EatTheRich
President
10,000 students organized by the Students Action Union in the UK went on strike against corporal punishment (such as caning) in schools. They were attacked by police when attempting to peaceably assemble in London and leaders were arrested. However, within 2 years corporal punishment was abolished in primary schools, and by 1987 the Labour Party had been won to the cause of abolishing corporal punishment in the public schools over Margaret Thatcher’s opposition in a vote that came down to the wire.
No to the Cane
On May 17, 1972, ten thousand British kids walked out of school to protest corporal punishment — and force authorities to change the law.
jacobinmag.com