| www.facebook.com May 22, 2012- Montreal, Quebec, This is what an estimated 250000 student protesters looks like from the air, Protesters defy Anti-protest bill 78 and mark the 100th day of student protests! Called the Single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history 05/22/2012 PHOTOS : live.montrealgazette.com May 22, 2012- MONTREAL - A protest that organizers are describing as the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history choked the streets of downtown Montreal. "By 3:30 pm, a little more than 90 minutes after the marches began to snake their way through downtown Montreal, CLASSE, which would later estimate the crowd at about 250000, described the march as "the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Montreal police, refuse publicly to estimate crowd size." Crowd number source: www.montrealgazette.com "Reported estimates placed the number of protesters Tuesday at between 100000 and 250000." source: www.theglobeandmail.com May 22, 2012, On Day 100 of Quebec student strikes, Montreal protest goes international Parallel events were being organized Tuesday in New York, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. In France, a few hundred people, including many Quebecers, congregated near Paris' famous Notre Dame Cathedral. Organized by the Occupy Wall Street movement and by the group Strike Everywhere, the first New York event was designed to raise awareness about the Quebec protests while the second was about opposing anti-protest ... |
