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Briarpatch articles from June 2001
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Briarpatch archives from June 2001
What's all the fuss about?(protest demonstration at the Quebec City Summit of the Americas meeting)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... It is estimated that over 60,000 people protested in Quebec City during the April Summit of the Americas meeting. The Summit was a meeting of the heads of state from all the members of the Organization of American States (OAS). The agenda of...
Cuban Solidarity.
June 1, 2001... We have just watched on television the images of the brutal manner with which the authorities of Canada are repressing the peaceful demonstrations of those that protest against the crime attempted to be committed against the political and...
Inside the Fence.(report from an eyewitness to the Summit of the Americas demonstration in Quebec City)
June 1, 2001... Citizen #R7263 of Quebec City keeps a journal documenting her experiences during the Summit of the Americas.
Tuesday April 17
I walked to my bank Tuesday morning. Large muscular men in black clothes walked up my street. Others drove...
OUTSIDE THE O-FENCE-IVE BARRICADE.(firsthand account: demonstrations at the Summit of the Americas meeting in Quebec City)
June 1, 2001... The journal of an artist in town to do a little street theatre.
The preparations for the protest against the Summit of the Americas were a bit like our experience building our "genetically modified capitalist cycloptopus" puppet, The...
Where's My Son?(mother's account of the Summit of the Americas demonstration in Quebec City)
June 1, 2001... A mother describes her frantic quest for information when one of her two children "disappears" after being arrested in Quebec City.
Early in the year Dave tells us he won't be leaving for Ireland on his travel scholarship until after The...
LES CHOCOLAT.(protesting Summit of Americas)
June 1, 2001... When the gates were locked, these protesters stayed inside to see what would happen.
The protests in Quebec have spawned a lot of important stories, many of which deal with subjects we'd rather not have to face such as violent...
Declaration of the Second People's Summit of the Americas.(statement from Hemispheric Social Alliance)
June 1, 2001... We, the delegates of the Second People's Summit of the Americas, declare our opposition to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) project concocted secretly by the 34 Heads of State and government hand in hand with the American Business...
Two Generations.(father and daughter join protest at Summit of Americas)
June 1, 2001... A lawyer and his daughter travel to Quebec City to protest the FTAA and end up assaulted by their own government.
My daughter, Ellen, and I travelled to Quebec City to take part in the events surrounding the FTAA Summit. I am a board...
Doin'Time for Bustin'a Rhyme.(Quebec city protesters arrested)
June 1, 2001... Singing in the street was enough of a threat to land protesters in jail and treatment in the prison matched the repression on the street.
On a "gassy" knoll beside a church on rue St. Jean, we sat down to rest, to eat and to discuss how...
VOLUNTEER MEDICS.(at Summit of the Americas protest, Quebec)
June 1, 2001... The crosses on their backs might as well have been bulls-eyes.
I volunteered as a Street Medic for the anti-FTAA protests. In the course of a few days I saw so much that I hope to never see again. I treated hundreds of injured people, got...
Looking for the Reasons.(reflecting on Summit of the Americas protests)
June 1, 2001... A reporter puts the pieces together.
Waking up this morning, I lifted the curtain and let the sunlight spill in through the bedroom window onto my face. I felt peaceful and calm for a few moments before the memories crept back into my...
Don't Wait until it's You!(police assaults at Summit of the Americas protest)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... By now, everyone has heard about the protests in Quebec City this April. You know that it has been estimated that 822 plastic bullets and 4,709 canisters of tear gas were used. You know that there were an estimated 60,000 protesters in Quebec...
