From noii-montreal at resist.ca  Mon Jan  2 05:53:38 2006
From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal)
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 05:53:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] S'impliquer dans Solidarite sans frontieres:
 Activites et campagnes futures; Comites et projets (a lire SVP)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601020552440.27237@resist.ca>


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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 04:13:56 -0800 (PST)
From: sans frontieres! <sansfrontieres at resist.ca>

Vous recevez ce courriel parce que vous faites partie du r?seau des 
membres, ami(e)s et alli?(e)s de Solidarit? sans fronti?res. Ce courriel 
pr?sente une mise-?-jour des activit?s de Solidarit? sans fronti?res ainsi 
que des fa?ons de participer. Prenez le temps de lire ce message et, si 
vous en avez le temps, de vous impliquer.

Ce courriel contient de l'information au sujet de : 1) la prochaine 
assembl?e g?n?rale ;  2)  la campagne D?portez Denis Coderre du parlement 
;  3) une d?l?gation au bureau du ministre Volpe ? Toronto ; 4) les 
comit?s et projets de Solidarit? sans fronti?res, soit le Comit? Action, 
le Comit? Liaisions externes, le Comit? de soutien, le Comit? Suivi, le 
Comit? Femmes, les Liens avec les communaut?s autochtones, la Commission 
populaire contre les certificats de s?curit?, le Journal et les autres 
campagnes ;  5) la liste m?dia ;  6) notre site internet ainsi que 7) 
comment nous joindre.

Pour en conna?tre davantage sur les principes de base et les origines de 
Solidarit? sans fronti?res, veuillez consultez le site internet suivant : 
http://www.solidaritesansfrontieres.org


::: 1) IMPORTANT! PROCHAINE ASSEMBL?E G?N?RALE :::

VEUILLEZ PRENDRE NOTE : La prochaine ASSEMBL?E G?N?RALE de Solidarit? sans 
fronti?res aura lieu SAMEDI le 21 janvier ? 13 heures. Cette assembl?e 
servira principalement ? d?cider d'un plan d'action pour 2006, en se 
basant sur des propositions du Comit? Action.

Cette assembl?e aura lieu au GRIP-Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, 
bureau 204, m?tro Guy-Concordia). Il y aura des activit?s pour les enfants 
sur place, ainsi que de la traduction vers le fran?ais, l'anglais, 
l'espagnol, l'arabe, l'ourdou et le perse.  Le GRIP-Concordia est 
accessible en chaise roulante. L'ordre du jour de cette assembl?e sera 
pr?par? conjointement par les comit?s Action et Suivi.

Veuillez prendre note que pour les votes formels, ce sont les membres de 
SSF qui ont le droit de vote. Un(e) membre de SSF est :  a) une personne 
qui est en accord avec les principales revendications du groupe et qui est 
active au sein d'un de ses comit?s ou projets b) ou une personne migrante 
directement affect?e qui a assist? ? au moins une assembl?e g?n?rale par 
le pass?.


::: 2) D?portez Denis Coderre du parlement :::

Solidarit? sans fronti?res a d?cid? d'appuyer la campagne Votons contre 
Coderre, initi?e par la Coalition Justice pour Adil Charkaoui, et endoss?e 
par plusieurs groupes de la r?gion de Montr?al, dont Action Haiti Montr?al 
et la Ligue des Noirs.

Denis Coderre est le d?put? lib?ral f?d?ral qui repr?sente ? Ottawa le 
comt? de Bourassa, situ? dans le nord de Montr?al. Pendant son mandat en 
tant que ministre de l'Immigration, Denis Coderre a ?t? responsable de 
l'entr?e de la r?trograde Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des 
r?fugi?s. Cette loi fait en sorte que c'est maintenant un seul juge qui 
si?ge lors des audiences sur les demande s de statut de r?fugi? (il y en 
avait deux avant -- donc la moiti? moins de chances pour les r?fugi?(e) s 
d'obtenir gain de cause).  De plus, la Section d'appel promise pour les 
demandeurs d?bout?s ? la CISR n'a jamais ?t? mise en place. C'est aussi 
Coderre qui a lev? le moratoire sur les d?portations vers l'Alg?rie, et 
c'est ? son bureau d'Ottawa que plusieurs alg?riens sans-statut ont ?t? 
attaqu?s par la police avec des Tasers en mai 2003. En tant que ministre 
de l'Immigration, Coderre a sign? les certificats de s?curit? contre Adil 
Charkaoui et trois autres, mesure qui signifie la d?tention sans proc?s et 
l'utilisation de preuves secr?tes.

Plusieurs activit?s se d?rouleront dans le cadre du projet Votons contre 
Coderre, notamment une campagne dd'information et d'affichage et une 
conf?rence de presse.

Pour donner un coup de main dans la campagne Votons contre Coderre, 
veuillez contacter Tatiana ? tatiana at resist.ca ou laissez un message au 
(514)859-9023.


::: 3) RASSEMBLEMENT CONTRE VOLPE ? TORONTO :::

Les membres de Solidarit? sans fronti?res ont march? pendant une semaine 
de Montr?al ? Ottawa pour faire entendre nos revendications, mais ont ?t? 
ignor?s par le ministre actuel de l'Immigration, Joe Volpe.  Au mois de 
janvier, nous allons prendre la 401 tout droit jusqu'? Toronto pour 
confronter Volpe sur son propre terrain, pour r?it?rer notre revendication 
pour la mise en place d'un programme de r?gularisation complet et inclusif 
pour toutes les personnes sans statut au Canada, ainsi que pour 
l'abolition des certificats de s?curit?.

? Toronto, des alli?(e)s de Personne n?est ill?gal-Toronto et de la 
Campagne pour mettre fin aux proc?s secrets viendront se joindre ? nous. 
Le rassemblement aura lieu samedi le 14 janvier ? Toronto.

Si vous avez ? votre disposition un v?hicule que vous pouvez conduire ou 
pr?ter pour la d?l?gation du 14 janvier ? Toronto, veuillez contacter 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca ou appelez au (514) 848-7583.

Si vous d?sirez participer au rassemblement contre Volpe ? Toronto et avez 
besoin d'un ''lift'', veuillez contacter sansfrontieres at resist.ca ou 
laissez un message au (514) 848-7583.


::: 4) COMIT?S ET PROJETS :::

a) COMIT? ACTION

Le Comit? Action a le mandat d'organiser les manifestations, les 
rassemblements, les actions, les d?l?gations et beaucoup plus encore, afin 
de publiciser notre revendication pour l'?tablissement d'un programme de 
r?gularisation complet et inclusif pour toutes les personnes sans statut 
au Canada.  Nous cherchons ? cibler les d?cideurs directement afin de 
faire avancer nos revendications.

Ce sera lors de la prochaine assembl?e g?n?rale, le 21 janvier, que nous 
d?terminerons le plan d?action pour 2006, qui sera pr?par? en partie par 
le Comit? Action.

Si vous voulez vous impliquer dans le Comit? Action (on a besoin de 
membres !), veuillez contacter sansfrontieres at resist.ca ou le (514) 
848-7583.


b) COMIT? LIAISONS EXTERNES

Le Comit? de liaisons externes a le mandat d'?tablir des liens avec des 
groupes locaux et des individus actifs et actives autour des droits des 
immigrant(e)s et des r?fugi?(e)s, ainsi que de promouvoir les activit?s de 
Solidarit? sans fronti?res. De plus, le Comit? de liaisons externes 
organise des souper s mensuels afin que les membres du r?seau SSF puissent 
se rencontrer et socialiser dans un cadre informel.

Si vous voulez vous impliquer dans le Comit? de liaisons externes, 
veuillez contacter sansfrontieres at resist.ca ou le (514) 848-7583.


c) COMIT? DE SOUTIEN

Le Comit? de soutien appuie les personnes immigrantes du r?seau SSF qui 
font face ? la d?portation, ? la d?tention ou qui par d'autres 
circonstances sont confront?(e)s aux politiques migratoires du Canada. 
Nous travaillons aux c?t?s des personnes directement affect?es, de leurs 
ami(e)s et de leur famille et accomplissons diverses t?ches en appui ? 
leurs combats, ? l'int?rieur de notre temps et de nos ressources limit?es. 
Le travail du Comit? de soutien se fait dans le cadre d'une campagne 
active de SSF autour de nos revendications pour la r?gularisation, et 
contre les d?portations, les d?tentions et les certificats de s?curit?.

Si vous voulez vous impliquer dans le Comit? de soutien, veuillez 
contacter sansfrontieres at resist.ca ou appelez au (514) 848-7583.


d) COMIT? SUIVI

Le r?le du Comit? Suivi est de pr?parer et de mobiliser en vue des 
assembl?es g?n?rales et autres ?v?nements de Solidarit? sans fronti?res. 
Le comit? Suivi prend aussi les messages t?l?phoniques et les courriels de 
SSF, maintient ? jour les listes de contact, r?pond aux demandes 
quotidiennes (demandes des m?dias, demandes d'information), aide les 
diff?rents comit?s de SSF et s'assure que les toutes les activit?s 
planifi?es vont de l'avant. Le comit? Suivi g?re aussi les finances de SSF 
et fait figure d'organe d?cisionnel entre les assembl?es g?n?rales. Ses 
r?unions sont ouvertes ? touTEs les membres de Solidarit? sans fronti?res. 
Le comit? Suivi encourage la participation de nouveaux membres de SSF, 
m?me si ce n'est que pour quelques heures parsemaine!

Si vous voulez vous impliquer dans le Comit? Suivi, veuillez contacter 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca ou laissez un message au (514) 848-7583.


e) COMIT? FEMMES

Le Comit? Femmes -- compos? d'individus qui s'identifient en tant 
qu?hommes ou en tant que femmes -- travaille ? b?tir des liens avec les 
femmes immigrantes et cherche ? adresser les principaux d?fis de la 
mobilisation avec les femmes r?fugi?es. Les membres du Comit? Femmes sont 
aussi actifs et actives au sein des Comit?s de liaisons externes et de 
soutien. Un autre mandat du Comit? Femmes est d'?duquer et de sensibiliser 
les membres de SSF aux questions du patriarcat et du sexisme.

Si vous voulez vous impliquer dans le Comit? Femmes, veuillez contacter 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca ou laissez un message au (514) 848-7583.


f) LIENS AVEC LES COMMUNAUT?S AUTOCHTONES

Solidarit? sans fronti?res tente pr?sentement de d?velopper une analyse 
autour de la question de la souverainet? autochtone. Nous cherchons ? 
renforcer nos liens avec les membres de communaut?s autochtones. ? l'heure 
actuelle, SSF s'est engag? ? agir en solidarit? avec des militant(e)s 
autochtones qui font face ? la criminalisation ? Kanehsatake.

Si vous voulez travailler ? ?tablir des liens avec des communaut?s 
autochtones de la r?gion, veuillez contacter sansfrontieres at resist.ca ou 
laissez un message au (514) 848-7583.


g) COMMISSION POPULAIRE

Solidarit? sans fronti?res appuie la Coalition Justice pour Adil Charkoui 
pour l'organisation d'une Commission populaire sur les certificats de 
s?curit?.  Une partie du travail de cette commission sera d'enqu?ter sur 
les actes pos?s par le gouvernement canadien, ses agences et ses 
fonctionnaires en ce qui concerne les certificats de s?curit?s, incluant 
l'(in)?galit? du traitetement des non-citoyen(ne)s, le processus de 
r?vision des certificats de s?curit?, la d?tention et la d?portation vers 
la torture.

Les organisateurs et les organisatrices de cette commission ont besoin de 
votre aide. Pour vous impliquer, contactez Poya (poya at resist.ca) et Mary 
(mfoster at web.ca) ou laissez un message au (514) 859-9023.


h) JOURNAL

Solidarit? sans fronti?res produira un journal (notre troisi?me !), qui 
portera sur le th?me de l?immigration et du travail. Le journal sera 
publi? au printemps 2006.

Si vous voulez aider avec la mise en page, le design ou la distribution du 
journal, veuillez contacter jaggisingh2003 at yahoo.ca ou appelez au 
(514)848-7583.


i) AUTRES CAMPAGNES

Solidarit? sans fronti?res appuie aussi les campagnes de ses groupes 
membres. Par exemple, le Centre des travailleurs immigrants (CTI) organise 
pr?sentement une campagne sur la CSST (Commission de la sant? et de la 
s?curit? au travail) afin de s'assurer que ses primes couvrent aussi les 
travailleurs et les travailleuses domestiques. Les travailleuses 
domestiques sont les seules au Qu?bec qui doivent s'assurer ? leurs frais 
contre les accidents de travail.

Nous encourageons les groupes membres de SSF ? contacter le Comit? Suivi 
afin de discuter de campagnes qui pourront par la suite ?tre endoss?es 
lors des assembl?es g?n?rales de SSF.  Le Comit? Suivi peut ?tre joint au 
(514) 859-9023 ou ? sansfrontieres at resist.ca.


::: 5) LISTE M?DIA :::

Si vous d?sirez recevoir ou partager des articles et/ou nouvelles 
d'int?r?t pour Solidarit? sans fronti?res, nous vous invitons ? vous 
inscrire ? notre nouvelle liste m?dia. Vous pouvez vous inscrire en 
visitant la page web suivante : 
https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sab-media


::: 6) SITE INTERNET :::

Notre site internet est mis ? jour par Pat L et Pat C. Si vous voulez 
donner un coup de main avec le site internet, n'h?sitez pas ? contacter 
griffon81 at hotmail.com et zapat at resist.ca.


::: 7) POUR NOUS JOINDRE ET POUR RESTER INFORM?(E)S :::

Si vous avez lu jusqu'ici, et que vous avez acc?s ? une adresse courriel, 
vous rester probablement inform?(e) de nos activit?s via notre liste de 
diffusion (une liste ? faible traffic).

Si vous connaissez des gens qui veulent avoir des nouvelles du r?seau SSF 
via courriel, encouragez-les ? s'inscrire ? notre liste en visitant la 
page web suivante : 
https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sansfrontieres

La plupart des membres actifs et actives de SSF restent en contact gr?ce 
au t?l?phone et re?oivent des coups de fils occasionnels au sujet des nos 
assembl?es, soupers, actions, rassemblements, d?l?gations et plus encore.

Pour vous inscrire ? notre liste t?l?phonique, envoyez votre num?ro ? 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca ou laissez un message au (514) 859-9023.

Si vous connaissez des gens qui veulent en savoir plus sur les activit?s 
de Solidarit? sans fronti?res, dites-leur de nous contacter !

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514-859-9023 -- sansfrontieres at resist.ca

From noii-montreal at resist.ca  Mon Jan  2 05:54:18 2006
From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal)
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 05:54:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Getting involved with Solidarity Across
 Borders: Upcoming activities
 and campaigns; Committees and projects (please read)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601020553442.27237@resist.ca>


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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 04:15:56 -0800 (PST)
From: sans frontieres! <sansfrontieres at resist.ca>

If you receiving this e-mail, you're part of the Solidarity Across Borders 
network. This e-mail provides an update about the current organizing 
activities of Solidarity Across Borders, and how to get involved. Take the 
time to read and, if you can, to get involved.

This e-mail contains info about: 1) Important General Assembly; 2) Vote 
Out Coderre; 3) Delegation to Volpe in Toronto; 4) Committees and 
Projects: a) Action, b) Outreach, c) Support Work, d) Suivi, e) Womens, f) 
Indigenous Liaison, g) People's Commission against Security Certificates, 
h) Newspaper, i) Other Campaigns; 5) Media List; 6) Web Page; 7) Staying 
in touch.

Background info to Solidarity Across Borders, including our demands, is 
available at http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org


::: 1) IMPORTANT GENERAL ASSEMBLY :::

PLEASE NOTE: The next GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Solidarity Across Borders will 
be SATURDAY, January 21 at 1pm. This assembly will be dedicated to 
deciding an action plan for 2006, based on suggestions by the Action 
Committee.

