Students’ protests in Italy
‘The State must fund universities to check interference of private capital in campus spaces’
Peoples Dispatch in conversation with the Turin committee of Noi Restiamo, on the student protests against the privatization of campus spaces in Italy
Italian students rally against setting up of fast food outlets on campus
Protests began on February 7 at the University of Turin, where outlets of Macdonald’s and Burger King have been set up. Students held community lunches and parades, demanding greater state investment in education
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