The year 2020 is fast shaping up to be the year where college student protests once again became a national movement. Not since the 1960s, when massive student protests - loosely organized into what was called the New Left - emerged in support of multiple causes, have we seen such a ground swell of activism among America’s youth.
Much like in the ‘60s, today’s protests are animated by anger over several perceived wrongs. The parallels between then and now are striking.
In the ‘60s, hundreds of thousands of college students came together to protect free speech and to voice protest about a trio of issues - the Vietnam war, racial injustice with associated widespread poverty, and decisions by college administrators themselves involving curriculum and institutional investments.
Today, the targets include police brutality against people of color, campus buildings and other legacies regarded as symbols of institutional racism, federal actions taken against international students, and growing outrage over tuition at colleges that aren’t offering in-person instruction or other valued campus experiences.
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