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bellamonde · 1 year
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Say Her Name - Asra Panahi
A schoolgirl, identified as Asra Panahi, was killed when plainclothes Islamic Republic forces attacked the Shahed Girls High School in Ardabil on October 13, 2022. As usual, IRGC claims she died because of underlying heart disease (same excuse they gave for Mahsa’s murder). 
Several other female students who the IRGC violently beat are now being treated at the Fatemi Hospital. The number of abducted and missing schoolgirls has reached 19.  
The school’s principal agreed to IRGC’s attack and kidnapping in this school in Ardabil. 
People in Ardabil, Azerbaijan were protesting today en mass and protests continued well into the night.  
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princetonarchives · 3 months
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Princeton University students picketed the local Woolworth's store, March 12, 1960. Though Woolworth's was not segregated in New Jersey, their lunch counters in the South were. R. Hunter Morey '62 organized the protest on the same weekend Martin Luther King, Jr. was scheduled to preach in Princeton University Chapel. Morey wanted students to show support for the Civil Rights Movement, rather than just viewing King's campus visit as "a status symbol to show how aware we Princetonians are."
Locally, there were some who did not appreciate the demonstration. Police intervened when a mob attacked the protesters.
Color slide found in Historical Photograph Collection, Campus Life Series (AC112), Box AD22.
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leftistteendrama · 3 months
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EP 25 CLIP: Sasha So on Heartbreak High is the ensemble cast’s veteran activist character. Through her actions in Season 1, including the advice she gives Amerie on launching the student protest, it’s clear that Sasha, realistically, has a lot of growth ahead of her. (And we can’t wait to watch her journey continue in Season 2!) Maria, Kelly, and Abir discuss all things Sasha on Ep 25 of Leftist Teen Drama, now streaming wherever you get your podcasts.
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jadeseadragon · 4 months
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@jewishvoiceforpeace
"This week we saw a massive escalation of college administrators continuing the disgraceful and cowardly decision to silence student activism, who over the past month and a half have shown their support and solidarity with Palestine.
Anti-Palestinian organizations applaud universities that suspend student chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, all the while lobbying social media giants to ensure that Israeli military propaganda is flooding the feeds. But, according to TikTok, the company “does not ‘promote’ one side of an issue over another.”
The effective thrust of TikTok’s blog post, then, is that young people are seeing more pro-Palestine content on the app because that’s what they’re engaging with, Vice points out.
Student activism in America has strong roots. From the Freedom Summer and the Greensboro sit-ins during the Civil Rights movement, to campus occupations during the Vietnam War, the March for Our Lives movement to end gun violence, the uprising of voices in support of the Black Lives Matter movement – student voices have always played a massive role in changing the social and political landscape of the US.
This generation's access and mastery of social media, and ability to scour the internet for research and answers, has created a movement of not only informed but active student participants who can go head to head with professors, reporters, and politicians.
They are organized and understand how to utilize the reach of social media to spread their message far and wide. When that media usage meets on campus activism, we get a force to be reckoned with. Student organizing is a crucial part of change. Defendants of the Israeli government and its genocidal war on Palestinians are scared of the voices of the youth, and this means that the youth have something important to say.
Our student chapters are an integral part of JVP, and we could not be more proud of the work they, and their partners on campus, are doing to demand a ceasefire now and the end to the Isreali governemnt’s continued settler violence and ongoing genocide of Palestinians."
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ncfcatalyst · 1 year
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"Our students are not political pawns": hundreds gather on campus to oppose elimination of DEI, Richard Corcoran
“Fight fight fight, education is a human right!” This mantra was chanted by hundreds of students, alums, parents and community members gathered on the steps of the Hamilton “Ham” Center before the Feb. 28 New College Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting. The meeting would be the first where newly appointed Interim President Richard Corcoran would be present, and on the agenda was the abolition of the…
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fandom-hoarder · 10 months
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Indiana high school cancels queer-inclusive play after bigoted parents make a stink; students put it on independently
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dailyhistoryposts · 2 years
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On This Day In History
June 16th, 1976: The Soweto uprising in South Africa. 20,000 Black students march peaceably in response to the introduction of Afrikaans, a Dutch language, as the language used in teaching across the country. The students were met with police brutality, and hundreds of students were killed.
