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Does King Mob Now Reign on the Streets of Montreal? How the Printemps érable Fits Into Longstanding Debates around Popular Politics and the Use of Public Space

   June 13, 2012 June 12, 2012    No Comments on Does King Mob Now Reign on the Streets of Montreal? How the Printemps érable Fits Into Longstanding Debates around Popular Politics and the Use of Public Space

By Dan Horner The face that glares down from the cover of the June 4th issue of Maclean’s is meant to be unsettling: A protestor scowls at us, his menace heightened by some digital tweaks that bathe the whole scene in a blood red glow. The accompanying headline plays to the dystopian gloom of the image, suggesting that the mob… Read more »

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Canadian history, Does History Matter?, History and Culture, History and Everyday Life, History and Policy, History in the News     Bill 78, consent, crowds, electoral politics, Montreal, political elite, political engagement, politics of austerity, protests, public space, Quebec, tuition
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