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Pots and pans protests take on both Charest and Harper today

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It's another day and night of Casseroles protests across Canada. This week Harper's Bill C-38 is as much the target.

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"We can't start the revolution from Starbucks" - For Quebec, for OUR budget, join us in the streets!
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Pots and pans around the world tonight: Over 125 'Casseroles' in solidarity with Quebec

Red is spreading out well beyond Montreal and Quebec. (Photo: howlmontreal / flickr)
This party started in Quebec, but tonight it's going truly global, with over 125 locations in Canada and around the world holding Casseroles actions.

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Activist Communiqué: Next Casserole Night in Canada – June 6
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Pots and pans in Paris: Casseroles go global

Photo: Sandrine Bérubé
Pots and pans in Paris: The Casseroles of Quebec have swept across Canada and are now going global.

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After the success of Casseroles Night in Canada: What next?
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The thin blue line and the criminalization of dissent

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On June 27th 2012, I attended a Casserole demonstration in solidarity with Quebec students at the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG). So did the Vancouver Police Department's 'Public Safety Unit.'  

As the rally began, there was a 1 to 1 ratio of police to demonstrators. After being approached and informed that if we marched and blocked intersections or oncoming lanes of traffic, we would be arrested, we decided to stay at the VAG and that we would 'casserole' and approach officers present and ask for their names and badge numbers, which they are legally obligated to provide.

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Toronto rallies in support of Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois

A rally was held in Toronto Saturday in solidarity with Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
A rally was held in Toronto Saturday in solidarity with Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois. (Photo: John Bonnar)

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Mass mobilization and the Maple Spring: What are the lessons for B.C. politics?

As many of you know, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the ex-spokesperson of CLASSE, was recently in town. Some of us had the opportunity of having a much more in depth conversation with him where we discussed, in some detail, the structure and strategy employed by CLASSE. There are some great lessons to be learned.

The greatest thing that we can learn from the Quebec student uprisings is that if we are able to mobilize en masse, if we are able to get thousands and thousands of people to coordinate activity, we can take down the government and bring about the changes that we all envision.

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Sasha Wiley on police repression of Vancouver casseroles protests

Sasha Wiley, a Vancouver teacher, was the first speaker at a press conference held Friday, June 29 outside the courthouse and jail at 222 Main Street. She denounced the arrests by Vancouver police of herself and more than 10 other participants in casseroles protest actions over the past two weeks. In this clip, Wiley explains that at the time of her arrest Wednesday night she was even wearing the relevant section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on her clothing.

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rabble.ca weekly blog roundup!

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rabble staff
| June 29, 2012

Why, hello. Welcome to your weekly rabble blogs roundup.

John Bennett has some good news to share. His Thursday post says Exxon Mobil's CEO has acknowledged climate change -- kind of. Better late and qualified than never, Rex. 

Alex Hundert was sentenced to 13.5 months in prison for his actions during the G20 protests. Here's what he had to say before going to jail, via Krystalline Kraus.

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Arrests at Vancouver casseroles: We need to stand up against criminalization of dissent

Last night in Vancouver seven participants in a casserole solidarity demonstration were detained and/or arrested by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD).

They were taken down violently, roughed up, cuffed, searched and detained for hours. They were not informed as to why they were being arrested, or what if any laws they may have broken. They were, in short, denied most of their Charter rights.

Two were taken into custody at the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) as the march was about to begin. The other five were detained a few hours later during a jail solidarity vigil outside the police station at 222 Main Street, where the first two were being held.

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Police arrest five at 'Casserole' Quebec solidarity demonstrations in Vancouver

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David P. Ball
| June 23, 2012

 

Two separate 'Casseroles Night in Canada' demonstrations in solidarity with Quebec student protests ended in arrest last night in Vancouver, with five arrested for mischief and obstructing police officers.

Detainees said they were locked in a pitch-black garage for an hour, intimidated and banned from being downtown until August. One of the demonstrators added that she was forced to remove her bra and skirt and stared at by all-male jail staff.

“When I was processed, I was made to take off my bra and skirt, and was thrown in cell,” said Anushka Nagji. “I'm completely uncomfortable to be a woman in this situation. 

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