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Context: Quebec Student Movement

May 17, 2012
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Share | Bookmark ContentsTen Points Everyone Should Know About the Quebec Student MovementFurther ReadingsTen Points Everyone Should Know About the Quebec Student Movement By: Andrew Gavin Marshall The student strikes in Quebec, which began in February and have lasted for three months, involving roughly 175,000 students in the mostly French-speaking Canadian province, have been subjected to a massive provincial and national media propaganda campaign to demonize and dismiss the students and their struggle. The following is a list of ten points that everyone should know about the student movement in Quebec to help place their struggle in its proper global context. 1.            The issue is debt, not tuition 2.  ...

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Now 4 billion people know the joy of txt

May 7, 2012
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Share | BookmarkContentsNow 4 billion people know the joy of txtThe humble SMS is 20 years old… and a far more important invention than the flashier inventions that have followed it Now 4 billion people know the joy of txt The humble SMS is 20 years old… and a far more important invention than the flashier inventions that have followed it Published Sunday May 6 2012 | The Guardian By John Naughton   Here’s a question: what’s bigger and far more important than Facebook? Hint: it’s very low-tech and doesn’t need a smartphone or even an internet connection. And this year marks its 20th birthday, which means that in internet time it’s 140 years old. Oh,...

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Fear or No Fear? Whose Fear?

May 5, 2012
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2012 is now 1984

May 2, 2012
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In need for a global structure for change

May 1, 2012
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Share | Bookmark   Neoliberalism ascends above national and regional politics. Some call it global corporatism; a system whereby multinational corporations have unique powers and resources to exert their political and economic control on national governments and international institutions. While countries are now dealing with civil and economic devastations, world citizens are fighting within the ideological boundaries of national sovereignty. But how are we to address such global powers within these limitations? The world is socially organized through politics of division, engineered and enforced by the few.  Yet humanity, despite this repression, always seeks to transcend these obstacles. This shift in perspective has allowed us to empathize with those around the world; victims of disasters,...

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