The assembly will take place at QPIRG-Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve West, 
#204, metro Guy-Concordia). There will be kids activities on-site, as well 
as translation into English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Urdu and Farsi. 
QPIRG-Concordia is wheelchair accessible.

The agenda of the assembly will be planned jointly by the Action Committee 
and the Suivi Committee. The date of this meeting will be posted on the 
SAB list.

Please note that for formal votes, a member of SAB is someone who agrees 
with the main demands of SAB and: is active in a SAB committee or project; 
or is a directly-affected migrant who has attended at least one assembly 
before.


::: 2) VOTE OUT CODERRE :::

Solidarity Across Borders has endorsed the Vote Out Coderre Campaign, 
initiated by the Justice for Adil Charkaoui Coalition, and endorsed by 
several Montreal-area groups, including Haiti Action Montreal and the 
Ligue des Noirs.

Denis Coderre is a Montreal-area Liberal Member of Parliament for the 
north Montreal riding of Bourassa. As Immigration Minister, Coderre as 
responsible for the regressive Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 
which resulted in single judges deciding refugee claims, instead of two 
judges (which halved the chances of refugee protection). Moreover, no 
Refugee Appeals Division was ever implemented at the Immigration and 
Refugee Board, despite Coderre's promises. It was Coderre who lifted the 
moratorium on deportations to Algeria, and it was at Coderre's Ottawa 
office that several non-status Algerians were tasered by police in May 
2003. As Minister, Coderre also signed the security certificate against 
Adil Charkaoui and 3 others, meaning detention without trial, and the use 
of secret evidence.

There will be various activities as part of the Vote Out Coderre effort, 
including a postering and information campaign, and a press conference.

To help out with the Vote Out Coderre campaign, please contact Tatiana at 
tatiana at resist.ca or phone 514-859-9023.


::: 3) PICKET VOLPE IN TORONTO :::

Members of Solidarity Across Borders marched for one-week to Ottawa from 
Montreal to support our demands, but we were ignored by current 
Immigration Minister Joe Volpe. This January, we're getting on the 401 and 
making the six hours to drive to Toronto, to confront Volpe on his own 
turf, and to re-iterate our demand for a full and inclusive regularization 
program for all non-status people in Canada, as well as end to 
deportations and detentions, and the abolition of security certificates.

In Toronto, we will be joined by allies with No One Is Illegal-Toronto and 
the Campaign to Stop the Secret Trials. We will picketing together on 
Saturday, January 14 in Toronto.

If you have a car that you can drive, or lend, for the caravan to Toronto 
on January 14, please contact sansfrontieres at resist.ca or 514-848-7583.

If you would like to participate in the picket against Volpe in Toronto 
and need a ride, contact sansfrontieres at resist.ca or phone 514-848-7583.


::: 4) COMMITTEES AND PROJECTS :::

There are several committees and projects that SAB members are actively 
involved with. The work of the committees is the heart of SAB organizing.

a) ACTION COMMITTEE

The Action Committee has the mandate to organize protests, pickets, 
actions, delegations, and more, to publicize our demand for a full and 
inclusive regularization program for all non-status people. We aim to 
directly target the decision-makers in support of our demands.

The next General Assembly on January 21 will determine the action plan for 
2006, which will be actualized by the Action Committee.

To get involved with the Action Committee (we need members!) please 
contact sansfrontieres at resist.ca or phone 514-859-9023.


b) OUTREACH COMMITTEE

The Outreach Committee has the mandate to make links with local groups and 
individuals active on the issue of immigrant and refugee rights, as well 
as to promote the existence of SAB. Moreover, the Outreach Committee 
organizes monthly dinners and socials so that the SAB network can meet and 
socialize together, in an informal setting.

To get involved with the Outreach Committee, please contact 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca or phone 514-859-9023.


c) SUPPORT WORK COMMITTEE

The Support Work committee focuses on supporting migrants in the SAB 
network who are facing deportation, detention or otherwise confronting the 
immigration and refugee system. We work alongside directly-affected 
migrants and their friends and family, aiding in the various tasks 
necessary in offering allied support, within the constraints of our 
limited resources and time. The Support Work Committee's work takes place 
within the framework of an active SAB campaign around our demands for 
regularization, and against deportations, detentions and security 
certificates.

If you would like to be part of the Support Work Committee, please contact 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca or phone 514-859-9023.


d) SUIVI COMMITTEE

The role of the "Suivi" (Follow-up) Committee is to prepare and mobilize 
for general assemblies and SAB events. The Suivi Committee also checks 
email and phones messages, keeps contact lists updated, responds to 
various day-to-day requests (media, requests for more information, etc.), 
helps out the different SAB committees and makes sure all planned actions 
and events are going ahead smoothly. The Suivi Committee also takes care 
of SAB finances and acts as a decision-making body between general 
assemblies.  Its meetings are open to all SAB members. The Suivi Committee 
welcomes new members to become involved, even if only for a couple hours a 
week!

To get involved with the Suivi Committee, please contact 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca or phone 514-859-9023.


e) WOMEN'S COMMITTEE

The Women's Committee -- comprised of SAB members who identify as men or 
women -- is focused on outreach to women migrants, and the particular 
challenges organizing with women refugees. Women's committee members are 
also active within the Outreach and Support Committees. Another mandate of 
the Women's Committee is to educate and raise awareness within SAB about 
patriarchy and sexism.

To get involved with the Women's Committee, please contact 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca or phone 514-859-9023.


f) INDIGENOUS LIAISON

Solidarity Across Borders is attempting to develop our analysis around 
indigenous sovereignty issues, and reinforce our direct links with members 
of indigenous communities. Currently, SAB has committed to offering basic 
courtroom support to native activists facing criminalization in 
Kanehsatake.

To get involved with Indigenous Liaison efforts, please contact 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca or phone 514-859-9023.


g) PEOPLE'S COMMISSION

Solidarity Across Borders is supporting the Justice Coalition for Adil 
Charkaoui in endorsing and organizing a People's Commission of Inquiry 
into Security Certificates. Part of the work of the commission will be to 
investigate and report on the actions of Canadian officials and Canadian 
government bodies in relation to security certificates, including: 
equality of treatment of non-citizens; the security certificate review 
process; detention; and deportation and torture.

The organizers of the commission needs lots of help. To get involved, 
contact Poya (poya at resist.ca) and Mary (mfoster at web.ca) or phone 
514-859-9023.


h) NEWSPAPER

Solidarity Across Borders will be producing a newspaper (our third!), 
focused on the theme of immigration and work. The newspaper will be 
published in spring 2006.

If you would like to help with layout, design or distribution of the 
newspaper, please contact jaggisingh2003 at yahoo.ca or 514-848-7583.


i) OTHER CAMPAIGNS

Solidarity Across Borders also supports the campaigns of member groups. 
For example the Immigrant Workers Center is organizing a campaign around 
the CSST (Commission de la sant? et de la securit? du travail) to make 
sure their premiums cover domestic workers. Domestic workers are the only 
salaried workers in Quebec who are obliged to self-insure.

Member groups of SAB are encouraged to contact the suivi committee, so 
that campaigns can be discussed, and endorsed, at SAB general assemblies. 
The suivi committee can be reached at: 514-859-9023 or 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca


::: 5) MEDIA LIST :::

If you are interested in receiving or sharing news articles of interest to 
Solidarity Across Borders, you are encouraged to join our new media list. 
You can join the list by visiting: 
https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sab-media


::: 6) WEBPAGE :::

Our webpage is maintained by Pat L and Pat C. If you would like to help 
them with the webpage, don't hesitate to get in touch: 
griffon81 at hotmail.com and zapat at resist.ca


::: 7) STAYING IN TOUCH :::

If you've read this far, and you have e-mail, you're probably staying in 
touch via our news and announcements list (a low-volume list).

If you know anyone who wants to stay informed about the SAB network by 
e-mail, encourage them to join our list by visiting: 
https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sansfrontieres

Most active people in the SAB network stay in touch by phone, by receiving 
occasional calls from members of the suivi committee about our assemblies, 
dinners, actions, pickets, delegations and more.

To get on the phone list, e-mail your number to sansfrontieres at resist.ca 
or phone 514-859-9023.

If you know anyone who would like to stay informed about the organizing of 
Solidarity Across Borders, tell them to get in touch!

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http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org
514-859-9023 -- sansfrontieres at resist.ca

From aaron at resist.ca  Mon Jan  2 14:52:31 2006
From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca)
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 14:52:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Report: "Pettigrew,
	tu tue nos enfants en Haiti!"
Message-ID: <2674.66.11.160.76.1136242351.squirrel@mail.resist.ca>

Pettigrew, tu tue nos enfants en Haiti!
{Pettigrew, you're killing our kids in Haiti!}

by Aaron Lakoff

http://aaron.resist.ca/?q=node/57

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To view a photo-essay from the demonstration, visit:
http://gallery.cmaq.net/pettigew
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Montreal, January 2, 2006 - Exactly 202 years and one day after the slaves
of the colony of Hispaniola succeeded in overthrowing their French masters
and colonizers ? leading to the birth of the republic of Haiti ? about 45
members of the Haitian community gathered in the Villeray area of Montreal
to celebrate, but also to vent their rage.

The celebration was of course Haiti?s independence day, observed on
January 1st every year.  The occasion was marked in Montreal with a
festive atmosphere, upbeat Haitian kompa music, and dancing in the cold
and icy streets.

However, the gathering was also fueled with anger, as the crowd assembled
outside the riding office of Pierre Pettigrew, Canada?s Foreign Affairs
Minister.  It is safe to say that Pettigrew could easily be one of the
most detested figures amongst the Haitian community these days.  Pettigrew
has overseen an abhorrent Canadian presence in Haiti in the aftermath of
the 2004 coup d?etat which ousted democratically-elected leader
Jean-Bertrand Aristide.  Thousands of Haitians have been killed since this
coup, and the victims are more often than not targeted for their
affiliation to Aristide?s Lavalas movement, according to Amnesty
International.

However, when Pettigrew was questioned in 2005 about a University of Miami
human rights investigation in Haiti which brought these points to light,
he dismissed this as ?propaganda which is completely uninteresting?.  He
preferred instead to gloss over the matter and talk abstractly about the
wonderful role Canada is playing in bringing democracy to the poor
Caribbean nation.

Amidst the jubilant flag waving, there was also a marked anger in the air.
 Cries of ?Pettigrew assassin!? and ?Stop the genocide in Cite Soley!
Stop the genocide in Belair! Freedom for Haiti!? could be heard throughout
the neighborhood with a large immigrant and Haitian population.

Many people spoke passionately in French and Creole about the pitiful role
that Canada is playing in Haiti, sending RCMP officers to train the brutal
Haitian National Police (HNP), and offering their support for an election
process that many have denounced as sham ?selections?.  As one speaker put
it more bluntly, ?Canada is colonizing Haiti!?

Attention was also largely focused on the Canadian media, and the role
they play in the coup.  As video footage was shown from Kevin Pina?s film
?Haiti:  The Untold Story?, speakers declared that media outlets who
didn?t show these images of Haitians being killed by the HNP and the UN
were complicit in the coup, and propagating racism.

Food staples such as rice and beans were also piled up in front of
Pettigrew?s office doors, with a note demanding that he deliver the food
to disadvantaged communities in Haiti.  Chavannes Clerveaux, a local
Haitian musician and one of the organizers of the demonstration, explains,
?As our brothers and sisters are picking through garbage for food, Canada
is participating in massacres!?

Amongst the demands the demonstrators were making were an immediate
repatriation of all Canadian forces currently in Haiti, and for a public
investigation into the genocide perpetrated in Haiti between February 2004
and December 2005.  If this investigation isn?t launched by January 15th,
the community is ready to follow up with action.  As the presidential
elections were delayed in Haiti again, Haitians in Canada are determined
to take advantage of our own elections to put some heat on the rulers.

Perhaps given Pettigrew?s role in the Haitian crisis, he chose a bad
riding to run in.  Villeray is now riddled with posters which declare
?Pettigrew: Wanted for War Crimes in Haiti?.  The postering campaign was
initiated by Haiti Action Montreal, and many activists here are determined
to bring down Pettigrew in the upcoming federal elections on January 23rd.

For more information on Haiti Action, visit www.outofhaiti.ca.

(Aaron Lakoff is an activist and independent journalist with CKUT
community radio in Montreal.  He can be reached at aaron at resist dot ca.
 For other writings, see http://aaron.resist.ca)





From noii-montreal at resist.ca  Wed Jan  4 13:03:27 2006
From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 13:03:27 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] URGENT! SOLIDARITE AVEC ABDELKADER BELAOUNI
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601041303170.11902@resist.ca>


:: UN APPEL ? VOTRE SOLIDARIT? ET ? VOTRE SOUTIEN ::

:: ABDELKADER BELAOUNI PREND LE SANCTUAIRE DANS UNE ?GLISE MONTR?ALAISE ::

4 janvier 2006

Abdelkader Belaouni, un membre actif de Solidarit? sans fronti?res, du Comit? 
d'action des sans-statut alg?rien(ne)s et une des 100 personnes qui ont march? 
jusqu'? Ottawa cet ?t? pour exiger la r?gularisation des sans-statut vivant au 
Canada, a pris le sanctuaire ? l'?glise Saint-Gabriel, situ?e ? Montr?al. La 
d?portation d'Abdelkader est fix?e pour demain, soit jeudi le 5 janvier 2006. 
Malgr? cette date rapproch?e, il continue de lutter contre cette injustice, et 
a pris refuge en sanctuaire afin d'?viter sa d?portation.

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<><><><><<><>
Nous avons besoin de votre appui et de votre soutien afin d'assurer
qu'Abdelkader puisse demeurer en s?curit? dans son sanctuaire, jusqu'? ce
que son statut au Canada soit r?gularis?.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<><><><><><><><><><<><><>

Tandis que les ami(e)s d'Abdelkader se mobilisent activement pour qu'il puisse 
demeurer au Canada, nous devons d?s maintenant d?buter une campagne de 
T?L?PHONES/FAX/COURRIELS afin d'exiger que le Ministre de la Citoyennet? et de 
l'Immigration CESSE LES PROC?DURES DE D?PORTATION CONTRE ABDELKADER BELAOUNI ET 
LUI OCTROIE IMM?DIATEMENT UN STATUT PERMANENT AU CANADA.

La date de d?portation dAbdelkader arrive bient?t il est essentiel d'ici l? de 
d?montrer notre appui et d'exiger justice.

:: DES GESTES SIMPLES ? POSER ::

Appelez et/ou t?l?copiez une lettre aux politicien(ne)s suivants et exigez 
qu'ils cessent les proc?dures de d?portation contre Abdelkader et qu'il lui 
accordent le statut de r?sident permanent du Canada. Veuillez envoyez une copie 
conforme de votre correspondance ? sansfrontieres at resist.ca pour nous aviser 
que vous avez ?crit ou t?l?phon?. ?tant donn? le temps tr?s limit?, les 
t?l?phones aux politicien(ne)s ont une importance particuli?re.


--- Joe Volpe, Ministre de la Citoyennet? et de l'Immigration, t?l. : (613) 
992-6361 ET (416) 781-5583, fax : (613) 992-9791 ET (416) 781-5586, 
volpej at parl.gc.ca ET Minister at cic.gc.ca

--- Anne McLellan, Ministre de la S?curit? publique et de la Protection civile 
(aussi responsable de l'Agence canadienne des services frontaliers), t?l.: 
(613) 992-4524, fax: (613) 943-0044, McLellan.A at parl.gc.ca

---Ren? Daoust, Directeur des renvois, CIC Montr?al, t?l: (514) 496-1237,fax: 
(514) 496-2222

--- Liza Frulla, d?put?e lib?rale dans le comt? Jeanne-Le Ber, t?l.: 
(514)496-4885, fax: (514)496-4888

--- Paul Martin, Premier ministre du Canada, t?l: (514) 363-0954, fax: 
(514)367-5533, pm at pm.gc.ca


Vous pouvez vous r?f?rer au mod?le de lettre qui se trouve ci-dessous.

