blake 3:17
3rd November 2012, 06:07
Please come if you can! Dufferin Grove Park (Dufferin & Bloor) at noon. Bring pots & pans & make some noise!
The former spokesperson for CLASSE, the main student union responsible for the Quebec student strike was found guilty of contempt of court on November 1st. He could face up to a year in prison and a $5,000 fine.
The judge ruled that Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois incited protesters, disobeying the ban on picket lines.
The charge stems from an interview on Radio-Canada on May 13, in which Gabriel said:
"I think that it is completely legitimate for students to undertake the means necessary to respect the democratic choice to strike… It’s completely regrettable that a minority of students are using the courts to go around decisions that were made collectively. If students need to form picket lines to ensure that their strike votes are respected, we think that’s completely legitimate."
We agree! Most of the student movement agreed! That's how they won!
The court ruling is unjust. It is a political attack on the student movement as a whole and an attempt to criminalize protests, the way the G8/G20 protests were criminalized here in Toronto. It sets a dangerous precedent for free speech and dissent. We must be vocal in opposing it.
3000 others are fighting charges from the strike as well. Drop all charges! Solidarity with Gabriel and the students of Quebec!
See you in the park with pots and pans :)
More info: http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/ex-student-spokesperson-nadeau-dubois-found-guilty/14042
To make a donation towards legal costs: http://appelatous.org/
https://www.facebook.com/events/164380417036919/
The former spokesperson for CLASSE, the main student union responsible for the Quebec student strike was found guilty of contempt of court on November 1st. He could face up to a year in prison and a $5,000 fine.
The judge ruled that Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois incited protesters, disobeying the ban on picket lines.
The charge stems from an interview on Radio-Canada on May 13, in which Gabriel said:
"I think that it is completely legitimate for students to undertake the means necessary to respect the democratic choice to strike… It’s completely regrettable that a minority of students are using the courts to go around decisions that were made collectively. If students need to form picket lines to ensure that their strike votes are respected, we think that’s completely legitimate."
We agree! Most of the student movement agreed! That's how they won!
The court ruling is unjust. It is a political attack on the student movement as a whole and an attempt to criminalize protests, the way the G8/G20 protests were criminalized here in Toronto. It sets a dangerous precedent for free speech and dissent. We must be vocal in opposing it.
3000 others are fighting charges from the strike as well. Drop all charges! Solidarity with Gabriel and the students of Quebec!
See you in the park with pots and pans :)
More info: http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/ex-student-spokesperson-nadeau-dubois-found-guilty/14042
To make a donation towards legal costs: http://appelatous.org/
https://www.facebook.com/events/164380417036919/