L’aut’journal is a French language

French language

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 newspaper

Newspaper

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 distributed in Quebec

Quebec

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 freely and through subscription. It was founded in 1984 by political scientist and journalist Pierre Dubuc

Pierre Dubuc

Pierre Dubuc is the director and editor of L'aut'journal, a progressive monthly paper. He is one of the founders of SPQ Libre, a left-wing political club within the Parti Québécois.- Biography :...

, and as of 2004 has a circulation of 35,000 copies.

It advocates Quebec sovereignty, democratic socialism

Democratic socialism

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 and feminism

Feminism

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, and strongly support labour unions, from whom it receives most of its funding.

Many personalities voluntarily contribute to l’aut’journal, including:

• Élaine Audet
• Mario Beaulieu
  Mario Beaulieu
  Mario Beaulieu was a Canadian notary, title attorney, Quebec politician and Senator.Born in Plantagenet, Ontario, the son of Henri de Montpellier Beaulieu and Berthe Lalonde, he was educated in Montreal and became a notary in 1956.He ran unsuccessfully for the National Assembly of Quebec as a...
  
  
• Roméo Bouchard
• André Bouthillier
• Michel Chartrand
  Michel Chartrand
  Michel Chartrand was an union activist and leader from Quebec.Born in Outremont and trained as a typography and print worker, Chartrand become involved in union activism in the 1940s...
  
  
• Michel Chossudovsky
  Michel Chossudovsky
  Michel Chossudovsky is a Canadian-based economist.He graduated from the University of Manchester, England, and obtained a PhD at the University of North Carolina, U. S...
  
  
• Paul Cliche
• Jean-Claude Germain
  Jean-Claude Germain
  Jean-Claude Germain is a playwright, author, journalist and historian. He has taught at the National Theatre School of Canada.-Published works:*Le roi des mises à bas prix...
  
  
• Michel Lapierre
• Marc Laviolette
  Marc Laviolette
  Marc Laviolette was Mayor of Ottawa for much of 1991. He was declared Mayor on 18 February 1991 after Jim Durrell resigned to become president of the fledgling Ottawa Senators ice hockey team...
  
  
• François Parenteau
• Paul Rose
• Charles Castonguay
  Charles Castonguay
  Charles Castonguay is a retired associate professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Ottawa.-Biography:A native English speaker, he was sent by his parents to a French Catholic primary school. He took his first English courses in high school...