A massive thunderstorm hit Montreal this evening. The heavens really opened up. But that didn't stop thousands of people from parading through the streets, beating their pots and pans. Even though in a city full of riot cops armed with a fascist bill, anything could happen. More than 2,500 people have
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Montreal Simon: Quebec: The Mad Emperor and the Klown Media
They were out in the streets of Montreal again tonight, for another casserole protest or cazerolazo The 31st night protest comes as a growing number of Montrealers join a neighbourhood-wide cazerolazo – casserole protest. Since the weekend, hundreds of people in the island's central neighbourhoods have taken to their balconies,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Casserole Symphony and the Royal Canadians
In many Montreal neighbourhoods this evening people were banging pots and pans in another casserole symphony of protest. The latest tactic in this awesome struggle. It's a nightly ritual known as les manifs aux casseroles, that sees hundreds of people step out of their homes, armed with pots and pans.
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: 100th day of protest in Quebec: Charest’s tactics backfire
On May 18, in an effort to quell protest the National Assembly in Quebec passed Bill 78 – emergency legislation that includes a number of repressive measures. It’s an unwise move that is showing every sign of backfiring. Léo Bureau-Blouin, president of the association of junior colleges said “We deplore
Continue readingBill 78: four constitutional questions
A caveat: I haven’t taken constitutional politics in over a decade, though I was fortunate enough to have Peter Russell as a professor and had issues with Ted Morton eons before his political career. Still, Québec’s Bill 78 raises some interesting constitutional questions for the layperson with a passing interest.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day They Turned Montreal Red
And so it came to pass. On the 100th day of their amazing struggle, they refused to be intimidated by a totalitarian bill, and turned Montreal RED. A sea of students, their numbers swollen by trade unionists, teachers and other supporters, flooded through the streets of Montreal in a massive
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday’s protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of thousands all the way up to 500,000. The protest marked the 100th day of the Quebec student strike. Jeanne Reynolds
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday’s protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of thousands all the way up to 500,000. The protest marked the 100th day of the Que…
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday’s protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of thousands all the way up to 500,000. The protest marked the 100th day of the Quebec student strike. Jeanne Reynolds
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Officer Pepper-Sprays Protesters
Yet another display of shameless brutality from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). This gem shows “Constable 728” pepper-spraying protesters in an obvious abuse of power. Stay classy SPVM. Stay classy.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Officer Pepper-Sprays Protesters
Yet another display of shameless brutality from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). This gem shows “Constable 728” pepper-spraying protesters in an obvious abuse of power. Stay classy SPVM. Stay classy.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Officer Pepper-Sprays Protesters
Yet another display of shameless brutality from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). This gem shows “Constable 728” pepper-spraying protesters in an obvious abuse of power. Stay classy SPVM. Stay classy.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes. At about the 40 second point in the video, you can see the victim’s red
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes. At about th…
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes. At about the 40 second point in the video, you can see the victim’s red
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jean Charest and the Great Distraction
When I see pictures like this one of my beloved Montréal on a warm Saturday night. On sedate St-Denis street of all places. And I read what kind of peace the Quebec government's totalitarian Bill 78 has brought. The adoption of emergency legislation to end Quebec's escalating student crisis stoked
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Hello Montreal Police State,
While sitting on an outdoor patio in downtown Montreal Saturday night as the 26th consecutive protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes marched by, bar patrons were treated to pepper spray from the City of Montréal Police Service. With the passing of Bill 78 on Friday, which made the
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Hello Montreal Police State,
While sitting on an outdoor patio in downtown Montreal Saturday night as the 26th consecutive protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes marched by, bar patrons were treated to pepper spray from the City of Montréal Police Service. With the passing of Bill 78 on Friday, which made the
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Hello Montreal Police State,
While sitting on an outdoor patio in downtown Montreal Saturday night as the 26th consecutive protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes marched by, bar patrons were treated to pepper spray from the City of Montréal Police Service. With the passing of Bill 78 on Friday, which made the right of Quebec citizens to protest subject to the conditions and controls exercised arbitrarily by the police, the Quebec student movement has further escalated.
The Jean Charest led government, incidentally, is also in the midst of a public-works contracts corruption scandal involving, among other factions, the Mafia.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Young woman brutalized by Montreal police,
This happened on May 19, 2012, at the 26th consecutive protest in Montreal against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes. With the passing of Bill 78 Friday, Premier Jean Charest suspended the democratic rights of all Quebecers, whose right to protest is now subject to the conditions and controls
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