Cacerolazo Casserole protest in Montreal, Canada on May 24, 2012. A cacerolazo (Spanish pronunciation: [kaθeɾoˈlaθo]), cacerolada ([kaθeɾoˈlaða]) or casserole is a form of popular protest practised in certain Spanish-speaking countries – in particular Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Spain – and more recently English and French-speaking countries, most notably Québec, as well as in Turkey during the 2013 protests in Turkey – which consists in a group of people creating noise by banging pots, pans, and other utensils in order to call for attention. What is peculiar about this type of demonstration is that people can protest from their own homes, thus achieving a high level of support and participation. Argentina[edit] 2001-2002[edit] As the Argentine peso quickly devalued and foreign currency fled the country, the government decreed a forced conversion of dollar-denominated accounts into pesos at an arbitrary exchange rate of 1.4 pesos per dollar. 2008[edit] 2012[edit] Canada[edit]
Loi 78 - Abus de pouvoir Le gouvernement Charest a choisi de dénouer la grève étudiante sur les droits de scolarité par la manière forte, suite logique de sa gestion d’une crise qu’il n’a jamais comprise ni maîtrisée. Son scénario était mauvais et la conclusion de l’histoire ne peut qu’être lamentable. Nous la dénonçons. Les seuls mots qui peuvent qualifier la loi numéro 78 adoptée hier par l’Assemblée nationale pour assurer un retour aux études sont ABUS DE POUVOIR. S’il fallait une loi pour assurer les conditions d’accès à l’enseignement, ce qui était nécessaire en soi, rien ne justifiait de suspendre les droits démocratiques fondamentaux de l’ensemble des citoyens québécois, tel le droit de manifester qui sera désormais soumis à des conditions et des contrôles exercés arbitrairement par les corps de police. Pourquoi un tel excès d’autorité ? Ces tentations autoritaires, nous avons toujours cru au Devoir qu’il fallait les dénoncer, même s’il fallait être seul contre tous.
@CasserolesQc Between a rock, a kettle and a hard place | The Concordian Tweet sent by writer while covering May 23 protest. I’m not entirely sure what happened. It was the 30th nightly protest in downtown Montreal and I met up with thousands of protesters on the corner of Sherbrooke St. and University St. around 9:15 p.m. I carried a backpack with me, crammed with pieces of identification, extra water bottles, scarves and bandages in case things turned ugly. This has become the norm in Montreal. It’s sneaked its way into the homes of individuals on a worldwide scale, transcending international borders and divides. But the crisis coupled with the historic, controversial and questionable Bill 78 has created an environment of tension and backlash. On that Wednesday night, after three hours of following separate protests calmly move through the streets, the atmosphere changed within a matter of seconds. Tweet by writer shortly before being kettled. It happened so quickly. Kettled. Canadian University Press contacted Montreal police via Twitter
loi78.com Demande d'ajout à la requête en nullité du Projet de loi spéciale 78 NOSop 3 - Studentenprotest Canada kost politie miljoenen dinsdag 24 apr 2012 Studentenprotesten in CanadaAFP Net als studenten hier zijn Canadese studenten ook niet tevreden met de regeling rond het collegegeld. Alleen laten zij flink meer van zich horen. Zo veel zelfs, dat de overuren van agenten miljoenen dollars kunnen gaan kosten. Dat is een schatting van de politievakbond in Montréal. De studenten protesteren al sinds half februari en sindsdien zijn speciale agenten al 150 keer ingeschakeld. Stenen en biljartballen Bij de laatste protesten op vrijdag werden negentig mensen opgepakt. Op dit YouTube-kanaal vind je meer filmpjes. Een agent die al 30 jaar bij de politie werkt, zei dat hij zelden zo'n georganiseerde en langdurige aanval tegen de politie had meegemaakt. 3600 euro Het is het grootste studentenprotest in de geschiedenis van de Franstalige provincie Québec. Deel dit artikel
Fury as Quebec passes law to stifle student protests | World news Quebec's provincial government has passed an emergency law restricting demonstrations and shutting some universities as the government seeks to end three months of protests against tuition fee increases. Outraged students reacted by calling it an act of war. Among the provisions of the law, which passed 68-48 on Friday, is a requirement that police be informed eight hours before a protest and told the route of any demonstration that includes 50 or more people. Hours after the vote thousands of protesters marched in downtown Montreal to condemn the legislation, which students and supporters say limits their ability to demonstrate their disapproval of the fee hikes. Police officers in riot gear and others on horseback watched as the loud and energetic crowd made its way downtown, chanting: "No special law will break us!" Molotov cocktails were thrown causing police to declare the demonstration illegal. "Our cities can no longer become targets," said the Montreal mayor, Gerald Tremblay.
Canada student protests erupt into political crisis with mass arrests | World news Protests that began in opposition to tuition fees in Canada have exploded into a political crisis with the mass arrest of hundreds of demonstrators amid a backlash against draconian emergency laws. More than 500 people were arrested in a demonstration in Montreal on Wednesday night as protesters defied a controversial new law – Bill 78 – that places restrictions on the right to demonstrate. In Quebec City, police arrested 176 people under the provisions of the new law. Demonstrators have been gathering in Montreal for just over 100 days to oppose tuition increases by the Quebec provincial government. On Tuesday, about 100 people were arrested after organisers say 300,000 people took the streets. But what began as a protest against university fee increases has expanded to a wider movement to oppose Bill 78, which was rushed through by legislators in Quebec in response to the demonstrations. "It makes a lot of people angry," she said. "It's something to ridicule the bill," she said.
Student protesters in Montreal defy restrictions as demonstrations grow | World news Montreal students defy new protest laws. Link to video: Montreal students defy anti-protest law Demonstrators in Montreal have continued to defy an emergency law passed by the provincial government in Quebec to restrict protests by students against planned tuition fee hikes. As has become traditional, groups of protesters banged pots and pans, marching around the city for several hours. But there was no repeat of the mass arrests that characterised the protests earlier in the week. The total number of those arrested in the current protests has now exceeded 2,500, and the judicial process is already showing signs that it is struggling to cope. As protesters snaked through the city's neighbourhoods on Thursday, residents and customers in restaurants showed their support by banging pots as they passed by. Families and older residents are increasingly common sights at protests as well, demonstrating against Bill 78, which places restrictions on protests of more than 50 people.