The International Economic Forum of the Americas is taking place in Montreal, Quebec, where central bankers, private bankers, corporate executives, heads of universities, media barons and politicians are meeting to promote neoliberalism and austerity, to discuss policies that benefit the few at the expense of the many. The effects of these policies, implemented by these very same people and institutions, are seen in the immediate vicinity of Quebec, where austerity measures seek to increase tuition, spurring on Quebec’s ‘Maple Spring’ social movement, with protests launched against the Forum, and as far away as Spain, which just received a $125 billion bailout. The bailout will benefit the banks, and thus, will punish the population through austerity measures.

The world is in an accelerated state of class warfare waged by the super rich against the rest. The major mechanism is through austerity. At the same time, people everywhere are beginning to organize, to protest, to agitate and resist. So whether experiencing the pain in Spain, or seeing the wreck in Quebec, the few benefit at the expense of the many… but the many are beginning to notice.

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This week’s show is a news round-up, covering inter-related issues starting with the recent Bilderberg meetings in Virginia, which were attended by a Syrian opposition leader, raising questions about a possible military intervention in Syria, the developments in the European Debt Crisis, specifically with Greece and Spain, the rise of fascism in Europe (again!), the Queen’s Jubilee and the role of monarchs in global power structures, and back home to Quebec, with the Maple Spring inspiring students across the continent, and with a conference of elites in Montreal to meet next week… with the Maple Spring saying hello.

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There has been a virtual media blackout – or outright propaganda campaign in regards to the current student strike and emerging social movement taking place in Quebec, Canada, now entering its 12th week. There have been over 160 protests in over 70 days, with constant police brutality, state repression, and increased activism and mobilization from the youth. Beginning over plans to raise tuition by 75%, the movement has expanded into what is now being referred to as the ‘Maple Spring,’ a movement against the social, political, and economic inequalities which exist in Quebec, in Canada, and around the world. Learn what the media isn’t telling you about what’s happening here in Quebec.

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