ANTI-CAPITALIST CONTINGENTS IN SATURDAY NIGHT DEMOS IN JUNESaturday 16, 23 & 30As well as in the CLASSE “National” demo on June 22 This is a call to form anti-capitalist contingents in nightly demos on Saturday June 16th, 23rd, and 30th. Meet: 20:30 pm, Place Émilie-Gamelin (metro Berri-UQAM)Look for anti-capitalist flags and
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Sketchy Thoughts: It didn’t start with Occupy, and it won’t end with the student strike! The persistence of anti-authoritarian politics in Quebec
“It didn’t start with Occupy, and it won’t end with the student strike! The persistence of anti-authoritarian politics in Quebec” – this is a new article that appeared in wi: journal of mobile media. Of some interest!
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: On Mass Struggles in the Metropole: Thoughts Inspired by Quebec
because mass struggles include all kinds of folks By Way of IntroductionIn many neighbourhoods and cities and towns across Quebec, there is a new phenomenon of people going into the streets every night and banging pots and pans together to signal their opposition to the government’s new repressive legislation, Law
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Minorities and the Student Strike
The following text was written by Will Prosper, a community organizer in Montreal North has been posted on CMAQ. He brings up some important points for people to consider, so i am reposting it here with permission: Before I begin: this is strictly based on my own observations, I will
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Report on Quebec’s Student Strike
Reposted from the excellent signalfire blog: We are now in the 13th week of a Quebec student strike against a 75% tuition hike – the longest student strike in Quebec history – the conflict has become a rallying point for any and all opposition to austerity here, and clearly represents
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