Redken acidic bonding
Inspiring poems from the Montreal student strikes Solidarit Paperback
The largest ever civil disobedience movement in Canadian history rocked Quebec in 2012 when hundreds of thousands of post secondary students staged a province wide strike against increased tuition fees Quebec s Printemps Erable Maple Spring then morphed into a massive social uprising that transcended purely education concerns On the table cutbacks and privatization of social services environmental issues freedom of assembly and expression and the ongoing corporatization of the educational system and the public commons As one of the Professors against the hike from Concordia University Norman wrote these pieces in the spirit of love and rage between marching with students and banging a pot His poems talk about brutal police repression the nightly festive casserole marches and question why thousands of people were arrested for standing up for their rights The thirty four pieces are a personal testimony to the power and passion of this movement and to the remarkable selfless courage solidarity and creativity of the students They fought for everyone They raised the bar for us all The book also contains new original compelling art by Montreal artists Judith Brisson Caro Caron Philippe Caron Mathieu Chartrand Raphaelle Dubois Beauchamp Chloe Germain Therien Tournesol Plante Keenan Poloncsak Artact QC Marie Pascale Rokas and L Ecole de la Montagne Rouge Red Quebec Student Strike and Social Revolt PoemsNorman Nawrocki is a Montreal author actor playwright and musician He has written seventeen books of fiction and poetry including a novel CAZZAROLA Anarchy Romani Love Italy PM Press Oakland a fictional chronicle Red Squared Montreal Black Rose Books Montreal a short story collection The Anarchist The Devil Do Cabaret Black Rose Books Montreal two novellas plus two dozen plays cabarets and musicals His work has been translated and published in French and Italian and appears in numerous anthologies Since 1985 he has recorded 68 spoken word and music albums including soundtracks for his books both solo and with his diverse bands He performs in literary spoken word and theatre festivals across North America and Eu Norman Nawrocki is a Montreal author actor playwright and musician He has written seventeen books of fiction and poetry including a novel CAZZAROLA Anarchy Romani Love Italy PM Press Oakland a fictional chronicle Red Squared Montreal Black Rose Books Montreal a short story collection The Anarchist The Devil Do Cabaret Black Rose Books Montreal two novellas plus two dozen plays cabarets and musicals His work has been translated and published in French and Italian and appears in numerous anthologies Since 1985 he has recorded 68 spoken word and music albums including soundtracks for his books both solo and with his diverse bands He performs in literary spoken word and theatre festivals across North America and Europe produces cultural events in Montreal and receives occasional support from the Canada and Quebec Arts Councils He co founded the Montreal based Anarchist Writers Bloc and the annual Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival His series of live anti sexist queer positive educational sex comedy cabarets have been seen by one million people He also lectures at universities and colleges across North America and teaches how to use the arts for creative resistance and social justice site_link site_link
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