Organize to strike, fight to win! Quebec's 2012 student strike
A pamphlet analysing the 2012 student strikes against tuition fee rises in Quebec.
In February 2012, students in Quebec launched an unlimited general strike to fight back against a 75% hike in university tuition fees. Contrary to the expectations of many, the strike movement lasted more than six months, morphing into one of the largest periods of social unrest the province had ever seen.
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Constituent articles:
- Introduction
- The textile industry keel of southern industrialization (Boyte, Harry)
- Radicalization of Quebec trade unions (Black Rose Books Editorial Collective)
- The general strike (Chartrand, Michel)
- Reflections on organizing (Truth, Sojourner)
- Factory songs of Mr. Toad (Glaberman, Martin)
- Work in America the rubber factory (George, Ed Paul, Jeff)
The history of the Quebec student movement and combative unionism
Submitted by wojtek on Dec 8 2012 23:39
An article by Jerome Raza on the history of student syndicalism in Quebec and the conditions which gave rise to Classé.
[b]In September 2012, shortly after the end of the largest unlimited general student strike in the history of Quebec, several class-struggle anarchist organisations in Canada along with a few local chapters of the IWW put together a cross-country tour to bring the history and experiences of the Quebec student movement to students and activists outside the province.
Fragility & Heartbreak, Michigan, Night 26
Submitted by Cindy Milstein on Sep 12 2012 02:06
I keep meaning to write something about the abrupt halt to my "Dispatches from Maple Spring" posts -- written during the best summer of my life in the rebellious, romantic city of Montreal. In fact, I have two unfinished stories languishing in my Wordpress box and several pieces I've been meaning to write. Hopefully I'll have the energy, focus, and stomach for writing again soon about the Quebec student strike and other related politics, but also, first, about the surreal turn in my own life.
The short version, for now, is: both my parents got seriously sick at the same time, but my dad profoundly so. I stayed up all night in Montreal some 3.5 weeks ago to decide what to do.
Fragility and heartbreak, Montreal, night 115
Submitted by Cindy Milstein on Aug 18 2012 00:10
Cindy Milstein on the Québec student strike as some general assemblies start to vote to return to class.
On August 10, I posted a photo on my Facebook page of a delicate red square with the caption "[the] fragility & sweetness of social struggle." Little could I have guessed, however, just how fragile the Quebec student strike movement would prove to be only three days later.
"Open Letter to the CFS": Response from Activists in Quebec
A response by Quebec activists to Ontorio students who called upon their representatives at the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) to mobilise a similar strike.
In response to: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/krystalline-kraus/2012/05/activist-communiqu%C3%A9-open-letter-canadian-federation-student
AnarchoPanda: Philosophy on the sidewalk
For several weeks a panda mascot has been at the front lines of the student protests. This anachronistic two-toned teddy arouses and improbable wave of sympathy. At Tuesday’s big protest, the panda was no longer threatened with extinction: stuffed animals and drawings were shown by protesters, some even saying “Panda for president”. Thursday, he was welcomed as a star in Québec. Tonight he hopes to get itself arrested. An interview with a prof who, beneath his fur, makes philosophy on the sidewalk.
It’s the No-Kung-Fu Panda. The dalaï-lama of the stuffed animals, who puts hugs up against truncheon blows. When the pressure on protesters increases, AnarchoPanda collects hugs, putting more value on those stolen from police officers.
Canadian Labour Congress sells out students!
Submitted by Recomposition on Jun 20 2012 07:19
Attached documents from the Provincial Labour Central of Quebec and the Canadian Labour Congress designed to wipe out any Canadian union assistance to the radicals in the Quebec student movement.
Recent correspondence from Ken Georgetti (President of the Canada Labour Congress) and Michel Arsenault of the FTQ (Provincial Labour Central of Quebec) and various officers in the broader Anglophone Labour Movement sends a clear message: labour jurisdiction trumps labour solidarity.
Quebec student strike 2012 photo gallery
Submitted by Ed on Jun 12 2012 11:50
Photo gallery of the 2012 Quebec student movement against the government's proposed rise in university tuition fees.
Solidarity to the students of Quebec!
A statement of solidarity from Iowa's Wild Rose Collective to the student strikes in Quebec.
WRC operates in the moderately sized Iowa City, home to the state’s largest university — the University of Iowa. Like many university towns the student population, perhaps the most present in Iowa City, remain relatively silent as political actors.
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