{"article":{"id":6136,"heading":"Rebick's Second Report from Quebec","author":"sdimc","created":"2001-04-24 02:44:23","modified":"2005-08-15 00:32:32","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:32:32","article":"

QUEBEC CITY: POLICING THE PEOPLE

By Judy Rebick

This weekend, the face of Canadian politics has changed. It happened here in Quebec City, at a massive demonstration against globalization.

Three things happened: The Peoples' Summit. The Confrontations. And the discovery that there was No Peace for the Peaceful.



THE PEOPLES' SUMMIT

This was a coalition of unions and non-governmental organizations from across the Americas. Saturday, the summit organized a diverse and colourful demonstration of about 60,000. People marched side-by-side down a six-lane boulevard. It took them about an hour to pass through

the Lower Town that afternoon. The crowd was a generous mix of many cultures. There were also giant puppets, street theatre, drumming and a lot of dancing. Emma Goldman would be proud.

While thousands of people walked slowly through the lower part of the city, hundreds more - mostly youth - were locked in battles with the police near the famous perimeter surrounding the meeting place of the Summit of the Americas.

























































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