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Launch of the third issue
The print version of issue 3 of the newspaper is now available. Contact the mobilization committee (mob@crues.org) or the general website (crues@crues.org) to have the new edition delivered to your…
Latest publications
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Cynicism has become one of the greatest political forces of our time. We are constantly told that nothing will change, and after hearing it so often, we almost end up believing it. Faced with a world ravaged by economic, political, and ecological crises, where imperialist…
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Insufficient protected income Are you working hard over the summer so you can afford to focus on your studies during the semester? That seems like the best strategy, especially if your school doesn’t offer classes during the summer. But you need to be careful not…
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Jeanne is struggling to make ends meet. Her rent, groceries, tuition—the bills are piling up. She’s worried she’ll have to drop out of college. Between her full-time studies and her job, she’s working 65-hour weeks. Yet she thought she’d be eligible for some form of…
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Militarization, Imperialism, and Austerity Palestine, and Gaza in particular, is today one of the main testing grounds for global military-capitalist imperialism. The repeated offensives against the Palestinian population are not merely part of a colonial project, but are at the heart of a war economy…
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The effects of austerity on our living and studying conditions As a child, I imagined college and university as places where a scientific community worked collectively on difficult problems. Growing up in the rural town of Huberdeau, even before I could put it into words,…
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Reader’s Mail It is widely acknowledged that at Cégep de Saint-Laurent, the door to the Student Life Office is always open. Indeed, the message has been repeated time and again: members and executives of the student association can access these resources at any time and…
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Reader’s Mail Treating higher education as a right is not in vogue in Quebec. The last few years have given us a few examples of this, notably with the indexation of tuition fees in 2013, the sharp increase in fees for non-resident students in 2023,…
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Reader’s Mail One debate that persists among student activists is that of remuneration for general assembly presidiums. It is time to face the truth: this practice should be banned. Here is a response to common arguments and questions on the issue. «The presi-what?» Assuming that…
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As per a recent study, one in three students suffers from food insecurity. For many, it’s impossible to find housing. Those who are able, through great effort, to make ends meet often do so by incurring years of debt. Choosing to study, to want to…
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Until recently, the Cégep Maisonneuve’s admin made a habit of systematically forcing a making up of the school calendar after strikes. For every day of striking, they added a day of classes. By attacking the tactic of the local student union, the SOGEECOM, the administration…
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In a world of constant semi–Cold War, the armies of the richest countries essentially become public militias specialized in exploiting poorer countries. Nuclear deterrence has prevented any war between Western countries since 1946. The question then arises: why is it still relevant to fund the…
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These days, everything is going up: our rent, the cost of food, our tuition fees, and so on. And what increases for everyone has an exponential impact on some people, those who are already in vulnerable positions. Capitalism and the government deliberately abandon certain groups…
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Leftist journalism is necessary. While there’s no shortage of high quality centrist journalists, leftist perspectives can enrich journalistic work, especially where centrist media have erred. Is there such a thing as neutral? Choosing is renouncing. Every time a paper decides to cover an issue, a…
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Public-sector unions have an unfortunate habit; they tend to remember the well-being of service users only when budget cuts are announced or when labor contracts are being negotiated. At those moments, they call on public solidarity, reminding people that the quality of services depends on…
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How noisy our existence is! The noise of cash-printing machines artificially pumping up economic growth. The noise of the polished shoes of high dignitaries striking the asphalt of our life-less sidewalks. The noise of a few mouths stuffing themselves while we make do with the…
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Those who govern us teach us that an internship is “a practical training or learning experience, with an educational purpose, that is supervised and allows for the observation, acquisition, or application of skills in a work environment.” Really now! Many of us, precarious students who…
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We are the Robin des Ruelles, the Robin Hood of the Alleys. On the evening of Monday December 25th, we stole $3,000 worth of food from the Metro on Laurier Street in Montreal, a grocery chain that recorded over a billion dollars in profits for…
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“To all Quebeckers, [my wife] and I wish you a Merry Christmas 🎄!” These are the words of François Legault, Premier of so-called Quebec, a month after his government tabled the Act respecting the reinforcement of laicity in Quebec. As early as 2019, during its…
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Mandatory evening classes; the precarization of employees through temporary contracts; a ban on hiring new staff; a new satellite building located a 30 minute walk from the main pavilion for general education: living space is fragmented and the cégep community is disintegrating under the insidious…
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Dans les dernières années, on observe à travers le monde, une montée de la droite conservatrice. Ici, au soi-disant Québec, nous ne faisons pas l’exception : la CAQ est en train de mettre en place un réel projet de société conservateur. L’enseignement post-secondaire a déjà été…
