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.
The powerful attraction of Afghanistan youth to the Taliban often has little to do with religious views and everything to do with an empty stomach.
As the industry whitewashes its image and fights new regulations, a leading company offloads its own sour student loans.
An activist is a person who feels strongly about a cause and who is also willing to dedicate time and energy towards advancing and realizing this cause. This might be my own limited interpretation of what activism means. I was born and raised in a
On March 4, students, staff, teachers, faculty and their unions on all levels of public education created history by uniting and pouring out onto the streets to engage in what were overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrations to defend public education. The movement swept through small towns and large cities with demonstrators, including young elementary school students, carrying picket signs while yelling chants expressing their determination to fight back.
A San Francisco Civic Center rally, organized by the California Faculty Association (covering the California State University system), American Federation of Teachers Local 2121 (covering San Francisco Community College) and the United Educators of San Francisco (covering K-12), drew somewhere between 12 to 15,000 participants, far more than many of the organizers anticipated. The rally was also sponsored and built by the San Francisco Labor Council, which called on all its affiliates to support it. The Labor Council’s banner, which was displayed above the stage, set the theme of the rally. It read: “Full funding for Public Education and Social Services. Progressive Taxation Now!”
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