tactics

For over 4 months, students and their allies, took over the streets of Montreal every day, to protest a tuition hike imposed by the liberal party in Quebec.

On September 21st, the newly elected Premier of Quebec scrapped the tuition hike and repealed a controversial law, that effectively banned public demonstrations.

While this is being touted as a victory by many in the student movement, one element that made this success possible is already being overshadowed. How the the movement's militant street politics transformed the student strike from a single issue campaign to an uncompromising social insurrection.

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Occupy Tactics: Violence and Legitimacy in the Occupy Movement and Beyond from brandon jourdan on Vimeo.

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Violence and Legitimacy in the Occupy Movement and Beyond:
A Debate between Chris Hedges and the CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
on Tactics & Strategy, Reform & Revolution
Livestreamed Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 7:00 pm
from Proshansky Auditorium
CUNY Graduate Center
New York City, NY

This is an in intimate discussion with Lisa Fithian & Jason Ahmadi conducted Oct 31st 2011 over coffee, early in the morning. None of us had had much sleep in the previous 6 weeks. Get Lisa's insight on the history of violent and non violent protest. Also, a detailed analysis of the potential pitfalls of the Occupy Wall Street movement and how they can be avoided.
http://organizingforpower.org

This week: 1. No cops allowed in Occupy Vancouver 2. W.T.F.W.J.D. 3. Ninjas? 4. Bahrain battles SUVs 5. Justice, Syria style 6. #Jan25 7. Is this a revolution?