Pierre Beaudet&#039;s Blog http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet Pierre Beaudet, active in international solidarity and social movements in Quebec, is founder of Quebec NGO Alternatives, and Editor of the Nouveaux cahiers du socialisme. He blogs on rabble.ca in English and French. en Thousands gather in Montreal for World Social Forum http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2016/08/thousands-gather-montreal-world-social-forum <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Thousands of people from over 95 countries are expected to gather in Montreal from August 9-13 for a&nbsp; social movement summit called the World Social Forum (WSF). Participants will spend a week attending a great variety of workshops, lectures and cultural events -- more than 1200 in total. Famed author Naomi Klein will be giving two talks that are sure to be among the highlights of this unique event, which is designed to allow social activists and scholars to grapple with a host of economic, social, environmental and cultural questions facing the contemporary world. And Klein is just one of a raft of influential speakers who will be engaging audiences at the WSF. <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2016/08/thousands-gather-montreal-world-social-forum" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet World Social Forum 2016 WSF2016 Political Action QC Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:44:16 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 125582 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Mauvais joueur, mauvais perdant http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/10/mauvais-joueur-mauvais-perdant <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Le résultat du vote du 19 octobre aura été aussi cruel pour le NPD que les sondages à répétition depuis plusieurs semaines. Les «&nbsp;spins&nbsp;» incompétents de l'«&nbsp;équipe Mulcair&nbsp;» ont la malhonnêteté de dire que tout cela a été le résultat de l' «&nbsp;effet Nikab&nbsp;». C'est un gros mensonge, car le déclin avait commencé bien avant. En fait, ni les «&nbsp;spins&nbsp;» à la qualité douteuse, ni Mulcair lui-même, et encore moins le troupeau plutôt bêlant de ses troupes, ne sont capables d'appeler un chat un chat ni de sortir de la langue de bois même quand ils&nbsp; savent qu'ils disent des bêtises. Ce n'est pas nouveau, car depuis l'intronisation de Mulcair, tout a été détruit dans ce parti à commencer par l'intelligence politique et le droit de penser. <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/10/mauvais-joueur-mauvais-perdant" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet elxn42 fedeal election NDP npd Thomas mulcair Elections Politics in Canada CA QC Sun, 25 Oct 2015 00:36:24 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 121211 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca The Quebec left and the federal election http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/08/qu%C3%A9bec-left-and-federal-election <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Everyone here knows that Harper’s neo-conservative government represents a serious threat. In the last election the Conservatives elected only five MPs (out of a total of 75) and there is nothing to suggest that this massive rejection by Québec voters is about to change. The latest polls show support for Harper at less than 12 per cent. Naturally, the Québec left -- both the people active in social movements and those involved in progressive politics (mostly Québec Solidaire) -- is in sync with popular opinion on this score. The question, however, is what options remain for the left beyond an ‘anything-but-Harper’ position.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/08/qu%C3%A9bec-left-and-federal-election" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet 2015 election elxn42 federal election Federal Election 2015 Quebec Elections YT Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:35:54 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 119756 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Re-imagining socialism for the 21st century: The Nouveaux cahiers du socialisme http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/05/re-imagining-socialism-21st-century-nouveaux-cahiers-du-social <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Published twice annually beginning in 2009, <a href="http://www.cahiersdusocialisme.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the Nouveaux Cahiers du socialisme</a> grew out of the efforts of a group of people involved in Québec social movements and the political left. In 2006 we formed a collective called <a href="http://www.cahiersdusocialisme.org/cap/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the Collectif d’action politique (CAP</a>). Not affiliated with any political party or group, CAP seeks to partake in and contribute to the debates and struggles of today’s progressive social movements. At the same time, we want to develop an in-depth analysis of contemporary capitalism and participate in re-imagining socialism for the 21st century. <br /> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/05/re-imagining-socialism-21st-century-nouveaux-cahiers-du-social" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Nouveaux Cahiers du socialisme analysis media Nouveaux cahiers du socialisme political journali Media Matters QC Mon, 01 Jun 2015 01:28:25 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 118331 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Quebec's long struggle to build a democratic left party http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/04/quebecs-long-struggle-to-build-democratic-left-party <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Introduction by Richard Fidler</em></p> <p>There is probably no one more qualified to describe the 60-year struggle in Quebec to build a democratic and progressive left party than Paul Cliche. As a journalist and union activist, Cliche (who will be 80 years old in May of this year) was at various times a member of the Parti social-démocratique (PSD), the Parti socialiste du Québec (PSQ), the Front d'action politique (FRAP), and is currently a prominent member of Québec solidaire (QS).