Student movements in 80's by Mari Veríssimo

Apartheid divestment, 1970s-80s

mariana11verissimo — 2018-09-14 23:58:46 UTC

On June 16, 1976, several thousand students near Johannesburg began a peaceful march that turned deadly when the police attacked with guns and tear gas. The protesters were objecting to a law that mandated Afrikaans-language education, but they set in motion a global movement against apartheid.

Tiananmen Square, 1989

mariana11verissimo — 2018-09-15 00:03:57 UTC

On June 4, 1989, several weeks of student-led pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing ended in slaughter when thousands of Chinese troops began firing on crowds of protesters in Tiananmen Square. Hundreds of people, possibly thousands, were killed; a death toll was never released.

Velvet Revolution, 1989

mariana11verissimo — 2018-09-15 00:06:17 UTC

Eight days after the Berlin Wall fell, the students of neighboring Czechoslovakia stepped in to topple their own.

The uprising began with thousands and grew until Prague was flooded with 500,000 protesters, who stayed stubbornly peaceful even as riot officers attacked, giving the revolution its name. Just 11 days after the protests began, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia relinquished power, paving the way for the playwright Vaclav Havel to become president in December.

Direct Now! - Brazil

mariana11verissimo — 2018-09-15 01:26:04 UTC

Brazil in the 80s passes a moment of redemocratization, from where it ceases to be a dictatorial state to be a democratic state. This process begins by being a civil process called "Direct Now!", With participation from motion studies, which required direct presidential elections.
After a few fighting times, he returned to the streets and media. Finally, in 1894 the congress passed a constitutional amendment that reestablished as direct elections.

RONALD REAGAN (1981-1989)

mariana11verissimo — 2018-09-15 01:34:25 UTC

Having grown up in the midst of the Vietnam War and the peak of distrust in government, students during the 80s were highly skeptical of the government, protesting CIA recruitment, University investment in South Africa, and the nuclear arms race.

Monday demonstrations, November 9, 1989

mariana11verissimo — 2018-09-15 13:39:39 UTC

Western and eastern Germany in the 1980s was marked by major youth demonstrations. While some defended peace and environmentalism, others wanted freedom and democracy. These young people made use of the slogan "we are the people". They aimed at approving the law where the eastern citizens could travel through "border crossing points." The young people mainly made protests, which became known as "Monday demonstrations", where they wanted the democratic opening of borders. Some were arrested because of this but they all made the peaceful revolution of November 9, 1989, in which no shot was fired.

(1988)

mariana11verissimo — 2018-09-15 13:48:29 UTC

tell a love story
for the end in the middle
a beginning that did not come
no rhymes in or

sing like someone who resists
resist as you wish
my verse is
laughter that visits you
the breeze that celebrates you

no
not sadness
This is when
the soul wears mourning
and no longer fight

fight yes
heart
in search of beauty

run still creeps
just do not let go
The life that kisses you