::: HISTORIQUE :::

Abdelkader Belaouni est un homme aveugle d'origine alg?rienne, qui vit ? 
Montr?al depuis pr?s de trois ans. Apr?s avoir ?puis? tous les recours qui lui 
auraient permis de demeurer l?galement au Canada, apr?s avoir re?u un ordre de 
d?portation pour le 5 janvier 2006, Abdelkader a trouv? sanctuaire ? l'?glise 
Saint-Gabriel, situ?e dans son propre quartier de Pointe-Saint-Charles ? 
Montr?al. Pour lui, la d?portation serait synonyme de la perte de la dignit?, 
de l'autonomie et de la s?curit? qu'il a travaill? fort pour obtenir depuis 
qu'il vit ? Montr?al.

Reconnaissant l'importance de soutenir M. Belaouni dans sa lutte contre 
l'injustice de la d?cision de Citoyennet? et Immigration Canada de rejeter ses 
demandes de demeurer l?galement au Canada, l'?glise de Saint-Gabriel ? Montr?al 
lui a offert son hospitalit?. Le P?re MacDonald cite: "[C'est] la justice 
compatissante que nous cherchons, pas une forme l?galiste de justice".

L'adaptation de M. Belaouni ? la vie ? Montr?al est autrement remarquable du 
fait quil a d?j? ?t? d?plac? par deux fois : d'abord en Alg?rie o? il a subi la 
guerre civile, puis dans le climat qui suivit les ?v?nements du 11 Septembre 
2001 aux ?tats-Unis, o? il a v?cu les apr?s-coups racistes envers les Arabes et 
Musulmans. De plus, son int?gration ? la soci?t? qu?b?coise et canadienne est 
soulign?e par les 32 lettres d'appui quil a d?j? re?ues, provenant 
d'organisations importantes, telles Le Comit? d'Aide aux R?fugi?s, Montreal 
City Mission, l'Association Multi-ethnique pour l'int?gration des personnes 
handicap?es, Welfare Rights et les Services juridiques communautaires de 
Pointe-Saint-Charles et Petite-Bourgogne. M. Belaouni serait d?port? dabord aux 
?tats-unis, o? il existe un tr?s fort risque de d?tention en attendant une 
d?portation vers l'Alg?rie. Puisque Abdelkader est aveugle et diab?tique, il 
serait particuli?rement vuln?rable ? une d?tention. M. Belaouni a ?t? victime 
d'une d?cision injuste de CIC, qui a rejet? son application sur la base de 
motifs humanitaires le 24 Octobre 2005. Cette d?cision est discriminatoire 
envers M. Belaouni puisqu'elle repose sur le fait qu'il n'a pas ?t? ? l'emploi, 
et de ce fait n?glige la discrimination syst?mique qui existe envers les 
personnes handicap?es en g?n?ral ainsi que le manque d'acc?s aux opportunit?s 
d'emploi d?coulant de la pr?carit? associ?e ? l'absence de statut l?gal.


::: MOD?LE DE LETTRE :::

Vous pouvez utiliser la lettre qui suit comme mod?le. Vous pouvez aussi 
personnaliser le texte si vous le d?sirez.

(Nom)

(Adresse)


(Lieu, date)

Objet : Abdelkader Belaouni

Madame / Monsieur (inscrivez le nom ici),

Je suis ?tonn? autant que f?ch? dapprendre que le Canada sappr?te ? d?porter M. 
Abdelkader Belaouni le 5 janvier prochain. M. Belaouni est un homme qui a 
surmont? de multiples obstacles dont une d?ficience visuelle importante et qui 
a su se b?tir une vie digne et stable ici ? Montr?al, cela apr?s avoir ?t? 
d?plac? par deux fois.  Je trouve choquant que CIC ait opt? non pas pour la 
compassion, mais pour un refus doctroyer un statut bas? sur le seul fait que M. 
Belaouni na jamais pu se trouver un emploi. Cette d?cision ne tient pas compte 
de sa d?ficience visuelle totale et est donc discriminatoire. Cette d?cision ne 
tient pas non plus compte des contributions significatives et des liens solides 
que M. Belaouni a forg?s au sein de la communaut? autant ? Pointe-Saint-Charles 
que dans la r?gion de Montr?al.

M. Belaoui profite de lappui de plus de trente organismes ? Montr?al ainsi que 
de celui dun grand nombres dindividus, dont je fais partie. Je me permets de 
citer lexemple de M. Steve Watson, du syndicat des Travailleurs canadiens de 
lautomobile (CAW-TCA), qui ?crit :

         ? Je sais quAbdelkader a travaill? fort pour mener une vie autonome au 
Canada. Il est actif dans son quartier, Pointe-Saint-Charles, et au sein de 
groupes qui oeuvrent pour rendre la vie meilleure pour les gens qui souffrent 
de pauvret? et dins?curit?. ?

         ? Abdelkader a travaill? fort pour tenter de subvenir ? ses besoins. Il 
ma expliqu? quil a d?j? vendu le journal lItin?raire dans le m?tro de Montr?al. 
Il a aussi pris des cours de mobilit? pour les aveugles ? lInstitut Nazareth et 
Louis-Braille. ?

         ? Il ne devrait pas ?tre p?nalis? ? cause de mesures discriminatoires 
et de politiques demploi qui sont hors de son contr?le. Parce quil nest pas 
citoyen canadien, Abdelkader na pas pu participer ? des programmes destin?s ? 
am?liorer les chances des personnes aveugles. ?

         ? Malgr? tout cela, Abdelkader a fait du b?n?volat aupr?s de 
lAssociation multi-ethnique pour lint?gration des personnes handicap?es 
(AMEIPH). Il y travaille comme r?ceptionniste depuis janvier 2005. Jai appris 
depuis quil na manqu? que trois jours : quand sa m?re est tomb?e dans le coma, 
quand sa m?re est morte et quand il a re?u son ordre de d?portation.

         ? Nous avons besoin de plus de gens comme Abdelkader au Canada. ?

Et je suis tout ? fait en accord.

En cas de d?portation, M. Belaouni sera probablement d?tenu aux ?tats-Unis en 
attendant d?tre expuls? vers lAlg?rie ; cela d?montre dune injustice flagrante. 
En d?tention, il sera particuli?rement vuln?rable, ? cause de son diab?te et de 
sa d?ficience visuelle, et ce en plus de la discrimination auquel il fera face 
en tant quArabe musulman.

Pourquoi le Canada cherche-t-il ? d?porter vers la d?tention, le renvoi et 
lins?curit? un individu qui a grandement contribu? ? notre communaut? tout en 
vivant une vie digne et autonome au pays?

Je vous somme de faire tout ce qui est en votre pouvoir pour mettre fin aux 
proc?dures de d?portation contre M. Belaouni et pour lui accorder un statut 
permanent au Canada.

Veuillez accepter mes salutations sinc?res,

(Nom)
(Adresse)

*******************************************

Cet appel a ?t? lanc? par le Comit? de soutien ? Abdelkader Belaouni, 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca, (514) 859-9023, ou www.solidaritesansfrontieres.org


Pour voir des photos de Kader lors de la marche Personne n'est ill?gal
sur Ottawa, visitez le:

http://gallery.cmaq.net/nooiimarch_05/DSCN0013_1
http://gallery.cmaq.net/nooiimarch_05/DSCN0026_1

---
sansfrontieres at resist.ca
http://www.solidaritesansfrontieres.org

From noii-montreal at resist.ca  Wed Jan  4 13:03:47 2006
From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 13:03:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] URGENT! SOLIDARITY WITH ABDELKADER BELAOUNI!!!
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601041303350.11902@resist.ca>


::: A CALL FOR SUPPORT, SOLIDARITY AND ACTION :::

::: ABDELKADER BELAOUNI TAKES SANCTUARY INSIDE A MONTREAL CHURCH :::

4 January 2006

Abdelkader Belaouni ? who is an active member of Solidarity Across Borders & 
the Action Committee of Non-Status Algerians, and was one of over 100 people 
who marched to Ottawa this summer to demand the regularization of all 
non-status persons in Canada ? has taken sanctuary at St. Gabriel?s church in 
Montreal. Abdelkader?s deportation date is set for tomorrow, January 5th, but 
he has decided to continue to fight against this injustice, and has sought 
sanctuary in order to avoid deportation.

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Your support is urgently needed to ensure that Abdelkader remains safely in
sanctuary until his status in Canada is regularized!
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<><><><><><<><><><><><><><><><<><><><

While Abdelkader and his supporters are actively campaigning for him to stay in 
Canada, we are urgently calling for a PHONE/FAX/EMAIL campaign, to demand that 
the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration STAY ABDELKADER BELAOUNI?S 
DEPORTATION AND IMMEDIATELY GRANT HIM STATUS IN CANADA.

It is essential ? as Abdelkader?s deportation date passes ? that we demonstrate 
our support and demand justice.

TAKE ACTION

>> Please call and/or fax a letter to the following politicians to demand that 
>> they stop Abdelkader?s deportation and grant him permanent
resident status in Canada. Please cc sansfrontieres at resist.ca to let us know 
you have written or called.

Calls are particularly important during this period because of the urgency.

Joe Volpe, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Tel: (613) 992-6361 and 
(416) 781-5583, Fax: (613) 992-9791 and (416) 781-5586, volpej at parl.gc.ca AND 
Minister at cic.gc.ca

Anne McLellan, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (also in 
charge of the Canadian Border Services Agency), Tel: (613) 992-4524, Fax: (613) 
943-0044, McLellan.A at parl.gc.ca

Ren? D?Aoust, Director Investigations and Removals, CIC Montreal, Tel: (514) 
496-1237, Fax: (514) 496-2222

Liza Frulla, MP (Liberal), Jeanne-Le Ber, Tel: (514) 496-4885, Fax: (514) 
496-4888

Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada, Tel: (514) 363-0954, Fax: (514) 
367-5533, pm at pm.gc.ca


See sample letter, below.


:::BACKGROUND:::

Abdelkader Belaouni is a blind man from Algeria who has been living in Montreal 
for close to three years.  After exhausting all recourses to remain legally in 
Canada, and facing deportation on January 5th, 2005, Abdelkader sought 
sanctuary at Saint Gabriel?s church in his own neighbourhood of Point 
St-Charles, in Montreal. For him, deportation will mean losing the dignity, 
autonomy and security for which he has worked so hard to achieve since settling 
in Montreal nearly three years ago.

Recognizing the importance of supporting Abdelkader in his fight against the 
injustice of Citizenship and Immigration Canada?s decision to reject his 
applications to remain legally in Canada, Saint Gabriel?s church in Montreal 
offered sanctuary to Abdelkader. Father MacDonald, of Saint Gabriel?s church, 
has stated: ?[It is] compassionate justice that we are looking for, as opposed 
to any kind of legalistic justice.?


Over the past few years, Abdelkader has worked hard to put down roots in 
Montreal.  His adaptation to life in Montreal is particularly remarkable given 
that he has been displaced on two previous occasions: first in Algeria where he 
endured and escaped the civil war and, second, in the post-9/11/2001 climate of 
the U.S.A., where he experienced the racist backlash against Arabs and Muslims. 
Moreover, his involvement in Quebec and Canadian society is demonstrated by the 
32 letters of support he has received thus far, including organizations and 
individuals who have come to know and respect him.  Groups such as Committee to 
Aid Refugees, Montreal City Mission, Association Multi-ethnique pour 
l'int?gration des personnes handicap?es (where he volunteered for over a 
year),The Brail and Nazareth Institute, and Legal Aid of Pointe St-Charles and 
Little Burgundy have called for the deportation to be halted and Abdelkader to 
remain in Canada.


Mr. Belaouni would be deported first to the U.S.A., where there is a high risk 
of detention pending deportation back to Algeria. As an Arab, as a Muslim, and 
as a blind man with diabetes-related health problems, he would be particularly 
vulnerable in detention.



Mr. Belaouni was victim of an unjust decision by CIC that rejected his 
application on Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds on October 24, 2005. This 
decision discriminated against Mr. Belaouni on the basis that he wasn't 
employed ? which neglected to take into account both the systemic 
discrimination against handicapped persons in general and the lack of access to 
employment opportunities as a result of the precariousness associated with not 
having legal status. The decision ignores the varied contributions that 
Abdelkader has made in his community.


:: SAMPLE LETTER ::

Feel free to use the following letter as a model. Please also feel free to 
personalize the text as much as possible.


(Name)

(Address)


(Place, date)

Re : Abdelkader Belaouni

Dear (fill in name),

I am shocked and angry to learn that Canada plans to deport Mr. Abdelkader 
Belaouni on January 5th.  Mr. Belaouni is a man who has overcome great barriers 
- including a visual impairment - to create a secure and dignified life for 
himself in Montreal, after being displaced twice.  I find it alarming that 
rather than exercise its ?compassion? and recognize Mr. Belaouni?s 
achievements, CIC has instead based its refusal to grant Mr. Belaouni status on 
the grounds that Mr. Belaouni has been unable to find work. This decision fails 
to take into account the fact of his total visual impairment, and is thus 
discriminatory.  Not only does this decision discriminate against Mr. Belaouni 
because of his disability, but it also ignores the significant contributions 
and strong connections Mr. Belaouni has made in his community of Point 
St-Charles, and more broadly in Montreal.

Mr. Belaouni enjoys the support of over 30 organizations in Montreal, as well 
as the support of countless individuals such as myself. For example, Steve 
Watson from the Canadian Auto Worker's union writes:

       "I know that Abdelkader has tried hard to make an independent life for 
himself in Canada. He is active in his neighbourhood, Point St-Charles, and in 
groups working to make a better life for people in poverty and insecurity.

       "Abdelkader has tried very hard to support himself. He told me how he 
sold the magazine l'Itineraire in the Montreal Metro. He has taken a mobility 
course for the blind at the Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille.

       "He should not be penalized for discriminatory policies and employment 
practices which are beyond his control. Because he is not a citizen Abdelkader 
was denied entry to some programmes meant to enhance opportunities for the 
blind.

       "Nevertheless, Abdelkader has volunteered with the Multi-Ethnic 
Association for the Integration of the Handicapped of Quebec (AMEIPH). There he 
has been a front-desk receptionist since January, 2005. I have since learned 
that he has only missed three days: once when his mother went into a coma, once 
when his mother died, and once after he learned of his deportation order.

       "We need more people like Abdelkader in Canada.?


I couldn?t agree more.

The fact that the deportation of Mr. Belaouni will likely mean his detention in 
the US, pending his eventual deportation to Algeria, exemplifies a gross 
injustice.He will be particularly vulnerable in detention due to his diabetes 
and visual impairment, and this in addition to the discrimination that he will 
face as an Arab and Muslim.

Why would Canada deport a man to detention, deportation and insecurity - 
someone who contributes to the fabric of our community while living a dignified 
and autonomous life in Canada?

I urge you to exercise your power to stop the deportation of Mr. Belaouni, and 
to provide him with status here in Canada.


Sincerely,

Name
Address

************************************************************************

This appeal is issued by the Committee to Support Abdelkader Belaouni
sansfrontieres at resist.ca
(514) 859-9023
www.solidarityacrossborders.org

To see photos of Abdelkader marching to Ottawa with Solidarity Across
Borders this past summer, visit:
http://gallery.cmaq.net/nooiimarch_05/DSCN0013_1
http://gallery.cmaq.net/nooiimarch_05/DSCN0026_1

---
sansfrontieres at resist.ca
http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org

From mfoster at web.ca  Wed Jan  4 17:40:01 2006
From: mfoster at web.ca (mfoster at web.ca)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 20:40:01 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] samedi: MANIF rally against shooting death of
 Mohammed Bennis by Montreal police
Message-ID: <1079.199.243.52.155.1136425201.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>

(english below. svp faire diffuser.)

