June 2012
201 posts
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Letter – The art of shutting up (Le Devoir)
Gérard St-Denis, 74 years old, Sainte-Birgitte-des-Saults, June 10th 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/352132/l-art-de-se-taire
The ruckus of the Formula 1 is over. Now we can at least hear ourselves think. A little calm in the cottages.
We cannot allow the incendiary, misplaced, and false comments that Jacques Villeneuve made about the student strike to pass...
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Increasing the accessibility of education – a...
Staff note: Another article in the Le Monde series “Au Québec, les raisons d’un soulèvement”, or “In Quebec, the causes of an uprising”. Previously featured were an article by Premier Jean Charest , one by CLASSE co-director Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, one by essayist François Ricard and one by singer-songwriter & activist Richard Desjardins.
Normand Baillargeon, Professor, Education Sciences,...
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Social crisis – The long breath of the Maple...
Laure Waridel — Doctoral candidate in anthropology and sociology of development
June 6, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/351727/le-long-souffle-du-printemps-erable
Do you know the red trillium, that extraordinary perennial which flowers in spring on our forest floors? It can stay in the ground for years without being noticed. Its seeds have to...
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Students need to tap into population’s malaise,...
Canadian Press June 10, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/education/352104/les-etudiants-doivent-maintenant-miser-sur-le-malaise-de-la-population-dit-la-fecq
The FECQ plans to continue mobilizing over the summer, but this mobilization should now be focused on the malaise expressed by Quebeckers, according to new FECQ president, Éliane Laberge.
This is...
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Laurent Proulx abandons the class for which he...
Gabrielle Duchaine June 8, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/dossiers/conflit-etudiant/201206/08/01-4533078-laurent-proulx-abandonne-le-cours-pour-lequel-il-a-obtenu-une-injonction.php
After stirring up public debate by forcing his classmates to return to school with the first injunction of the student conflict, the “green square” Laurent Proulx has...
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Francois Arguin’s testimony of political profiling...
This testimony is linked to the Devoir piece that was previously posted.
François Arguin June 10, 2012
Original French Text: http://francoisarguin.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/emoignage-de-francois-arguin-sur-le-profilage-politique-au-parc-jean-drapeau-le-samedi-9-juin-2012/
I went to Park Jean-Drapeau intending to film something, be it protesters with signs or even to document the...
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Opinion: CLASSE and its Congress: Direct Democracy...
Blandine Parchemal June 8, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.humanite.fr/monde/blandine-parchemal-les-congres-de-la-classe-une-experience-inedite-de-la-democratie-directe-49
“Since the beginning of the Quebec student strike, one organization, CLASSE (Coalition large de l’Association pour une solidarité étudiante) has undertaken a remarkable task: it is in effect the only...
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Send your statements of recent political profiling...
CLASSE (Coalition large de l’Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante) June 10, 2012
Original French Text: https://www.facebook.com/bloquonslahausse
****ATTENTION****
We are currently trying to amass witness accounts of political profiling that took place this weekend or throughout the strike. If you have seen or experienced political profiling, please contact us at...
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The Red Square and the Uncultured Minister...
Jean-François Lisée June 10, 2012
Original French Text: http://www2.lactualite.com/jean-francois-lisee/carre-rouge-et-ministre-de-linculture/13507/
PHOTO CAPTION: Do you feel intimidated by this artist who promotes violence? Assuredly, we don’t hear much of value from the members Charest’s government, especially these days. But we can’t silently let pass the recent diatribe...
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The sole project: Contempt and Arrogance (Journal...
Djemila Benhabib June 5, 2012
Original French Text: http://blogues.journaldemontreal.com/benhabib/actualites/le-mepris-et-larrogance-pour-seul-projet/
What does Jean Charest think about then he is alone in his office, a glass of scotch or a beer in hand? Is it an exaggeration to imagine that he has only one goal in mind: to remain in power for the long term? The question...
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Firsthand account of political profiling...
Original posted to Facebook on Sunday, June 10. Because I don’t have permission to include the person’s name, I’ve cut it out, though in the original he signed it.
“I was just arrested by the police, given a ticket because I didn’t have the light I’m supposed to have (it was broken and in my pocket: I showed it to them). I was then told it was “better to...
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Letter to the editor: A vision of society (Journal...
Marie-Fortin Théberge June 7, 2012
Original French text: http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/06/07/une-vision-de-la-societe-2
The red square represents a vision of society in which education is not a commodity. It is the transmission of humanity’s accumulated knowledge to a generation which in turn will pass it on to the next. That said, we live in a capitalist world. Seen...
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Red squares, your papers! (Le Devoir)
Catherine Lalonde & Raphaël Dallaire-Ferland
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/352102/recit-d-un-petit-voyage-en-metro-avec-un-carre-rouge
Are the identity checks in the metro for wearers of red squares we’ve been hearing about since the beginning of Montreal’s Grand Prix real? Are those who show their opposition to the tuition hike now...
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Letter to the Editor: Students should invest in...
Philippe Etchecopar, Rimouski June 3, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/352028/c-est-dans-leurs-etudes-que-les-etudiants-devraient-investir
For more than three months, we’ve heard the government repeat again and again that increasing tuition is simply a matter of asking students to invest money in their future. But we never hear that the most...
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Student Conflict - Diversity in the Street (Le...
Letter to the editor, Cathy Wong, jurist June 9, 2012
Original French text: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/352030/la-diversite-dans-la-rue
Since the student mobilisation began, the intergenerational dimension of the movement has come up again and again, but its intercultural aspect has been much less discussed.
“Are you coming to protest tonight?” Rima...
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“Premier fabricating conflict to get re-elected”...
Gustavo Kuhn June 5, 2012
Original French Text: http://journal.tdg.ch/premier-ministre-fabrique-conflit-fins-electorales-2012-06-05
Montreal political science professor Alain Gagnon is in Geneva. In the following interview, he analyzes the reasons underlying the student conflict.
Though they have attracted fewer people over the past few days, student protests are continuing in...
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The fever (La Presse)
Marie-Claude Lortie June 8, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.lapresse.ca/debats/chroniques/marie-claude-lortie/201206/08/01-4532858-la-fievre.php
The least you can say is that springtime in Montreal isn’t mundane. Crossing the city has become an adventure. When you don’t fall upon violent clashes between protesters and police, it’s the joyous citizens beating their casseroles...
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The red square: symbol of "violence" and...
Geneviève Lajoie June 8, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.journaldequebec.com/2012/06/08/symbole-de-violence-et-dintimidation
The red square symbolizes “intimidation” and “violence” in the eyes of minister Christine St-Pierre.
Storyteller Fred Pellerin refused to be consecrated Knight of the National Order of Quebec. The artist did not feel comfortable...
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Fred Pellerin declines the National Order of...
Pierre-Olivier Fortin June 8, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/societe/201206/07/01-4532826-fred-pellerin-decline-linvitation-de-lordre-national-du-quebec.php
Storyteller Fred Pellerin, who was to be made knight of the National Order of Quebec by premier Jean Charest, declined the invitation on Thursday. In a letter that reflects his great...
