it was extensively planned for and talked about through grassroots channels. The next one is on Monday. The right wing is in full attack mode over this. Fox covered it to sneer at & their minions are all over social media attacking.
CBS reported on it too
CBS News Verified account ?@CBSNews 19h19 hours ago
#MillionStudentMarch demonstrations happening at schools from Massachusetts to Hawaii
November 12, 2015, 5:11 PM
Campus marches over student debt held around the country
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Students at more than a hundred colleges and universities are staging marches in support of free tuition, a $15 minimum wage for campus workers and the cancellation of debt from student loans.
Hunter college students call to fight budget cuts and liberate CUNY #MillionStudentMarch pic.twitter.com/pITA1lmXxy
— Alexandra Rosenmann (@alexpreditor) November 12, 2015
Known as the Million Student March, the demonstrations happening Thursday at schools from Massachusetts to Hawaii were inspired by remarks Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders made in June.
The Democratic presidential candidate said Republicans in Congress would be forced to tackle the student debt problem if a million young people marched on Washington.
Hey hey, hi ho, student debt has got to go #MillionStudentMarch pic.twitter.com/BsdhjS3s1r
— Charles Idelson (@cidelson) November 12, 2015
Most of the events were planned at public universities and colleges, although a few private colleges organized rallies to show support.
CBS Philadelphia reports that in Philly, students from Drexel, the University of Pennsylvania, Temple, the Community College of Philadelphia and area high schools were marching from their respective school to City Hall on Thursday.
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