As Norman Nawrocki, Montreal, wrote in the early hours of this morning: “How do I tell my friends, across English speaking Canada, in the USA, and in Europe, that what is going on in Montreal these days and nights is bigger than Jesus or Arcade Fire, bigger than the Occupy movement, bigger than anything any handful of anarchists could ever have imagined possible, bigger than what the mainstream media is reporting? It is so hard to describe. The air is electric. The streets vibrate. The mood is open, public defiance of unjust law, rage at corruption at the highest levels, joyous, heartfelt solidarity with students and among people. It is something that has never been witnessed here before. Old, young, politicized or not, in Montreal, and outside the metropolis, something is stirring people’s minds and hearts. Something big…
hfml:
FUCK YEAH ROSEANNE PROPS!
st denis & beaubien casserole… i don’t know if anyone put up ours of outremont, but it was about 300 people.
The Rouge Rebellion!
translatingtheprintempserable:
Today is the 100th day of protest for Quebec students. The government of Quebec has ruled all gatherings in downtown Montreal illegal, even going to far as to arrest 300 people and torturing others with pepper spray and flash grenades over the weekend. On this…
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hfml:
“LA POUÈVRE ÇA VA SU’L STEAK!!!”
((translate to “pepper goes on the steak” AS IN don’t pepperspray my face pepperspraycop))
500k Canadians are protesting despite the recent protest ban. Local news say it is the largest protest in Canadian history.
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