ron Charles in the Washington Post. Other than Barack Obama’s tomes, the bestselling books among college... More »

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literature • college • radical • student • student activism • campus • Twilight

 Greek Protesters Hang 
 Banners on Acropolis 

Students call on Europe to join demonstrations tomorrow

Dec 17, 08 11:29 AM CST
(AP) - Greek protesters hung two giant banners off the Acropolis today, with slogans calling for mass demonstrations across Europe tomorrow and "resistance," after days of violent protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager in Athens. A dozen protesters held the pink banners over the walls of... More »

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Europe • police • protests • Greece • riots • student activism • Acropolis

 New Clues in 
 '68 Mexico Massacre 

Snipers provoked military into attacking protesters ahead of Olympics

Dec 2, 08 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Before there was Tiananmen Square, there was Tlatelolco Plaza. Just 10 days ahead of the 1968 Mexico City Games, army guns fired on a burgeoning movement of student protesters, setting off a government massacre—of anywhere from a handful to 3,000 students—that remains shrouded in mystery to this... More »

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military • Mexico City • Mexico • police • riots • student activism • political protest

Student Tasered at Kerry Speech

Senior zapped and arrested for disrupting U of Florida forum

Sep 18, 07 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police Tasered and arrested a University of Florida student after his belligerent questioning of John Kerry during a campus event last night. Andrew Meyer, who has a history of recording his own pranks, spent the night in jail after pressing Kerry beyond his allotted time, the AP reports. Officers removed... More »

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John Kerry • University of Florida • student • Taser • student activism • Andrew Meyer

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