</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/04/quebecs-long-struggle-to-build-democratic-left-party" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet Richard Fidler movement building Quebec Quebec solidaire social democracy Politics in Canada QC Wed, 01 Apr 2015 18:23:10 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 117159 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Charlie Hebdo would scoff at appeals to 'Western civilization' http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-would-scoff-appeals-to-western-civilization <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em><a href="http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/01/la-civilisation-occidentale-et-le-lourd-h%C3%A9ritage-du-colonialis">Pour lire en français.</a></em></p> <p>The carnage of&nbsp;January 7 in Paris will remain in our memory as a criminal act against the freedom of expression. Over the years, the scathing humor of Charb, Cabu and the other members of <em>Charlie Hebdo</em> made us sit up and take notice even when we disagreed with them. They, wherever they are, must be laughing mirthlessly now that the right and the far right, whose nostalgia for colonialism was regularly denounced by the magazine, now beatify them as victims of the enemies of "civilization."</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-would-scoff-appeals-to-western-civilization" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet charlie hebdo civilization colonialism france satire World Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:13:20 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 115463 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca La 'civilisation occidentale' et le lourd héritage du colonialisme http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/01/la-civilisation-occidentale-et-le-lourd-h%C3%A9ritage-du-colonialis <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em><a href="http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-would-scoff-appeals-to-western-civilization">To read the English version.</a></em></p> <p>La tuerie du 7 janvier à Paris restera dans la mémoire comme un acte criminel contre la liberté d’expression. Charb, Cabu et les autres animateurs de Charlie-Hebdo nous avaient pendant des années fait réfléchir avec leur humour décapant. Aujourd’hui que la droite et l’extrême-droite les sanctifient comme des victimes des ennemis de la 'civilisation', ils doivent rire jaune quelque part dans les nuages du firmament, eux qui avaient dénoncé le colonialisme tellement prisés par les nostalgiques du colonialisme.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2015/01/la-civilisation-occidentale-et-le-lourd-h%C3%A9ritage-du-colonialis" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet anti-colonialism charlie hebdo colonialism orientalism racism terrorism Anti-Racism Civil Liberties Watch World Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:34:21 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 115423 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Transforming knowledge: The People's University, a cooperative project by Nouveaux Cahiers du socialisme and Canadian Dimension http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/07/transforming-knowledge-peoples-university-cooperative-project- <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>For decades, intellectuals have asked themselves what they could do best to participate in the process of transformation. In the earlier stage of the socialist movement, the paradox was that on the one hand, the working class was to lead that process, and on the other hand, it was unable, on its own, to develop the "scientific" theory required to push the struggle forward. In the fissures of that tension, leading intellectuals became the de facto leaders of the mass socialist parties of the early 1900s.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/07/transforming-knowledge-peoples-university-cooperative-project-" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet People's Social Forum Peoples University CommonCauses Education Political Action CA ON Tue, 22 Jul 2014 00:23:59 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 112109 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Le Forum social des peuples ou comment réparer des pots cassés … http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/07/le-forum-social-des-peuples-ou-comment-r%C3%A9parer-des-pots-cass%C3%A9s <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Après la conquête, l’Empire britannique a mis en place dans ce qui n’était pas encore le Canada un violent système de prédation. Les paysans dans la vallée du Saint-Laurent étaient réduits à la misère, d’où l’exode continu vers les États-Unis. Les marchands anglais vivaient dans l’opulence pendant que dans les villes, la misère faisait des centaines de morts, notamment avec la maladie des «&nbsp;pauvres&nbsp;», la tuberculose. Pire encore était le sort des autochtones, refoulés dans leurs «&nbsp;réserves&nbsp;», pourchassés pour avoir commis le crime de réclamer leurs terres. Cette histoire bien sûr, plus personne n’en parle aujourd’hui. <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/07/le-forum-social-des-peuples-ou-comment-r%C3%A9parer-des-pots-cass%C3%A9s" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet Peoples Social Forum CommonCauses Political Action QC Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:40:14 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 112108 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Fighting