Topic: Canada

Comment: Ethan Cox

Returning to the streets in Quebec

Over 10,000 Quebec students protested as a new government that promised change announced it would increase tuition. March 4, 2013
Comment

Lessons from the Quebec students

Last spring's uprising in Quebec provided a shining example of how campus activists can fight and win in the face of austerity. February 13, 2013
Comment

Confronting colonialism in Canada

The Idle No More movement is showing Canadians that the country we live in was founded as a colonial-settler state. February 6, 2013
Comment

Roots of the First Nations resistance

The blossoming of the Idle No More movement signals the return of Native struggle to Canada's political landscape. February 4, 2013
Analysis: Russell Diabo

Harper's attack on the First Nations

Policies imposed by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government threaten the rights of First Nation people. January 29, 2013
Comment: Brian Ward

Canada is "Idle No More"

A new movement in Canada has sparked an indigenous uprising, with echoes in the U.S., to win basic respect for First Nations. January 9, 2013
Interview: Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois

The power of the student movement

The mass movement of Quebec students showed that the struggle for education is tied to the struggle for democratic rights. December 3, 2012
Comment: Richard Fidler

Found guilty of activism in Quebec

The conviction of a Quebec student leader is the latest attempt by the government to squelch support for the student struggle. November 7, 2012
Interview: Jérémie Bédard-Wien

How the movement turned the tide in Quebec

Students in Quebec celebrated a victory when the new government repealed a tuition hike--but the struggle for the future of education continues. October 2, 2012
What turned the tide in Quebec?

Although some will say that electing the Parti Québecois was the key, the movement's victory in Quebec was a result of mass struggle. September 11, 2012
Analysis: Richard Seymour

Quebec teaches another lesson

Quebec students who have been rebelling against a massive tuition increase, scored an amazing victory in last week's elections. September 10, 2012
Interview

A left-wing challenge in Quebec's election

Two members of the radical party Québec Solidaire talk about the upcoming provincial election and its impact on the struggle. August 30, 2012
Analysis: Ashley Smith

The next steps in Quebec

Despite the summertime slowdown and looming elections, the spirit of resistance remains strong among Quebec students. August 28, 2012
Analysis: David Camfield

The roots of the red square movement

Quebec has been shaken this year by the most important social movement in the Canadian state since the 1970s. August 9, 2012
Statement: CLASSE

Share our future

For months, all over Quebec, the streets have vibrated to the rhythm of hundreds of thousands of marching feet. August 1, 2012
Analysis: Roger Annis

Challenges facing Quebec students

The student movement in Quebec is facing a crucial summer of discussion and organizing as the struggle continues. July 5, 2012
Analysis: Ashley Smith

The Quebec struggle goes on

Angry and determined, students in Quebec poured into the streets in the tens of thousands for mass marches on June 22. June 25, 2012
Analysis: Roger Annis

Quebec steps up repression

The government of Premier Jean Charest has answered Quebec's student strike with an unprecedented police mobilization. June 18, 2012
Analysis: Roger Annis

Standing up to a repressive law

Amir Khadir, a member of Quebec's National Assembly, was arrested alongside striking students for defending civil liberties. June 12, 2012
Comment: Richard Fidler

The summer phase in Quebec

The government's drive to crush the Quebec student struggle has led to a discussion over strategy within the movement. June 11, 2012
Analysis: Roger Annis

Quebec government abandons negotiations

Officials from the Quebec government walked out of negotiations with students who have been on an extended strike. June 5, 2012
Roundtable

They created a monster that will haunt them

Two leaders of the student strike in Quebec talk about how the struggle against the government's austerity agenda swelled to massive numbers. June 4, 2012
The battle against Bill 78

The mood on the street in Montreal during the mass protest of the Québec student movement was one of collective joy. May 30, 2012
Comment: Roger Annis

Quebec students show the way

The government is hoping threats, fines and police violence will quell the student movement--but the opposite is happening. May 29, 2012
Analysis: Roger Annis

Quebec students defy government threats

The Quebec student struggle has taken a dramatic turn with the provincial government rushing to adopt a law to break the strike. May 23, 2012

Topic: Canada

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