Thousands of unarmed students in Hong Kong are currently standing up for democracy by taking to the streets. It’s often students who lead the way in peaceful protest movements:

• 1943: The White Rose group were university students in Munich who distibuted thousands of leaflets exposing the Nazis’ crimes and encouraging people to resist. They were executed.
• 1957: The Little Rock Nine were high school students in America who broke through the race barrier by enrolling in the local all-white high school despite threatening mobs.
• 1986-89: University students in China protested to demand more freedom, culminating in Tiananmen Square with half a million Chinese citizens. The government crushed the event.
• 1988: University students in Burma led massive street marches against the military rulers. The army killed hundreds but Burma eventually got free elections.
• 2000: Students in Serbia led a non-violent protest to help oust a corrupt government.

Tags: non-violence, Peace, people power, political change

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