In Defiance (Paperback)

On February 7, 2012, as students in Quebec prepared to vote to go on strike, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois gave a rousing speech: ?What you do today will be remembered. The decision you make will tell future generations who we were. And you already know what is being said today about our generation. That we are the generation of comfort and indifference, the generation of cash and iPods; that we are individualists, egotists; that we don't care about anything, except our navels and our gadgets. Aren't you tired of hearing this? Well, I am. Luckily, today we have a chance to prove that it's not true, that it has never been true.? The ?Maple Spring? saw more than 300,000 students across Quebec protest a tuition fee hike by striking from their classes. Nadeau-Dubois takes readers step-by-step through the strike, recounting the confrontations with journalists, ministers, judges, and police. Along the way he exposes the moral and intellectual poverty of the Quebec elite and celebrates the remarkable energy of the students who opposed the mercenary attitude of the austerity agenda. In Defiance is translated from the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award winner for non-fiction, Tenir t?te (Lux ?diteur)

General

Imprint:	Between the Lines
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	April 2015
Authors:	Gabriel Nadeau-DuBois
Dimensions:	203 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-77113-182-7
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Pressure groups & lobbying
LSN:	1-77113-182-9
Barcode:	9781771131827

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