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Hi,<br>
sorry in case this is a repost, but I'm sure Quebec needs
international solidarity coming days:<br>
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<h1 class="title">Convergence to block the return to class in Quebec
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<p>Montreal – August-13th to 17th</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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 <a
href="http://bloquonslarentree.com"
title="http://bloquonslarentree.com">http://bloquonslarentree.com</a>
for more details about housing and other useful information
for anyone considering coming to Montreal to re-inforce the
student strike.</p>
<p>All out against the "special law"! Block the return to
classes! Strike back against neoliberalism!</p>
<p>BACK TO CLASS MEANS BACK ON STRIKE !</p>
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title=".منذ فبراير طلّاب الكيبيك مضربون ضّد إرتفاع الرسوم
الدراسية" class="translation-link">العربية</a></li>
<li class="node_translation_it"><a
href="http://bloquonslarentree.com/it/content/convergenza-bloccare-il-ritorno-alla-classe"
title="Convergenza per bloccare il ritorno alla classe"
class="translation-link">Italiano</a></li>
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href="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"
title="ケベックの大学再開に反対するために集合しよう！" class="translation-link">日
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title="Convergência para bloquear o retorno à classe"
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href="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"
title="НАЗАД В КЛАСС - ЭТО НАЗАД К ЗАБАСТОВКЕ!"
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href="http://bloquonslarentree.com/es/content/%C2%A1bloqueamos-el-retorno-en-clases"
title="¡Bloqueamos el retorno en clases! "
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href="http://bloquonslarentree.com/fr/node/11"
title="Bloquons la rentrée !" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
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