Protesters have succeeded in shutting down classes scheduled toresume today for some students at the University of Quebec inMontreal. More than 100 protesters, many of them wearing masks, made theirway into the school's downtown campus at around 9:30 a.m. ET, justas law students with a court injunction tried to return to class. Some were waiting for those classes to start when demonstratorsstormed the building, surprising security guards. Classroom confrontations Carrying a list of scheduled classes, the protesters marchedthrough pavilions at the University of Quebec in Montreal. Masked protesters make their way through the halls of UQAM. (Paul Chaisson/Canadian Press) Making noise with drums and whistles, they made their way throughthe main UQAM building, splitting up on a number of occasions asthey searched for ongoing classes. A masked protester would yell out marching orders for the nexttarget, such as: "Pavilion M!" They entered a contract-law class after walking up nine flights ofstairs. In that classroom, the group began flicking on and off the lights,and repeatedly yelling, "Scab!" at the stunned group of studentsseated inside. A few men even grabbed two female students by the arm, telling themto get out. One spray-painted a red message on the wall of the classroom: "Onstrike, dammit!" Students hoping to study said after group moved through, theirprofessors fled and classes were effectively called off. UQAM's director of security said there were no plans to have policeimmediately intervene. One masked demonstrator, who identified himself only as Eric B.,insisted the protest was peaceful. "Me myself, I would have never acted on violence," he said. "I would have never gone upstairs if people were there to breakstuff. We have to stop just always demonizing people, always sayingthe reds are terrorists and shit like that. That's totally BS." Students opposing the tuition hike, known as the "reds," have beensporting the red square symbol of the protest since the studentstrike started 14 weeks ago. The students who support the tuition increase and want to return toclass are known as the "greens" for the green squares they'veadopted. Eric B. argued it was the greens who were violent during theincident at UQAM Wednesday morning. Law student Christina Macedo said she was in class when protesterscame in and told the students to leave. She saw the incidentdifferently. "Peaceful? I really don't see it was peaceful at all," she told CBCas she was jeered and shouted down by a group of demonstrators outside theschool . "I'm trying to respect our right [to] go back to school!" Classes not officially cancelled The university says classes have not been officially cancelled andthey are still trying to determine how to proceed. UQAM went to court last week to get an injunction to allow somestudents to resume their studies. The association of law students is among the groups that have votedto boycott classes as part of the anti-tuition hike protest, butsome students want to return to the classroom. Scenes like the one at UQAM have been playing out for the past fewweeks at CEGEPs where students have court injunctions acrossQuebec. In many of those cases, protesters blocked the entrances to theschools, and students and administrators weren't able to enter thebuilding. More student protests are planned in Montreal on Wednesday. with files from Canadaian Press. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China Titanium Welding Wire , Hafnium Crystal Bar Manufacturer, and more. For more , please visit Titanium Rod today!
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