Articles by Zachary Bell

Quebec’s historic 2011 student strike resulted in the ouster of premier Jean Charest and the repeal of his 75 percent tuition hike, and now Montreal’s student federations are gearing up again to oppose the newly elected Pauline Marois’ decision to indefinitely raise tuitions at a rate of 3 percent annually.

Montreal's student-led movement has transformed into a general social movement involving broad swathes of the citizenry against neoliberal austerity.