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Getting to the HEART of the Quebec Student Movement, and mobilization in general

Getting to the HEART of the Quebec Student Movement, and mobilization in general. Keynote address by Rushdia Mehreen At the North Carolina State-wide student convergence, February 2013. http://studentpowernc.org/conference/ posted on http://rushdia.virtualstack.com/.

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Getting to the HEART of the Quebec Student Movement, and mobilization in general

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  1. Getting to the HEART of the Quebec Student Movement, and mobilization in general Keynote address by Rushdia Mehreen At the North Carolina State-wide student convergence, February 2013. http://studentpowernc.org/conference/ posted on http://rushdia.virtualstack.com/

  2. What you might know about the Quebec student movement…

  3. Government announces 75% increase of university tuition fees $1625 over 5 years

  4. Bill 78

  5. 7 months of strike Up to 300K students on strike Hundreds of protests: Monthly, weekly, daily TWO years of escalation Unprecedented civil society mobilization Over 3,000 arrests and One election later…

  6. Newly elected government cancels the tuition hike

  7. How did we get there?

  8. Mass demos • Other strike actions • Economic Disruption • CLASSE Congress • General Assemblies • Mobilization • Mobilization Committees (mob squad) • Building Relationships Background image credit: awatercolouraday.tumblr.com

  9. Keeping the momentum through creative and visibility actions

  10. Disrupt the economy

  11. Build large state-wide coalitions

  12. Empower students through direct democracy

  13. Image design by H. Bonin; inspired by Cegep St-Laurent student association (l’Association étudiante du cégep de Saint-Laurent (AECSL))

  14. Image design by H. Bonin; inspired by Cegep St-Laurent student association (l’Association étudiante du cégep de Saint-Laurent (AECSL))

  15. Do the ground work Get the word out!

  16. Setup mobilization groups and committees

  17. Build support and solidarity One person at a time

  18. Mass demos • Smaller actions • Economic Disruption • Coalitions • General Assemblies • Mobilization • Mobilization Committees (mob squad) • Building Relationships Background image credit: awatercolouraday.tumblr.com

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