martin dufresne
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Property damage was very much an issue at the recent demo against police brutality in Montreal. These acts did accompany - indeed follow - an extensive amount of police provocation, abusive arrests, that ended up making the protestors' point about a recent rise in police brutality - to the point of outright murder of innocent citizens. 

So it's a complex dynamic where, in the end, one needs to question notions such as the words "us" "our movements" that bracket Judy's post and may end up reflecting "natural" leaders' alleged owning of a movement. 

Affirming the diversity of the movement(s) and even minority positions within it can too easily be sidelined by such leaders' implicit appeals to a statu quo that hides the systemic, covered-up violence of people in uniform or 3-piece suits.


Violence or property damage at protests By: Michelle (103 replies) April 2, 2009 - 10:27am
  • statica wrote:one thing, By: Michelle (Apr 2 2009 - 2:14pm)
  • Or do the "organizers" of By: Caissa (Apr 2 2009 - 2:12pm)
  • I agree with you about that, By: Michelle (Apr 2 2009 - 2:12pm)
  • That Ghandi...he never By: Ghislaine (Apr 2 2009 - 2:23pm)
  • Caissa wrote: This thread is By: It's Me D (Apr 2 2009 - 2:08pm)
  • I have to agree with By: statica (Apr 2 2009 - 2:05pm)
  • Re: Violence or property damage at protests By: Caissa (Apr 2 2009 - 2:02pm)
  • N.R.KISSED wrote:I also By: ElizaQ (Apr 2 2009 - 2:00pm)
  • Michelle,I 'm sorry if my By: It's Me D (Apr 2 2009 - 2:04pm)
  • Michelle wrote: Isn't there By: M. Spector (Apr 2 2009 - 1:59pm)
  • I don't understand what By: Michelle (Apr 2 2009 - 1:56pm)
  • Michelle wrote: Sure. The By: It's Me D (Apr 2 2009 - 1:54pm)
  • It's Me D wrote:Could you By: Michelle (Apr 2 2009 - 1:47pm)
  • Those are good points, about By: Michelle (Apr 2 2009 - 1:45pm)
  • I think Judy's comments are By: N.R.KISSED (Apr 2 2009 - 1:38pm)
  • Banjo wrote: The only By: It's Me D (Apr 2 2009 - 1:35pm)
  • Re: Violence or property damage at protests By: It's Me D (Apr 2 2009 - 1:32pm)
  • In response to the thread By: M. Spector (Apr 2 2009 - 1:28pm)
  • Re: Violence or property damage at protests By: Caissa (Apr 2 2009 - 1:27pm)
  • I wonder what those who By: Banjo (Apr 2 2009 - 1:25pm)
  • Good question, Caissa, and By: Maysie (Apr 2 2009 - 1:22pm)
  • Re: Violence or property damage at protests By: Caissa (Apr 2 2009 - 1:14pm)
  • Michelle wrote: That to me By: It's Me D (Apr 2 2009 - 1:12pm)
  • Ghislaine wrote: I was at By: It's Me D (Apr 2 2009 - 1:04pm)
  • Joey, I am referencing the By: statica (Apr 2 2009 - 12:59pm)
  • I have to say its obvious By: It's Me D (Apr 2 2009 - 12:55pm)
  • Hmm...If someone makes the By: Michelle (Apr 2 2009 - 12:45pm)
  • Statica said:   "Joey's By: Joey Ramone (Apr 2 2009 - 12:53pm)
  • Maysie wrote: My argument in By: Ghislaine (Apr 2 2009 - 12:39pm)
  • Joey's post highlights the By: statica (Apr 2 2009 - 12:28pm)
  • My argument in support of By: Maysie (Apr 2 2009 - 11:43am)
  • I completely agree with Judy By: Joey Ramone (Apr 2 2009 - 10:59am)
  • Quote:It's unlikely the By: Frustrated Mess (Apr 2 2009 - 10:54am)
  • I went to a protest a few By: Refuge (Apr 2 2009 - 10:54am)
  • Property damage was very By: martin dufresne (Apr 2 2009 - 10:59am)