Podcasts about student politics

Iain and Jacqui explain their involvement in, and the importance of, student politics - as well as a few of the current controversies.Plus questions on memories of the death of John Smith, campaign financing, initiation ceremonies and much more!

Hugh is joined by Harry McGee and Jennifer Bray to discuss the week in politics:This week saw a rare and notable victory for student politics at Trinity College Dublin, where protestors secured a victory in their campaign for the college to divest from companies linked to Israel.Meanwhile the Government's moves towards recognising Palestinian statehood are still underway.The asylum seeker accommodation crisis trundles on.It is a month out from the European elections and Jennifer and Harry have their ear to the ground. Could high-profile first-timers like Ciaran Mullooly and Niall Boylan claim seats in Strasbourg at the expense of more established politicians?And the panel pick their favourite Irish Times pieces of the week:Patrick Freyne reviewing Jennifer's favourite TV show.Laura Slattery's excellent live coverage of Bambi Thug's quest for Eurovision glory.Barry Roche on the many outstanding mysteries surrounding American passport fraudster Randolph Kirk Parker, who was arrested in Cork last year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this riveting episode of AK Talk Show, we dive deep into the intricate world of student politics through the lens of Sachin Galav's insights. We unravel the complexities surrounding the Bhanna Sidhu case, shedding light on the broader implications for political engagement among the youth. Additionally, we explore the controversial topic of politicians' earnings, offering a balanced perspective on the financial aspects of political life. Join us as we navigate these critical discussions, providing thought-provoking analysis and expert commentary that will leave you informed and engaged.

Laurent Gayer comes on the Pakistan Experience to discuss his book, "Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for the City", Student Politics, MQM, PPP, JI, Altaf Hussain, PTM, Benazir's Assassination, Delhi and Paris. Laurent Gayer is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Studies (CERI-Sciences Po), Paris. For the past twenty years, he has been investigating urban transformations, social struggles and political conflicts in Karachi. His main publications include Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for the City (Hurst, 2014), and the forthcoming Gunpoint Capitalism: Enforcing Corporate Order in Karachi (Hurst, 2024) The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Chapters 0:00 Introduction 2:30 Finding order in Karachi's chaos, MQM and military involvement 13:20 Student politics and Jamat e Islami, history of the region and who wrote it, creation of the muhajir identity 30:03 Using autobiographies as a source, Karachi's motorcycle culture, conspiracy theories, Altaf Hussain and Punjab 40:07 Economic anxiety & pashtoon-muhajir conflict, partition and its impact on Karachi 51:17 the good old times, and protests in France compared to Karachi 1:04:05 PTM, Aurat March and impacts of social mobilization, global protest dynamics, anti military consciousness in Karachi 1:11:26 Benazir's assassination and its impact on the city; is the PPP a mafia? 1:19:47 Karachi's divisions & cantonments, local governments, the new corporate elite & sweatshops 1:30:36 Blatant protection from the courts and whether Delhi is the most segregated city and BJP changing India 1:43:33 Audience Questions

I've heard it said that the desire to become a politician should in itself prevent you from ever becoming one.Unfortunately this advice isn't often heeded.My guest today (who remains anonymous for obvious reasons) talks about politics being an addictive, lowbrow games full of dirt sheets, sabotage and backstabbing. All in the life of university student politics.

The twisted tale of Kraig's foray into Student Politics.

From early exposure to money politics, lack of financial support after successfully winning a campus election, today's guest, Akan Etienam talks about what being a student politician entails, the struggle to never compromise on one's values and much more. If you would love to encourage us, here's the tip link: https://useshukran.com/cr/intheneighbourhood For more info:Email: intheneighbourhoodpodcast@yahoo.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheneighbourhood/message

The Chaldo-Assyrian Students and Youth Union (Khoyada) celebrated its 29th anniversary, and the Union worked to defend the rights of students and youth amid difficult circumstances and a political approach that adopted sectarian quotas

This week on the podcast we discuss the impending review of the National Student Survey and what's going on with the great return to campus. We also consider the latest student numbers figures from UCAS, look at a report on students' unions and ask why students might be “leaning left”. With Jenny Shaw, Student Experience Director at Unite Students; and Nick Hillman, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute.

