Practices and principles of combative syndicalism in the 2012 Quebec student strike

Similarly to other protest movements in the 21st century, the Quebec students articulated their demand for tuition-free education alongside a critique of neoliberal policies, the failed logic of austerity, and the weakening of democratic institutions. While the central participants in the struggle w...

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Autor: Sorochan, Cayley
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Recursos:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Estudos Ibero-Americanos
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/21299
Acesso em linha:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/iberoamericana/article/view/21299
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Resumo:Similarly to other protest movements in the 21st century, the Quebec students articulated their demand for tuition-free education alongside a critique of neoliberal policies, the failed logic of austerity, and the weakening of democratic institutions. While the central participants in the struggle were students, this broader social critique attracted a diverse array of citizens, activists and organizations to its cause, resulting in a broad-based movement that for a time became the enter of political struggles in Quebec.