http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/2455/0 en http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/campaign-launched-montreal-support-demonstrators-l/18517 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Fundraising push aims to help veteran counsellor regain his legal practice </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/denis_043.jpg" alt="" title="Montreal lawyer Denis Poitras, who for the past two decades has represented political activists in Montreal. A fundraising campaign was launched to support him, after he declared bankruptcy following years of taking on pro bono cases. PHOTO: AidonsDenisPoitras.org" width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>His number is known by thousands of people involved in community organizing and social movements in Quebec. Some have it committed to memory, others written on their forearms or stuffed into their wallets before going to protests where they may face arrest. Hundreds of those have called his number to seek help when they did run into problems with the police.</p> <p><a href="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/campaign-launched-montreal-support-demonstrators-l/18517" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/campaign-launched-montreal-support-demonstrators-l/18517#comments Tim McSorley Solidarity Anarchopanda Denis Poitras lawyer legal aid Montreal P-6 Quebec student strike Tue, 06 Aug 2013 07:46:44 +0000 Tim McSorley 18517 at http://montreal.mediacoop.ca