Festive Left Friday Blogging: A killer “Thriller” for free quality education

Chilean high school and university students got zombified and staged this brilliant protest against privatization and fee hikes that will put higher education out of reach for the non-rich majority of Chileans. This took place in the northern port city of Antofagasta.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Chile, this happened:

A smoochathon! This lovely demo, in La Serena, was one of several held around the country this past week. At around the 2:25 mark, even two of the dogs get in on the action. How cute is that?