We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2015: When a black South African student threw a bucket of excrement over a statue of Cecil Rhodes, it kicked off a protest movement that is shattering the way the country sees its past. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

The current cohort of high school & college students is graduating into a vastly-changed — and drastically diminished– job market when compared with former classes who graduated even just a few years ago. Career planning is suddenly on pause. Summer jobs have evaporated, post-secondary courses have migrated to online-only, and the underlying global economy is […]

Christopher Barnard is the President and Founder of the British Conservation Alliance. Before founding BCA, he was the Head of Campaigns for Students For Liberty UK. Chris was born in Belgium, to a Dutch father and an American mother. When he’s not doing environmental work, you can find him playing football, hiking the majestic English countryside, or entertaining his 2 border collies. Check out the BCA https://www.bca.eco/ Check out Students For Liberty https://studentsforliberty.org/ Check out my website https://robduffy4coach.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-duffy/message

How have governments at all levels handled the pandemic so far? Has the game of politics itself been changed by this virus? And what will our world look like after the pandemic? Will we fix what was broken? Will we create something new? Or will we try to return to the safe world of the […]

Has Covid-19 shown us too many weak links in our society and in our community?  As Peterborough opens up again, will we re-create the old normal, or will we embrace this opportunity to make significant changes?  Some changes are obvious: the tragic tactic of cutting costs in private-sector nursing homes by employing inadequate numbers of […]

Anne Heffernan's new book Limpopo's Legacy, Student Politics and Democracy in South Africa (James Currey, 2019) is a thoroughly researched account of the Black Consciousness Movement, student activism, and politics in South Africa from the 1960s to the present. Heffernan focuses specifically on black student activism at the University of the North at Turfloop, a rural university in the Northern Transvaal, the modern-day Limpopo province. She compellingly argues that rural uprisings shaped politics nationally as contestations between university students, administrators, and apartheid officials escalated. Heffernan importantly demonstrates that these confrontations and the bureaucratic responses to them assisted the diffusion of radical politics nation-wide, especially in the years leading up to the Soweto Uprisings of 1976. Heffernan's biographical sketches of William Kgware, Abram Tiro, Julius Malema, Peter Mokaba, and others outline the political legacies and imprints that residents, students, and activists from Limpopo had and continue to have on post-apartheid politics. In extending her investigation to include student and youth politics after Soweto, Heffernan explores how politics in the Northern Transvaal remained central to national contestations between Black Consciousness and ANC-aligned youth groups throughout the 1980s. Heffernan's unwavering focus on Limpopo reframes our understanding of national politics and student activists' central role in shaping them. Limpopo's Legacy is a foundational text that provides the historical context for understanding contemporary student movements and electoral politics in South Africa today. Amanda Joyce Hall is a Ph.D. Candidate in History and African American Studies at Yale University. She is writing an international history on the global movement against South African apartheid during the 1970s and 1980s. She tweets from @amandajoycehall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

