My curiosity led to some research and… I couldn’t find any major student protests in the 1990s. Which I guess is the end goal. I did join protests in 2002, and I remember not having an ounce of fear that there would be pro-war nuts driving through them or that the police would show up with surplus military equipment to wage war on people for shouting things in a place others would prefer they didn’t.
There were major protests, though. I participated in ACT UP, and the WTO protest n Seattle. There were anti-Gulf War protests, protests over US actions in Central and South America, and many campus-closing protests. I even took part in one, where we occupied the admin building and shut it down over tuition hike plans.
I suspect that’s what he’s thinking of.
My curiosity led to some research and… I couldn’t find any major student protests in the 1990s. Which I guess is the end goal. I did join protests in 2002, and I remember not having an ounce of fear that there would be pro-war nuts driving through them or that the police would show up with surplus military equipment to wage war on people for shouting things in a place others would prefer they didn’t.
There were major protests, though. I participated in ACT UP, and the WTO protest n Seattle. There were anti-Gulf War protests, protests over US actions in Central and South America, and many campus-closing protests. I even took part in one, where we occupied the admin building and shut it down over tuition hike plans.
Those Seattle WTO protests did change the game
China still made it into the WTO