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u/PleasantBus5583 6h ago
They defended beer like it was family.
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u/BrimStone_-_ 5h ago
we've got a song about that event, called "De slag om het Gravensteen". The chorus goes like this:
Spuiters van Vlaanderen! Gent brult van pret: 't Gravenkasteel door studenten bezet! Ze zitten er binnen! Wie krijgt z'er uit? Ze vrezen noch knuppel noch water, noch spuit! Belegeraars! Zo ge ten aanval wilt gaan: Pas op! Pas op! Pas op! Uilenspiegel, Uilenspiegel voert hen aan!
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u/No-Minimum3259 4h ago
That was November 16th, 1949.
Students of Ghent University protested against a new tax on beer. Some 140 students occupied the castle. A guard was detained and locked up in a closet. The following "battle" involved rotten fruits and eggs, but eventually the students were apprehended. After a public outcry and press reports on brutal police behaviour the authorities dropped the case. No charges were ever filed. The new beer tax was introduced as scheduled.
See:
https://huisvanalijn.be/nl/collectie-item/de-slag-om-t-gravensteen-gent-1949
https://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/the-battle-of-gravensteen-castle/
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u/ruck_my_life 4h ago
Went to grad school outside the US, and when tuition went up like $250 the union representing all the TAs had a pallet of Maruchan ramen delivered to the University president's home and another to his office on campus.
Over a 3% increase.
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u/Life-Pride-2468 48m ago
Idk if this is correct but i once read this was the only time het gravensteen was ever taken from the outside
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u/DanceClass898 4h ago
wow 70 years ago they cared more about beer than college kids these days care about "genocide"
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