CLASSE
The Quebec left and student movement after the ‘Maple Spring’
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Quebec’s election: an initial balance sheet
"Québec solidaire was the only party supporting free education from kindergarten to university. But leaders of this spring’s massive student strike either placed their hopes in a victory for the PQ, which promised to reverse Charest’s fees increase (while indexing future fee increases to the cost of living) or, in the case of the more militant wing of the movement, chose not to intervene in the election."
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By Richard Fidler
September 7, 2012 -- Life on the Left, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with permission -- The results of the September 4 general election in Quebec has produced mixed reactions among supporters of all the major parties. Québec solidaire, the left-wing pro-independence party, increased its share of the province-wide vote to 6.03% (263,233) from its 3.78% (122,618) in the 2008 election.
Quebec student mobilisations: Debate opens on strategic perspectives
By Richard Fidler
Quebec student strike: hot summer of protest ahead; Interview with CLASSE leaders
"Pots and pans" protests – casseroles – have erupted in neighbourhood
Quebec: Students mobilise against draconian law aimed at breaking four-month strike
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Quebec students call for a social strike in solidarity with their struggle
April 28, 2012 -- The following is a statement issued recently by CLASSE. CLASSE is the largest of the student coalitions or federations leading the student strike movement that has spread across Quebec. It represents more than half of the 180,000 students now on strike. The statement was translated by Richard Fidler for the Life on the Left web site.
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Toward a social strike: It’s a student strike, a people’s struggle
Hike in tuition fees is part of “the cultural revolution”
