[Multitude Project] Revolution night in Canada

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Every night at around 9:00pm the population of Quebec is occupied with their new favorite sport, the REVOLUTION. The game is played synchronously across the province. Those who cannot physically participate follow the action religiously on their screens (thank CUTV for their great job). Mainstream media commentators present the action on the streets like ''Hockey night in Canada''. They deconstruct different tactics employed by the police, they talk about their equipment, their training, they also prize the creativity of some demonstrators and criticize the violence of others, even though a hockey game is in fact hundred times more violent.

This is pathetic! We've seen this in the US during the war in Iraq, the media focusing on the technical aspects of the war rather than on the war reality itself. The media should comment on the social issues behind this crisis. They should put this historic moment in context. They should project this massive awakening in the future.      

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The good news is that Charest already got the red carton. How long will he take before leaving the scene? In my opinion, it's just a matter of days.

Don't get me wrong... it's not Charest who decides when to quit. He is just a puppet. He is just a politician; he doesn't really have power. Let's use the objective language here. The population is not happy with this puppet anymore. The population is also angry about the way the situation was handled, especially with the special law 78. Charest must be sacrificed by his handlers. Their problem is that unlike in the past, they don't have a ready replacement for him. The youth is disillusioned with politics: the PQ lives in the past, the CAQ is totally disoriented. There is no viable option, because mainstream politics is broken. The Quebec Solidaire  would be their worst nightmare. I think they are really panicking. A major power shift is waiting to happen!  

I don't know who had this stupid idea of the special law 78. At this moment I can't see any second order reason behind it... I may be wrong. Are these people who hold the real power in Quebec and in Canada (I don't want to name names...) so clueless about the raising tide of the Multitude Movement? I never wanted to underestimate the elites... but I am starting to believe that they are slightly behind the curve.

What's the situation in Quebec now, 23:00h, May 23, 2012

First, I can really sense a dramatic shift in the way mainstream media describes the events. All major channels presented the nightly march almost like a big hokey game in which our favorite team is winning. Only a week ago, negative comments were dominating the presentation. The focus used to be on violence, mostly fabricated violence. Furthermore, the media now portrays the government as a looser. Behind this new tone I sense a conscious effort to reassemble the population, which was deeply divided during the conflict between the students and the government, intentionally divided by the usual manipulation deployed by governments during this type of events. I sense an effort to prepare the population for an imminent election, to bring it back together, to form new constituencies.

Second, I am surprised by the absence of the government in the media. Charest gave a no comment! NO COMMENT! His province is going through the biggest crisis since the referendum for independence! His new minister of education very nervously said that she was willing to talk to students (not to negotiate), and another lower level puppet said that the special law 78 will have an effect in time. This absence tells me that the government is going a capital crisis.

Third, every night manifestations are declared illegal by the police, BUT tolerated. HA! HA! HA! Thank you SPVM (Montreal police) for being so nice with us, for tolerating us. Or this is what they want us to believe. The reality is that they are powerless. Yes, they can apply physical force but this, or applying the special law 78 risks to make things worst.

Forth, the protests became widespread geographically with actions in tens of neighborhoods around the city.

 Fifth,  the protests are now generalized, including people from all walks of life joining for all sorts of reasons.

In conclusion, I don't see a solution to this conflict, other than the sacrifice of Charest. Our hope is to elect a weak government, one that would respond to our pressure, and that will insure a transition towards a new society.

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Posted By Blogger to Multitude Project at 5/23/2012 09:38:00 PM