Saturday, June 30, 2012

nous nous éveillons

Demonstrators march in a protest against Quebec government’s plan to increase tuition fees in Montreal on June 2, 2012.
 courtesy of presstv
demonstrators march in montreal on june 2, 2012
"Ceci n'est pas une grève étudiante: 
C'est une société qui s'éveille" 
("This is not a student strike: 
This is a society awakening")

charest has another stick thrown into his wheels as quebec teachers join forces with striking students.  the student movement is expected to gain even more steam by the end of the summer.

also, the montreal international jazz festival kicks off with rufus wainwright announcing support for the student strikers.

he later responded to a reporter:  "I'm always going to go with the students and with the dispossessed and the, you know, angry mob.  It's just my nature." - and - "I will be wearing red. I don't know if I'll have the square but I'll be wearing red."  

the vancouver sun reports that wainwright joins a very long list of celebrities and artists who support the student protesters.

here is rufus wainwright at the festival, and in red, singing Je reviendrai à Montréal in a duet with his sister, martha wainwright.

the montreal jazz festival is the largest in the world.

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