MANIFESTATION pour Mohammed Hanas Bennis, victime de profilage raciale
samedi le 7 janvier a 10h30
a partir de Place des Arts.

Mohammed Hanas Bennis (25 ans) etait la mort du feu, abattu par un
policier de la ville de Montr?al le 01 d?cembre 2005.

Le comit? de coordination et de suivi de cette affaire vous invite ?
participer massivement ? une manifestation pacifique qui aura lieu samedi
le 7 Janvier 2006 ? 10h30 ? partir de la place des arts (metro places des
arts, sortie Ste-Catherine). Soyez nombreuse !

+++++++++

PROTEST for Mohammed Hanas Bennis, victim of racial profiling
Saturday, 7 January at 10:30pm
from Place des Arts

Mohammed Hanas Bennis (25 years) was shot dead by a Montreal police
officer on December 01st 2005.

The coordination & follow-up committee has organized a massive peaceful
protest on Saturday 07th of January 2006 at 10:30AM, departing from Place
des Arts. Please come in great numbers.

Metro Place des Arts / exit : Ste-Catherine

===================

LETTER FROM THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF MONTREAL
RE SHOOTING OF MOHAMED ANNAS BENNIS

Montreal, December 21st 2005


Mr Jean Charest
Prime Minister of Quebec
770, rue Sherbrooke Ouest 4e ?tage
Montr?al Qc H3A 1G1


Re: The death of Mohamed Annas Bennis, who was shot dead by an SPVM police
officer on December 1st 2005.

Dear Mayor Tremblay,

I am bringing to your attention the case of Mohamed Annas Bennis who was
shot dead by an SPVM police officer on December 15, 2005. After three
weeks of his death, neither his relatives nor the Muslim community have
any clear information relating to his death.

Mr. Bennis, who was returning from morning prayers when the incident took
place, was shot in the shoulder and heart and was pronounced dead on
arrival at the Jewish General Hospital.  Montreal police says he was
carrying a knife and attempted to stab an officer who was present at the
scene of an earlier unrelated arrest.

Based on the testimony of those who knew Bennis, he was a pious Muslim
with an impeccable reputation, and the police allegations against him are
completely incompatible with his personality and character. In light of
this, MCM and many members of the community are concerned that Bennis may
have been an unfortunate victim of racial profiling or raw racism and, as
a result, paid for it with his life.

Please note that I believe that the vast majority of police officers in
this city are dedicated to making the streets of Montreal safe and perform
an outstanding service. However, if the information transmitted by the
Police is not true, the action of the officer is proven to be excessive,
or there is no quick, impartial and transparent investigation of this
incident this would tarnish the reputation of all police officers and
would be really unfortunate.

Montreal's Muslim community, and other Montreal communities who suffered
racial profiling in the past, are eager to know what really happened as
they are very concerned about this incident and, as a consequence, feel
less safe on the street's of Montreal.


Furthermore, due to the anger and rage over this incident, if this problem
is not addressed soon it would sour the relations between the police and
above communities, and it would become instrumental in damaging the social
fabric of our city.

Therefore, I recommend the following steps to be acted upon immediately:

1.	The Provincial government must reiterate its commitment to a zero
tolerance policy towards racism and racial profiling of any kind within
the police force or any other government institution.
2.	The Provincial government must assure the Muslim community that the
investigation into Bennis' death will be transparent, independent and done
in a timely fashion without any stalling.
3.	That those who have committed any wrong doing will be held fully
accountable for their actions.

The above assurances could be given through a public announcement or by a
direct letter to the Muslim Council of Montreal, which in turn will
announce to the Muslim community and other effected communities. This will
also stop a series of planned protests that may become instrumental in
deteriorating the situation further.

If you have any question please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.

Thank you for your understanding, and hoping the above request will meet
with your full support, I remain,

Sincerely

Salam Elmenyawi
President, Muslim Council of Montreal - MCM


CC :
-	Mr. Jacques P. Dupuis, Minister of  Public Security of Qu?bec.
-	Mr. Yvon Marcoux, Minster of  Justice of Qu?bec.
-	Mme Lise Th?riault, Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities of
Qu?bec.
-	Mr. Mario Dumont, Leader of the Party ADQ.
-	Mr. Andr? Boisclair, Leader of the Party Qu?b?cois.




From mfoster at web.ca  Wed Jan  4 17:54:38 2006
From: mfoster at web.ca (mfoster at web.ca)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 20:54:38 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] samedi : protest shooting death of Mohammed
 Hanas Bennis by Montreal police
Message-ID: <1083.199.243.52.155.1136426078.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>

(english below. svp faire diffuser.)

MANIFESTATION pour Mohammed Hanas Bennis, victime de profilage raciale
samedi le 7 janvier a 10h30
a partir de Place des Arts.

Mohammed Hanas Bennis (25 ans) etait la mort du feu, abattu par un
policier de la ville de Montr?al le 01 d?cembre 2005.

Le comit? de coordination et de suivi de cette affaire vous invite ?
participer massivement ? une manifestation pacifique qui aura lieu samedi
le 7 Janvier 2006 ? 10h30 ? partir de la place des arts (metro places des
arts, sortie Ste-Catherine). Soyez nombreuse !

+++++++++

PROTEST for Mohammed Hanas Bennis, victim of racial profiling
Saturday, 7 January at 10:30pm
from Place des Arts

Mohammed Hanas Bennis (25 years) was shot dead by a Montreal police
officer on December 01st 2005.

The coordination & follow-up committee has organized a massive peaceful
protest on Saturday 07th of January 2006 at 10:30AM, departing from Place
des Arts. Please come in great numbers.

Metro Place des Arts / exit : Ste-Catherine

===================

LETTER FROM THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF MONTREAL
RE SHOOTING OF MOHAMED ANNAS BENNIS

Montreal, December 21st 2005


Mr Jean Charest
Prime Minister of Quebec
770, rue Sherbrooke Ouest 4e ?tage
Montr?al Qc H3A 1G1


Re: The death of Mohamed Annas Bennis, who was shot dead by an SPVM police
officer on December 1st 2005.

Dear Mayor Tremblay,

I am bringing to your attention the case of Mohamed Annas Bennis who was
shot dead by an SPVM police officer on December 15, 2005. After three
weeks of his death, neither his relatives nor the Muslim community have
any clear information relating to his death.

Mr. Bennis, who was returning from morning prayers when the incident took
place, was shot in the shoulder and heart and was pronounced dead on
arrival at the Jewish General Hospital.  Montreal police says he was
carrying a knife and attempted to stab an officer who was present at the
scene of an earlier unrelated arrest.

Based on the testimony of those who knew Bennis, he was a pious Muslim
with an impeccable reputation, and the police allegations against him are
completely incompatible with his personality and character. In light of
this, MCM and many members of the community are concerned that Bennis may
have been an unfortunate victim of racial profiling or raw racism and, as
a result, paid for it with his life.

Please note that I believe that the vast majority of police officers in
this city are dedicated to making the streets of Montreal safe and perform
an outstanding service. However, if the information transmitted by the
Police is not true, the action of the officer is proven to be excessive,
or there is no quick, impartial and transparent investigation of this
incident this would tarnish the reputation of all police officers and
would be really unfortunate.

Montreal's Muslim community, and other Montreal communities who suffered
racial profiling in the past, are eager to know what really happened as
they are very concerned about this incident and, as a consequence, feel
less safe on the street's of Montreal.


Furthermore, due to the anger and rage over this incident, if this problem
is not addressed soon it would sour the relations between the police and
above communities, and it would become instrumental in damaging the social
fabric of our city.

Therefore, I recommend the following steps to be acted upon immediately:

1.	The Provincial government must reiterate its commitment to a zero
tolerance policy towards racism and racial profiling of any kind within
the police force or any other government institution.
2.	The Provincial government must assure the Muslim community that the
investigation into Bennis' death will be transparent, independent and done
in a timely fashion without any stalling.
3.	That those who have committed any wrong doing will be held fully
accountable for their actions.

The above assurances could be given through a public announcement or by a
direct letter to the Muslim Council of Montreal, which in turn will
announce to the Muslim community and other effected communities. This will
also stop a series of planned protests that may become instrumental in
deteriorating the situation further.

If you have any question please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.

Thank you for your understanding, and hoping the above request will meet
with your full support, I remain,

Sincerely

Salam Elmenyawi
President, Muslim Council of Montreal - MCM


CC :
-	Mr. Jacques P. Dupuis, Minister of  Public Security of Qu?bec.
-	Mr. Yvon Marcoux, Minster of  Justice of Qu?bec.
-	Mme Lise Th?riault, Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities of
Qu?bec.
-	Mr. Mario Dumont, Leader of the Party ADQ.
-	Mr. Andr? Boisclair, Leader of the Party Qu?b?cois.




From aaron at resist.ca  Fri Jan  6 18:11:50 2006
From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca)
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:11:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Bel Air: Betrayed by the UN  
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601061810270.6136@resist.ca>

Bel Air: Betrayed by the UN

by Leslie Bagg and Aaron Lakoff

January 6, 2006 - Port au Prince, Haiti

Our second day in Haiti brought us to the slum of Bel Air, an area extremely 
different than other areas of Port au Prince. Not far from the glistening 
Palais Nationale, Bel Air is a poor neighborhood which has been hit hard since 
the February 2004 coup. It's own residents describe a campaign of political 
.cleansing" happening here. Bel Air has been the site of several massacres. On 
June 4 2005, CIVPOL (UN .Civilian. Police . now known as UNPOL) forces killed 
14 people. On February 25 2005 14 people were killed by police as Brazilian UN 
soldiers looked on. Our brief visit today gave us a good idea of the impact 
that this cleansing has on people's daily lives.

UN Brazilian MINUSTA (Mission Nations Unies de Stabilization en Haiti) forces 
are omnipresent here, sitting at checkpoints behind roadblocks on the street 
and patrolling around. Directly adjacent to one of the checkpoints sits one of 
the taller buildings of the area - a building which has been occupied by 
MINUSTAH.  Military camouflage netting is draped from the windows, and soldiers 
peer down at the street.

As we walk by and snap photos, one soldier comes running out of a building. He 
stops us and demands to see our press passes. American independent journalist 
Kevin Pina explains that this is the first time they have done this. Their 
efforts to control the press seem to have gone up a notch. As the soldiers 
write down our names it becomes clear that they don't want journalists roaming 
freely here. They invite us on a press tour in Fort National, another area of 
Port au Prince. Journalists who go on these tours are escorted around by armed 
guards, speak to the people the UN want them to speak to and see what they want 
them to see. We decline.

Perhaps the MINUSTA have good reason to be nervous for the world to see what 
they have been doing in places like Bel Air. Later in our visit, we have a 
chance to meet with Robert Montinard, the coordinator of a group called Zakat 
Enfant. He explains to us that his group has been a bridge between the UN and 
the community. Unfortunately it is a bridge that is quickly burning.

After a meeting between community leaders and UN officials to discuss human 
rights abuses in the community, Zakat Enfant signed a contract with the UN to 
help them implement their program - DDR: Disarmament, Demobilization, and 
Reinsertion. The deal was that youth in the neighborhood would give up their 
arms, and in return they would not be arrested or harassed (unless they do 
something else wrong) and the UN would provide badly needed social programs. 
Bel Air is a neighborhood where many children can go up to 3 days without food 
and do not have a chance to go to school or have access to health care.  It 
sounds nice, except there's one problem . the UN isn't holding up their part of 
the deal.

Since the beginning of the program, dozens of people have given up their guns, 
but all they've gotten in return is a passcard with their picture on it, part 
of the UN's program of social control.  Eloi, for example, is a local kid we 
met who traded in his gun under DDR.  In return, all he got was his plastic UN 
photo id which will theoretically allow him to get through the UN checkpoints 
unbothered.

2 people who returned their arms have already been arrested and the promised 
social programs have yet to appear. As Robert says, "Christmas passed without 
even one candy for the kids".

Now Robert is between a rock and a hard place. On the one side UN officials are 
pushing him to continue with the program, on the other side, the increasingly 
frustrated community sees Robert and Zakat Enfant as traitors and are taking 
out their anger on them.  Robert tells us he cannot walk around freely in his 
own community anymore.  And what of his group, Zakat Enfant?  The organization 
was supposed to help kids traumatized by war, and give them workshops in 
non-violence, but they have been sold-out by the UN and rendered useless.

Others are very clear about who's to blame for Haiti's current troubles. Samba 
Boukman, the local spokesperson for Lavalas, is frank with us. He blames the 
US, France, and Canada for the crisis in Haiti. He wonders why Canada is 
working against the Haitian people, but he has his theory - Canadian companies 
are doing business with the elite "civil society" group 184.  It would seem 
that democracy in Haiti is not in their best interests. Canada is lending its 
complete support to MINUSTA, and MINUSTA has turned Bel Air into a veritable 
occupied zone. As Robert had explained before, "If we're in prison, if we're 
poor, if we're dying, it's France, USA and Canada.  It's not the military's 
fault. They know nothing. They're just there following orders. It's the 
diplomats, the ambassadors, the politicians who are doing this".

We have arrived in Haiti in a chaotic and uncertain time. We were expecting to 
be here days before the presidential elections, scheduled for January 8th, but 
now postponed indefinitely for the fourth time.  The elections are laughable, 
especially in the way they are being framed by the authorities.  Today, the UN 
security council called an urgent session to debate the continuing 
postponements of Haiti's elections.  The Conseil Electoral Provisoire (CEP), 
funded by USAID and CIDA, have put the blame on the UN and OAS, who have been 
quick to shift it back to them.  All sides deny their complicity in this royal 
failure.

As the big shots play hot potato, the reaction on the streets is quite 
different.  No one is surprised, although tensions are high. Haitians know 
quite well that they are being asked to participate in "selections" rather than 
elections. Samba Boukman says he is registered to vote anyway.  He explains the 
Lavalas position is that true elections can not proceed unless the thousands of 
political prisoners being held in Haiti are released, the repression of people 
in poor neighborhoods comes to an end, disarmament is complete and political 
exiles are allowed to return to the country.  All of these issues are 
completely lacking from the Canadian discourse.  In fact, Paul Martin has 
denied there are any political prisoners in Haiti, and Canada just wants to 
push forth with any elections, come hell or high water.  Although Boukman is 
not optimistic that his demands will be met, he sees elections as the only way 
the people can move forward peacefully.

As we leave Bel Air, we see graffiti on the side of a building that translates 
roughly as "expensive life + social exclusion = civil war". As Robert Montinard 
explains, the violence that has plagued Bel Air is violence that is borne of 
misery and poverty. It's a cycle that won't be broken by treachery and unkept 
promises from the UN, the US, France and Canada.

(Leslie Bagg and Aaron Lakoff are two activists and independent journalists 
from Montreal.  They will be filing written and audio reports from Haiti 
throughout the month of January, specifically focusing on the role of Canada in 
the country's current crisis.  They can be reached at 
montrealtohaiti at resist.ca)


From noii-montreal at resist.ca  Sun Jan  8 19:10:35 2006
From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal)
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 19:10:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Mardi/Tuesday: Une vigile pour les refugies
 massacres au Caire/A
 vigil for the Sudanese victims of the Cairo massacre (12h-13h, 1 Place
 Ville-Marie, MONTREAL)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601081910110.14764@resist.ca>


[English below]

PAS EN NOTRE NOM

Une vigile pour les r?fugi?s soudanais massacr?s au Caire

La nature meurtri?re du r?gime ?gyptien a ?t? une fois de plus r?v?l?e au grand 
jour. Le 30 d?cembre 2005, alors que des r?fugi?s soudanais manifestaient au 
Caire pacifiquement et en toute l?galit?, la police ?gyptienne a attaqu? les 
manifestants, tuant 27 personnes, dont plusieurs femmes et enfants.

