Liveblogging the #OccupyWallStreet National Student Walkout
As I mentioned on Monday, the idea of a national student walkout in concert with the Occupy Wall Street movement has been gaining traction recently. Late last night a list of 75 campuses that have expressed plans to participate was posted on the Occupy Colleges Facebook page, and though not all of these walkouts may come together, experience shows that this sort of national action tends to bring campuses out of the woodwork who haven’t publicly stated their plans in advance. (And in fact, looking again at the list, I know there are some colleges planning walkouts who aren’t yet listed there.)
It remains to be seen how big today’s action is going to be — I don’t think anyone can predict that at this point — but a few things are worth bearing in mind as the day unfolds:
First, it’s October. Early October. The 2009-10 school year, the biggest year for co-ordinated student protest in
