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Student protest encompasses a wide range of activities that indicate student dissatisfaction with a given political or academics issue and mobilization to communicate this dissatisfaction to the authorities (university or civil or both) and society in general and hopefully remedy the problem. Protest forms include but are not limited to: sit-ins, occupations of university offices or buildings, strikes etc. More extreme forms include suicide such as the case of Jan Palach's and Jan Zajíc's protests against the end of the Prague Spring and Kostas Georgakis' protest against the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.




Contents






  • 1 Student strike


  • 2 Examples


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Student strike


A common tactic of student protest is to go on strike (sometimes called a boycott of classes), which occurs when students enrolled at a teaching institution such as a school, college or university refuse to go to class. It is meant to resemble strike action by organized labour. The purpose of these strikes is often to put pressure on the governing body of the university, particularly in countries where education is free, and the government cannot afford to have a student cohort miss an entire year. This can cause an overload of students in one academic term and the absence of an entire class in the following term.


In the West, student strikes date to the early days of universities in the Middle Ages, with one of the earliest and most significant being the University of Paris strike of 1229, which lasted two years and yielded significant concessions. In more recent times, significant walkouts occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s: the French May 1968 events began as a series of student strikes. The largest student strike/boycott in American history occurred in May and June 1970, in the aftermath of the American invasion of Cambodia and the killings of student protesters at Kent State University in Ohio. An estimated four million students at more than 450 universities, colleges and high schools participated in the Student Strike of 1970.[1][2]


The term "student strike" has been criticized as inaccurate by some unions[3] and commentators in the news media.[4] These groups have indicated that they believe the term boycott is more accurate.[3][4]



Examples




  • 2018 Bangladesh road safety protests

  • 2018 American March for Our Lives protest

  • 2017–18 Iranian protests

  • 2017 Jallikattu protests

  • 2016 Boston Public School students walkout in protest of budget cuts

  • 2016 Joint Student protests in Central Universities India

  • 2015 University of Missouri protests

  • 2015 Bangladesh student protests

  • 2015 University of Amsterdam Bungehuis and Maagdenhuis Occupations

  • 2014 Jadavpur University protests


  • 2014 Hong Kong student protest for democracy[5]

  • 2014 Sunflower Student Movement

  • 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping

  • 2012 Quebec student protests

  • 2012 Valencia student protests[6][7][8][9]

  • 2011 student protests in Chile

  • 2010 University of Puerto Rico Strike

  • 2010 UK student protests

  • 2008 Greek riots

  • 2007 Dutch pupil strike

  • 2006 student protests in Chile

  • 2006 student uprising in Iran

  • 2005 Quebec student protests

  • Iran student protests, July 1999

  • 1996–1997 protests in Serbia

  • 1996 Quebec student protests

  • Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989


  • Soweto uprising of 1976-77


  • Athens Polytechnic uprising – Greece


  • Huelga schools -- United States


  • Student Strike of 1970 – United States


  • Third World Liberation Front strikes of 1968 – United States

  • 1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia


  • May 1968 uprisings – France

  • 1968 protests in Poland


  • East L.A. walkouts of 1968

  • Protests of 1968

  • 1965 Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu

  • 1964-65 U.C. Berkeley Free Speech Movement

  • Bucharest student movement of 1956


  • Września children strike of 1901-1904

  • The Great Butter Rebellion


  • University of Paris strike of 1229 – France




See also



  • Academic Crisis

  • Civil disobedience

  • Student activism

  • Student voice



References





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  2. ^ Todd Gitlin, The Sixties, New York: Bantam Books, 1987, p. 410.


  3. ^ ab "CUPFA Response to Student Class Boycott: March 3, 2012". Concordia University Part Time Faculty Association. 2012-03-03. Retrieved 16 May 2012.


  4. ^ ab Deck, Larry (2012-04-15). "Student "Strike" Is Losing Steam". Le Québécois Libre (299). ISSN 1707-0309.


  5. ^ "BBC News - HK students escalate pro-democracy protest". bbc.co.uk. 2014-09-27. Retrieved 2014-09-27.


  6. ^ "BBC News - Spain protest over riot police beatings in Valencia". Bbc.co.uk. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2013-11-01.


  7. ^ chttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/21/valencia-police-students-standoff-spain-protests


  8. ^ "Thousands take to Valencia streets in protest against police violence and education cuts | In English | EL PAÍS". Elpais.com. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2013-11-01.


  9. ^ "Spanish police clash violently with students: "I don't understand how the situation degenerated so fast" | The FRANCE 24 Observers". Observers.france24.com. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2013-11-01.




External links




  • Bloodiest Student Protests - slideshow by Life magazine

  • http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/us/occupy-wall-street-protests-shifting-to-college-campuses.html?_r=1&scp=7&sq=berkeley&st=cse

  • http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/11/10/us/AP-US-Occupy-Universities.html?scp=1&sq=berkeley&st=cse











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