**

*Pour manifester notre solidarit? avec les r?fugi?(e)s soudanais, une vigile se 
tiendra en face du Consulat ?gyptien de Montr?al (1 Place Ville-Marie) le mardi 
10 janvier 2006, de 12h00 pm ? 13h00 pm. Cette vigile est organisee par la 
/Coalition ?gyptienne pour la d?mocratie et la justice./

*Ce massacre n'est qu'un exemple parmi d'autres de l'oppression que ce r?gime 
fait subir sans distinction ? toutes les couches de la soci?t?: musulmans et 
chr?tiens, gauchistes et lib?raux, paysans et ouvriers, et m?me femmes et 
enfants. Il est d?sormais ?vident que le r?gime ?gyptien ne se pr?occupe que de 
se maintenir au pouvoir et de servir les int?r?ts am?ricains dans la r?gion. Le 
r?gime ?gyptien, de par les nombreuses violations des droits humains qu'il a 
commises au cours de l'ann?e 2005, a d?montr? qu'il n'a aucun respect pour les 
citoyens ?gyptiens. Voici quelques exemples de ces violations :


1) L'arrestation, la d?tention et la torture de milliers de B?douins 
d?favoris?s du Sina?, ? titre de ch?timent collectif suite ? une s?rie 
d'attaques terroristes d'origine inconnue.

2) L'arrestation et la d?tention, ? Serando Al Fayoum, de milliers de fermiers 
qui ont refus? de c?der leurs terres aux grands propri?taires terriens. Un des 
fermiers arr?t?s, Nifisa Ahmed Al Marakby, est d?c?d?e le jour suivant sa 
lib?ration suite aux tortures qu'elle a subies durant sa d?tention (selon les 
statistiques, depuis la moiti? des ann?es 1990, un million de fermiers 
d?favoris?s ont ?t? chass?s de leurs terres en raison des nouvelles politiques 
n?olib?rales).

3) L'arrestation des membres du nouveau mouvement d'opposition Kefaya et, en 
mai 2005, ? l'occasion d'une manifestation contre les r?sultats trafiqu?s du 
r?f?rendum pr?sidentiel (Le pr?sident Hosni Mubarak est au pouvoir depuis 
1981), le harc?lement sexuel de 4 femmes activistes en pr?sence des m?dias 
?trangers.

4) L'arrestation de Ayman Nour - le principal candidat s'?tant pr?sent? contre 
Mubarak lors des derni?res ?lections pr?sidentielles -, et sa condamnation ? 5 
ans de prison sous de fausses accusations. Une telle manoeuvre garantit le 
transfert du pouvoir au fils du pr?sident et ?limine toute comp?tition s?rieuse 
pour la prochaine ?lection.

5) L'arrestation, ? l'aide de gaz lacrymog?nes, de dizaines d'?gyptiens qui ont 
voulu voter lors des derni?res ?lections de novembre 2005, ainsi que l'usage 
d'armes ? feu contre la foule de votants, ce qui se solda par la mort d'une 
douzaine de civils.

6) Des attaques physiques dirig?es contre les juges qui ont tent? d'emp?cher le 
parti au pouvoir de truquer les ?lections l?gislatives.

7) Le massacre, en d?cembre 2005, des r?fugi?s soudanais dans les rues du 
Caire, un acte qui venait confirmer la nature r?pressive et meurtri?re du 
r?gime en place.

Tout en esp?rant que plus une goutte de sang ne viendra s'ajouter ? celui d?j? 
vers? par les femmes et les enfants soudanais massacr?s par le r?gime ?gyptien, 
la /Coalition ?gyptienne pour la d?mocratie et la justice/ exige :

    1. Telle que r?clam?e par le mouvement Kefaya et les parlementaires
       de l'opposition, la d?mission du ministre ?gyptien de l'int?rieur
       pour sa responsabilit? dans le massacre des r?fugi?s soudanais.
    2. Une enqu?te internationale, sous l'?gide des Nations Unies, afin
       de poursuivre en justice les responsables de ce massacre.

La /Coalition ?gyptienne pour la d?mocratie et la justice/
Pour information, contacter Yasser Shoukry au [514] 276-1201
egyptiancoalition at hotmail.com

Appuyez par Solidarit? sans fronti?eres et Personne n'est ill?gal-Montr?al.

---


NOT IN OUR NAME

A vigil for the Sudanese victims of the Cairo massacre

The bloody nature of the Egyptian regime was proven one more time. On
December 30^th , 2005, Sudanese refugees, who were exercising their
right by holding a peaceful protest in Cairo, were attacked by the
Egyptian police, who killed 27 people, mostly women and children.

**

*In solidarity with the Sudanese refugees, a vigil will be held in front
of the Egyptian Consulate in Montreal (1 Place Ville Marie) , on Tuesday
January 10, 2006 from noon to 1 pm. The vigil is organised by the
Egyptian Coalition for Democracy and Justice*

This massacre is another example of the oppression this regime is
practicing against every one, Muslims and Christians, leftists and
liberals, peasants and workers and even women and children.
It is now clear that the Egyptian regime cares only about maintaining
power and serving the U.S. interest in the region. The record of human
rights violation of this regime through the year 2005 shows that it has
no respect for the people living in Egypt. Here are some examples:

    1. Arresting , detaining and torturing thousands of poor Bedouins in
       Sinai as a form of collective punishment after a series of unknown
       terrorist attacks.
    2. Detaining and arresting thousands of farmers in Serando Al Fayoum
       who refused to resign their lands to the landlords. Torturing
       Nifisa Ahmed Al Marakby, one of these farmers, which resulted in
       her death the day after her release from jail. (the statistics
       show that since the mid-nineties, one million poor farmers have
       been kicked out of their lands as a result of new liberalism
       policies)
    3. Arresting members of the new opposition movement, Kefaya, and
       sexually harassing four activist women in front of the
       international media on May 2005, during a demonstration against
       the unfair results of the presidential referendum. ( the Egyptian
       president has been in power since 1981)
    4. Arresting Ayman Nour, the main candidate running against Mubarak
       in the last presidential election and jailing him for 5 years on
       fake accusations, thus guaranteeing the transfer of power to the
       president's son and the absence of any real competitor in the next
       election.
    5. Arresting, using tear gas, and opening fire on the Egyptian people
       who wanted to vote during the last legislative election in
       November 2005, killing a dozen of civilians.
    6. Physically attacking the judges who tried to stop the ruling
       party's cheating during the legislative election.
    7. The massacre of the Sudanese refugees in Cairo streets on December
       2005, confirming the bloody nature of this regime.

Hoping that the blood of the Sudanese women and children massacred by
the Egyptian regime will be the last blood spilled by this regime, the
Egyptian Coalition for Democracy and Justice is demanding:

    1. The resignation of the Egyptian Minister of Interior for his
       responsibility in the massacre of the Sudanese refugees as was
       demanded by the Kefaya movement and the Egyptian parliament
       opposition
    2. An international investigation by the UN to charge all those
       responsible of this massacre.

The Egyptian Coalition for Democracy and Justice
Contact: Yasser Shoukry [514] 2761201
egyptiancoalition at hotmail.com

Endorsed by Solidarity Across Borders and No One Is Illegal-Montreal.

From lf_gaudet at yahoo.ca  Mon Jan  9 07:06:43 2006
From: lf_gaudet at yahoo.ca (Louis-F. Gaudet)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:06:43 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?iso-8859-1?q?Callout=3A_Montreal=92s_7th_A?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?narchist_Bookfair?=
Message-ID: <20060109150643.24939.qmail@web52310.mail.yahoo.com>

	
[Please post and forward]

1.	Announcing the Montreal?s 7th Anarchist Bookfair!
2.	Callout, Workshops
3.	How to request a table
4.	Callout, Art Exhibits and Films
5.	Callout, Festival of Anarchy Events
6.	Volunteers, Postering and Publicity
7.	Contact info

***********************************************
* 1.  Announcing the Montreal?s 7th Anarchist Bookfair!  *
***********************************************

MONTREAL's 7th ANNUAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
Saturday, May 20, 2005, 10am-6pm
Location TBA
MONTREAL, QUEBEC

--> The largest anarchist event in North America.
--> Part of the month-long Festival of Anarchy (May 2006).
--> Followed by a full day of Anarchist Presentations and Workshops (May 21, 2006).
--> Bring your kids! Kids activities and free childcare on-site.

The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair and Festival of Anarchy is the largest anarchist event in North
America, and an important exchange of anarchist and anti-authoritarian ideas. The Bookfair is for
anarchists and non-anarchists alike, in French and English, with participants from all over North
America and beyond. Founded in May 2000, the bookfair is now entering its seventh year.  Anarchist
Bookfair events include book and information tables, workshops, readings, films, presentations,
walking tours and much more. Once again, the Anarchist Bookfair will be followed -- on Sunday, May
21 -- by a full day dedicated to anarchist-themed workshops and presentations. As in the past, a
"Festival of Anarchy" will take place during the weeks preceeding the Bookfair, with diverse
events organized by anarchist and anti-authoritarian groups.

Proposal callouts for workshops, presentations, art exhibits, films, Festival of Anarchy events
and tables are included below. We look forward to your suggestions and contributions!

**********************
* 2.  Callout, Workshops  *
**********************

The bookfair organizing collective is currently seeking workshop and presentation proposals for
the Bookfair (May 20, 2005) and the Day of Anarchist Workshops and Presentations (May 21, 2005).

For the bookfair day, we are looking for introductory workshops to anarchism, or an aspect of
anarchism, aimed at people who are curious about, or new to, anarchist ideas. The workshops should
be accessible to non-anarchists.  For May 21, we are seeking proposals that address an
anarchist-themed topic in some depth, and are intended for people who are already familiar with
anarchism, or might identify as anarchists.

--> For more information about proposing workshops and presentations, including basic guidelines,
please consult: http://salonanarchiste.taktic.org/workshops.html 

NOTE: The deadline for all workshop and presentation proposals is FEBRUARY 15, 2006.


************************
* 3.  How to request a table  *
************************

The heart of the bookfair is the main auditorium on May 20, 2006, which will include booksellers,
distributors, independent presses and political groups from all over Montreal, Quebec and North
America, and abroad.  Please make sure to read our principles on our website before contacting us
to request a table.  If you haven't tabled at the bookfair before, please include a short
description of your group and the material you intent to distribute at the bookfair.

--> For more information about table space and vendors, please consult:
http://salonanarchiste.taktic.org/vendors.html

NOTE:  The deadline to request a table is APRIL 1, 2006.



*******************************
* 4.  Callout, Art Exhibits and Films  *
*******************************

The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair will again be displaying artwork relating to anarchism and
anti-authoritarian, autonomous or anarchist-supported struggles. Please consider proposing an
exhibit of photos, posters, original art, repros - anything within the parameters of the Bookfair
that can be mounted and hung on a wall or placed in a corner!

The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair will also have a film room running all day, showing films related
to anarchism or anarchist-supported struggles, that fall within the principles of the Anarchist
Bookfair.

NOTE:  The deadline for art exhibit and film proposals is APRIL 1, 2006.


**********************************
* 5.  Callout, Festival of Anarchy Events *
**********************************

In addition to the Bookfair and Day of Workshops, the entire month of May is part of a Festival of
Anarchy, with diverse anarchist-themed events occurring at different venues in Montreal.

--> For more information about proposing Festival of Anarchy events, including basic guidelines,
please consult: http://salonanarchiste.taktic.org/festival_of_anarchy.html 

NOTE:  The deadline to submit Festival of Anarchy events, to be included in our calendar, is APRIL
1, 2006.

**********************************
* 6.  Volunteers, Postering and Publicity *
**********************************

This year the bookfair collective will be aiming to do a mailout of bookfair publicity -- flyers
and posters -- sometime in the spring.

--> If you would like to receive bookfair publicity by mail, to distribute in your community,
please send your mailing address to: anarchistbookfair at taktic.org  Also, please specify whether
you want publicity materials in English, French or both.

--> If you are from the Montreal-area, and would like to help with local postering and flyering
efforts, please pass on your e-mail and/or phone number to: anarchistbookfair at taktic.org  or
514-859-9090. Also, please specify what areas you can poster.

**********************
* 7.  Contact information  *
**********************

If you have other ideas for the bookfair or Festival of Anarchy, don't hesitate to get in touch
with a proposal!   Contact us to to receive regular updates and announcements by e-mail.

post :	Montreal Anarchist Bookfair 
1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Suite 204
Montr?al, Qu?bec, H3G 1N1
CANADUH
web: 	http://anarchistbookfair.taktic.org  
email: 	anarchistbookfair at taktic.org
tel: 	514-859-9090 (messages only)

Nous parlons fran?ais
Se habla espagnol.



	

	
		
__________________________________________________________
L?che-vitrine ou l?che-?cran ?
magasinage.yahoo.ca


From noii-montreal at resist.ca  Mon Jan  9 11:39:24 2006
From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:39:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Mardi/Tuesday: Piquetage en appui d'Abdelkader
 Belaouni/Picket to
 Support Abdelkader Belaouni (20h, Maison Radio Canada)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601091139140.31882@resist.ca>


(english follows. svp diffuser et venir en grands nombres, avec vos
bannieres. please spread the word and come out, with your banners !)

PIQUETAGE EN APPUI D'ABDELKADER BELAOUNI
Piquetage et Point de Presse
mardi, 10 Janvier 2006, 20 h.
La Maison Radio Canada , 1400 Bd Ren? L?vesque est, Montr?al, Qc.

? l'occasion du dernier d?bat des chefs qui aura lieu ? Montr?al le 10
Janvier 2006, le Comit? de Soutien de Abdelkader Belaouni sera pr?sent
pour demander aux chefs des principaux partis politiques canadiens de se
prononcer sur la situation critique de M. Belaouni. Plus d'une semaine
s'est ?coul?e depuis que M. Belaouni a pris le sanctuaire dans l'?glise
St-Gabriel ? Montr?al, demandant au Ministre F?d?ral de l'Immigration
Joseph Volpe d'intervenir afin qu'il puisse demeurer au Canada. Le Comit?
demande la r?gularisation compl?te et imm?diate de M. Belaouni.

plus des infos : 514 859 9023

*******

PICKET TO SUPPORT ABDELKADER BELAOUNI
Picket and Press Scrum
Tuesday 10 January 2006, 8 P.M.
La Maison Radio Canada, 1400 Bd Ren? L?vesque E, Montreal, QC

During the final leaders' debate that will take place in Montreal on
January 10th 2006, the Committee to Support Abdelkader Belaouni will be
present to ask the leaders of the main parties in Canada to take position
on the critical situation of Mr. Belaouni. More than a week has elapsed
since Mr. Belaouni took sanctuary in St-Gabriel's church in Montreal.
Federal Immigration Minister Joseph Volpe has been urged to intervene so
that Mr. Belaouni may remain in Canada. The Committee demands the full and
immediate regularization of Mr. Belaouni's status.

more info: 514 859 9023

From noii-montreal at resist.ca  Mon Jan  9 22:23:46 2006
From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:23:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Connaissez-vous Gary FREEMAN? 3 Evenements a
 Montreal (les 16-17 janvier)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601092223380.18978@resist.ca>


- Connaissez-vous Gary Freeman?

- Savez-vous pourquoi son extradition doit ?tre emp?ch?e?