to Win: People's University at the Peoples Social Forum http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/07/fighting-to-win-peoples-university-peoples-social-forum <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Fighting to Win</p> <p>People’s University organized by the Nouveaux Cahiers du socialisme and Canadian Dimension</p> <p>Plenary, Friday afternoon, August 22nd, 2014</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/07/fighting-to-win-peoples-university-peoples-social-forum" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet Canadian Dimension Magazine People's University Peoples Social Forum social movements CommonCauses ON Fri, 04 Jul 2014 00:05:15 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 109747 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Canadian Imperialism and Militarism: Fighting Back -- an event at the People's Social Forum http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/07/canadian-imperialism-and-militarism-fighting-back-event-people <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Canadian Imperialism and Militarism: Fighting Back</p> <p>Event organized by the Nouveaux Cahiers du socialisme and Canadian Dimension at the Social People’s Forum. University of Ottawa, August 23, 2014, 9h00 August 23, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ottawa U.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/07/canadian-imperialism-and-militarism-fighting-back-event-people" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet Canadian militarism imperialism People's Social Forum CommonCauses CA Wed, 02 Jul 2014 23:31:09 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 109722 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca The People's Social Forum as seen from Quebec http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/06/people%E2%80%99s-social-forum-seen-quebec <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Please support our coverage of democratic movements and&nbsp;</em><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><em>become a monthly supporter of</em>&nbsp;rabble.ca</a>.</p> <p>There have been many discussions and meetings about&nbsp;<a href="http://peoplessocialforum.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the People's Social Forum (PSF)</a>&nbsp;in Quebec lately, and generally speaking, most people think it is a timely and necessary event. If you check the website of the PSF, you will see many on-going and forthcoming events in Quebec concerning it, which show the commitment and engagement of many Quebec social movements.</p> <p><strong>The idea has roots.</strong></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/06/people%E2%80%99s-social-forum-seen-quebec" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet convergence Peoples Social Forum Social Forum CommonCauses Good News Political Action CA ON QC Sun, 22 Jun 2014 21:13:45 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 109469 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Élection Québec 2014: une grosse prise pour le 1 % http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/04/%C3%A9lection-qu%C3%A9bec-2014-une-grosse-prise-pour-le-1 <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p>Depuis 1976, l’élite canadienne et québécoise a été d’abord et avant tout préoccupée par le projet réformiste à la fois social et national qu’a incarné le PQ. Tous les efforts nécessaires ont été consentis pour vaincre ce projet. Tous les moyens, légaux et illégaux, ont été utilisés et finalement, on peut dire que cette stratégie des dominants l’a emporté. Avec cette élection de 2014, c’est un couronnement. Le PQ est défait stratégiquement. Avant de faire le diagnostic de cette défaite, il est important de comprendre le sens et la profondeur de la victoire du 1&nbsp;%.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>La victoire de l’élite</strong></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/04/%C3%A9lection-qu%C3%A9bec-2014-une-grosse-prise-pour-le-1" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet PQ Quebec Québec election 2014 Politics in Canada QC Sat, 12 Apr 2014 22:28:36 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 108058 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Le véritable adversaire http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/03/le-v%C3%A9ritable-adversaire <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><em>Editor's note: Would you like to read this article in English? Help us fund our translation project, and bring more Quebec news to English Canada. Contribute <a href="http://rabble.ca/donate" target="_blank">here</a>.</em></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/03/le-v%C3%A9ritable-adversaire" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet election 2014 Quebec Elections Politics in Canada QC Wed, 05 Mar 2014 23:32:10 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 107108 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Québec-Canada: Le poids de l’histoire http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/03/qu%C3%A9bec-canada-le-poids-de-l%E2%80%99histoire <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Des mouvements populaires du Canada, du Québec et des Premières Nations, vont se réunir pour voir si et comment ils peuvent travailler ensemble, dans le cadre du <a href="http://peoplessocialforum.