Demonstrators in Quebec have discovered banging pots and pans as protest language against a perceived growth in inequality. The cacophonous movement of the casseroles is expanding to other cities in Canada and beyond.

Student demonstrations against a proposed increase in tuition fees have grown into the most potent protest movement in North America of the day. Like Occupy, the ‘Red Square’ movement demands less emphasis on neoliberal values. And like the Arab Spring, young protesters in the streets want to bring the government to its knees.