Transnational protests of student activism in Latin America and the Caribbean of the 21st century

• In Event: Youth Movements, Political Parties, and State Interactions: Comparative Insights from South Asia and Latin America

Proposal

Student movements have a long history in Latin America and the Caribbean that extends, at least, from the University Reform of 1918 to the feminist experiences of the 21st century. However, the academic, journalistic, and testimonial bibliography mainly focuses on the mobilizations of 1968, which occurred simultaneously in different countries in the region, such as Mexico, Uruguay, and Brazil, to name the most emblematic. The numerous events, editions, and commemorations organized in 2018 on the 50th anniversary of '68 are symptomatic of this. Recent perspectives suggest that the emphasis on this milestone hinders further research on student activism that precedes and precedes that stage of recent history.
This paper aims to broaden the temporal scope of the field by investigating 21st century student activism protests of Latin American and Caribbean. Specifically, it focuses on a sociohistorical analysis of three recent transnational experiences: 1) the large street mobilizations and/or takeover of educational establishments against neoliberal policies of tariffing and privatization of education. 2) the protests led by collectives or groups of feminist students against violence and gender inequalities 3) the camps and demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine and denunciation of the genocide carried out by the State of Israel with the support of the United States and the OTAN. It also examines the relationship between these mobilizations in the region and the state and political parties.

Author

• Nicolas Alberto Dip, División de Historia, CIDE