school students
Archive of articles on school students' struggles around the world.
France: Student strikes and blockades to continue
Today will be an important day for the student movement with Police and university authorities ending most occupations before the weekend.
Today will be a return to struggle, or in some cases a beginning. The first blockade of Paris VIII began today at 7am. Many universities will be holding AGs this week to decide whether to continue the movement, which up until now has continued to grow.
Reflections on the black consciousness movement and the South African revolution
A situationist-influenced text decribing how a protest by Soweto school students in 1976 spread and became a country-wide revolt - involving mass workers' strikes and violent confrontations that shook the foundations of white South Africa. Written as a collaboration between an American and two South Africans, the text also deals with the rise and fall of the Black Consciousness Movement.
[i]Originally published in August 1979
Anti-CPE Movement: Bastille, 31st March 2006 (c. 16h)
Photos of the blocking of the Bastille around 4pm by high-school pupils. Photos from: http://thibautcho.free.fr/
New Zealand: demonstration against youth pay rates
Images from the walkout of 1,000 school students in Auckland over youth pay rates. For more information see the libcom news article on the events.
Anti-CPE Movement: Paris school occupations and street protests, 16th March 2006
Photos of the school occupations and street protest in Paris on March 16th. Most photos in these galleries have been collated from http://paris.indymedia.org/ and http://thibautcho.free.fr/.
Anti-CPE Movement: Caen demonstration and blockade, 14th March 2006
Photos of the March 14th 2006 demonstration and road blockade by school students against the CPE in Caen. Photos from http://collectifetucaen.free.fr/.
Anti-CPE Movement: Marseille school students demonstration, 8th March 2006
Several thousand school students demonstrate against the CPE in Marseille, March 8th.