Anne Heffernan's new book Limpopo’s Legacy, Student Politics and Democracy in South Africa (James Currey, 2019) is a thoroughly researched account of the Black Consciousness Movement, student activism, and politics in South Africa from the 1960s to the present. Heffernan focuses specifically on black student activism at the University of the North at Turfloop, a rural university in the Northern Transvaal, the modern-day Limpopo province. She compellingly argues that rural uprisings shaped politics nationally as contestations between university students, administrators, and apartheid officials escalated. Heffernan importantly demonstrates that these confrontations and the bureaucratic responses to them assisted the diffusion of radical politics nation-wide, especially in the years leading up to the Soweto Uprisings of 1976. Heffernan’s biographical sketches of William Kgware, Abram Tiro, Julius Malema, Peter Mokaba, and others outline the political legacies and imprints that residents, students, and activists from Limpopo had and continue to have on post-apartheid politics. In extending her investigation to include student and youth politics after Soweto, Heffernan explores how politics in the Northern Transvaal remained central to national contestations between Black Consciousness and ANC-aligned youth groups throughout the 1980s. Heffernan’s unwavering focus on Limpopo reframes our understanding of national politics and student activists’ central role in shaping them. Limpopo’s Legacy is a foundational text that provides the historical context for understanding contemporary student movements and electoral politics in South Africa today. Amanda Joyce Hall is a Ph.D. Candidate in History and African American Studies at Yale University. She is writing an international history on the global movement against South African apartheid during the 1970s and 1980s. She tweets from @amandajoycehall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne Heffernan's new book Limpopo’s Legacy, Student Politics and Democracy in South Africa (James Currey, 2019) is a thoroughly researched account of the Black Consciousness Movement, student activism, and politics in South Africa from the 1960s to the present. Heffernan focuses specifically on black student activism at the University of the North at Turfloop, a rural university in the Northern Transvaal, the modern-day Limpopo province. She compellingly argues that rural uprisings shaped politics nationally as contestations between university students, administrators, and apartheid officials escalated. Heffernan importantly demonstrates that these confrontations and the bureaucratic responses to them assisted the diffusion of radical politics nation-wide, especially in the years leading up to the Soweto Uprisings of 1976. Heffernan’s biographical sketches of William Kgware, Abram Tiro, Julius Malema, Peter Mokaba, and others outline the political legacies and imprints that residents, students, and activists from Limpopo had and continue to have on post-apartheid politics. In extending her investigation to include student and youth politics after Soweto, Heffernan explores how politics in the Northern Transvaal remained central to national contestations between Black Consciousness and ANC-aligned youth groups throughout the 1980s. Heffernan’s unwavering focus on Limpopo reframes our understanding of national politics and student activists’ central role in shaping them. Limpopo’s Legacy is a foundational text that provides the historical context for understanding contemporary student movements and electoral politics in South Africa today. Amanda Joyce Hall is a Ph.D. Candidate in History and African American Studies at Yale University. She is writing an international history on the global movement against South African apartheid during the 1970s and 1980s. She tweets from @amandajoycehall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne Heffernan's new book Limpopo’s Legacy, Student Politics and Democracy in South Africa (James Currey, 2019) is a thoroughly researched account of the Black Consciousness Movement, student activism, and politics in South Africa from the 1960s to the present. Heffernan focuses specifically on black student activism at the University of the North at Turfloop, a rural university in the Northern Transvaal, the modern-day Limpopo province. She compellingly argues that rural uprisings shaped politics nationally as contestations between university students, administrators, and apartheid officials escalated. Heffernan importantly demonstrates that these confrontations and the bureaucratic responses to them assisted the diffusion of radical politics nation-wide, especially in the years leading up to the Soweto Uprisings of 1976. Heffernan’s biographical sketches of William Kgware, Abram Tiro, Julius Malema, Peter Mokaba, and others outline the political legacies and imprints that residents, students, and activists from Limpopo had and continue to have on post-apartheid politics. In extending her investigation to include student and youth politics after Soweto, Heffernan explores how politics in the Northern Transvaal remained central to national contestations between Black Consciousness and ANC-aligned youth groups throughout the 1980s. Heffernan’s unwavering focus on Limpopo reframes our understanding of national politics and student activists’ central role in shaping them. Limpopo’s Legacy is a foundational text that provides the historical context for understanding contemporary student movements and electoral politics in South Africa today. Amanda Joyce Hall is a Ph.D. Candidate in History and African American Studies at Yale University. She is writing an international history on the global movement against South African apartheid during the 1970s and 1980s. She tweets from @amandajoycehall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Indian public universities become both spaces for and subjects of political disputes (often breaking out into violence) it's worth examining what it means for such universities to be "political" especially in the face of increasing privatization of higher education.In this episode, we are joined by Jean Tomas Martelli who has studied the processes by which students cut their political teeth in Jawaharlal Nehru University, to explore this subject and understand how students in the public universities become "political".