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Forum social des peuples (FSP)</a>, à Ottawa les 21-24 août prochain. L’idée sous-jacente est de penser une alliance qui pourrait tenir tête aux élites néolibérales et néoconservatrices qui menacent tout le monde. Certes, l’idée est plus qu’honorable. Mais ce n’est pas la première fois que des hommes et des femmes de bonne volonté tentent de se donner la main. Les résultats, pour autant, n’ont pas été concluants. En sera-t-il différent cette fois ? <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2014/03/qu%C3%A9bec-canada-le-poids-de-l%E2%80%99histoire" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet activism canada Peoples Social Forum Quebec social change Social Forum Political Action CA Wed, 05 Mar 2014 23:17:03 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 107107 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca The high stakes of Indigenous resistance http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2013/01/high-stakes-indigenous-resistance <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Thanks to John Bradley and Richard Fidler for this translation from <a href="http://www.cahiersdusocialisme.org/2013/01/10/les-grands-enjeux-des-resistances-autochtones/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nouveaux Cahiers du Socialisme</a>.</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;</em>The blossoming of the Idle No More movement signals the return of Indigenous resistance to the political and social landscape of Canada and Quebec.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2013/01/high-stakes-indigenous-resistance" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Geneviève Beaudet Pierre Beaudet bill c-45 canada carres rouge Conservatives First Nations Idle No More Indigenous maple spring. Native occupy Quebec Indigenous Rights Occupy Politics in Canada CA QC Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:43:04 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 98531 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Quebec social movement's annual brainstorming http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2012/07/quebec-social-movements-annual-brainstorming <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>The last months have been intense in Quebec, but the news is, wait till to August. The "Maple Spring" is likely to become a hot autumn.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2012/07/quebec-social-movements-annual-brainstorming" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers activism Quebec social justice social movements Education QC Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:47:02 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 94276 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca What English Canadians need to understand about Quebec, the NDP and Thomas Mulcair http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2012/02/what-english-canadians-need-understand-about-quebec-ndp-and-th <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>It is always amazing to observe the ignorance of the Canadian left when it comes to Quebec politics. The reasons for this, I believe, are similar to what blocked the English left over Ireland for decades, as well as the French left over their African empire. It is costly in the short term to oppose its "own" imperialism, because it is supported by a very wide popular colonial mentality. But in the long term, it is deadly.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2012/02/what-english-canadians-need-understand-about-quebec-ndp-and-th" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers English-Canadians NDP NDPLDR Quebec Thomas mulcair NDP CA QC Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:58:53 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 90697 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Le NPD et ses impasses http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2012/02/le-npd-et-ses-impasses <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>La &laquo; r&eacute;volution &raquo; de droite continue &agrave; Ottawa. Le bulldozer Harper s'ent&ecirc;te et poursuit, notamment pour accentuer la participation canadienne &agrave; la &laquo; guerre sans fin &raquo; qui risque de recommencer bient&ocirc;t. En effet, les rumeurs &agrave; Washington et &agrave; Tel-Aviv font &eacute;tat d'un nouveau consensus sur l'id&eacute;e d'attaquer l'Iran. En 2007 , les g&eacute;n&eacute;raux &eacute;tats-uniens s'&eacute;taient oppos&eacute;s &agrave; l'aventure, jugeant le plan irr&eacute;aliste compte tenu de la capacit&eacute; de l'Iran de se d&eacute;fendre et des d&eacute;boires militaires en Irak et en Afghanistan. Mais maintenant l'id&eacute;e resurgit. En effet, l'Iran est &agrave; nouveau en crise.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2012/02/le-npd-et-ses-impasses" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers NDP NDPLDR NDP Politics in Canada CA QC Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:29:10 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 90453 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca The Bloc Quebecois gets a new leader. What does it mean for Quebec politics? http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/12/bloc-quebecois-gets-new-leader-what-does-it-mean-quebec-politi <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Daniel Paill&eacute;'s election as the leader of the Bloc is a relatively good reflection of the kind of dark hole in which the Nationalists find themselves at this moment.</p> <p>Paill&eacute; was one of the (few) golden boys of "Qu&eacute;bec Inc" (the local bourgeois) who came in with Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard in the 1990s, more or less like Fran&ccedil;ois Legault, who now heads the rightwing Coalition pour l'avenir du Qu&eacute;bec (CAQ). Paill&eacute; left the ship after Bouchard's departure and made a late comeback with the Bloc ten years later as a Member of Parliament. He was defeated by the orange wave last spring.