Between 200,000 and 300,000 took to the streets on March 22nd against the tuition fee hike and in defence of accessibile education. Here is an overview in videos! The video shows the ampleur of the demo – quarter millions people according to some estimates: The speech by one of the spokespersons of CLASSE at […]

By Sam Bick and Rushdia Mehreen First published in Our Times’ 2012 Summer Issue, Vol. 31 No.3. Photo: R. Mehreen After 120 days, the Quebec student strike that started in February is no longer focussed solely on accessible education. More than 150,000 students from over 60 associations from universities and CEGEPs (colleges) across Quebec remain […]

The CLASSE*, as a temporary structure built upon l’Assocation pour une Solidarité Syndicale**, subscribes to confrontational syndicalism [syndicalisme de combat]. This movement affirms that the state and local administrations are, by definition, opposed to our interests. The state is not a neutral entity in which all stakeholders exert equal influence: rather, it must be seen […]

By Sophie Warnes | 23 October 2012 A combination of increasing fees, reluctant banks, and changes in immigration have combined to create the ‘perfect storm’ in postgraduate study, a new report has found. The independent report, published today by the Higher Education Commission, highlights some of the key issues that may ‘inflict significant damage on […]

for direct and participative democracy to empower all members Photo: R. Mehreen This document is aimed at students working on campuses where no student association exists at the department or faculty level. Where associations do exist, many of these principles can still be applied. 1. Importance of organizing and mobilizing from the grassroots Creating departmental […]

By Peter Walker | 7 November 2012 Salary premium reducing year-on-year as 40% fail to get graduate-level work two years after gaining degree Britain’s graduates face an increasingly challenging jobs market, with 40% failing to get graduate-calibre posts more than two years after leaving education, around twice the proportion of their peers a decade earlier, […]

Published on Sunday, 08 July 2012 By rosalind hampton Action guided by anti-racist and anti-colonial analysis is essential to imagining and building liberating alternatives to our current social order. The experience of the inspiring movement ignited by Quebec students this year confirms this belief, as questions about its diversity and about incidents of racism have […]

Partly as a result of the widespread rejection of the former Liberal government’s plans to increase tuition, as well as the general failure of its policies regarding governance and funding, the newly elected Parti Quebecois government is making good on its promise to hols a summit on higher education.  This summit will take place in […]