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Cheese Sandwich

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Thu Nov 12, 2015, 09:36 PM Nov 2015

#MillionStudentMarch demands student debt cancellation and $15 minimum wage for all campus workers [View all]

An unprecedented wave of action is sweeping across 120 college campuses today. Participants in the nationwide “Million Student March” are uniting around three demands: tuition-free public colleges and universities, cancellation of $1.3 trillion in student debt, and a $15 an hour minimum wage for all campus workers. Here are some live updates from campuses across America participating in the historic first-ever national day of action for free college.

The Million Student March at the University of California’s Santa Barbara campus swelled to several hundred this afternoon. This video shows the size of the crowd as they gathered in front of Campbell Hall:
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Hundreds of students took over the Temple University campus in Philadelphia this afternoon. They were later joined by students from Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania’s Philadelphia campus for a march on city hall:
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At the University of Texas’ main campus in Austin, several hundred students walked out:
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Elsewhere in Texas, the Texas State University campus in San Marcos saw students channeling the South African student movement that recently succeeded in defeating a double-digit tuition hike scheduled to take effect the following academic year, chanting: “Fees must fall!”
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more: http://usuncut.com/resistance/live-updates-students-take-over-us-campuses-demanding-free-college/

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