Invite your friends, colleagues and families:
your family and friends…. this is the launch of our very own “Quebecois Spring”! See you there!!
People’s Assembly
Organised by la Coalition large de L’ASSÉ
Monday, April 9th, 2012
Émilie-Gamelin Square, Montréal (metro Berri-UQAM)
noon-10 p.m (groups below will speak as of 3:45)
Translated from facebook page: Info: http://www.facebook.com/events/380435101978793/
For over 6 weeks, hundreds of thousands of students are on an unlimited general strike against tuition fee hikes. We recognise that this decision has been made in a broader context of privatisation and commodification of public services and attacks on women’s well-being.
On March 22nd, about 200, 000 people marched in the streets of Montreal. This mobilisation has proven to be unique in Quebec’s – and possibly – Canada’s history. In light of this massive mobilisation, during a congress held on March 24th and 25th , CLASSE student associations resolved to broaden and go beyond the student movement, calling for a “A quebecois spring”. We recognise that this call occurs in the context of unprecedented cases of corruption, furthering the agenda to exploit shale gas, imposing a health tax, and increasing tuition fees by Jean Charest’s liberal government.
In light of the Liberal government’s attempts to divide the population and social movements, CLASSE decided to organise a large public assembly on April 9th, so as to bring together civil society organisations that are opposed to Jean Charest’s neoliberal projects. This will be an opportunity for students, unions, community and environmental organisations, feminists, and citizens to unite their voices and discuss common action plans in the following weeks and months to follow. Read more »
