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Montreal Students Occupy Banks in 12-Hour Protest Marathon
"Students in Montreal and across Quebec today continue their protest against tuition increases and austerity measures in education with a 12-hour ¨“marathon of intensive vindication,” according to organizers. "
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20120417092037513
Montreal Students Occupy Banks in 12-Hour Protest Marathon
Tuesday, April 17 2012 @ 11:20 PM CDT
Contributed by: WorkerFreedom
Montreal Students Occupy Banks in 12-Hour Protest Marathon
Students in Montreal and across Quebec today continue their protest against tuition increases and austerity measures in education with a 12-hour ¨“marathon of intensive vindication,” according to organizers. Today will see rolling student protests mostly focused against banks. In Montreal, marches leave from Victoria Square every hour and will each take unique routes through downtown.
Just after 8am ET this morning, Montreal police dispersed a blockade ot the Banque Nationale tower using chemical weapons, preventing hundreds from getting to work inside. Meanwhile, in Quebec City, 60 protesters occupied a CIBC bank near the National Assembly. When police entered to remove them, the group merely crossed the street and occupied a Banque Nationale branch.
Student groups have held demonstrations nearly every day since they declared an indefinite strike on classes nearly two months ago. The strike is the longest in Quebec's history and some marches have topped 200,000. Follow on Twitter: #BloquonsLaHausse, #marathondemanif, @occuponsmontrea, #printempsquebecois, @99_Quebec.
http://occupywallst.org/article/montreal-students-occupy-banks-12-hour-protest-mar/
Montreal Students Occupy Banks in 12-Hour Protest Marathon
Tuesday, April 17 2012 @ 11:20 PM CDT
Contributed by: WorkerFreedom
Montreal Students Occupy Banks in 12-Hour Protest Marathon
Students in Montreal and across Quebec today continue their protest against tuition increases and austerity measures in education with a 12-hour ¨“marathon of intensive vindication,” according to organizers. Today will see rolling student protests mostly focused against banks. In Montreal, marches leave from Victoria Square every hour and will each take unique routes through downtown.
Just after 8am ET this morning, Montreal police dispersed a blockade ot the Banque Nationale tower using chemical weapons, preventing hundreds from getting to work inside. Meanwhile, in Quebec City, 60 protesters occupied a CIBC bank near the National Assembly. When police entered to remove them, the group merely crossed the street and occupied a Banque Nationale branch.
Student groups have held demonstrations nearly every day since they declared an indefinite strike on classes nearly two months ago. The strike is the longest in Quebec's history and some marches have topped 200,000. Follow on Twitter: #BloquonsLaHausse, #marathondemanif, @occuponsmontrea, #printempsquebecois, @99_Quebec.
http://occupywallst.org/article/montreal-students-occupy-banks-12-hour-protest-mar/
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I wish to support all students who are against tution hike. education is not a priviledge but indeed a human right. everyone should be able to be graduated whether rich or poor.
The decision of the goverment refusal to negociate with students representatives because in 2005 the students associations refused to do so is baseless and childish. The main concern of the minister of education should have been finding solutions to stop the strike rather than imposing the hike. i think there are other ways to find the adequate funding to modernise our universities if the goverment has the will to do so, but they lack vision and common sense. what the hell are they waiting for to react.......
they claim that tuition fees are the lowest compared to other provinces, but our salary also is among the lowest and the standard of living too.
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