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transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 1:35 am Post subject: -Montreal is REVOLTED tonigh !!

Montreal is the metropolis of Quebec wich is in Canada

the city is completely crazy right now .
i live downtown and i have been assisting to citizen\student protests for months .
every day and every night the people take the streets and shout . in the last month the police has been agressively repressing the peolple using gaz like shewing gum rubber bullets like candy and sticks like horny cocks.

yesterday the quebec governement passed a special law that modify at least ten other laws (harper style) to control the students (wich are on strike ) , the protesters and put some black bars on constitutional rights like freedom of expression and fun stuff like that. (sorry for mentionning politics, this forum is too good for that, i dont want this to turn in a political discussion )

tonigh the city is on fire (litteraly) fireworks, funny smoke smell (is it police gas is it something burning i dont know ) firemans trucks are there .

the city is so full off young summer energy . its smells like anarchy , and it has the weird feel of a disproportionned party with thousands of cops invited

for a moment just under my window i saw the police loose completely the control on the situation , i saw regular citizens doing circulation cause the police seems overwhelmed .

now i just found a pic of what was hapening 50 meters downs from my window one hour ago

looks like they were having a pow-wow (now i know the smell was a fire )

its crazy i,m telling you and its happening right now

this started out as a student strike but now its becoming a wide social movement against the government . dont belive canadian medias if they say the whole thing is nothing but a bunch of angry students that refuses to start paying double the fees for university. tonigh people are protesting in defense of freedom of speech and all the other fun stuff.

i'm not saying that i am taking the side of freedom of speech and social engagement against totalitarian abuses of politics and law screaming goo yo

i could get a nasty fine for that or go to prison thanks to the ''special law''
(wich i definitely ,absolutely totalitary dont have any opinion about . and i dont encourage anybody to have any opinion about it either ! i hope thats all clear cool

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akrylik · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 1:43 am Post subject:

I really hope that no one gets hurt and that no one's property gets damaged.

transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 2:46 am Post subject:

Peake · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 3:16 am Post subject:

It's increasingly difficult to avoid politics or anti-politics as the world increasingly requires positive change, and action is the only path.

The students are protesting a 75% fee hike over a five-year period. They are righteous. Thanks for the pic, stealing and posting it elsewhere!

slovo · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 3:33 am Post subject:

crazy. i clearly havent been paying enough attention; first i've heard of it. should make interesting starting point for a pan-canadian jam session tonight tho.

deastman · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:18 am Post subject:

That's insane! I was in Montreal a couple of years ago, and its such a beautiful city. I can't believe this is happening there. Stay safe!

shred · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 5:34 am Post subject:

wow. this is the first I've heard of it too. not a word of it mentioned in any of the news I read frequently; very disconcerting.

Montreal is a beautiful city, I was fortunate to spend a week there on vacation a couple years ago and have nothing but great memories. Really hope no one gets hurt but in these situations tensions run too high and some people forget what the real purpose is for being out there and start to do stupid shit.

Thanks for posting transistor logic, stay safe

CJ Miller · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 6:27 am Post subject:

I loved my experience in Montreal, only time yet I played out of the US. Very beautiful city and social climate. Unfortunately, instead of acting like the servants they are, most governments like to try calling the shots for people and foster gullibility. The nicer the place is, the more of a shame it is when things break down like this. If a government can't even negotiate with it's own citizenry, so far as I am concerned, it is useless.

Best of luck!

Jim's computer beats

I saw the footage live from http://cutvmontreal.ca
Its the place to go to get informed, not the mass media. They follow the manifestations live.

I work in a university (my office is one corner away from that picture) and I'm also a student in this university. I've seen (and been part of) student strikes in the past, but never seen something like this. It's getting crazy.

transistor logic

transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 9:19 am Post subject:

Kakihara · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 9:29 am Post subject:

Yeah I was "surrounded" by the protest 2 days ago on my way back from chinatown... had to stop walking on a corner(ste-cath/clark or something) and randomly my friend appeared so we had a nice chat on the situation while there were protesters walking on everyblocks... Police vans filled with riot armored police rushed in a direction and 10 minutes later, the street became again a pedestrian one smile

But TL is right, it's a straight up breach to basic rights and liberty of expression/opinion we are dealing with... This government's ministers are commonly dining with notorious mafia members and was elected by 24% or so of the people (because again people don't go to vote) and then is lecturing protestor on their legitimacy... Cynical! It's also the most corrupted regime we have had since the 50's (many public enquiries are going on and so far many results are really appealing) but it's also, sadly, 100% backed by the rest of Canada's "elite" for some bogus ideological mental block...