*************************************

---> Conf?rence et discussion
lundi le 16 janvier ? 19 heures

Universit? Concordia, ?cole des affaires publiques et communautaires, 2149 
Mackay, premier ?tage, (m?tro Guy-Concordia) Mettant en vedette la conjointe de 
Gary, Natercia Colho et Kaie Kellough du Kalmunity Vibe Collective (qui offrira 
une performance bas?e sur des po?mes ?crits par Gary Freeman).


---> Manifestation
mardi le 17 janvier de 16h ? 18h

devant le bureau du Ministre de la Justice Irwin Cotler, situ? au 4770
av Kent, bureau 316, pr?s du m?tro Plamondon


---> Spectacle du Kalmunity Vibe Collective ; ?live organic improv?
mardi le 17 janvier ? 20h30

au Sablo Kaf?, situ? au 50 St-Zotique E., coin Ste-Dominique (m?tro
Beaubien)
Natercia Coelho, la conjointe de Gary, parlera aussi lors de cet
?v?nement (le show hebdomadaire de Kalmunity).

*************************************

Un peu de contexte

Douglas Gary Freeman (Joseph Pannell) est vis? par une demande d'extradition 
d?pos?e par les ?tats-Unis, qui fait suite ? un incident qui s'est produit ? 
Chicago en 1969, lors duquel un policier a ?t? bless?. Tel qu'il l'a d?clar? en 
Cour, c'est un homme innocent qui a agit en l?gitime d?fense.

Il a ?t? arr?t? le 27 juillet 2004, aux portes de la Toronto Reference Library, 
o? il travaille en tant qu'assistant de recherche depuis 14 ans. Il est d?tenu 
depuis.

Les accusations dans son dossier sont reli?es ? un incident qui s'est produit 
il y a plus de trente-cinq ans, dans le contexte lourd des tensions raciales et 
de la r?pression polici?re alors pr?sentes dans la communaut? afro-am?ricaine 
de Chicago. Freeman a ?t? d?tenu pendant deux ans avant le d?but de son proc?s, 
avant d'?tre lib?r? sous caution. Il a quitt? Chicago parce qu'il craignait 
pour sa vie. Il croyait qu'il n'aurait pas droit ? un proc?s juste et 
?quitable.

Le Ministre de la Justice et Procureur g?n?ral du Canada, Irwin Cotler, dispose 
de pouvoirs en vertu de la Loi sur l'extradition qui lui permettent de refuser 
de rendre Gary Freeman aux ?tats-Unis. La preuve qui appuie la demande 
d'extradition d?pos?e par les USA pr?sente des des ommissions et des 
contradictions significatives. De plus, des questions s?rieuses ont ?t? 
soulev?es quant aux probl?mes de la Loi sur l'extradition par rapport ? la 
Charte canadienne des droits et libert?s.

Vu la nature des accusations, un autre fait des plus alarmants est la 
possibilit? r?elle de repr?sailles, aux mains des gardiens du Cook County Jail, 
o? une enqu?te r?cente a d?voil? des cas graves de mauvais traitements inflig?s 
aux d?tenus. Ou encore aux mains de la police de Chicago, dont les abus 
(incluant la torture) des suspects en d?tention ont ?t? document?s par 
plusieurs organismes, dont le r?put? Human Rights Watch.

Freeman et sa conjointe se sont rencontr?s pendant qu'ils travaillaient ? la 
biblioth?que de l'Universit? Concordia. Plusieurs amis et plusieurs membres de 
leur famille vivent ? Montr?al. Nous ne croyons pas que le meilleur int?r?t de 
la justice serait servi en l'arrachant ? sa famille et en l'expulsant vers un 
futur incertain aux ?tats-Unis.

Venez en apprendre plus sur le cas de Gary Freeman, ainsi que sur les fa?ons 
par lesquelles vous pouvez l'appuyer!

Pour plus d'information: (514) 848-7583
noii-montreal at resist.ca

Visitez le site web www.freemandrum.org pour plus de d?tails sur le cas de 
Gary.

Endoss? par:
Books to Prisoners
La Ligue des Noirs
L'Institut Alfie Roberts
Montreal Anarchist Black Cross Federation
McGill Radical Law Community
Personne n'est ill?gal
Solidarit? sans fronti?res

From noii-montreal at resist.ca  Mon Jan  9 22:23:57 2006
From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:23:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Stop the extradition of Gary FREEMAN! 3
 Montreal Events (January 16 and 17)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601092223480.18978@resist.ca>


- Come find out who Gary Freeman is and why his extradition must be stopped.

- Take action to support the campaign to keep Gary in Canada.

********************************************************************

--->Panel discussion
Monday, January 16th, 7 p.m.
Concordia University, School of Community and Public Affairs (SCPA), 2149
Mackay, 1st floor (metro Guy)

Featuring Gary's wife Natercia Coelho, and Kaie Kellough of Kalmunity Vibe
Collective (speaking and performing poetry written by Gary Freeman).


--->Rally
Tuesday, January 17th, 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
  Justice Minister Irwin Cotler's riding office, 4770 Kent Ave., Suite 316
(metro Plamondon)


--->Performance by Kalmunity Vibe Collective -- live organic improv
Tuesday January 17th, 8:30 p.m.
Sablo kafe, 50 St. Zotique E, corner St. Dominique (metro Beaubien)

Natercia Coelho ( Gary's wife) will also be speaking this event
(Kalmunity's weekly show).
*******************************************************************************************

Background

Douglas Gary Freeman (Joseph Pannell) is the subject of a United States 
extradition request stemming from a 1969 incident in Chicago in which a police 
officer was injured.  As has been stated in court, he is an innocent man who 
acted in self-defense.

He was arrested on July 27, 2004, outside the Toronto Reference Library, where 
he worked as a library research assistant for the previous 14 years. He has 
been in custody since that time.

The allegations relate to an incident which occurred over thirty-five years ago 
in the highly charged atmosphere of racial tension and police repression then 
present in the African American community of Chicago. After two years in 
pre-trial custody, Freeman was released on bail.  He left Chicago because he 
feared for his life.  He believed that he could not receive a fair trial.

Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, has powers 
under the Extradition Act to refuse to make a surrender order for the 
extradition of Gary Freeman to the United States. There are significant 
inconsistencies, omissions, and contradictions in the evidence offered by the 
United States in support of the request for extradition. Furthermore, serious 
questions have been raised about the fundamental justice of the Extradition Act 
in relation to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Most alarmingly, there is a real possibility of retaliatory punishment due to 
the nature of the allegations, in particular by guards at Cook County Jail 
where a recent grand jury has found severe mistreatment of detainees, or at the 
hands of the Chicago police, whose patterns of abuse, including torture, of 
suspects in custody have been documented by the respected organization Human 
Rights Watch and others.

Freeman and his wife met while they were working at Concordia's library and 
they have many family, friends and supporters in Montreal. We do not believe 
the best interests of justice would be served by uprooting him from his family 
and returning him to an uncertain fate in the United States.

Come learn about the case and how you can support Gary Freeman and his family!


Info:(514) 848-7583
noii-montreal at resist.ca

Visit www.freemandrum.org for more details on Gary's case

Endorsed by:
Alfie Roberts Institute
Black Coalition of Quebec
Books to Prisoners
Montreal Anarchist Black Cross Federation
McGill Radical Law Community
No One Is Illegal-Montreal
Solidarity Across Borders


From aaron at resist.ca  Tue Jan 10 12:46:04 2006
From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:46:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Political Prisoners Rot in Haitian Jails While
 Canadian Politicians Lie
Message-ID: <1753.69.35.177.108.1136925964.squirrel@mail.resist.ca>

Political Prisoners Rot in Haitian Jails While Canadian Politicians Lie

--My meeting with So Anne Auguste

by Aaron Lakoff

Port-au-Prince, January 10/06

	Consider the following to be somewhat of a transcription of an interview.
 These are some of the powerful words of a woman spoken from behind bars,
and I feel responsible to be a conduit to get them out ? at least beyond
those prison bars.
	Today I met one of Haiti's more prominent political prisoners, Annette
?So Anne? Auguste.  Like so many political prisoners throughout the world,
So Anne isn't in jail for what she's done, but for what she represents.
	So Anne is a Haitian political folksinger, and a community activist.  She
has been in a women's prison in Petionville (a neighborhood of
Port-au-Prince) for 18 months now, and her only crime was her words and
wisdom.
	There are estimated to be over 1000 political prisoners in Port-au-Prince
alone (almost all imprisoned after the 2004 coup d'etat), and untold
hundreds more in surrounding areas.  However, most overseas wouldn't know
this, because the Haitian state and their superpower backers do a good job
of keeping the information down.
	In fact, I tried to bring a camera and a minidisc recorder into the
prison with me, but I had everything in my bag confiscated by jail guards
upon entering.  I wish so much that I could have had recorded evidence of
our short conversation, but again, her words were only burned into my
mind.
	Upon entering, we found So Anne in a crowded visitation cell, surrounded
by bags upon bags of supplies.  She explained to us that the women are
given nothing, not even food, in the prison.  The inmates have to rely on
family and friends from the outside world for everything.  In a country
where the unemployment rate is 80%, and the per-capita income is $200 US
PER YEAR, one could imagine not a lot of food gets into the jail. 
Militant as ever, So Anne has taken it upon herself to nourish others in
the prison, and has now organized a feeding program for most of the 200
women in the Petionville jail.
	So Anne is a strong and charismatic woman, and speaks with a poignant
intensity.  With a colourful dress and a warm smile, she greeted me
kindly.  Amidst 200 prisoners who she says are dying slowly, I asked her
if she's maintained hope during her time in jail.
	?Of course I have!? she exclaimed.  ?Hope is the only way you can keep
fighting in prison.  If you loose hope, you die, and you can't fight when
you're dead.?
	So Anne is sure she won't be released anytime soon, certainly not before
the presidential elections in February.  Haiti's elite, the Group of 184,
who are fully backed by the Canadian government, have been engaged in a
deadly campaign of political and social cleansing prior to these
elections, and they know all too well of So Anne's threatening influence
amongst the country's poor.  And it's the country's poor who are
suffering the brunt of the coup d'etat the the subsequent occupation by
the UN.  A close look at the women imprisoned at Petionville gives some
indication of this.  Many of the inmates are from the slum of Bel Air, in
Port-au-Prince.  They are the wives and sisters of men wanted by MINUSTAH
or the Haitian National Police (PNH), and when they kick down their front
doors but don't find the men, they take the women away instead.
	Finally, I asked So Anne if she had any message she wanted me to bring
back to the Canadian people.  Like many other Haitians I've met, So Anne
gets hot with anger when talking about Canada.  She says very simply, but
with much emotion, that Canada needs to stop supporting the UN mission in
Haiti, and stop killing people.
	Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has said himself that there are no
political prisoners in Haiti.  It's this lie, absorbed by the Canadian
public, which forces So Anne and so many others to rot in prison.
	Again, I wish I could have had a recorder today to make So Anne's words a
historical fact on record.  But instead, I offer my account of our
encounter, in the hopes that So Anne's resistance will one day trump Paul
Martin's lies.

(Aaron Lakoff is an independent journalist and activist from Montreal.  He
will be in Haiti for the month of January, filing reports focused on the
role of Canada in the country.  Aaron can be reached at
montrealtohaiti at resist.ca)





From mfoster at web.ca  Tue Jan 10 14:15:44 2006
From: mfoster at web.ca (mfoster at web.ca)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:15:44 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] THURSDAY: BRING CSIS OUT OF THE DARK
Message-ID: <1125.199.243.52.173.1136931344.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>

Federal Court of Appeal to hear Charkaoui on CSIS destroying evidence
Call for Court Solidarity: Bring CSIS secrets to light

Thursday, 12 January 2006, from 10am
Federal Court Building, 30 McGill (metro Square Victoria)

On Thursday, the Federal Court of Appeal will hear Charkaoui's lawyer Me.
Dominique Larochelle challenge the fact that CSIS destroyed recordings and
notes of interviews with Charkaoui that took place before his arrest in
May 2003. CSIS provided only a very selective summary of these interviews
for its public report, removing elements which supported Charkaoui's
defense. The classified summary provided to the judge and government
officials may have been similarly biased against Mr. Charkaoui. Neither
Charkaoui nor Me. Larochelle are permitted to see the classified
information, so they have no way of verifying. Charkaoui will also
question whether information which CSIS introduced after the security
certificate was signed (by then Immigration Minister Denis Coderre and
Solicitor General Wayne Easter) should be included in the evaluation of
the security certificate.

A first challenge to the destroyed evidence was heard and summarily
rejected by Federal Court Judge Noel in early 2005. The Federal Court of
Appeal accepted to hear the appeal. The three Court of Appeal Judges will
be coming from Ottawa for the hearing because one of the 16 severe
conditions of release imposed on Charkaoui in February 2005 prevents him
from leaving the island of Montreal. Charkaoui is also forced to wear a
GPS tracking bracelet, to respect a curfew, and he must be accompanied by
one of his parents each time he leaves his home. Charkaoui has had these
conditions imposed even though he has had no trial at all, not even the
very limited judicial review provided for in security certificate cases.
His security certificate review has been suspended since February 2005,
pending a new decision from Immigration Canada on protection.

Charkaoui still faces deportation to torture, like four other men who
remain in prison under security certificates, without charge on the basis
of secret evidence. Mahjoub, Jaballah and Almrei have been detained in
Toronto since June 2000, August 2001 and October 2001 respectively. Harkat
has been detained in Ottawa since December 2002. The Coalition Justice for
Adil Charkaoui, the Justice Committee for Mohamed Harkat and the Campaign
to Stop Secret Trials in Canada continue to demand that these men be
immediately liberated, that they be given a fair and just trial if there
is any case against them, and that they not be deported to torture. The
groups are also calling for the abolition of the security certificate,
along with hundreds of organizations and individuals in Canada and Quebec.

Please come out and help fill the court room! CSIS is able to get away
with abuse by operating in secrecy. It is important that people are there
to help expose their abusive practices.

Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui
www.adilinfo.org
justiceforadil at riseup.net
tel 514 859 9023

JOIN OUR LISTSERVE: send email to justiceforadil-subscribe at lists.riseup.net


From aaron at resist.ca  Tue Jan 10 19:29:33 2006
From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:29:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Haiti's Deadly Class Divide
Message-ID: <2284.69.35.177.108.1136950173.squirrel@mail.resist.ca>

Haiti's Deadly Class Divide:
Class war takes on a new meaning in Cite Soley

by Leslie Bagg and Aaron Lakoff

Port-au-Prince, January 10/06 - Driving into Cite Soley on January 8th,
the day Haitians were supposed to go to the polls in a presidential
election, there is no mistaking the fact that we are entering an occupied
zone. The streets are almost deserted, the atmosphere tense, and UN
armored personnel carriers patrol the streets.

Cite Soley, one of Port-au-Prince's poorest neighborhoods, is home to
around 500,000 people living in abject poverty. According to Jean-Joseph
Joel, the Secretary General of the local branch of Fanmi Lavalas, the
area's residents are virtual prisoners, and their movements restricted by
armed police at checkpoints. Vilified as bandits or chimeres by the
elite-run press, he says they face persecution if they do manage to escape
the neighborhood. There is no work and signs of malnutrition are obvious
in the children.

Since the February 2004 coup d'etat that ousted democratically elected
president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Cite Soley has been one of the
battlefields where a war against Haiti's poor majority is being waged.
Muliple killings of civilians have been committed by UN forces carrying
out the will of the country's elite and of the international community. 
Dieunord Edme, a Cite Soley resident, shows us the place in the market
where his wife,  Annette Moleron, was gunned down by MINUSTAH (Mission
Nations Unies Stabilization en Haiti) soldiers on January 7th during an
operation that claimed the lives of four women in a marketplace. He shows
us bullet holes in the metal roof over the market's stalls.

