The Popular Roots of the Quebec Student Strike
Syndicated from Common Cause on Tue, 2012-06-05
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<p><p>By Peter Marin</p>
<p>Early on the student strike in Quebec adopted the slogan “it is a student strike, and a popular struggle” (in French, “la grève est étudiante, la lutte est populaire"). Over the course of this unprecedented strike, the slogan has become a reality, as people from all sectors of society have joined the students in opposition to the neoliberal government of Jean Charest and his Liberal party.</p>
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