The International Students' Day - Quaint Planet

Ever since 1941’s conference of International Students’ Council in London, the world commemorates students’ assets as well as sacrifices on 17 November’s International Students’ Day. History remembers many students’ protests that inspired nations to stand up against various flaws or unfairness of the system, such as the anti-Nazi protests in Prague (1939), Athens Polytechnic Uprising against the Greek military junta (1973) or the student demonstrations that triggered the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia (1989). The usual reaction of the totalitarian governments is self-defense, and instead of dialogue, they don’t hesitate to use police violence against the protesters.

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