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Showing Original Post only (View all)Students Across the Nation are Planning Something Unprecedented to End Student Debt Forever [View all]
An ambitious group of young activists have decided to organize the first nationwide protest for free college tuition on November 12th, and theyre calling it the #MillionStudentMarch. They have already been endorsed by Noam Chomsky and have three concrete demands:
1: Tuition-free public college
2. Cancellation of all student debt
3. A $15 minimum wage for all campus workers
"Fixing the student debt crisis wont start from within the broken two-party system, it will start in the streets, said organizer Elan Axelbank.
And hes right as a result of protests, students around the world have successfully fought for affordable higher education.
After tens of thousands of students took to the streets to demand a rollback of a 75 percent tuition hike, the government relented, and tuition in Quebec remains the lowest in North America.
Chiles student movement not only took over the streets, but got its leaders elected to parliament. Now, Chile is rolling out free college for its most vulnerable populations, and funding it by raising corporate taxes.
#MillionStudentMarch was introduced only one month ago, and there are already 36 declared actions in 33 cities. A list of local actions is available on the main #MSM website, and if you dont see one at your college or city, organize one! Organizers stress that you dont need to be a student to participate in the Million Student March, you only need to support the demands. Anyone can sign up to create a march on StudentMarch.org and RSVP to the national Facebook event page.
1: Tuition-free public college
2. Cancellation of all student debt
3. A $15 minimum wage for all campus workers
"Fixing the student debt crisis wont start from within the broken two-party system, it will start in the streets, said organizer Elan Axelbank.
And hes right as a result of protests, students around the world have successfully fought for affordable higher education.
After tens of thousands of students took to the streets to demand a rollback of a 75 percent tuition hike, the government relented, and tuition in Quebec remains the lowest in North America.
Chiles student movement not only took over the streets, but got its leaders elected to parliament. Now, Chile is rolling out free college for its most vulnerable populations, and funding it by raising corporate taxes.
#MillionStudentMarch was introduced only one month ago, and there are already 36 declared actions in 33 cities. A list of local actions is available on the main #MSM website, and if you dont see one at your college or city, organize one! Organizers stress that you dont need to be a student to participate in the Million Student March, you only need to support the demands. Anyone can sign up to create a march on StudentMarch.org and RSVP to the national Facebook event page.
http://usuncut.com/resistance/students-are-organizing-the-nations-first-ever-protest-for-free-college/
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Students Across the Nation are Planning Something Unprecedented to End Student Debt Forever [View all]
dixiegrrrrl
Oct 2015
OP
Bernie deserves a lot of credit for addressing this national issue loudly and
libdem4life
Oct 2015
#3
+1! Killing people for profit. Creating a new and never ending supply of enemies.
Enthusiast
Oct 2015
#94
^^^ This right fucking here! ^^^ MAKE WALL STREET FUCKING PAY FOR IT! They
ChisolmTrailDem
Oct 2015
#76
Educating our young is arguably the most important responsibility a society holds.
Xithras
Oct 2015
#135
The taxpayer made the majority of student loans outstanding. Who's going to pay for it?
Yo_Mama
Oct 2015
#12
What does come to, 1 less war to pay for. That would be hard to handle. On one hand we can a war
LiberalArkie
Oct 2015
#20
You say it's not a problem from the point of view of the overall economy, but....
Jim Lane
Oct 2015
#90
But fractional reserve is specifically not double-entry; that's the whole point.
Recursion
Oct 2015
#123
Any money that "flows thu the system" is grabbed by the 1% and never trickles down.
dixiegrrrrl
Oct 2015
#124
No, I am saying I pay my bills including my student loans and I am proud I did.
leftofcool
Oct 2015
#53
So let's see if we can guess your point. You paid off your debt therefore all students should have
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#34
It's always easy to blame the victims. Those people that use the payday loans should be
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#35
That isn't a very empathetic feeling. We as a society have some responsibility to help
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#58
Do you think payday loan companies should exist? I don't. At one time it was against
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#133
dear ignorant students- nothing is "free" - somebody has to pay for your "free" schooling nt
msongs
Oct 2015
#15
That's why you oppose this? A pedantic concern over the definition of "free"
Taitertots
Oct 2015
#40
Student loans were never an issue when people could get good jobs to pay them off.
jtuck004
Oct 2015
#22
They should vote against Clinton that would ship more jobs overseas. We need jobs for
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#37
I remember when the mob made loans like that, now the banks do. And I am disappointed that posters
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#38
An educated populace is a public good. We used to know that. Now we are eating our
tblue37
Oct 2015
#69
Higher education needs to be either free or low-cost. The bankers are already cash-bloated.
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2015
#45
When I started college, they had special programs to help women get an education.
dixiegrrrrl
Oct 2015
#62
funded by extra tax on Banking execs and Hedge fund managers - commutation tax
Bill USA
Oct 2015
#134