Victims of the deadly July 6th 2005 UN massacre, an event documented by
the Haiti Information Project, which the UN denies ever happened, show us
their scars. One woman lifts her shirt to show us where the MINUSTAH
bullet entered her then pregnant belly, and the mark of the cesarean
section performed to remove the baby that was killed. As we drive out of
the neighborhood we pass a horribly bloated corpse by the side of the
road. A MINUSTAH tank is parked nearby, keeping watch. Local residents say
the man, who worked as a porter, was killed five days previously but every
time someone went to try to remove the body, MINUSTAH started firing. It
is apparent that they want to keep his body as a warning to others.

This ugly violence that has swept Cite Soley in the last week, and for
many months prior, does not come out of thin air.  Someone above the UN is
calling the shots, and they wield lethal power.  Reginald Boulos, the
president of the Haitian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and sweatshop
magnate Andy Apaid ? both members of the Canadian and US-backed Group 184
? called for a one-day general business strike Monday.  The stated goal of
this strike was to put pressure on MINUSTAH to clamp down harder on crime
and kidnappings.  As an announcement heard on Radio Metropole stated in a
threatening tone, ?Don't leave your houses.  Let the police and the
military do their work.  Anyone who leaves their house takes their life
into their own hands.?

However, more than anything, this strike has served to highlight the
extreme class divide in Haiti, one that before the elections is becoming
increasingly more deadly.  Indeed, many of the more upscale businesses in
the country did observe the strike.  Driving through Port-au-Prince, we
observed that the doors of major businesses such as Texaco, Shell, Scotia
Bank, and upscale grocery stores remained shut.  However, for the majority
of Haiti's population who slave away to bring home a per-capita income of
$200 per year, the day continued as if normal.  Workers who toil in the
informal economy ? street vendors, runners, tap-tap (taxi) operators ?
lined the streets, unable to skip a day's work just because the island's
wealthiest said so.

Our experience in Cite Soley today showed us the other side of this
business strike, and what the MINUSTAH clamp down looked like to
Port-au-Prince's poor.  Jean-Joseph Joel gives us his analysis of the
situation. Because of its large population and tendency to vote
unanimously, Cite Soley has the power to sway an election. Joel explains
that MINUSTAH is under intense pressure from the business elite to make it
possible for their presidential favourite, Charles Henri Baker, to have a
winning chance in the elections. At the moment, the only candidate able to
walk down the streets of Cite Soley is Rene Preval, the candidate
supported by the mass base of Lavalas.  Preval's posters are the only ones
to be seen anywhere in Cite Soley ? territory where the elite dare not
tread.

For General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, the Brazilian head of the
United Nations military mission in Haiti, the pressure may have been too
much. He was found dead in his hotel room on January 7th.  He apparently
committed suicide after a tense meeting with Reginald Boulos.  Joel says
that Cite Soley residents are nervous, as the subject of that conversation
was pressure on MINUSTAH to crack down harder on Cite Soley before the
elections.  The fact that Bacellar was replaced by Gen. Eduardo Aldunate
Herman, a Chilean Pinochet-era figure and alleged human rights abuser,
does nothing to help Cite Soley residents rest easier.

Jean-Joseph Joel's hope is that the international community will change
its position on Haiti and side with the majority of Haitians rather than
supporting the elite and the UN mission here. However, it doesn't look
like change is in the air.  Pierre Pettigrew, Canada's Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and a man many Haitians know by name, has recently announced that
Canadian forces will remain in Haiti, despite escalating calls for their
removal.

Sources told us that two more people were killed in the marketplace by
MINUSTAH forces shortly after we left it on Monday.  Residents speculated
that these killings were retributions for talking to the media, as we had
been out for the whole morning conducting interviews with locals.  The
people of Cite Soley risked their lives so their story could reach the
public in countries like Canada and the US, whose governments continue to
support MINUSTAH's actions. It remains to be seen what effect their
sacrifice will have.

[Leslie Bagg and Aaron Lakoff are two independent journalists and
activists from Montreal.  They will be in Haiti for the month of January,
filing reports focused on the role of Canada in the country.  They can be
reached at montrealtohaiti at resist.ca]



From noii-montreal at resist.ca  Wed Jan 11 21:31:39 2006
From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:31:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Kader: Photos et/and Audio (Montreal)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601112131250.5439@resist.ca>


[fran?ais ci-dessous]

Abdelkader Belaouni ("Kader" to his friends) is a refugee from Algeria who 
came to Montreal via the USA. Kader, who is blind, remains in sanctuary 
inside the Saint-Gabriel's Catholic Church in Point-St-Charles, after 
defying an order to be deported on January 5, 2006.

In Kader's words, "I'm not hiding from Immigration Canada, but I want to 
tell them clearly, I will not be presenting myself for deporation. I've 
been able to achieve autonomy and dignity in Montreal, and I don't want to 
lose that. My family are my friends here. I am here to defend myself; I am 
here to defend justice."

A member of the Action Committee of Non-Status Algerians and Solidarity 
Across Borders, Kader participated actively in the "No One Is Illegal 
March on Ottawa" -- a one-week walk to Ottawa from Montreal to demand 
"status for all!" this past June 2005.

--> You can view a short photo essay about Kader at: 
http://gallery.cmaq.net/kader

--> You can listen to an audio interview with Kader, in French only, at: 
http://solidarityacrossborders.org/sites/solidarityacrossborders.org/files/Abdelkader.mp3

--> You can ACT NOW to support Kader by faxing and phoning the Immigration 
Minister to demand permanent residence status for Kader; more info at: 
http://solidarityacrossborders.org/en/node/101

--> For previous photo essays from the "No One Is Illegal March on Ottawa":
http://gallery.cmaq.net/noiimarch_2
AND
http://gallery.cmaq.net/nooiimarch_3


To offer your support, please contact Solidarity Across Borders at 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca or 514-859-9023.

Justice and Dignity for Immigrants and Refugees!
Status for All!
Abdelkader Belaouni Must Stay!

http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org

-----

Abdelkader Belaouni (Kader pour ses amis) est une r?fugi? Alg?rien qui a migr? 
? Montr?al via les USA. Kader, qui est non-voyant, a pris sanctuaire ? l??glise 
catholique Saint-Gabriel de Pointe Saint-Charles apr?s avoir d?fi? l?ordre de 
d?portation fix?e pour lui au 5 janvier 2006.

Dans ses propres mots, ? Je ne me cache pas d?Immigration Canada, mais je veux 
leur dire clairement : je ne me pr?senterai pas ? la d?portation. J?ai r?ussi ? 
atteindre l?autonomie et la dignit? ? Montr?al, et je ne veux pas perdre ?a. 
Mes amis sont ma famille ici. Je suis ici pour me d?fendre, je suis ici pour 
d?fendre la justice. ?

Membre du Comit? d?action des Sans-statut Alg?riens et de Solidarit? sans 
fronti?res, Kader a particip? activement ? la Marche ? Personne n?est ill?gal ? 
sur Ottawa, une marche d?une semaine entre Montr?al et Ottawa pour revendiquer 
? un statut pour tous et toutes ! ?, en juin 2005.

--> Vous pouvez voir un photo-reportage ? propos de Kader: 
http://gallery.cmaq.net/kader

--> ?coutez une entrevue r?alis?e avec Kader depuis son sanctuaire : 
http://solidarityacrossborders.org/sites/solidarityacrossborders.org/files/Abdelkader.mp3

--> Vous pouvez ?galement consultez les photo-reportages qui ont ?t? r?alis?s 
sur la Marche ? Personne n?est ill?gal ! ? : 
http://gallery.cmaq.net/noiimarch_2
ET http://gallery.cmaq.net/nooiimarch_3

--> Vous pouvez AGIR MAINTENANT pour soutenir Kader en envoyant des fax et en 
appelant directement le Ministre de l?Immigration pour demander un statut de 
r?sident permanent pour Kader. Plus d?information ? : 
http://solidarityacrossborders.org/fr/node/100

Pour offrir votre soutien, s.v.p. contactez Solidarit? sans ? 
sansfrontieres at resist.ca ou 514-859-9023.


JUSTICE ET DIGNIT? POUR TOUS-TES LES IMMIGRANTS-TES ET R?FUGI?S-ES !
UN STATUT POUR TOUS-TES !
ABDELKADER BELAOUNI DOIT RESTER !

http://www.solidaritesansfrontieres.org

From noii-montreal at resist.ca  Thu Jan 12 00:34:59 2006
From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:34:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] CROSSING BORDERS: Migration Issues in the
 Canadian Context (Panel
 and Film - J25); Immigration Support Workshops (J31, F1)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601120034350.31651@resist.ca>


CROSSING BORDERS:
Migration Issues in the Canadian Context

A panel discussion
with Ali Kazimi, Indu Vashist and Jaggi Singh
Followed by a screening of the feature-length
documentary: "Continuous Journey"

::::::::
WEDNESDAY, January 25th, 2006 - 5 PM
LEACOCK 26, McGill University
(855 Sherbrooke W)
::::::::

Presentations include:

* Ali Kazimi on The Komagata Maru Incident: Raising Erased Canadian History

Ali is an award-winning filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. He was born and 
raised in India. Previous films include Narmada: A Valley Rises, and Shooting 
Indians.

* Indu Vashist on Gender and Migration

Indu is a woman from a small mill town in British Columbia. Her research 
interests include working class Punjabi diasporic culture, and the anti-racist 
history of ska music.

* Jaggi Singh on Solidarity Not Pity: The Terrain of Migrant Struggle in 
Montreal

Jaggi is an organizer with No One Is Illegal-Montreal, and the Solidarity 
Across Borders network. He was born and raised in Toronto, the son of working 
class immigrants from India.


The panel will be followed by a screening of the award-winning documentary, 
Continuous Journey:

In 1914, the Komagata Maru, a ship carrying 376 immigrants from British India, 
was turned away by Canada. The consequences were felt throughout the British 
Empire. Continuous Journey is a compelling and eye-opening investigation into 
the past and present ramifications of this incident. More than history film, 
Continuous Journey is a provocative, moving, and multilayered essay that 
interweaves photographs, newsreels, home movies and official documents to 
unravel a complex and little-known story.

For more information contact:
QPIRG McGIll
(514) 398-7432
qpirg at ssmu.mcgill.ca

Presented by QPIRG McGill in collaboration with McGill Social Justice Week. 
Endorsed by Solidarity Across Borders and No One Is Illegal-Montreal.

---

IMMIGRATION SUPPORT WORKSHOPS

In addition to the public panel and event on January 25, QPIRG-McGill, in 
conjunction with No One Is Illegal-Montreal, presents two workshops on doing 
immigration support work. The workshops are geared towards individuals 
interested in getting involved in local movements in support of immigrant 
refugee rights. The two workshops below are intended to be attended 
consecutively. Please pre-register in advance.

Breaking Down the Canadian Immigration System
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 -- 5:30pm
Lev Buckman Room. Brown Student Services Building, 3600 McTavish Street

A presentation on how the Canadian immigration system works. Topics include: 
the immigration and refugee determination process; the bureaucracy and agencies 
of immigration control (CIC, CBSA, IRB, etc); detentions and deportations; 
sponsorships; humanitarian claims; the Quebec system; Canadian border control 
and immigration policies; and more.

Please pre-register by e-mail (noii-montreal at resist.ca) or phone (848-7583).


Doing Immigration Support Work
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 -- 5:30pm
Lev Buckman Room. Brown Student Services Building, 3600 McTavish Street

A presentation and discussion on doing immigration support work, using previous 
support efforts and campaigns in Montreal as a reference. Topics include: 
defining casework and support work; kinds of support; support roles; legal 
issues and procedures; support strategies; communications; building a campaign; 
money and fundraising; media; allies and resources; employment, education and 
health services; detention support; deportation support; and more.


-> Space is limited for these two workshops. Pre-register by e-mail or phone at 
noii-montreal at resist.ca or 514-848-7583.

The workshop series has been organized by QPIRG-McGill, with the support of 
QPIRG-Concordia & No One Is Illegal-Montreal.

No One Is Illegal-Montreal:
Phone: (514) 848-7583
Email: noii-montreal at resist.ca


From mfoster at web.ca  Thu Jan 12 14:22:33 2006
From: mfoster at web.ca (mfoster at web.ca)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:22:33 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Call for Auditions: TRIAL on tour in Montreal
Message-ID: <1130.207.139.139.91.1137104553.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>

from TEESRI DUNIYA THEATRE
tduniya at aei.ca

Open call for auditions


English-and French-speaking actors (non-professional,) including those
that can sing a cappella and perform in Arabic are being sought for a tour
of "Trial" around
the Montreal region in winter/spring 2006.

"Trial" is a staged reading based on an adaptation of Kafka by Matthew
Behrens and Laurel Smith. It weaves the personal stories of five Muslim
men caught in Canada's "anti-terror" web into Kafka's famous novel
exploring the nature of bureaucratic power. It premiered as a bilingual
performance in Montreal (last November 19th), produced by Teesri Duniya
Theatre in collaboration with the Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui.

"Trial" will be touring the Montreal-area CEGEPs and community centres
from January 27, 2006 through April 2006, with performances in both French
and English.

We are seeking volunteer amateur actors , including an actor capable of
reciting in Arabic and an a cappella singer, for both the Anglophone and
Francophone casts.
Actors will be given an honorarium of $40/performance to cover costs.

Auditions will be held at Teesri Duniya
4324 St-Laurent Blvd.,
(corner of Marie-Anne, St-Laurent Station, Bus 55)
On January 15, 2006
from 2:00 to 6:00 o'clock p.m.
If this date is not possible for you, please contact us anyway so we can
organize other auditions.

For more information or to book an audition, please contact
Carmelle Rouselle or Martin Ducharme
Teesri Duniya Theatre
Tel: (514) 848-0238
Fax: (514) 848-0267
tduniya at aei.ca
www.teesriduniyatheatre.com
www.adilinfo.org

Please indicate whether you are comfortable performing in English, French,
Arabic and whether you can sing a cappella.
(Please bring a cv and photo with you at the audition).



From mfoster at web.ca  Sun Jan 15 17:46:22 2006
From: mfoster at web.ca (mfoster at web.ca)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:46:22 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] (Toronto) Jan 27th Picket:Canada Out of
	Kandahar!]
Message-ID: <1045.199.243.52.167.1137375982.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [pga-bloc] Jan 27th Picket:Canada Out of Kandahar!
From:    june30th at riseup.net
Date:    Sun, January 15, 2006 6:24 pm
To:      pga-bloc at lists.resist.ca
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Canada out of Kandahar!

12 Noon
Friday, January 27th, 2006
Picket the Ministry of National Defense and Recruitment Office
4900 Yonge St (at Sheppard)
TORONTO

A new deployment of 1100 Canadian forces are expected to leave to join
?Operation Enduring Freedom? in Kandahar, Afghanistan at the beginning of
February. Canada is playing a leading role in coordinating the 19,000
troops from NATO countries  stationed in Afghanistan on ?peacekeeping
duties?. Canada?s continued participation in the occupation of Afghanistan
is in direct support of the U.S led War on Terror. Canada maintains the
image of a ?Peace-keeper?, but in fact missions in Afghanistan and Haiti,
as well as military repression of Indigenous movements at home in places
such as Kahnesatake and Gustafsen Lake, often serve Canada?s own
imperialist intentions.

More than 3600 Afghan civilians were murdered in the initial bombing
campaign of 2001 (which Canada participated in willingly), and civilian
casualties under occupying forces continue to rise. General Hillier
announced this year that Canada would be taking an increasing role in
coordinating and fighting in combat missions in the region of Kandahar. In
blatant disrespect for the lives of occupied Afghans he said, "We're not
the public service of Canada; we're not just another department. We are
the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people." In
Canada?s first offensive mission since the Korean War, Canadian forces are
expected to endure further casualties. A renewed recruitment drive is
seeking at least 5000 additional young people to join the military with
the expectation of more troops being needed in Afghanistan in the coming
year.

