[Gentrifiers in St Henri welcomed with a joyous vandalism rampage !]

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Gentrifiers in St Henri welcomed with a joyous vandalism rampage !

We’ve never seen or witnessed a group like this, at this time, with so many witnesses, with weapons running en masse in the middle of the street, this isn’t a war zone !”
- a shook gentriftier

On Friday, May 22, 2015, several masked individuals dressed all in black threw smoke bombs into a newly-opened high-end juice bar on Notre-Dame St. W. owned by Corey Shapiro, whose gentrifying businesses have already seen several instances of vandalism in the past months. When Shapiro came out of the party to see what was going on, he was pepper-sprayed.

The next night, a group wearing masks undertook a joyous vandalism rampage, breaking windows of several gentrifying businesses along Notre-Dame St. W. with crowbars and billiard balls. Passersby bore witness to the destruction, which occurred shortly after midnight. Among the targets were Corey Shapiro’s barbershop, Notorious, and Campanelli, a coffee shop and clothing boutique. No one was caught.

Shapiro’s small business-empire (for example) only serves to make the neighborhood more attractive for developers, whose grand schemes of ugly, expensive condominiums make life harder on the eyes and the pocketbooks of everyone except themselves. Those who take direct action against these types of targets serve as a reminder that, while capitalist projects of development push forward, they are not inevitable. Yuppie gentrifiers do not have to be tolerated. It is not only possible, it is necessary, to fight back.

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https://mtlcontreinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MTLCI-affiches.pdf
https://mtlcounterinfo.org/gentrifiers-in-st-henri-welcomed-with-a-joyous-vandalism-rampage/
https://mtlcontreinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/joyousvandalism1.pdf