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NOW Toronto: Quebec protesters have reminded us how much we’ve lowered our expectations
Follow Quebec’s leaders
Quebec protesters have reminded us how much we’ve lowered our expectations
By Alice Klein
Dear Quebec re-sisters and brothers: What an awesomely inventive laboratory of political resistance you have built. Thanks for taking the struggle against inequality and austerity to a new level and helping the rest of us see what’s really going on.
Of course, looking back, La Belle Province has pointed the way for a good long time, including its Orange Crush rebellion that vaulted the NDP into official opposition.
And now it has outdone itself.
The Casseroles have taken their demand for accessible education and against tyranny (aka Law 78) to the whole world. They have won a laurel wreath from the global “spring” of people’s movements and affirmed the continued ability of these uprisings to confound the powers that be. ...................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=187032
