World famous stencil artist, banksy, has had his stencilled images and the walls they are painted on removed from their original location. Proud, angry, and determined students poured into the streets in mass demonstrations in quebecs two principal cities on june 22. Montreal student protest calls for free tuition cbc news cbc. Student unions in quebec are regulated by laws and register and certify like other unions. Though student unions in quebec have existed in their current form since the midsixties, they were only recognised by law in 1983.
By refusing to discuss with the students, he has confessed his own guilt, said the feuq and fecq in a joint press release. For months they and their patrons in the trade unions had been urging students to make the defeat of the liberals in the. May 26, 2012 destructive neoliberal mandates harm us and european societies. The diverse attitudes of the students also provide a point of comparison. The coalition meant that for the first time, the students. Be sure to visit all 3 world united websites for a different perspective in the world of news, music and awakening topics. The law establishes various privileges for student unions such as automatic membership of and levy from all students, seats on various councils such as the administrative board, designated office space and a billboard provided by the campus.
In fact, by these lights, the student movement is a better example of a union than many unions in north america. Alternative news and political opinion in video and print. The classe, for its part, fought to maintain the focus on the fee hike and the broader perspective of free postsecondary education. The organizations behind quebecs 2012 student strike. The feuq and the fecq representatives quickly demonstrated that they were. He is an interim spokesperson for classe, which is quebecs largest and most radical student groupboth a rival and bedfellow of the more moderate fecq and feuq. The leadership of classe, the feuq and the fecq, as well as modern communication technology like email, facebook and twitter allowed such strategies to be actively pursued. Student groups unite in hopes of stopping tuition hikes. The fecq and feuq also left the negotiations in solidarity with classe. Unlike the feuq and fecq, the classe student union does not directly promote the idea that the elections will settle the student struggle. This may 19, 2015 photo provided by artisan books shows piggy, a 2. In particular, we are trying to bridge that gap by having assemblies with people in the student movement, community activists, leaders in the haitian community, and other ethnic groups from the. Student movement to become more radical feuq, fecq and classe show desire for.
Student association leaders, from left, gabriel nadeaudubois of classe, martine desjardins of feuq and leo bureaublouin of fecq leave. Social justice on trial in canada global researchglobal. Classe and quebecs student federations welcome pqs. Classe, the temporary coalition formed to fight the tuition hike, may have dissolved, but its mother organization, the asse association for syndical solidarity among students is ascendant. Jean charest, premier of quebec line beauchamp, minister of education until may 14, 2012 michelle courchesne, minister of education may 14september 4. The student group classe is expected to present its counterproposal later this week. Fecq and feuq launched campaigns to boost youth participation in the elections and work against the liberal partys campaign.
Cfsontario is like feuq, fecq and classe all combined in one, kind of. The two mainstream student unions, fecq and feuq, are campaigning against the plq in the election, effectively backing the pq. Mais qui sont donc martine desjardins feuq, leo bureaublouin fecq et gabriel nadeaudubois classe. The feuq and fecq had suggested that the tuition fee rise might be avoided through equivalent cuts in unnecessary expenditures by the universities. Global student cooperation prospects for increased. The more vocal student group classe says free education is entirely. May 14, 2012 the feuq and fecq had suggested that the tuition fee increase might be avoided through equivalent cuts in unnecessary expenditures by the universities. Apr 19, 2012 leaders of feuq and fecq have said they will not sit down with the government if classe, representing about 70,000 of the 175,000 striking students, is excluded.
This resulted in the breaking of the strike and an only partial victory for students. The government demonized the classe the enlarged strike. A strategy to mobilize the working class is needed world. May 03, 2012 the fecq and feuq also left the negotiations in solidarity with classe. Student groups unimpressed by increased loans ctv news. Many associations joined classe at the beginning because the federations were not inclined to work towards the strike, said a spokesperson for asse.
They compromise themselves by aligning with political parties. Jul 11, 20 though student unions in quebec have existed in their current form since the midsixties, they were only recognised by law in 1983. The federation etudiante universitaire du quebec feuq was a federation of university. Classe also included many members of the two more mainstream federations, the federation etudiante collegiale du quebec fecq and federation etudiante universitaire du quebec feuq, which were being pushed by their members to actively join the strike movement see principle. The ontario undergraduate student alliance is like that woman from montreal who was the lone liberal voice at the start of the strikes most famous for debating gabriel nadeaudubois on tout le monde en parle. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Student protesters arrested in clashes with quebec police. It is a personal reflection on anarchist participation in the 2012 student strike in montreal and the disruptions that accompanied it. Student tuition protest leaders gabriel nadeaudubois of classe, leo bureaublouin leader of fecq and martine desjardins of feuq are trying to harmonize their tactics.
