May 2012
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Open letter to the premier of Québec (La Lanterne)
May 24 2012
Original French Text: http://la-lanterne.eu/chroniques/lettre-ouverte-au-premier-ministre-du-quebec/7220
For 100 days now the students of Québec are protesting tuition increases.
Mister Premier,
I am writing you a letter that you won’t read, even if you had the time.
Ten years ago, I was brought to the University of Montreal (l’Université de Montréal) to contribute to...
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Student conflict: the government let the situation...
May 27, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2012/05/27/001-parizeau-critique-gouvernement-conflit-etudiant.shtml
Ex-Québec premier Jacques Parizeau has accused the Charest government of having let the student conflict situation sour.
After saying that he would not comment on the crisis, Mr. Parizeau finally shared his thoughts Sunday, in Quebec City, at a...
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Protest in Hollywood in support of Québec students...
Nicolas Bérubé May 26th, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.lapresse.ca/international/etats-unis/201205/26/01-4528981-manifestation-a-hollywood-en-appui-aux-etudiants-quebecois.php
(Los Angeles) They shouted and hit their pots and pans under the surprised looks of onlookers. Saturday, in a park in Hollywood, protesters chanted their support for Québec students and conveyed their concerns in...
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Negotiations to resume as of Monday? (Le Devoir)
by Marie-Michèle Sioui, May 26, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/education/351000/conflit-etudiant-des-negociations-des-lundi
Student associations don’t want to go round in circles anymore: they now want to resume negotiations with the Minister of Education, Michelle Courchesne. Discussions could resume as early as Monday.
Spokeswoman of the Fédération étudiante...
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An Investigation on Police Brutality (Diagnostic...
Published May 25, 2012 by lacania
Original French Text: http://admin.diag.ca/enquete-sur-la-brutalite-policiere/ Given the numerous allegations regarding the violence inflicted upon Quebec protesters by police officers, we think it is important to launch an investigation on the matter. Our working method involves collecting information and newspaper articles, broadcasting videos, and first-hand...
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Ex-police officer René Forget questions the...
May 26, 2012
Original French Text: http://leglobe.ca/blog/2012/05/lex-policier-rene-forget-remet-en-question-le-policier-interviewe-par-le-journal-de-montreal/
[Trans. note: This text is in response to this interview published yesterday in the Journal de Montréal: http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/05/25/on-reste-de-glace-en-se-disant-que-tantot-on-va-charger]
This morning, I was sent...
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One Idea of the University (Le Devoir)
by Christian Rioux, Paris May 25, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/350882/une-idee-de-l-universite
”We are admirers of the Quebec student struggle. The fact that these students refuse this market vision of education is very important for us. I don’t know if they will win, but things will never again be the same.”
These words are not those of a...
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AnarchoPanda: Philosophy on the sidewalk (Le...
Catherine Lalonde May 26th, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/education/350953/anarchopanda-la-philosophie-dans-le-trottoir
For several weeks a panda mascot has been at the front lines of the student protests. This anachronistic two-toned teddy arouses and improbable wave of sympathy. At Tuesday’s big protest, the panda was no longer threatened with extinction: stuffed...
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Fed up with neoliberal notions (Le Devoir)
Éric Desrosiers May 26, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/education/350992/ras-le-bol-des-idees-neoliberales
“To sum up this conflict as a generational clash would be a convenient way of shrugging off its ideological aspect”
PHOTO CAPTION: For several week now, a panda mascot has been at the protests’ front line. The anachronistic two-coloured teddy...
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"We remain unmoved by telling ourselves that later...
A police officer of the rapid deployment force reveals his state of mind
Daniel Renaud Journal de Montréal May 25, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/05/25/on-reste-de-glace-en-se-disant-que-tantot-on-va-charger
[Trans. note: We absolutely do not condone what is said in this interview, but rather we share it so that people can see the rationalizations being...
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The "casseroles" are getting louder (La Presse)
Isabelle Hacher May 25, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/dossiers/conflit-etudiant/201205/25/01-4528845-le-mouvement-des-casseroles-samplifie-encore.php
In spite of stormy weather, the “casserole” (pots and pans) protest movement was stronger than ever on Friday evening. Thousands of demonstrators all over Quebec came out on their sidewalks at...
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No Man is A Prophet in His Own Country (but I’m...
by Xavier Dolan May 25, 2012
Original French Text: http://lemechantloup.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/nul-nest-prophete-en-son-pays-mais-je-vous-ecris-de-france/
“Because I think it’s a very pitiful spectacle when our family squabbles are exposed at the Cannes international festival. “ -Isabelle Maréchal, Le carré de la honte, Journal de Québec :...
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Open letter to police officers, sent from a...
Original French Text: http://leglobe.ca/blog/2012/05/lettre-ouverte-aux-policiers-de-la-part-dun-ancien-confrere-a-la-retraite/
The author of this open letter is René Forget, retired police officer.
Dear police officers,
I am one of the rare citizens who can truly appreciate the difficulty of your work. The majority of citizens forget that you have middle class salaries, that you are also...
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WatchAn Open Letter to the Mainstream English Media:
Thank you; you are a little late to the party, and you are still missing the mark a lot of the time, but in the past few days, you have published some not entirely terrible articles and op-eds about what’s happening in Quebec right now. Welcome to our movement.
Some of you have even started mentioning that when people are rounded up and...
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Mr. Charest, don’t give in (right away)! (Le...
Patrick Levesque May 25, 2012
Original French Text: http://leglobe.ca/blog/2012/05/m-charest-ne-cedez-pas-tout-de-suite/
Dear Jean Charest,
Pardon this entry into personal matters. After all, we hardly know each other, as they say. But as you are spoken of a bit all over, you have become a bit of a sort of super hero, a figure never caught sight of, unreal, who’s existence is would be...
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MISTER CHAREST, I LOVE YOU
Nathalie Ragheb May 23, 2012
Original French Text: http://nragheb.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/monsieur-charest-je-vous-aime/
Today, everything became obvious. I can’t pretend any longer.
On my way home from work earlier, I came across all these groups of people making this terrible racket with pots. It put a really big smile on my face. Young people, not-so-young people, children, all...
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Witness account of police violence
by Xi Sophie Zhang, medical student at Université de Montréal May 21, 2012
Original French Text: http://yfa.awid.org/fr/2012/05/temoignage-dune-jeune-femme-sur-la-brutalite-policiere-au-quebec-sous-la-loi-78/
My position on the tuition hike and the strike have been clear since the beginning, but that is not what I want to talk to you about.
On several occasions, people have borne witness to...
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Student Crisis: Charest Replaces His Chief of...
Courchesne plans on a “very very important” meeting
May 24, 2012
Original French Text:http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/350792/crise-etudiante-charest-perd-son-chef-de-cabinet
PHOTO CAPTION: Today, Jean Charest lost his chief of staff, Luc Bastien.
Quebec City – Following Line Beauchamp, the student conflict has claimed another victim in premier Jean Charest’s...
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How to make $320, 804 at the corner of Sherbrooke...
From https://www.facebook.com/lawrence.montreal
1) Be the SPVM (Translator’s note: Montreal City Poice). Be great in numbers, armed to the teeth.
2) Wait surreptitiously on the corner of the street, let your prey arrive, then suddenly surround 506 peaceful people in a mousetrap (or a trap of fines). Above all do not let them disperse so as to calmly return home!
3) Take the journalists...
