
Chileans demand free education
The Chilean education system has been caught in the eye of a storm driven by hundreds of thousands of students and teachers who are demanding democratic education reforms.

Puerto Rico: police violence against striking students
Pepper spray and clubs were the methods used by police in Puerto Rico against protesting students.

Student strike in Puerto Rico met with repression
College students in Puerto Rico are on strike against the neoliberal education policies implenmented by the country's conservative and right-wing governor.

UK students to launch new wave of protests
Students will mark Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's birthday Friday by marching on his party's headquarters, with more actions to come.

Students aim to oust lawmakers
Following last week's mass demonstration, Britain's National Union of Students has launched a campaign to oust members of Parliament who broke their pledge to oppose tuition hikes.
Communist youth leader murdered in Ecuador
Edwing Perez, secretary general of the Ecuadorian Communist Youth organization, died Nov. 10 from complications resulting from a vicious right-wing assault.

Students shake halls of power
LONDON - Over 50,000 workers and students shook the Westminster halls of power today with a march against the raising of tuition fees.

French workers angry about pensions and more
Tuesday, for the second time in seven days, more than 3.5 million people turned out in militant demonstrations across France.

UN focus on youth
On August 12, the UN launched the International Year of the Youth, aimed at alleviating the grinding poverty, record joblessness and problems affecting millions of young people across the globe.

Epic student strike continues in Puerto Rico
Forty six days into their strike against the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), students were occupying 11 of 12 UPR campuses despite heavy police monitoring and the UPR President's ultimatum to vacate the campuses by June 7.

