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Québec Suspends Civil Liberties in Response to the Student Strike
In Canada's francophone Province of Quu00e9bec, it is students that have mobilized this year to combat growing austerity plans and, in particular, a post-secondary tuition hike of 82 percent …
Youth in Revolt: The Plague of State-Sponsored Violence
A state of permanent war needs willing subjects to abide by its values.
Why Faculty Should Join Occupy Movement Protesters on College Campuses
Too many academics for too long have turned their backs on addressing important social issues.
The “Public University” as Response to Funding Cuts to UK’s Higher Education
Student protests have risen in the wake of the government's plans to make society pay for the economic crisis.
Occupy Colleges Now: Students as the New Public Intellectuals
Students are recognizing that it is crucial to struggle for the university as a democratic public sphere.
Beyond the Limits of Neoliberal Higher Education: Global Youth Resistance and the American/British Divide
“We need a wholesale revision of how a democracy both listens to and treats young people.”
Occupy Wall Street’s Battle Against American-Style Authoritarianism
Within a very short time, Occupy Wall Street has changed the national conversation to corporate corruption.
Truthout’s Yana Trakhtenberg on Democracy Now!: “Bahrain Is No Longer an Independent Country“
The King of Bahrain has declared a state of emergency for three months following weeks of pro-democracy protests.
Why Misogynists Make Great Informants
The state has already understood a fact that the Left has struggled to accept: misogynists make great informants.
For Youth: A Disciplinary Discourse Only
“The present is a period of riots,” writes Alain Bertho.