Turkey’s Chief Prosecutor files lawsuit to disband pro-Kurdish HDP and other stories
Today we take a look at the indictment filed by Turkey’s Chief Prosecutor seeking to disband Peoples Democratic Party (HDP), mobilizations by student workers across the US, the launch of electoral campaigns in Ecuador, protests by Moroccan farmers, and student protests in South Africa
South African students intensify protests against historical debt
Since March 15, students across SA have been on the streets to implement a shut down of all higher education institutions, intensifying their protest against historical debt
Wits University protest: ‘There was no threat to shoot’
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is examining police violence at a student protest in Braamfontein that led to the fatal shooting of Mthokozisi Ntumba
Not an Inch: Indian Students Stand Against the Far-Right
The rods of the muscular Right wing were aimed at Aishe Ghosh’s head, but the students of JNU have pledged to fight the intimidatory, divisive and toxic politics of BJP-RSS with ‘words.
“Not an inch back”: JNU students refuse to bow down to right wing violence
Peoples Dispatch takes a look at how the incident unfolded on Sunday evening.
Right-wing goons attack students, faculty at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University
Masked goons, allegedly members of the right-wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, beat up students of left-wing organizations and vandalized hostels on Sunday. The police refused to take any action
India’s government is going to war against its own people
The brutal assault on those protesting the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Law takes place even as India is going through an unprecedented economic crisis
JNU is Not Alone: #FeesMustFall is a Global Demand
At the heart of the #FeesMustFall protests is one global problem: the cost of higher education. These protests highlight the debate as to whether education is a right or a privilege.
Across India, students express solidarity with JNU
In a rare example of unity, the support for JNU students also came from the students of private institutions like Ashoka University and O P Jindal University who marched with their counterparts
#FeesMustFall: The fight for the generations to come and their right to affordable education
Peoples Dispatch talk to president of New Delhi based Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students’ union, Aishe Ghosh about the struggle against fees hike.
#FeesMustFall: No barricades can stop JNU students’ resistance
Despite massive police violence on Monday, more than 3,000 students and teachers of the New Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University marched to the Indian parliament against the hostel fee hike and demanded free education for all.
#FeesMustFall, India’s JNU reverberates
Hostel fees has been increased by more than 999% from 2700/- (38.20USD) to a whopping 30,100/- (425.88USD) annually (excluding monthly mess bill and newly introduced electricity and water charges).