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/12/bloc-quebecois-gets-new-leader-what-does-it-mean-quebec-politi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers Bloc Bloc Quebecois Daniel Paille Quebec Quebec politics Politics in Canada QC Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:33:05 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 89011 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca La consternante performance du NPD http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/11/la-consternante-performance-du-npd <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Apr&egrave;s l'&eacute;lection du 2 mai dernier et la perc&eacute;e surprise du NPD, plusieurs &eacute;lecteurs et &eacute;lectrices du Qu&eacute;bec &eacute;taient enclins &agrave; donner la chance au coureur. Apr&egrave;s tout, beaucoup de monde ont cru Jack Layton et Thomas Mulcair qui avaient promis de r&eacute;pondre aux attentes des Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois pour donner, disaient-ils, &laquo; une derni&egrave;re chance au Canada &raquo;. Six mois plus tard cependant, la r&eacute;alit&eacute; semble avoir rattrap&eacute; la fiction.</p> <p><strong>L'assaut contre le Qu&eacute;bec</strong></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/11/la-consternante-performance-du-npd" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers NDP parliament social movements NDP Politics in Canada CA QC Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:32:15 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 88108 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca La gauche et le NPD http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/10/la-gauche-et-le-npd <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Depuis l'&eacute;lection f&eacute;d&eacute;rale de mai dernier, un d&eacute;bat traverse la gauche qu&eacute;b&eacute;coise sur le NPD. Certes, ce d&eacute;bat ne date pas d'hier. Mais pendant longtemps, la marginalit&eacute; de ce parti faisait en sorte que la question demeurait un peu th&eacute;orique. Aujourd'hui cependant, on constate que le d&eacute;bat se r&eacute;anime. Pour certains, il faut travailler avec sinon dans le NPD qui demeure un parti &laquo; progressiste &raquo;, si ce n'est que pour ralentir ou arr&ecirc;ter les assauts que pr&eacute;pare le gouvernement Harper pour &eacute;radiquer l'h&eacute;ritage du keyn&eacute;sianisme.</em></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/10/la-gauche-et-le-npd" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers Canadian politics future of the NDP Jack Layton left NDP Quebec NDP Politics in Canada QC Sat, 22 Oct 2011 04:18:26 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 87582 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Le NPD devrait assumer http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/08/le-npd-devrait-assumer <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Aux lendemains des &eacute;lections du 2 mai, le millionnaire-voleur Conrad Black, id&eacute;ologue de droite de surcro&icirc;t, racontait dans le <em>Globe and Mail</em> sa grande joie du fait de la victoire du NPD social-d&eacute;mocrate au Qu&eacute;bec. Pour Lord Black en effet, ce triomphe devait &ecirc;tre c&eacute;l&eacute;br&eacute;, puisque l'an&eacute;antissement du Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois repr&eacute;sentait un tr&egrave;s dur coup contre le nationalisme qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois. La r&eacute;action de Lord Black est assez partag&eacute;e puisque, traditionnellement, au sein des &eacute;lites canadiennes, le mouvement souverainiste qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois est un dangereux ennemi, au moins aussi mena&ccedil;ant, dans un sens, que la social-d&eacute;mocratie canadienne.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/08/le-npd-devrait-assumer" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet et François Cyr rabblers Conservative Party of Canada corporate media media media cristism NDP prejudice Quebec separatism the Globe and Mail Civil Liberties Watch Media Matters NDP Politics in Canada CA QC Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:59:30 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 86007 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca The debacle: A post election analysis http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/05/debacle-post-election-analysis <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Tuesday, the day after, the <em>Globe and Mail</em> saw it right from the point of view of the elites. This is a double victory. It is a victory for hard-line neoliberal policies mixed with a realignment of Canada at the world level. And it is a strategic victory not only against the Bloc but against Quebec nationalism, the "biggest threat" according to the G&amp;M.</p> <p><strong>The first victory</strong></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/05/debacle-post-election-analysis" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers 2011 Federal Election media Quebec Elections QC Fri, 06 May 2011 21:24:34 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 84077 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Les enjeux du 2 mai http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/les-enjeux-du-2-mai <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>D&eacute;cid&eacute;ment, cette &eacute;lection f&eacute;d&eacute;rale du 2 mai aura &eacute;t&eacute; une grande surprise. Nous devons faire preuve d'un peu d'humilit&eacute; &eacute;tant donn&eacute; que tr&egrave;s peu de personnes se pr&eacute;tendant &laquo; connaissants &raquo; (y compris l'auteur de ces lignes !) avaient pr&eacute;vu la mont&eacute;e fulgurante du NPD. Cela nous rappelle les limites de l'analyse politique et peut-&ecirc;tre et surtout, le fait que les gens &laquo; ordinaires &raquo; ont souvent des id&eacute;es pr&eacute;cises (au-del&agrave; des experts) et qu'ils sont des &laquo; acteurs et non seulement des &laquo; victimes &raquo;.