[antiwar-van] March 21: Annual Community March Against Racism

[Harsha W.]

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8th Annual Community March Against Racism

Saturday March 21
Starts at 1 pm at Clark Park (Commercial Drive and 14th)
Unceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ territories, Vancouver

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/601744243292857/
Share poster: http://is.gd/JKKjSR


*Family-friendly festivities! Bring your neighbours, banners and drums!

Watch previous videos:
Video from 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUMawBQASFM
Video from 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQii7Z9-yAw
Video from 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKDMpj9x2xU

The International Day for the Elimination of Racism marks the anniversary
of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa when police opened fire
on hundreds of South Africans protesting against Apartheid’s passbook
laws, killing 67 and wounding 186.

Every year we join friends and allies around the world to mark this day
and to speak the truth about racism.

[ In loving memory of Lucia Vega Jimenez. Photo of her at the 6th annual
community march against racism here: http://is.gd/2TP5cQ ]


This country is founded on the dispossession of Indigenous nations, theft
of resources from the global South, the enslavement of Black people, and
the exclusion and exploitation of diverse communities of colour.

Today this continues with Indigenous children being forcibly apprehended
from their families, and refugee children facing mandatory detention. Over
one thousand Indigenous women are murdered or missing. Canadian mining
companies are devastating lands across Turtle Island, Africa, Asia, and
South America. The prison population is at an all-time high with
disproportionate Indigenous, Black and migrant people behind bars. Tens of
thousands of migrants, including migrant workers, are deported every year.
Canada continues to be involved in military occupations and military trade
from Iraq to Palestine. And everyday, racist stereotyping, fear-mongering
and scapegoating continues to permeate the media, education system, public
transit system, policing institutions, and workplaces.

Join us in solidarity and resistance on March 21st to celebrate the
dignity, strength, and resilience of our communities.

For more information email noii-van at resist.ca