Chilean student leaders inspire U.S. activists
Chilean student leaders Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman visit the United States.
Pakistan rallies around Malala Yousafzai
The 15-year-old Pakistani woman gravely wounded in a Taliban attack, has come to symbolize a broadening struggle in that country, against the extremist views the Taliban seeks to enforce there.
Winds of change blow strong in Cuban colleges
Many regard Cuba's success in making education accessible and socially useful to have been a prime achievement of the Cuban Revolution.
Cuba celebrates International Children's Day
Cuba puts itself onto a fiesta footing each June 1 to entertain "those they know" who want every happiness, love, and an unforgettable International Children's Day.
Support grows for striking Quebec students
Police repression coupled with draconian measures to limit peaceful protest have failed to stop a student strike in Quebec.
Honduran resistance group forms political party
Honduras' National Front for Popular Resistance gathered in Tegucigalpa, Feb. 11-12, to launch a political party. The name, Liberation and Re-foundation Party (Libre), is timely: Honduras is mired in catastrophe.
Dickens "more relevant than ever" in Britain
On the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth, his biographer Claire Tomalin warned that the great novelist's depiction of injustice in society was still "amazingly relevant."
Colombia’s students defend public education, join worldwide movement
Colombian students are rejecting a government proposal aimed at privatizing public higher education. Students are demanding an alternative education that's democratic, free, and serves the great majority.
Interview with Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo: They'll see that it's worthwhile
She's president of the Chilean Students' Federation, and a picture of Karl Marx hangs in her office. Camila Vallejo, 23 years old, has been instrumental in propelling Chile's student movement, mobilized now for almost six months.
Amidst global Occupy movement, Chilean students show the way
Building over five months, students there have moved from immediate demands to an overall critique of Chile's dominant political-economic system.
