>> Public education is under attack around the world, and in response, student protests have recently been held in Britain, Canada, Chile, Taiwan and elsewhere.
>What protests are you referring to? When?
By using the search terms "student protests britain 2012" and varying the third term to "canada", "chile", or "taiwan", I found the following:
Chomsky quotes the following line from the article: "California State University officials announced plans to freeze enrollment at most campuses." By using that string as a search query I found