Antonin Gilbert

  • What’s the point of a leftist newspaper in 2026?

    What’s the point of a leftist newspaper in 2026?

    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 protest, some politician’s comment, one scandal rather than another, it […]

  • Cégep Saint-Laurent hit hard by Austerity

    Cégep Saint-Laurent hit hard by Austerity

    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 pressure of austerity measures. Very much present, austerity delivers a […]

  • L’austérité démantèle l’éducation supérieure

    L’austérité démantèle l’éducation supérieure

    De l’amiante dans les plafonds, aucune climatisation, des coupures dans l’offre de cours; c’est une rentrée qui s’annonce amère pour les étudiant∙e∙s du cégep Lionel-Groulx. Bien que la CAQ s’efforce à déguiser ses mesures d’austérité, les étudiant∙e∙s ne sont pas dupes. Les coupes dans les services et les infrastructures se multiplient dans tous les cégeps […]