Video: The Mahones – The Revolution Starts Now

Montreal’s Celtic punks The Mahones have posted a new video from their 2012 album, Angels & Devils. The video is for the single The Revolution Starts Now about the recent student protests in Montreal and across Quebec. The band explained:

…At the time, Montreal students came together to protest the proposed tuition hikes, and on March 22nd, 2012, over 300,000 students and supporters united to exercise their right to peaceful assembly.

Sadly, the Quebec government responded by passing bill 78, an emergency bill restricting freedom of assembly, protest, or picketing on or near university grounds, and anywhere in Quebec without prior police approval. It was entirely unconstitutional, and a direct violation of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees the right to peaceful assembly. It has brought shame to the province of Quebec, and it escalated the student protests from an issue affecting those seeking an education (which is a right, not a privilege), to an issue affecting Canadian society as a whole. 

The Mahones stand united with the 500,000 students, supporters, and citizens who protested to end this violation of fundamental rights, and took to the streets to fight back against austerity. 

The video can be seen below.

We also recently interviewed The Mahones, that can be read here.