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1) BILL 78 IS A DANGEROUS
CLUB TO BEAT THE PEOPLE!
Parti
communiste du Québec; Communist Party of Canada; Ligue de la jeunesse
communiste du Québec; Young Communist League of Canada
The adoption of Bill 78, May 18, 2012 by the corrupt and reactionary
government of Jean Charest (with the support of the ultra‑right party,
Coalition Avenir Québec or CAQ), will go down in Canada and Quebec`s history
as one of the most serious attacks against civil liberties, fundamental
rights and democracy in general.
The attack in Quebec on freedom of speech,
assembly, and the right to organize threatens the people across Canada.
We call on labour, students, popular movements and all democratic‑minded
people of Quebec and English‑speaking Canada
to unite and fight for the preservation of our democratic rights and against
Bill 78. A unified and coordinated resistance is the only effective way for
the people of Quebec
to repeal the Act and to make a break from the policies of austerity,
privatization and higher fees. We call to intensify mobilization efforts to
organize a general strike in Quebec.
An anti‑democratic
law. . .
2) BILL 78: POLICE
STATE LAW
Here are some of the most draconian sections of Bill 78, the Charest Liberal
government's legislation against the Quebec
student strikers.
Section 16 says the police must be informed eight hours in advance and in
writing about any demonstration, including the duration and route of the
protests, for actions larger than 50 or more people. (The Liberals increased
the number from the original proposal of eight people).
Section 17 says that organizers, or even a student association taking part in
the march without being its organizer, must make sure that the event complies
with the parameters handed to police.
Every waged person on university and college campuses is subject to the
provisions. This is particularly aimed at university teachers, who have
supported the students, refusing to give classes and joining the picket
lines. Some have been arrested at demonstrations, or have been scooped by
police from within the campus.
Section 13 and 14 says that no one can "directly or indirectly
contribute" to delaying classes or denying access to them.
Section 15 says student associations must employ "appropriate
means" to induce their members to not directly or indirectly disrupt
classes. Offering encouragement for someone to protest at a school, either
tacitly or otherwise, is subject to punishment. . .
3)
"STUDENT STRIKE, POPULAR STRUGGLE"
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois is the co‑spokesperson of la CLASSE ‑
Coalition Large of ASSE, one of the key sections of the Quebec student strike movement. A student
at the University of Quebec at Montreal
(UQAM), he was elected Secretary for Communications ASSE in April 2010, and
became co‑spokesperson of the CLASSE, with Jeanne Reynolds, later that
year. Since the beginning of the Quebec
student strike of 2012, he has become the voice of the left‑wing of the
student movement, a prominent media personality, and a symbol of resistance
against the government. One particularly vicious section of Bill 78 has been
nicknamed "clause Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois" because it allows the law
to apply in addition to existing charges, and he has already been charged
with a potential $50,000 fine or jail time in convicted.
People's Voice interviewed Nadeau-Dubois outside the May 19-20 weekend congress of
the CLASSE.
What is the work of the congress today?
The main discussion, as an organization, is about do we want to publicly defy
this law? Do we want to respect this law? If we want to defy it, how? It is a
big congress, a big decision for the student movement to decide to be
publicly illegal.
(NOTE: Unlike the university and college
students federations who have said they will abide by Law 78, the CLASSE has
since announced that it is calling on students to continue mobilizations and
carry out their constitutional rights of assembly and protest. A website has
also been launched where students are posting their faces, stating they defy
the law, called Someone Stop
Me. http://www.arretezmoiquelquun.com/)
Can you talk about this law?
. . . .
4)
"WE WILL NOT BE SILENT, WE WILL NOT GO BACK"
5) LABOUR
MOVEMENT SLAMS ANTI-WORKER MEASURES
6) THE
PROBLEM IS CAPITALISM - Editorial
7) WARM
UP THE CHOPPERS - Editorial
8)
HUNGER A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE, SAYS UN EXPERT
9)
SOLIDARITY TRUMPS RACISM AT KANONHSTATON RALLY
10) SOLIDARITY
AGAINST AUSTERITY BUILDS IN OTTAWA
11) LEE LORCH
RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC AWARD
12) NDP LEADER
BETRAYS STUDENT PROTESTERS
13) CANCEL THE
DEBT, DISENGAGE FROM THE EU
14) MANTO'S
LEGACY REMAINS ALIVE
15) MUSIC
NOTES, by Wally Brooker
16) THE NAKBA
IS ONGOING FOR TODAY'S PALESTINIANS
17)
PERMANENT AUSTERITY TREATY - VOTE NO
18) WHAT’S LEFT
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