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| May 22, 2012: See http://vimeo.com/47205376 |
Quebec is in the
middle of an election campaign. Jean Charest, who artificially created the
current crisis by refusing to negotiate with the students, is now trying to get
re-elected on the basis of his treatment of the students. The crisis has now
lasted more than three months with demonstrations every day sometimes with
hundreds of thousands participating. Earlier, Charest passed a law (12 -- which
was known as 78 when it was being debated) that limits public assemblies to
less than 50 people and demands that the route of every march be announced
beforehand to the police also forbids any group to approach within 50 meters of
a post-secondary institution. It also obliges students to take up their studies
in August or face penalties. The re-entry dates fall during this week and the
next. The students are holding assemblies to decide whether to continue the
strike. Multiple demonstrations and marches are taking place everywhere in the
city every day. In addition to the students, there are many solidarity groups. The
next mammoth march is scheduled for August
22.
In an earlier
post I have tried to explain why the struggle is so important for the students
and for Quebec society.
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