[OccupyComms] Quebec: block the return to class, august 13-17

Mon Aug 6 22:44:06 GMT 2012

Everyone please see below, cheers Jasper for info and re-posted by Miki at
http://acampadabcninternacional.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/6397/

Could someone with access please stick it up at PAN ? 

PS - Would have gone great with the global solidarity picnic idea on 19Aug, inspired by the 1989 end of iron curtain pan-european one. It won't be the end of Ramadan fasting as in 2012 then - as the lunar calendar shifts - but still, maybe in 2013!! 
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Hi,
sorry in case this is a repost, but I'm sure Quebec needs international 
solidarity coming days:

  Convergence to block the return to class in Quebec !

Montreal -- August-13th to 17th

Since February, students across Quebec have been on strike against a 75% 
tuition hikes. These students have maintained picket lines, disrupted 
classes, blocked bridges, and continually taken the streets in fierce 
resistance to the neoliberal agenda of the Charest Liberal government.

In May, the government passed the repressive and draconian Bill 78 (the 
"special law" or "law 12"), aiming to legislate striking students back 
to class in August and to criminalize dissent through the imposition of 
huge fines on individuals and associations seeking to continue the 
strike. The creation of this law has heralded an explosion of popular 
resistance of workers, students, and community members alike, through 
street demonstrations, direct neighbourhood-based democracy, and other 
initiatives.

As workers, students, and community members, we have come together to 
broaden the struggle into a social strike against neoliberal capitalism; 
to bring the fight beyond the universities and CÉGEPs and into our 
workplaces and neighbourhoods. But there can be no social strike without 
the student strike, and with the government-mandated return to class 
looming, we need your support! Throughout the week of August 13-17, 
striking Cégeps will be forced back to class by the Charest government, 
despite continued strike mandates voted by democratic student associations.

We know that capitalist austerity touches all of you in your own 
contexts, as governments the world over seek to whitewash their 
corruption and greed through the false rhetoric of cutbacks and 
privatization. We honour your local resistance but also seek your 
support as comrades in the struggle. The week of August 13-17 in the 
Montreal-area (where most of the striking Cégeps are located) is a 
crucial moment for the student strike. Either the strike will be crushed 
by Charest's "special law", or the strike will continue, with the 
support of individuals from all over Quebec, Ontario, the Maritimes and 
the USA converging onto Montreal between August 13-17. Join us in the 
streets and on the picket lines at CÉGEPs throughout this week. Consult 
http://bloquonslarentree.com for more details about housing and other 
useful information for anyone considering coming to Montreal to 
re-inforce the student strike.

All out against the "special law"! Block the return to classes! Strike 
back against neoliberalism!

BACK TO CLASS MEANS BACK ON STRIKE !

  * ???????
    <http://bloquonslarentree.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B0-%D9%81%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%B7%D9%84%D9%91%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83-%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B6%D9%91%D8%AF-%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9>
  * Italiano
    <http://bloquonslarentree.com/it/content/convergenza-bloccare-il-ritorno-alla-classe>
  * ? ??
    <http://bloquonslarentree.com/ja/content/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E5%86%8D%E9%96%8B%E3%81%AB%E5%8F%8D%E5%AF%BE%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E3%81%9F%E3%82%81%E3%81%AB%E9%9B%86%E5%90%88%E3%81%97%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%EF%BC%81>
  * Português
    <http://bloquonslarentree.com/pt-pt/content/converg%C3%AAncia-para-bloquear-o-retorno-%C3%A0-classe>
  * ???????
    <http://bloquonslarentree.com/ru/content/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B4-%D0%B2-%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81-%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B4-%D0%BA-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B5>
  * Español
    <http://bloquonslarentree.com/es/content/%C2%A1bloqueamos-el-retorno-en-clases>
  * Français <http://bloquonslarentree.com/fr/node/11>

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