MA6-T va craquer qu'ils disent... maybe it will be to be a prototype of a new way of doing things... Lets hope it's all for a better at the end!!!

SYN7HOR · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 9:41 am Post subject:

I don't know much about canadian politics, but I do know a lot about world politics. The world is pretty messed up at this point. There's is no democracy. It has been so corrupted that nothing short of a VIOLENT revolution could change anything.

We will see much more of this, from all around the globe. And I welcome it. I think it's fucking embarrasing how 1 BILLION people are starving, while celebrities are allowed to eat gold.

No, I'm not a commie (you idiot).

ps. Sorry if this offends anyone, but I'm pretty upset about the state of things.

transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 9:56 am Post subject:

i am completely stoked !! here is some decent coverage of the situation in montreal from a national media . i guess that the press don't appreciate cut on liberty of expression , or maybe now its to big to be denied

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/05/19/quebec-tuition -crisis-law-reaction.html

transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 10:13 am Post subject:

and here is coverage of yesterday night with a close pic of the fire .

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/05/20/quebec-tuition -crisis-law-reaction.html

this is just down my street , my gf went look at the site of the fire this morning and talked to a local lady who said the fire was probably framed by the police .
it is very plausible , the fire seems to have been started in a very organized fashion , it was started with a stack of bicycle wheels cleanly
tied togheter by some guys who fled right away , you would think a protester would have stayed to enjoy the flames with the rest of the folks . although i have to admit it was pretty stinky

there are tons of police disguised as douchbags around here , making trouble , intimidating strikers and they seems to love to hang out just down my window . either that or they are just real retarded turbo douchbags but that is hard to believe . anyway , it seems people are just are not afraid

akrylik · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 10:22 am Post subject:

Can anyone point me to an English translation of this Bill 78 please?

Arturo00 · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 10:47 am Post subject:

Visiting Montreal as we speak. We avoided the clashes but heard the sirens and helicopters all night. 'Twas rather eerie.

Arturo00 · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 11:00 am Post subject:

Arturo00 · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 11:11 am Post subject:

CJ Miller · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 11:36 am Post subject:

transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:32 pm Post subject:

Peake · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:36 pm Post subject:

transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject:

despite all this political fiasco , the weather is beautiful in montreal this weekend and people are taking the time to enjoy it .

ignatius · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:43 pm Post subject:

i heard a long story on NPR a month ago about how the venues are being pressured to not have any kind of Hip Hop (urban music) nights and they are essentially making it a law and witholding liquor licenses and things like that. and also profiling people who appear to be a part of hip hop culture.. which sounds like a total mess.

sounds pretty insane all around.

Peake · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:54 pm Post subject:

Sigh. In fact, at this moment, riot cops are kettling Chicago protesters and livestream feeds are going out...

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/crossxbones

This is my last post on the subject as this is not a political forum. Sorry Muff.

transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:56 pm Post subject:

dequalsrxt · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:57 pm Post subject:

I fucking love the anarchopanda! Doin' it right.

Be careful out there homies.

ignatius · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 5:00 pm Post subject:

Arturo00 · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 5:02 pm Post subject:

transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 5:11 pm Post subject:

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transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 8:00 pm Post subject:

mattysal · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 8:09 pm Post subject:

Living not to far from downtown and also going to Concordia university I haven't really seen much of the rioting which feels odd...but man when the habs lost... those riots were felt.

transistor logic · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 8:20 pm Post subject:

video footage of yesterdays fire down my street

http://cutvmontreal.ca/videos/1244

its weird , the firemens got there but then didn't stop the fire and went away ???

