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Quebec student protest 2012 born of true necessity
Quebec Student Protest born out of necessity This promises to be a long hot summer — at least in Quebec, where the three month old student protest against increases in tuition fees continues — bringing thousands of students to the street — some of the demonstrations did turn violent — the protest has been condemned by our establishment media led by the CBC's Rex Murphy who called them undemocratic and the actions of a mob in a province that has the cheapest university education — Time Magazine compared one march with students banging cooking pots to the 1960s left wing protest in Chile against the ruthless dictatorship of Pinochet, who was in fact editorially supported by Time and the CIA — But let's not forget that it was the violent protests in Chile that eventually turned the tide against Pinochet — unfortunately we live in a 15-second news-clip world where only acts of violence draw attention — instead of examining the heart of the issue, Quebec passed an undemocratic law making it illegal for a march by 50 plus people without permission and a ban on face masks — Needless to say I have no problem with the Quebec protest — I have a problem that English Canada students and those in Quebec's English universities did not join in — because there is a broader issue here — that all higher education should be free to guarantee equal access to all — how do we pay for it? — tax the rich — tax those crazy speculative stock market profits — redistribute wealth for …From:Zuhair KashmeriViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:53More inNews Politics

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