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Defeating Amazon, or Quebec Against Goliath

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 Julien Daigneault, Simon-Pierre, Alternative Socialiste, Québec

By March 22, 2025, more than 2,000 employees will lose their jobs following Amazon’s decision to close its seven warehouses in Quebec. This decision will lead to the direct or indirect loss of over 4,500 jobs related to the company’s operations. It comes at a time when Amazon was about to be forced into its […]

Dune Part 2: Science, Magic, and Elitism

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 Simon-Pierre, Alternative Socialiste, Québec

The film Dune: Part 2 is an incredible cinematic experience. The Dune series is quickly becoming a cinematic reference in science fiction. But the films, like all art, are a product of their social context. With this in mind, one may ask: how does the Dune series reproduce real-world social relations? How does it defend […]