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feckcops · 11 months
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Students occupy schools and universities across Europe in climate protest
“In Germany, universities were occupied in Wolfenbüttel, Magdeburg, Münster, Bielefeld, Regensburg, Bremen and Berlin. In Spain, students in occupation at the Autonomous University of Barcelona organised teach-outs on the climate crisis. In Belgium, 40 students occupied the University of Ghent. In the Czech Republic, about 100 students camped outside the ministry of trade and industry. In the UK occupations were under way at the universities of Leeds, Exeter and Falmouth.
“The most radical actions were taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, where youngsters occupied seven schools and two universities. On Thursday, occupying pupils forced one high school to remain closed for a third day, while students at the University of Lisbon’s faculty of humanities barricaded themselves in the dean’s office.
“Young people also stopped traffic in the Portuguese capital with street blockades in solidarity with the occupations. The radical action comes despite harsh responses from teachers at one school who called police to evict pupils who began occupations last week ...
“A statement by the campaign read: ‘End Fossil: Occupy! is radicalising the youth climate movement in tactics and demands. Occupations instead of strikes. End the fossil economy instead of listen to the science. End Fossil: Occupy! is reigniting the fire of the youth climate movement last seen in 2019.’”
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itgetsbetterproject · 2 years
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You might remember us asking: if you had $10,000 to improve your school for LGBTQ+ students, what would you do?
Well, middle and high school students around the country answered - and the recipients are HERE! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
These are just some of the amazing projects they proposed to bring real change into their schools and communities with our 50 States, 50 Grants, 5,000 Voices grant initiative. You can read the rest of them on our website.
LGBTQ+ youth know what they need to make their schools a safer, more inclusive space. At a time when some states are banning LGBTQ+ books, attacking the rights of trans kids, and preventing us from learning about LGBTQ+ people and families, these students are choosing to stand UP by bringing LGBTQ+ education, resources, safe spaces, art, joy, and more into their classrooms.
So proud of these students, and so excited to see their projects come to life over the next year!
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donkeysanddug · 2 years
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I painted this years ago as a tribute to the students who were shot at Kent State on May 4th, 1970.  I titled this, “The Day My Government Wanted to Kill Me”
I remember the day well and how quiet it was in my house.  My mother was a graduate of Kent State and she had a sister attending at the time of the shootings.  I recall my father saying, “The government wants to kill everyone.”  
There is still a large segment of the US population that thinks the killings were justified.  But, none of the evidence supports that position.  The events of the day were well documented forty years ago.  And, the facts are, a military arm of the US government fired, in a planned and unison way, indiscriminately, into an unarmed group of students.   
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bellamonde · 1 year
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Students at Sharif University in Tehran have been locked in the university since afternoon. They are being arrested and/or killed. They asked that people of Tehran to come out and help them and people have come out in droves in their support. In this video, you can hear gunfire being used. 
Sharif is the MIT of Iran. The students there are the brightest in the country. 
SPREAD THE WORD! They need us to be their voice.  
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princetonarchives · 7 days
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Throwback Thursday: An unidentified Princeton University student stands holding a sign on Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C., January 2017.
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leftistteendrama · 3 months
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🪻EP 25 TRAILER🪻 On Heartbreak High, the students of Ms. Obah’s SLTs class join together and occupy the Hartley High admin building, demanding that their favorite teacher be reinstated to her position. Maria is joined by Abir Mohammad and Kelly Diaz to break down everything about this brief student protest movement that was featured in Kelly’s dissertation. Episode 25 of Leftist Teen Drama premieres on Sunday, December 24, wherever you get your podcasts.
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merelygifted · 2 years
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Greta Thunberg makes surprise appearance at Glastonbury festival | Greta Thunberg | The Guardian
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ncfcatalyst · 1 year
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California Gov. Newsom meets with Newtown Alive and New College students
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom visited Sarasota on Apr. 5 as part of Newsom’srecently-launched Campaign for Democracy tour. According to the Washington Post, this tour aims to fight “rising authoritarianism” in various red states by “[meeting] with like-minded activists, students, candidates and elected officials” who are “fighting a lonely battle in…
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