Friday, August 5, 2011

Students and protests in Chile

Today I saw two posts with some of the same information but very different slants about student protests in Chile.  The one from the New York Times presents the movement as a kind of love-in, while the one from Al-Jazeera presents a much more conflictful image.  Warning:  the Times limits the number of articles you can read without a description to 20 per month, so if you go to the Times's link you use up one of your chits. 

Take a look, and perhaps you want to discuss or comment on how the articles differ.  Can you imagine a similar kind of student movement in the U.S., or are there things about Chilean history and politics that make it more understandable why it is happening there?

With Kiss-Ins and Dances, Young Chileans Push for Reform
Violent student protests rock Chile's capital

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