Rebecca, Tadhg and Aodh discuss Student Politics and its current state, raising more questions than answers. Listen as Rebecca tries to keep us on track, Tadhg asks big questions and Aodh stirs up trouble. Only one thing is for sure; we have unfinished business with this topic. This is the pilot episode of the Government and Politics Society podcast , Gov&Pod. All views expressed are those of the individuals. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Danse Macabre - Isolated Harp" and "Thinking Music" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

We welcome Emelyana Titarenko; she is the president of the Mount Allison student union, chair of the New Brunswick Student Alliance, and a board director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Association. This episode is designed to explain what is student politics, and how important the student movement has been for the Country of Canada. To stay updated with these organizations, feel free to view their websites: http://masu.ca https://www.nbsa-aenb.ca https://www.casa-acae.com

In Today's podcast I speak with Tyla Viviers who is a law student and we discuss a bit about the protesting in Johannesburg and why it happened. A bit about Student Politics and on why Helen Zille joins up with IRR ( SA Institute of Race Relations) Big Daddy Liberty podcast on the protesting: https://iono.fm/e/727037 Helen Zille joining the IRR: https://youtu.be/6UH2lwNl6EQ Fake Degrees : https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/132052/massive-fake-degrees-scandal-uncovered-at-south-african-university/?fbclid=IwAR3XzEy8Wu5yx9UrkQumynvpFwuPvbiH23AcJz6riyhuka5_1szYuR2t0JE

Show Description: In today's current events discussion, we talk about a lady who lived 99 years with organs on the wrong side of her body. Yes, that happened. We also get into a student organization harassment issue at Texas State, Disney's new streaming service Disney+, Uber's surprising IPO warning about its profitability, and Walmart's new robotic workforce. We end show talking about life lessons we have learned about humility. We also discuss the concept of groupthink and how it is killing creativity in today's meeting setting, as well as the concept of practicing humility and sharing your ideas and accomplishments from your heart. Show Highlights: 4:30-9:45: Imagine living 99 years with your organs on the wrong side of your body. We explain how Rose Marie Bentley from Oregon accomplished this feat. 9:45-18:30: We talk about Turning Point USA, a political organization at Texas State, which was caught in the middle of harassment from the student body, and it turned into an eventual power struggle between the student government association and the university. 18:30-26:45: Add Disney to another company getting into the streaming service game. We discuss how Disney+ plans to separate itself from its competition in Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. 26:45-31:30: We discuss briefly Uber's less than stellar profitability results and whether we are on the brink of another dot com crash. 31:30-37:15: Walmart is adding thousands of robots to its stores. We explain why, and weigh the effects on the financials of the company and its workforce. 37:15-40:30: Slager learned an important lesson about self-awareness from his tax guy. 40:30-49:00: Drawing from readings in the book Originals by Adam Grant, we get into the topic of group think, and how creativity is being compromised in the standard company meeting setting today. We get into examples of creative culture like Bridgewater Associates and the jury room in the movie 12 Angry Men. 49:00-57:00: We end the show discussing what it means to practice humility and share from the heart, not your ego. Show Links: Oregon Woman: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-woman-lived-99-most-organs-wrong-side-body-n992801 Disney Streaming Service: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/12/disney-shares-rocket-higher-after-unveiling-streaming-cheaper-than-netflix.html Walmart Robots: https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-robot-army-stores-expanding-2019-4 Texas State: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/11/greg-abbott-threatens-texas-state-university-funding-student-senate/ Uber Not Profitable: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-ipo/uber-unveils-ipo-with-warning-it-may-never-make-a-profit-idUSKCN1RN2SK

The Pew Research Centre found that millennials are the most socially progressive of the adult generations.But where happens to millennials who don't fit the political mould?Across the globe we are seeing cases of conservative and Liberal-aligned students becoming increasingly stigmatised on university campuses in recent years. There are a variety of images we associate with these students; wealthy, pretentious, sexist, self-hating etc.We will unpack these perceptions and reveal the impacts they have on valuable discourse, the exchange of ideas, inclusiveness, and the students themselves.With some help from our guests we will try answer the question: Can you be young and conservative?...Disclaimer: Floodlight is a non-partisan platform that seeks to encourage constructive debate and discussion irrespective of one's political affiliation.

