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Samuel Auger June 30, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/education/201206/29/01-4539662-des-etudiants-des-quatre-coins-du-globe-preparent-une-greve-mondiale.php
Photo caption: The global strike that has been…
The province of Québec is no stranger to large and powerful social movements (the 1949 Asbestos Strike comes to mind, as does the Summit of the Americas in Québec City, in 2001). However, the ongoing conflict between the provincial government and striking students and their supporters will go down in history as one of the province’s - indeed the country’s - biggest mass protests. On its 102nd day, the student movement is growing, as is the awareness of an ever more oppressive and corrupt government.
