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<\/a>WE SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN OF ECONOMIC DISRUPTION<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nMarch 26, 2012, Montreal —\u00a0This week, Quebec students escalate their tactics, building on almost one month of a general strike, and last Thursday\u2019s massive demonstration against the Charest government tuition hikes.<\/strong><\/p>\n The ongoing strike and Thursday\u2019s historic demonstration are a starting point, not an end, as many student organizers have pointed out. The upcoming week of disruptive actions is especially important.<\/strong><\/p>\n We are writing to support the\u00a0Coalition Large de l\u2019Association pour une Solidarit\u00e9 Syndicale \u00c9tudiante\u00a0(CLASSE) who have called for a campaign of economic disruption to pressure the Charest government to cancel the tuition hikes. We agree that it\u2019s not just through symbolic protests and actions \u2013 which are important to build solidarity and support \u2013 that the Charest government will capitulate. Rather, they will respond to the sustained and tangible disruption of the Quebec economy.<\/p>\n Already, business organizations, politicians, police and mainstream media commentators have referred to the economic impacts of the general strike. More blocked bridges, ports, highways and government buildings, as well as the continued disruption of colleges and universities, will force the hand of the Charest government.<\/strong><\/p>\n Beyond the immediate demands to cancel the tuition hikes, sustained economic disruption opens up political space to talk about broader social demands. In addition to demands for free access to education (\u201cgratuit\u00e9 scolaire\u201d), some student associations have made broader links, by opposing Plan Nord or taking a stand in favor of full access to schools for non-status persons. Sustained strikes and disruptions opens up democratic spaces in the streets and in our communities for larger demands to confront capitalism, patriarchy and all forms of exploitation and oppression. A social strike puts democracy into the hands of people and their grassroots assemblies and institutions, not the sellout politicians and parties loyal to \u201crepresentative democracy\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n We are writing, as local grassroots social justice collectives, groups and organizations, to publicly support this week\u2019s economic disruptions. We will encourage our members to lend tangible support, by participating, and by engaging others in support of this week\u2019s escalation. We denounce the use of police to attack students who are using legitimate tactics to force the hand of a government that refuses to listen to popular power. We also express our solidarity with blockaders and resisters on the frontlines, and denounce all attempts to use the media or police to divide movements.<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information, please consult: www.stopthehike.ca\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Statement endorsed by:<\/strong><\/p>\n – Solidarit\u00e9 sans fronti\u00e8res \/ Solidarity Across Borders –\u00a0www.solidarityacrossborders. – QPIRG Concordia \/ GRIP \u00e0 Concordia –\u00a0www.qpirgconcordia.org<\/a><\/p>\n – La Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes (CLAC) –\u00a0www.clac-montreal.net<\/a><\/p>\n – Personne n’est ill\u00e9gal \/ No One Is Illegal-Montreal –\u00a0www.nooneisillegal.org<\/a><\/p>\n – Organisation populaire des droits sociaux de la r\u00e9gion de Montr\u00e9al –\u00a0http:\/\/opdsrm.com<\/a><\/p>\n – La Pointe Libertaire –\u00a0www.lapointelibertaire.org<\/a><\/p>\n – Dignidad Migrante –\u00a0http:\/\/dignidadmigrante.info<\/a><\/p>\n – Le Centre Social Autog\u00e9r\u00e9 –\u00a0www.centresocialautogere.org<\/a><\/p>\n – R\u00e9seau de la Commission Populaire \/ People’s Commission Network –\u00a0www.commissionpopulaire.org<\/a><\/p>\n – Ste-Emilie Skillshare –\u00a0http:\/\/steemilieskillshare.org<\/a><\/p>\n – Artivistic –\u00a0http:\/\/artivistic.org<\/a><\/p>\n – Projet Accompagnement Solidarit\u00e9 Colombie (PASC) –\u00a0www.pasc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n – Collectif oppos\u00e9 \u00e0 la brutalit\u00e9 polici\u00e8re (COBP) –\u00a0http:\/\/cobp.resist.ca<\/a><\/p>\n – GRIP-UQ\u00c0M –\u00a0www.gripuqam.org<\/a><\/p>\n – QPIRG McGill –\u00a0http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org<\/a><\/p>\n – People’s Potato –\u00a0www.peoplespotato.com<\/a><\/p>\n – Cinema Politica –\u00a0www.cinemapolitica.org<\/a><\/p>\n – Montr\u00e9al-Nord R\u00e9publik –\u00a0http:\/\/montrealnordrepublik. – Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore –\u00a0www.co-opbookstore.ca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n – Centre des femmes d’ici et d’ailleurs –\u00a0www.cdfia.net<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n – Stella –\u00a0www.chezstella.org<\/a><\/p>\n – Open Door Books –\u00a0http:\/\/opendoorbooks. – Montreal Anarchist Bookfair Collective –\u00a0www.anarchistbookfair.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n