Chile student protest leaders send support to Florida gun campaigners Four leaders of 2011 movement

[Judi Lynn]

Four leaders of 2011 movement send letter to young US activists urging them to fight idea that only adults should make the decisions

Jonathan Franklin in Santiago

@FranklinBlog
Wed 28 Feb 2018 04.00 EST

It began with a classroom walkout, grew into a nationwide protest movement led by high school and university students – and culminated in radical reforms previously dismissed as unthinkable.

Six years later, the Chilean student leaders who overthrew the country’s political establishment with street protests and legislative victories, have sent a message of support for the young Florida activists pushing for gun reform in the US.

In an open letter to the teenagers of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, four former student leaders – now elected politicians – encouraged US students to fight back against the idea that “young people must let the adults make the decisions”.

“We know it is not enough to ask for rights, as if it were a favor,” the letter said. “Instead we must demand them – especially in cases like this where the failure to do so can mean the difference between life and death.”

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/28/chile-student-protest-leaders-send-support-to-florida-gun-campaigners

[pangaia]

1. Wonderful to hear....

And great support for young adults throughout the US who know the score and want to do something about it.
AND for the old adults!!! Like me!!