SchNEWS the free weekly direct action news sheet covering social and environmental issues in the UK and abroad including climate change, arms industry, ecological direct action and more... Guantanamo Bay 7th Anniversary Day Of Action, January 11th 2009
Subscribe to receive SchNEWS erery week by email View all of our back issues Find out about the history of SchNEWS and how it's put together every week Search for contacts and links of protest and community groups in UK and abroad A selection of How To guides for direct action andother fun stuff Previous articles and hot topics SchMOVIES
Copyleft - Information for direct action - Published weekly in Brighton since 1994

Home | Friday 19th December 2008 | Issue 660

Back to the Full Issue

EURO TRASHED 3: RIOTSCHOOL MUSICAL

Schoolkids in France have been out in the streets against school reforms which would drastically cut teaching hours and fire 13,500 education workers. In the past week actions have flared up across the country. In Lyon five police officers were injured when school kids threw rocks and damaged cars, thirty eight were arrested. In Dijon the high speed train line was blocked by around 200 protesters. Several thousand marched in Paris and tear gas was fired by police at parts of the demo.

The government have temporarily backed down, but the kids aren't fooled and refuse to stop protests till the government agrees to to scrap the plans completely. A student's spokeskid said: "You keep hearing about the financial crisis, that there's no money for young people, and on the other hand you give out billions to the banks and of course that creates discontent."



 

Subscribe to SchNEWS: Send 1st Class stamps (e.g. 10 for next 9 issues) or donations (payable to Justice?). Or £15 for a year's subscription, or the SchNEWS supporter's rate, £1 a week. Ask for "originals" if you plan to copy and distribute. SchNEWS is post-free to prisoners.