Language laws: Exclusion is the worst flavour
Every year in early summer our local creamery — which makes by a stretch the best ice cream in Montreal— ...
Tag: Quebec
“Where there are scabs, there is violence”: why Quebec and BC banned strikebreakers
Late Friday afternoon on February 14, Fredericton City Council voted to use strikebreakers ("replacement workers") during a labour dispute. Happy ...
Just the beginning: beyond the Québec Student Strike
While it is difficult to predict the lasting consequences of the 2012 student strike in Québec, a few things are ...
They vilified us, we won: Quebec students hail movement’s victories
Many mocked us, many vilified us, many told us we would achieve nothing. But after a wave of student mobilization ...
Red square roots: how austerity underpins social crisis and repression in Quebec and beyond
“La grève est étudiante, la lutte est populaire!”, a slogan roughly translating to, “a student strike, a people's struggle,” illustrates ...
Why a red square?
The red square is the symbol of the Quebec student movement. It is a visual pun from the popular saying ...
“Somebody Arrest Me”
Striking student coalition calls for mass disobedience of new protest laws Montreal - Less than three days after the Quebec ...
Quebec student strike marches into eleventh week
Fifteen thousand take to Montreal streets as Quebec government plays semantics, blocks negotiations Montreal - It didn't take long; as ...