This week on Terra Informa, we’re talking about all things Sustainability. Listen in to hear what our UAlberta undergraduate SU presidential candidates, Akanksha Bhatnagar and Andre Bourgeois are thinking about the future of sustainability resources on campus, the position they are taking on the environmental issues of today, and a sneak preview of their platform. […]

We are joined this week by Utah State University Student Body Presidential Candidate Sami Ahmed (Instagram: @samiahmed13). We discuss Sami's plan and more about the political process at USU. Then we round out the conversation with some talk about tv streaming services.

Former president Nelson Mandela once said, “Young people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom.” These words have been proven in recent history as more and more young people are stepping into the political landscape, invoking and demanding change. Student politics is a representation of the broader South African political context. Through student politics, we've seen The #AfrikaansMustFall, #OutsourcingMustFall #FeesMustFall protests are two clear examples of the involvement of student politics.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

In a father son interview combo we talk to VUWSA President, Marlon Drake, and his dad Murray who worked at TVNZ for decades. Tune in for a wide ranging discussion on everything from broadcast equipment in the 80s to what MPs bring along to a pot-luck at a student flat. Oh and Ralph rattles of some interesting by-election stats. Support the pod so we can make Season Two even better: http://firstpastthepod.com/support

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Tom Tremewan on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Tom Tremewan on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Student Politics Roundup by Abe Gray on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

The Storytime Podcast featuring James Mitchell TV, who shares the story of how he and Clisare met (it wasn't YouTube!) and their best stories from their time together in student union politics. 'Storytime' is a video and audio podcast available on YouTube and Soundcloud hosted by Irish YouTuber Clisare. Each episode has a central theme and guests are invited on to share their best stories around the theme. The episodes are filmed in one take unless otherwise stated, and no offence from the shenanigans contained within is intended. This episode is sponsored by the Union of Students of Ireland Student Achievement Awards. The Student Achievement Awards are the annual opportunity for the Student Movement in Ireland to recognise the contribution of students to their community and their college. There are 17 categories and the closing date for nominations is 5pm on Friday, March 24th. To enter, log onto http://usi.ie/awards and click on the award category you want to enter yourself or s --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/storytimepodcast/message

The Storytime Podcast featuring James Mitchell TV, who shares the story of how he and Clisare met (it wasn't YouTube!) and their best stories from their time together in student union politics. 'Storytime' is a video and audio podcast available on YouTube and Soundcloud hosted by Irish YouTuber Clisare. Each episode has a central theme and guests are invited on to share their best stories around the theme. The episodes are filmed in one take unless otherwise stated, and no offence from the shenanigans contained within is intended. This episode is sponsored by the Union of Students of Ireland Student Achievement Awards. The Student Achievement Awards are the annual opportunity for the Student Movement in Ireland to recognise the contribution of students to their community and their college. There are 17 categories and the closing date for nominations is 5pm on Friday, March 24th. To enter, log onto http://usi.ie/awards and click on the award category you want to enter yourself or s

