Protests in Montreal against the rise of tuition fees in Quebec and the new law 78.
Every evening at 8pm people meet in the street with their pots and pans and make all the noise they can.
"Casseroles - Montréal, 24 Mai 2012" on vimeo This is also happening on my street every night in Quebec City. The numbers are smaller (Quebec is a smaller city than Montreal, but it IS happening here too. There were at least 1,000 people marching yesterday.
/me The 'casseroles' movement sprang up in response to the Quebec provincial government's introduction of Bill 78, a controversial law introduced last week to quell student protests over tuition fee increases. The pot-banging protests began with a Facebook call out on Saturday 19 May, and have since spread to neighbourhoods across Montreal, with Jarry's contingent particularly popular on Friday.
/The Guardian.co.uk News story on this here:
http://videosift.com/video/What-is-Going-on-in-Quebec Short doc explaining the strike:
http://videosift.com/video/Red-Square-Revolt In french, 'casserole' is a word for cooking pot.
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