Riot police chase students protesting against tuition hikes in Montreal, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. A recent court injunction ordered the reopening of College Lionel-Groulx near Montreal. After several days of student pickets, which included some parents and teachers who wanted to support the declared strikers, riot police used chemical irritants to clear a path into the school today. Some students, along with faculty, eventually entered. Hours later, after staff meetings, the college issued a statement: Lionel-Groulx will remain closed for two more days(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)
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Wednesday on Worldview:
Students in Quebec have been in the streets since February, protesting an increase in college tuition fees. The strike has become the longest and largest protest of its kind in Quebec’s history. This week student leaders are in court disputing an emergency bill passed the government which curtails their right to assemble. Worldview talks with Vincent Bastien, vice president of the FECQ, one of the student unions that has helped organize the protest.
On our Global Notes segment, Jerome and Eight-Forty-Eight/Radio M host Tony Sarabia take a listen to the late Francis Bebey’s newest album, African Electronic Music 1975-1982. Bebey was an early pioneer of electronic dance music.
Then, globalization has changed the way many think about citizenship, specifically dual citizenship. What was once considered by some to be akin to bigamy is an increasingly less charged issue. International law professor Peter Spiro has been writing about dual citizenship for 15 years and says during that relatively short period of time, there’s been a dramatic shift in attitudes. He tells Worldview what’s behind the shift.