In the present strike the student associations have displayed a strong sense of solidarity, with the representatives of feuq and fecq refusing to meet with the government unless the spokespeople for classe are included. The more vocal student group classe says free education is entirely achievable, a position that isnt promoted by the provinces two other groups, the federation of college students, or fecq, and federation of university students, feuq. Tuition hike negotiations continue in quebec cbc news cbc. Jun 27, 2012 this resulted in the breaking of the strike and an only partial victory for students. The fecq and the feuq announced their decision to abandon the talks, just as negotiations were set to resume wednesday with education minister line beauchamp. The concordian, volume 29, issue 26 by jacques gallant issuu. Massive marches have taken place on the 22nd of each of the past four months the day has become symbolic for the maple spring uprising against quebec premier jean charests threat to raise tuition at the canadian provinces public universities by. Les 3 regroupements etudiants sunissent pour contester les. The feuq and fecq had suggested that the tuition fee increase might be avoided through equivalent cuts in unnecessary expenditures by the universities. Student groups quit quebec government talks huffpost canada. Its also about sharply hiking college tuition fees. Mar 23, 2016 the feuq and fecq had suggested that the tuition fee increase might be avoided through equivalent cuts in unnecessary expenditures by the universities. Apr 07, 2012 student tuition protest leaders gabriel nadeaudubois of classe, leo bureaublouin leader of fecq and martine desjardins of feuq are trying to harmonize their tactics. I am presenting it here in its extended version, in part, to protest andy merrifields foreword from the book.
It was commissioned by benjamin fraser and published recently in fraser, ed. Classe, fecq and feuq say the idea to improve loan programs for. It will publish a brochure to make the case for a broad, fighting social alliance. Classe and quebecs student federations welcome pqs election. This article relies too much on references to primary.
The buzz is that if no agreement is reached, the liberal government will introduce some kind of special legislation. Canadas conservative government forcefeeds similar policies. They include wage and benefit cuts, less social spending, privatization of state resources, mass layoffs, deregulation, tax cuts for corporations and superrich elites, and harsh crackdowns against resisters. But classe too is incapable of stepping outside the framework set by the capitalist class. Student groups unite in hopes of stopping tuition hikes ctv. Lessons from the quebec student strike counterfire. May 23, 2012 the more vocal student group classe says free education is entirely achievable, a position that isnt promoted by the provinces two other groups, the federation of college students, or fecq, and federation of university students, feuq.
Fecq s and feuq s enthusiasm for the pq victory was hardly surprising. Montreal peaks and precipices this is the final installment in our after the crest series exploring how to navigate the waning phase of social movements. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. The association pour une solidarite syndicale etudiante asse was a canadian student union. Previously it held the outcome of the strike a betrayal, charging fecq and feuq of accepting cuts to the loans and bursary program that left students in poverty. On april 2, more than 3,000 students responded to the call of the broad coalition of student union solidarity classe and also demonstrated in sherbrooke. Classe has not taken a position on the election itself. The association pour une solidarite syndicale etudiante asse was a canadian student union founded in february 2001 in sherbrooke, quebec, which contains about 56 000 cegep and universitylevel students in 34 member student unions throughout quebec. May 23, 2012 this democratic activist student unionism has provided a firm basis for classe the broader coalition launched by asse for the 2012 strike to work strategically with fecq and feuq in the current struggle. We print below the translation of a frenchlanguage spartacist canada supplement issued on 20 august 2012, which our comrades distributed at a large student demonstration in montreal on 22 august 2012 the student strike and mass defiance of the liberal governments repressive law law 78 have produced the most.
Fecq s formerpresidentturnedpqcandidate called for an electoral truce a call echoed by many in the left in which student unions would suspend the strike to. This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Federation etudiante universitaire du quebec wikipedia. Destructive neoliberal mandates harm us and european societies. Number 34 autumn 2016 editorial tis the season to consult. In the wake of the strike the fecq has been accused of a lack of. This is what classe means by its perspective of a social strike. The student movement in quebec is a union movement because it is organized on a class basis and uses direct action to achieve its goals. While the word journal diary implies an authentic report by an eyewitness, the roman novel leaves the degree of authenticity open to speculation. Le feu novel international encyclopedia of the first. Leaders of feuq and fecq have said they will not sit down with the government if classe, representing about 70,000 of the 175,000 striking students, is. This is the final installment in our after the crest series exploring how to navigate the waning phase of social movements. In contrast to classe, fecq and feuq pursued a strategy of lobbying aimed at persuading the government to adopt a policy more congenial to students.
A meeting of classe s national council on june 17 decided to cohost broad conferences in all the regions of quebec this summer to discuss and plan for a social strike. The ontario undergraduate student alliance is like that woman from montreal who was the lone liberal voice at the start of the strikes most famous for. The meeting has begun between newlynamed minister of education michelle courchesne and the representatives of above, l to r classe, feuq, fecq, and not shown taceq. Mar 19, 2014 the leadership of classe, the feuq and the fecq, as well as modern communication technology like email, facebook and twitter allowed such strategies to be actively pursued. Gabriel nadeaudubois an eavesdropping short series. The 2012 quebec student protests movement were a series of student demonstrations led by student unions such as the association pour une solidarite syndicale etudiante asse, the federation etudiante universitaire du quebec, and the federation etudiante collegiale du quebec against a proposal by the quebec cabinet, headed by liberal premier jean charest, to raise university.
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