America's Youth Is Uprising: 5 Signs From Our Nation's Public Schools
Last year, the whole world came to a standstill as people from across the globe connected via social media, voiced their collective frustrations with their oppressive everyday experiences, confronted old regimes and sprung into action to topple powerful and seemingly indestructible age-old political structures.
In Egypt, millions of protesters from a variety of backgrounds successfully overthrew the repressive Mubarak regime in public protest that despite peaceful intent, often spilled into violence. In Syria, public demonstrations against the Bashar al-Assad government, the rampant police brutality and the imprisonment of those who speak out against the government evolved from small protests to a national uprising. In Chile, a number of student protestors from across the country grew frustrated with the large societal inequities, increased privatization and high prices of education. In response, they organized and started one of the most visible and passionate protests the nation had ever seen, which resulted in constant clashes with police. Global protests also appeared in Tunisia,