JohnLRice · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 8:35 pm Post subject:

Be safe sweet Wigglers if you are in this area of unrest! Hug

Kakihara · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 11:29 pm Post subject:

What's funny is how quick they are to send the troops bashing more or less peaceful protestor who are fighting for their rights while they let things go with the flow with the excuse of not wanting things to go worst when 20 times more douchebags are breaking shit after a hockey games... it's all about ideology...

transistor logic · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 1:24 am Post subject:

they arrested what seems to be like 100 people or more, again right down my window . they are loading a fourth city bus full of citizens under arrest right now .

chrisso · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 1:48 am Post subject:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18121448

mattysal · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:01 pm Post subject:

Jason Brock · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:56 pm Post subject:

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mmm, are those Tim Hortons?
om nom nom
hihi

dequalsrxt · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 4:36 pm Post subject:

Someone get this man a beer!

transistor logic · Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 5:17 pm Post subject:

a star is born in montreal

here is the video that made her famous :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W05MoKEEYAk

its hard not to laugh if you watch the whole thing . look at her face at the end love

transistor logic · Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 5:34 pm Post subject:

after the brutal weekend (19 and 20 mai) we had two days of massive peacefull marches.(so far) todays march was especially massive and joyfull .

i ran into it comming back from work . people were screaming so loud and cheerfully i got goosebump

*edit : i just read there are 400 000 people in the street today

Arturo00 · Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:46 pm Post subject:

Pentachoron · Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:53 pm Post subject:

Peake · Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 1:01 am Post subject:

My first thought upon seeing Anarchopanda was Aphex Twin's "Donkey Rhubarb" video...brrr...

transistor logic · Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 1:28 am Post subject:

alexP · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:23 pm Post subject:

Quebec has the lowest cost of tuition, and they still bitch.

Fucking seperate already.

alexP

dequalsrxt · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:51 pm Post subject:

Lame. This thread has somehow stayed, for the most part, non-political, sans the bill 78 outrage. There are enough grumpy threads on the forum.

haricots · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:33 pm Post subject:

Scories · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:53 am Post subject:

krz · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:14 am Post subject:

They have really cheap rents in Montreal, too. That's another reason why there's such a healthy arts community -on top of the cultural "support" that no one else in Canada seems to get (or understand.)
The Quebec gov't is apprehensive about pursuing mining and all their resources because they'll lose transfer subsidies from the gov't of Canada.
Someone has to say enough is enough though. Here we get pepper sprayed or tasered or shot in the head- after six shots to the body, if you're still crawling around.

Except for those "supposed" hockey "fans"
-they're still making charges over a year later. Got a survey call about my perception of the police last week.
Funny just as soon as the phone camera
footage comes out about the guy getting shot in the head for no good reason.

IMHO most of the gov't MP's across
our land are just lining theirs (and their friends) pockets and waiting for the sweet
retirements they voted for themselves after
a 4 year minimum term in office.
Our CRTC sold out to the handful of TV/landline/cable providers- who are now the channel owners AND the content providers AND they get to report how well this monopoly is going for themselves to
the CRTC! CRTC calls it vertical-structuring not a monopoly. I'll bet they're cutting the smaller city news stations and all public broadcasting channels next- to make profits like banks- I digress.

Montreal is a beautiful city and I too hope no one gets hurt being democratic. The politicians certainly ain't democratic.
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Arturo00 · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:01 pm Post subject:

krz

Good post.

krz · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:50 pm Post subject:

Thanks. Seems like when politicians are doing their "job" they're from another universe. So much waste. Are we going
to de-evolve as the gap between rich
and poor widens? All the best and kudos to the students for saying WTF!

Eis-T · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:43 pm Post subject:

Why do some people think that "I 'm just doing my job" is a valid argument?
Whatever you do, it is your responsibility. When you are a pepperspraying all over the place on a peacefull protest, It's your choice. Don't try to cover that with fake logic. You could say no to your commander, stand up against injustice like those protesters do. These cops are on the wrong side of history. in a few years we will see zuccotti park as the tianmen square of our time.

Kakihara · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:28 am Post subject:

Cops should be accountable of their action, even when it comes from above... i.e: If a Doctor tells a nurse to give a certain dose of something to a patient and she believes it's wrong but gives it anyway, she will be liable for the situation if anything would happen to the patient as a result of wrong dosage... Cops should be under the same type of direct liability... But yeas, I agree, they are on the wrong side of history and their title and reason to be is being spoiled by the rich class who instrumentalize them...