By Marie Eve Bourque
Category: 2012: Vol. 6 No. 2: Out of the Mouth of ‘Casseroles’ II
A special open-wi issue of wi: journal of mobile media on the Quebec student strike, the ongoing remarkable demonstrations and the odious bill 78.
Le printemps de force.
By Éric Pineault
Un philosophe italien, par ailleurs communiste, a dit d’une crise qu’elle se manifeste quand le vieux se meurt et le nouveau refuse de naître.
Hashtags et casseroles : De l’auto-organisation du mouvement social étudiant
MÉLANIE MILLETTE, JOSIANNE MILLETTE, SERGE PROULX, UQAM, FACULTÉ DE COMMUNICATION https://doi.org/10.65968/ZGFG7554 L’appropriation des médias sociaux, en particulier Twitter et Facebook, comme outils de mobilisation contribue à l’émergence de modes d’action collective décentralisés fondés sur l’autonomie de l’individu citoyen. IntroductionEn…
Democratic Culture and the Culture of Fear
DAVID WADDINGTON, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, EDUCATION https://doi.org/10.65968/TBTD1626 Sound the alarm and head for the underground shelters: a grave new threat to civil society has arisen in Québec. Fred Pellerin (see terror-inspiring mug shot above), whose main activities up until now…
Anarchopanda’s Soft Subversions
ALANNA THAIN, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH https://doi.org/10.65968/GQVX2711 Students and BodiesOver the many months of the student strike in Quebec, the streets of Montreal have been filled with the creativity of protest as street theatre, an enactment of eventness…
Social Movement Media – CUTV
GRETCHEN KING, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, COMMUNICATION STUDIES; CUTV https://doi.org/10.65968/NBMH7197 Beyond Twitter and Facebook, the mix of mediums wielded by strikers, protestors, and their allies on the streets of Montreal over the last four months includes CUTV. The Concordia-based community television…
Fear and violence in Quebec: Why solidarity with a diversity of tactics matters
ROSALIND HAMPTON, MICHELLE HARTMAN, ADRIENNE HURLEY, TOM LAMARRE https://doi.org/10.65968/NBVD9313 Events in Quebec over the past year, particularly in and around universities, have made it clear that the State and its institutions do not act within the law as they…