Author Archives: Gabriel D'Astous
Beginning to Win: Amsterdam, Red Squares and the Student Struggle
“Yeah, fuck the neoliberal narrative!” These are the words that introduced us to Dutch student activist Judith Baten, one of the main organizers of the student movement, the Nieuwe Universiteit, at the University of Amsterdam. Regardless of the fact that she had been averaging 2 hours of sleep for the last week, Baten was full […]
# I AM A STUDENT Holds General Student Assembly
A General Student Assembly was held on Tuesday to facilitate discussion and organize action against the recently proposed tuition and residence fee increases. I Am A Student – UBC, a recently-created student group dedicated to action against the university’s recently proposed 10% international tuition fee hikes and 20% residence fee hikes, organized the event. Around […]
Gabriel D’Astous’ Teach-In Speech: “This is just the beginning”
Hello everybody, my name is Gabriel. I am a member of the Social Justice Centre here on Campus. I am also a student from Quebec and I have experienced mass student mobilization and witnessed first hand the power of student movements. I am not here to debate whether the Quebec student strike was good or bad, but rather […]