In the conventional narratives of Communist Poland, and Eastern Europe more generally, student activism tends to get short shrift. While the role of students in 1956 is unavoidable and widely acknowledged, after that their role and their relationship to the society at large has been minimized. The famous Kuron-Modzielewski letter of 1964 is treated first and foremost as an intra-elite affair, while the failure of the student protests in 1968 to provoke a broader movement as well as students' subsequent lack of involvement in the protests of December 1970 have been taken as evidence of students' lack of connection to broader society. Only in the late 1970s did was that gap bridged, first with founding of KOR after the strikes of 1976 and then during the Solidarity era. This account has been pervasive since the 1970s, and even people with only passing knowledge of Polish history have been exposed to it through Andrzej Wajda's 1981 film “Man of Iron.” There the student turned factory worker Maciej Birkut recounts first being told by his father the former Stakhanovite turned worker activist that 1968 is not the right time to challenge the governments and then stands by in spite during the strikes of 1970 only to learn of his father's death. Yet as so often happens when a historian take up a topic that has become so engrained that most people do not even stop to question it. In his new book Student Politics in Communist Poland: Generations of Consent and Dissent (Lexington Books, 2015), Tom Junes reveals that received narrative to be a myth that bears only partial connection to the truth. Covering the development of student politics in Poland from 1946 until the end of Communism, Junes argues that there were 8 distinct generations of students during that period, beginning with the students of the immediate postwar period whose worldview was shaped by their pre-War and War experiences to the students of the 1980s who embraced Solidarity, but felt betrayed by the roundtable negotiations that brought an end to Communist rule in 1989. It is a scrupulously researched book drawing on oral history as well as conventional primary source documents, and it was a pleasure to speak with Junes recently about his research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the conventional narratives of Communist Poland, and Eastern Europe more generally, student activism tends to get short shrift. While the role of students in 1956 is unavoidable and widely acknowledged, after that their role and their relationship to the society at large has been minimized. The famous Kuron-Modzielewski letter of 1964 is treated first and foremost as an intra-elite affair, while the failure of the student protests in 1968 to provoke a broader movement as well as students’ subsequent lack of involvement in the protests of December 1970 have been taken as evidence of students’ lack of connection to broader society. Only in the late 1970s did was that gap bridged, first with founding of KOR after the strikes of 1976 and then during the Solidarity era. This account has been pervasive since the 1970s, and even people with only passing knowledge of Polish history have been exposed to it through Andrzej Wajda’s 1981 film “Man of Iron.” There the student turned factory worker Maciej Birkut recounts first being told by his father the former Stakhanovite turned worker activist that 1968 is not the right time to challenge the governments and then stands by in spite during the strikes of 1970 only to learn of his father’s death. Yet as so often happens when a historian take up a topic that has become so engrained that most people do not even stop to question it. In his new book Student Politics in Communist Poland: Generations of Consent and Dissent (Lexington Books, 2015), Tom Junes reveals that received narrative to be a myth that bears only partial connection to the truth. Covering the development of student politics in Poland from 1946 until the end of Communism, Junes argues that there were 8 distinct generations of students during that period, beginning with the students of the immediate postwar period whose worldview was shaped by their pre-War and War experiences to the students of the 1980s who embraced Solidarity, but felt betrayed by the roundtable negotiations that brought an end to Communist rule in 1989. It is a scrupulously researched book drawing on oral history as well as conventional primary source documents, and it was a pleasure to speak with Junes recently about his research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the conventional narratives of Communist Poland, and Eastern Europe more generally, student activism tends to get short shrift. While the role of students in 1956 is unavoidable and widely acknowledged, after that their role and their relationship to the society at large has been minimized. The famous Kuron-Modzielewski letter of 1964 is treated first and foremost as an intra-elite affair, while the failure of the student protests in 1968 to provoke a broader movement as well as students’ subsequent lack of involvement in the protests of December 1970 have been taken as evidence of students’ lack of connection to broader society. Only in the late 1970s did was that gap bridged, first with founding of KOR after the strikes of 1976 and then during the Solidarity era. This account has been pervasive since the 1970s, and even people with only passing knowledge of Polish history have been exposed to it through Andrzej Wajda’s 1981 film “Man of Iron.” There the student turned factory worker Maciej Birkut recounts first being told by his father the former Stakhanovite turned worker activist that 1968 is not the right time to challenge the governments and then stands by in spite during the strikes of 1970 only to learn of his father’s death. Yet as so often happens when a historian take up a topic that has become so engrained that most people do not even stop to question it. In his new book Student Politics in Communist Poland: Generations of Consent and Dissent (Lexington Books, 2015), Tom Junes reveals that received narrative to be a myth that bears only partial connection to the truth. Covering the development of student politics in Poland from 1946 until the end of Communism, Junes argues that there were 8 distinct generations of students during that period, beginning with the students of the immediate postwar period whose worldview was shaped by their pre-War and War experiences to the students of the 1980s who embraced Solidarity, but felt betrayed by the roundtable negotiations that brought an end to Communist rule in 1989. It is a scrupulously researched book drawing on oral history as well as conventional primary source documents, and it was a pleasure to speak with Junes recently about his research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the conventional narratives of Communist Poland, and Eastern Europe more generally, student activism tends to get short shrift. While the role of students in 1956 is unavoidable and widely acknowledged, after that their role and their relationship to the society at large has been minimized. The famous Kuron-Modzielewski letter of 1964 is treated first and foremost as an intra-elite affair, while the failure of the student protests in 1968 to provoke a broader movement as well as students’ subsequent lack of involvement in the protests of December 1970 have been taken as evidence of students’ lack of connection to broader society. Only in the late 1970s did was that gap bridged, first with founding of KOR after the strikes of 1976 and then during the Solidarity era. This account has been pervasive since the 1970s, and even people with only passing knowledge of Polish history have been exposed to it through Andrzej Wajda’s 1981 film “Man of Iron.” There the student turned factory worker Maciej Birkut recounts first being told by his father the former Stakhanovite turned worker activist that 1968 is not the right time to challenge the governments and then stands by in spite during the strikes of 1970 only to learn of his father’s death. Yet as so often happens when a historian take up a topic that has become so engrained that most people do not even stop to question it. In his new book Student Politics in Communist Poland: Generations of Consent and Dissent (Lexington Books, 2015), Tom Junes reveals that received narrative to be a myth that bears only partial connection to the truth. Covering the development of student politics in Poland from 1946 until the end of Communism, Junes argues that there were 8 distinct generations of students during that period, beginning with the students of the immediate postwar period whose worldview was shaped by their pre-War and War experiences to the students of the 1980s who embraced Solidarity, but felt betrayed by the roundtable negotiations that brought an end to Communist rule in 1989. It is a scrupulously researched book drawing on oral history as well as conventional primary source documents, and it was a pleasure to speak with Junes recently about his research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the conventional narratives of Communist Poland, and Eastern Europe more generally, student activism tends to get short shrift. While the role of students in 1956 is unavoidable and widely acknowledged, after that their role and their relationship to the society at large has been minimized. The famous Kuron-Modzielewski letter of 1964 is treated first and foremost as an intra-elite affair, while the failure of the student protests in 1968 to provoke a broader movement as well as students’ subsequent lack of involvement in the protests of December 1970 have been taken as evidence of students’ lack of connection to broader society. Only in the late 1970s did was that gap bridged, first with founding of KOR after the strikes of 1976 and then during the Solidarity era. This account has been pervasive since the 1970s, and even people with only passing knowledge of Polish history have been exposed to it through Andrzej Wajda’s 1981 film “Man of Iron.” There the student turned factory worker Maciej Birkut recounts first being told by his father the former Stakhanovite turned worker activist that 1968 is not the right time to challenge the governments and then stands by in spite during the strikes of 1970 only to learn of his father’s death. Yet as so often happens when a historian take up a topic that has become so engrained that most people do not even stop to question it. In his new book Student Politics in Communist Poland: Generations of Consent and Dissent (Lexington Books, 2015), Tom Junes reveals that received narrative to be a myth that bears only partial connection to the truth. Covering the development of student politics in Poland from 1946 until the end of Communism, Junes argues that there were 8 distinct generations of students during that period, beginning with the students of the immediate postwar period whose worldview was shaped by their pre-War and War experiences to the students of the 1980s who embraced Solidarity, but felt betrayed by the roundtable negotiations that brought an end to Communist rule in 1989. It is a scrupulously researched book drawing on oral history as well as conventional primary source documents, and it was a pleasure to speak with Junes recently about his research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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