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/les-enjeux-du-2-mai" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers 2011 Federal Election Quebec Elections QC Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:25:41 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 83808 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Behind the NDP push in Quebec http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/behind-ndp-push-quebec <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>The left in Quebec has, as always, different opinions about the rise of the NDP in this province. Presse toi &agrave; gauche, a popular web site managed by Gauche socialiste, an organization affiliated to the Fourth Internationale which works inside Qu&eacute;bec solidaire, is promoting that shift. In their view, the NDP is, like it not, the left at the federal level. On the other hand, they hate the Bloc with passion, as much as they hate the PQ, Indeed, many Quebec Solidaire voters and supporters will vote for Jack. In the last while, Qu&eacute;bec Solidaire has been credited with more than 12% of the electoral intentions. It is clearly progressing although there is still a long way to go. It appears as the drive to the left is coming strong and benefiting the NDP at this moment.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/behind-ndp-push-quebec" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers Federal election 2011 NDP Quebec Elections QC Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:18:43 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 83658 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca La question du NPD http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/la-question-du-npd <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>La plus grosse surprise de la campagne &eacute;lectorale aura &eacute;t&eacute; sans nul doute la progression du NPD. Au Qu&eacute;bec en tout cas, ce parti est parti de tr&egrave;s loin, &eacute;tant arriv&eacute; dans la plupart des comt&eacute;s qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois bon quatri&egrave;me lors des &eacute;lections pr&eacute;c&eacute;dentes. Il reste &agrave; voir cependant comment ces intentions de votes se concr&eacute;tiseront le 2 mai.</p> <p>Bonne nouvelle / mauvaise nouvelle</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/la-question-du-npd" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Francois Cyr Pierre Beaudet rabblers 2011 Federal Election NDP Quebec Elections BC Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:27:35 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 83639 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca The extraordinary alliance http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/extraordinary-alliance <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>An extraordinary alliance is building up in Quebec to defeat the Bloc, and pushing Jack and the NDP forward. It is extraordinary because of its political nature. Pro Harper supporters, "experts" and commentators are part of this alliance. So are masses of former Liberals (federal and provincial) who are saying Jack is the alternative in Quebec. They are gesticulating left, right and center to applaud the recent increase of interest and the fact that polls indicate that the NDP is running hard in many ridings where Bloc MPs have gained by a small margin against Conservatives and Liberals in the last election (with the NDP coming fourth usually).</p> <p>How to explain that the ultra right and the right are behind Jack?!</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/extraordinary-alliance" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers NDP Quebec Elections QC Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:53:37 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 83564 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca The rise and fall of the Liberal Party in Quebec http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/rise-and-fall-liberal-party-quebec <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>For many decades especially after the Second World War, the Liberals dominated the Quebec political scene at the federal level. Even when Canadians elected the "Progressive" Conservative Diefenbaker in the 1960s, Liberals stayed outrageously ahead. Until the late 1980s, Conservatives were unable to get more than a handful of MPs in Quebec.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/rise-and-fall-liberal-party-quebec" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers 2011 Federal Election Liberal Liberal Party of Canada LPC Quebec Elections Politics in Canada QC Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:21:39 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 83560 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Jack and Gilles, down the hill... http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/jack-and-gilles-down-hill <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>The latest internal polls done by the Bloc indicate a vote slip in certain ridings, mostly in Montreal, which are going to ... the NDP. It might jeopardize the re-election of several Bloc MPs. For example in Ahuntsic, a well-known progressive Bloquiste, Maria Mourani, is facing a tough challenge. Marina has fought Harper tooth and nails since 2006, especially against the Conservative "tough-on-crime" policies, that aim to build more jails and put kids in jails. In Quebec, policies tend to protect those under 18, and to insulate them from the usual criminal process. Several studies have showed that protection and rehabilitation are much more effective than jailing. Harper has never shied in his will to undermine that.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pierre-beaudet/2011/04/jack-and-gilles-down-hill" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Pierre Beaudet rabblers Aylmer Montreal PQ Quebec Elections QC Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:36:56 +0000 Pierre Beaudet 83352 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca