Educational Dimensions of Italian Riots
A UC colleague writes from Italy:
The riots broke out after Berlusconi's government � which is, among other things, attempting to pass a massive and massively impopular overhaul of the Italian universtity system, under the name of lega Gelmini � obtained a vote of confidence (fiducia) in the Chamber, amidst much manoeuvring, with Berlusconi thus managing to remain in power. The riots went on all afternoon and were extremely violent � in fact, by far the most violent Rome has witnessed in decades.
For further information, please see :
� a recent NYT article, offering a reasonable (though very partial...) introduction to current student protests in Italy:
� The Guardian on the fiducia vote saving Berlusconi's head today and the subsequent student riots in Piazza del Popolo, in Rome
� La Repubblica on today's riots in Rome, and other student actions throughout the country
� The International Herald-Tribune's blog on the Rome riots, with plenty of links to videos of the events
The riots broke out after Berlusconi's government � which is, among other things, attempting to pass a massive and massively impopular overhaul of the Italian universtity system, under the name of lega Gelmini � obtained a vote of confidence (fiducia) in the Chamber, amidst much manoeuvring, with Berlusconi thus managing to remain in power. The riots went on all afternoon and were extremely violent � in fact, by far the most violent Rome has witnessed in decades.
For further information, please see :
� a recent NYT article, offering a reasonable (though very partial...) introduction to current student protests in Italy:
� The Guardian on the fiducia vote saving Berlusconi's head today and the subsequent student riots in Piazza del Popolo, in Rome
� La Repubblica on today's riots in Rome, and other student actions throughout the country
� The International Herald-Tribune's blog on the Rome riots, with plenty of links to videos of the events
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