Report form anti capitalist protest in Montreal

[Magic Snowman]

There were two demonstrations today in Montreal.
One was organized by the the unions and Quebec Solidaire and the other by the sectarians. The one organized by the sectarians was really small about 300 people) and here were clashes with the cops. As one comrade described it " It was full of teenager revolutionaries. The cops came out and crushed them, so they run away.

The other one was a lot bigger(about 5 000-10 000 people) and had the participation of the actual working class. The Marxists in Quebec Solidaire called the workers to dissafiliate from the bourgeois PQ and affiliate to Quebec Solidaire so it can be transformed to a workers party. "Les patrons ont leurs partis, nous devons avoir le notre!"


Long live may day! For the workers of Quebec to affiliate to QS and join the marxists in Quebec Solidaire for the fight for a socialist society!

[NecroCommie]

I'm actually quite jealous. :blushing: I think there is no way anyone could mobilize these fat-ass lazy ultra-nationalistic Finns to do anything that benefits the people, but dear god help others if something threatens Finnish national pride or patriotic symbols.
Friggin thousands of protesters?

[bcbm]

and the other by the sectarians

:rolleyes:

[NaxalbariZindabad]

Here are a few pictures from the demonstration organized by the sectarians:


http://24hmontreal.canoe.ca/galeries/20090501214304_manifestation/18.jpg
This banner was at the front of the demonstration. It reads:
"Capitalism causes our misery! Let's demonstrate our anger!"


http://24hmontreal.canoe.ca/galeries/20090501214304_manifestation/01.jpg
With about 2 500 people marching, the 2009 anti-capitalist
demonstration was considerably larger than last year's.


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The protesters marched on Sainte-Catherine St, one of Montreal's busiest streets.


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Hundreds of Tamil workers joined the protest.


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Supporters of the Maoist Revolutionary Communist Party
brought their red flags.


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And supporters of the anarcho-communist Union
communiste libertaire had their black and red banners.


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The Immigrant Workers Center handed out the demands of immigrant
textile workers in Montreal.


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BAYAN Canada and the Montreal section of the International League of
People's Struggle both brought their banners.


http://24hmontreal.canoe.ca/galeries/20090501214304_manifestation/17.jpg
At the end of the demonstration, some protesters burned a
capitalist in effigy. The police didn't intervene, so the demo
ended without any major confrontation with the cops.


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The sectarian demonstration was called by these groups:

Antifa-Mtl
Anarkhia Collective
Apatrides anonymes
Center for Philippine Concerns
Comité des sans-emploi Mtl-Centre
Filipino Workers Support Group
Immigrant Workers Center
Pinay
Pointe Libertaire
RASH-Mtl
Revolutionary Communist Party
UQAM Anti-Capitalist Committee
Union communiste libertaire-Mtl


Here's the call for the demo:
http://www.cmaq.net/node/32553

[Salyut]

Oh man I wish we could do stuff like this out West. The Quebecois get to have all the fun. :(

[Andropov]

Nice to see Karl made the trip.