Quebec: minister expels student organisation from talks
On April 25, Quebec education minister barred studen coalition CLASSE from participating in the talks. This was a clear provocation. Thousands of students responded by marching on the streets.
On April 25, Quebec education minister barred studen coalition CLASSE from participating in the talks. This was a clear provocation. Thousands of students responded by marching on the streets.
For 71 days, tens of thousands of students in Quebec have been involved in an all out strike against tuition fee increases, the longest and largest in their history. The government use of injunctions and police brutality has failed to break the movement. Here we provide some reports from comrades on the ground which give a flavour of this extraordinary movement.
Por primera vez en 38 años la Asociación Abril 25, que agrupa a la mayoría de los militares que participaron en la revolución de 1974 se ha negado a participar en las celebraciones oficiales y ha lanzado un llamado a la movilización.
For the first time the April 25 Association, organising the military officers which played a key role in the Portuguese revolution in 1974, has decided not to participate in the official celebrations of its anniversary and has called, instead for a mobilisation of the Portuguese people.
In an ironic twist to China's capitalist conversion, the website of the "Communist" Party People's Daily has announced it aims to sell 69.1 million shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.