Not one federal political party has explicitly come out against Canada?s
participation in Afghanistan. No matter who wins the election on January
23rd, Canada?s role in Afghanistan is clear: Canada maintains and supports
a brutal occupation of Afghanistan. Despite the rhetoric that Canada chose
not to participate in the War on Iraq, Canada?s role in Afghanistan also
allows American troops to focus on the occupation of Iraq.

At the same time, Canadian corporations like SNC-Tec (producing bullets
for the US occupation of Iraq and NATO occupation of Afghanistan) and CAE
(supplying helicopter equipment for the US, Israeli, and Canadian
militaries) have been profiting off of war and occupation.

We say no to Canada?s support and participation in Afghanistan and Iraq!
We demand that this deployment of troops be stopped and that Canadian
forces be brought home!

Canada out of Kandahar and Bay Street out of Baghdad! Join us on January
26th at the Department of National Defense at 12 Noon.
For more information and to get involved, please contact:
Toronto Solidarity Project:  june30th at riseup.net


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From aaron at resist.ca  Tue Jan 17 14:04:58 2006
From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:04:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Call to International Action!
Message-ID: <1631.69.35.177.108.1137535498.squirrel@mail.resist.ca>

      Greetings/Salute,

  The following is a call to join Winnipeg in opposing the occupation of
our city by an imperialist army, the Canadian Armed Forces. At the
bottom is an article from the Winnipeg Free Press with details of the
planned urban-warfare exercises. Please circulate this to as many
different people as possible, and make plans to be here in this crucial
time. Every effort will be made to facilitate lodging and other
arrangements. Send back comments ? and then numbers of people and when
your group can arrive so we can organize from our end.

  Stop the ?Charging Bison? in its tracks!

Beginning April 30th of this year, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will be
conducting a week-long, large-scale urban-warfare exercise in downtown
Winnipeg.  Taking place over May Day, International Worker?s Day, this
exercise is an outrageous provocation toward people?s movements and must
be opposed and resisted.

Around the world, the maple-leaf flown by the CAF has come to represent
murder, torture and oppression to those unlucky enough to see it flying. 
In Afghanistan, Canadian Forces are helping to prop-up and defend a
vicious theocracy that is completely opposed to the basic interests of the
people there.  In Haiti, Canadian Forces worked together with France and
the US to carry out a coup d?etat against the elected president of Haiti,
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and to install a government of business elites who
are opening the already extremely-poor country to even more exploitation.

The urban-warfare exercise, already given the sobriquet ?Operation
Charging Bison,? will serve to train the CAF to better carry out their
reactionary, anti-people, anti-peace, counter-revolutionary, and
pro-imperialist role.

We, the activists of the World People?s Resistance Movement (Winnipeg) are
therefore calling for massive resistance.  In the weeks leading up to
?Operating Charging Bison? we will be conducting mass work in the nearby
neighborhoods and communities where the exercises will be taking place. 
This mass work will serve to build up a basis of support for the upcoming
actions as well as give us an opportunity to engage with the masses around
the questions of internationalism, anti-imperialism, opposition to unjust
war, and the possibilities of a much better world. During the operation
itself we will be participating in many diverse actions, including (but
certainly not limited to!) a May Day march calling for the withdrawal of
all Canadian troops from Haiti, Afghanistan, and our city. It is abhorrent
that they will be training to put down legitimate resistance movements ?
and we need to ensure that they are not welcome.

In short, we want to change the whole political terrain, both in this city
and around the world.  We want to put opposition to Canada?s terrible role
in Haiti and Afghanistan in the mainstream.  We want to make a splash so
big that no one in the country will be able to ignore it.  We want to send
a message to the people of the whole world -- from Port-au-Prince to
Kadahar to Fallujah ? that we stand with them, against our government, in
unity and in hope for all-the-way liberation.

Drop your plans and come to Winnipeg for the weeks leading up to May Day. 
Help place Winnipeg in the same category as Seattle, Quebec City, and
Genoa. Be part of history in the making.  Because the world can?t wait.

World People?s Resistance Movement (Winnipeg)
WPRMwinnipeg at yahoo.ca



  Winnipeg Free Press
Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Army to occupy downtown

Spring exercise to turn city into 'battleground'

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

By David O'Brien

MORE than 500 army troops, backed by helicopters, armoured vehicles and
artillery, will turn downtown Winnipeg into an armed camp as part of a
military exercise to train soldiers for the modern battlefield.

Exercise Charging Bison will unfold for seven days and nights beginning
April 30 next year in what is believed to be the largest urban warfare
training exercise of its kind ever held in Canada.

There won't be live ammunition, but there will be laser weapons and a
variety of blanks and 'simunition' -- or simulated munitions -- that make
noise and smoke or discharge harmless projectiles.

The drill is designed to simulate the kind of complex conditions soldiers
would encounter in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq, where conventional
warfare is conducted simultaneously with humanitarian relief operations
and nation-building, said Col. Kelly Woiden, commander of 38 Brigade.

Urban battlefields are sometimes known as "three-block wars" because
troops could help people on one block, fight insurgents on another, and
guard convoys on another, Woiden explained.

"We're going to create a realistic environment of the situation that
individual soldiers can face today," he said. "You could be doing
humanitarian relief one moment and then fighting a war the next. It is the
most complicated terrain for a soldier."

The operation is also part of a long-term plan to prepare 200 of the
brigade's soldiers to support a 1,000-person task force in 2008, if
necessary, he said.

The 38 Brigade is a reserve unit responsible for a dozen formations in
Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.

It will provide most of the personnel for the exercise, although some will
come from British Columbia and Alberta, and possibly from the United
States, Woiden said, adding 17 Wing will also provide logistics support.

About 100 police officers and civilians will be given a role in the
exercise, either as opposing forces or relief organizations.

The military may also recruit drama students from the University of
Manitoba to play the roles of demonstrators or insurgents.

"The purpose is to learn and we may rerun the same scenario several
times," Woiden said.

The operation will occupy a large swath of downtown Winnipeg from Balmoral
Street on the west, south to the Assiniboine River, north to the CP Rail
tracks and east into The Forks and St. Boniface.

Woiden said the exercise is still in the planning stages and the
boundaries could change.

A base camp will be established on the western edge of the city, but there
will be smaller camps downtown, he said.

The exercise will continue night and day, but Woiden said he did not
anticipate any significant disruption of traffic or commercial operations.

Military observers will keep score and determine who was killed and who
was wounded during the exercise.

"This is different than traditional training when the infantry were facing
open ground in front of them, with soldiers in a different uniform,"
Woiden said. "This is much more complex because we don't know who the
enemy is or where the threats are."

Reserve units have been used in the past to fill out the ranks of the
regular force, but Woiden said the military now wants the militia trained
to higher level of combat readiness.

dave.o'brien at freepress.mb.ca

The mission

What: Operation Charging Bison will involve 500 troops training in
downtown Winnipeg.
Who: The operation is run by 38 Brigade.
Why: It?s designed to train troops in urban warfare.
Where: A base camp will be set up on the western edge of the city, but
most of the exercises will take place in the downtown.
When: Day and night between April 30 and May 6.






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From aaron at resist.ca  Wed Jan 18 17:21:21 2006
From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:21:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Elite Pressure UN in Haiti 
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601181719170.5309@resist.ca>

Elite Pressure UN in Haiti
Four more killed in Cite Soleil

http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/1_18_6/1_18_6.html

An HIP Special Report
by Leslie Bagg and Aaron Lakoff

HIP - Haiti . Pressure from the elite sector of Haitian society has been 
mounting against the U.N. Mission in Haiti during the past several weeks. As 
the on again, off again elections approach the renewed deadline of Feb. 7, the 
United Nations Stabilization Mission (MINUSTAH) in Haiti has been led to 
believe in and listen to Haiti's most reactionary voices. The U.N. is being 
pressured to crack down hard on poor neighborhoods that remain loyal to ousted 
president Jean-Bertrand Aristide and who have recently staged large rallies in 
support of Rene Garcia Preval. MINUSTAH attacks on Cite Soleil have been 
frequent and deadly. Lobbying in the form of outright disinformation and lies 
by the likes of sweatshop owner Andy Apaid, presidential candidate Charles 
Henry Baker and the president of Haiti's Chamber of Commerce Dr. Reginald 
Boulos, have had dire consequences for MINUSTAH. General Urano Bacellar, the 
Brazilian head of MINUSTAH, apparently took his own life on January 7th after a 
tense meeting with Boulos and Apaid. Bacellar reportedly disagreed with plans 
to invade Cite Soleil upon viewing footage of the collateral damage and deaths 
following a previous raid into Cite Soleil on July 6, 2005.

Andy Apaid leads the Group 184 representing a U.S. foreign policy vision that 
dropped the zero from Haiti's year of independence, 1804, to create a civil 
society organization named Group 184 that was heavily funded by the United 
States, France and Canada. The Group 184 helped to build opposition to 
Aristide's government and Apaid was among the first to refer to paramilitary 
forces that invaded Haiti from the Dominican Republic as freedom fighters as 
they killed police officers and Lavalas officials in their bid to oust 
Aristide. Late in 2003, Apaid led demonstrations by the so-called student 
movement and right-wing sectors of Haitian society to oust democratically 
elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

The right-wing presidential candidates supported by the group 184 were anything 
but happy when they held a demonstration January 16th in front of the UN 
headquarters in Port-au-Prince. Their stated aim was to force the UN to 
guarantee security in the country, put an end to the recent wave of kidnappings 
for ransom, and root out 'terrorists' and chimeres in poor areas of the 
capital. Supporters of Aristide regard these very terms as code words; the 
electoral campaigners of his successor Rene Preval see the language as a 
virtual invitation to renewed attacks upon the community. The demonstration by 
Haiti's reactionary elite came exactly one week after the Haitian Chamber of 
Commerce and the Group 184 called for a nationwide strike for Jan. 9 with the 
same intended goal. The Jan.16 rally in front of the headquarters of the U.N. 
was pure theater. Andy Apaid and presidential candidate Charles Henry Baker 
addressed a crowd of approximately 300 people from atop a truck with a powerful 
sound system. Lively music played before and after speeches. The stage was set 
as people below danced through the crowd and held up signs saying "Down with 
MINUSTAH, Long Live the PNH (Haitian Police), Long Live Haiti", and chanted, 
"Stop-Stop Kidnappings, Stop-Stop Bandits!"

Jackson Desrivieres, a former member of the so-called student movement that 
helped to oust Aristide, was escorted away from the demonstration by Haitian 
police after challenging the organizers: "You guys are with the former 
military! I can't be with you any more! The people of Cite Soleil can't eat, 
the people of Bel Air can't eat! You guys are paying people to be here, 
meanwhile people can't eat. They don't have money to send their kids to school. 
Life has gotten worse since you did that thing [took power]"

Apaid, who was the MC of the demonstration, introduced the speakers, many of 
them competing for President, by stating that unity amongst Haiti's political 
class was needed in order to solve the country's problems. This 'united 
political class' includes many of the country's wealthiest, and leaves out 
Lavalas, the most popular political party in Haiti.

However, shortly after Apaid began his speech, an armed UN jeep approached the 
demo and began slowly driving through the crowd on its way to the UN 
headquarters. This immediately distracted all the attention away from Apaid, as 
the angry crowd began to throw garbage and water bottles, and bang on the sides 
of the jeep. Apaid pleaded with the crowd to keep calm and let the jeep 
through. Had the same incident happened at a demonstration in Cite Soleil (and 
indeed it has), the UN troops would have opened fire in a second, killing 
indiscriminately. These demonstrators were much more fortunate, having the big 
guns behind them, and all the protection of Haiti's elite.

The rhetoric that numerous speakers were putting forth about this being a 
peaceful demonstration is in fact completely false. This demonstration was 
meant to be anything but peaceful. The Group 184 had achieved what they're so 
good at - cloaking their actions in a veneer of credibility and appeal to 
liberal concerns of 'peace' and 'democracy', while at the same time putting 
pressure on MINUSTAH to up the ante and open fire on the poor.

While the Group 184 is calling on intensified security to solve the problem of 
'lawlessness' in Haiti, the end result of their pressure can only be described 
as collective punishment for the country's poor. This logic exists in many 
occupied zones throughout the world. One need not even condemn a whole 
population as being 'insurgents', 'terrorists', or in Haiti's case, 'chimeres' 
or 'bandits,' but conveniently find a few amongst the many, and that's 
justification enough for a slaughter. Referring to Cite Soleil, Baker said, 
"Basically, Haitian people see these zones as being protected by the UN, and 
terrorists can exit these areas, commit crimes, and go back in. The UN can't 
even go into these zones without their tanks."

Baker continued, "We have to understand that Cite Soleil has 300 000 residents, 
and maybe 200 terrorists. These terrorists are terrorizing the other 300 
000.... We are asking that Cite Soleil residents be given the right to 
circulate freely, without being attacked by 'chimeres' or terrorists."

Baker's perceived benevolence to Cite Soleil is, in reality, paper-thin. 
Jean-Joseph Joel, a resident Cite Soleil had a completely different account of 
MINUSTAH's actions: "...people who live in Cite Soleil can't go out into the 
street to go about any activities. We can not circulate, we can not work."

The Group 184 demonstration seemed to have achieved the desired results. A 
report came in later in the day from Cite Soleil residents that MINUSTAH forces 
there had killed another 4 people only hours after the demonstration.

The Group 184 demonstration came days after a demonstration held in Cite Soleil 
against MINUSTAH repression, human rights abuses and killings of civilians. In 
a country where people on both sides of the political spectrum have serious 
grievances with MINUSTAH , it is worth asking whose interests are really being 
served by the UN presence here.

As things stand now, support for popular candidate Rene Preval among the poor 
majority of Haitians is enough to guarantee his victory. The Group 184's cries 
for security in Haiti are no more than a softened way of saying that anyone 
even remotely associated with Lavalas will not be allowed to win the 
presidential elections, and if they try, their supporters will pay with their 
lives.

[Leslie Bagg and Aaron Lakoff are two activists and independent journalists 
from Montreal.  They will be in Haiti for the month of January, filing reports 
focused on the role of Canada in the country. They can be reached at 
montrealtohaiti at resist.ca]


From aaron at resist.ca  Fri Jan 20 16:01:47 2006
From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:01:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] UN War Crimes in Haiti
Message-ID: <1865.69.35.177.108.1137801707.squirrel@mail.resist.ca>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [oth] UN War Crimes in Haiti?
From:    "Joe" <joejoehead at yahoo.com>
Date:    Fri, January 20, 2006 9:12 am
To:      "Oth" <oth at ckut.ca>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Did the UN fire on a children's ward at a hospital?

CKUT Reporter Aaron Lakoff is currently in the capital
city of Port-au-Prince, providing real news coverage
of the violence and possible war crimes being
committed by the UN's MINUSTAH forces. All indications
show that these forces fired on a hospital, hitting a
children's ward. He discusses their suppression of the
media, the apparent assassination of the man in charge
of MINUSTAH and the election of Gen. Herman, a Chilean
Gen. (trained at the School of Americas) thought to
have murdered a Spanish Diplomat, as Vice Commander to
help lead the forces.
To contact Aaron Lakoff: montrealtohaiti at resist.ca

Audio mp3 (15:10):
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=16131
or
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/8232.php






From aaron at resist.ca  Fri Jan 20 19:29:12 2006
From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:29:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] UN Commits War Crimes in Cite Soleil, Haiti
Message-ID: <2857.69.35.177.108.1137814152.squirrel@mail.resist.ca>

UN commits war crimes in Cite Soleil, Haiti
by Leslie Bagg

-->To view the photo gallery which accompanies this report, visit:
http://gallery.cmaq.net/album52

January 20, 2006

Port au Prince -- As pressure from Haiti's elite on MINUSTAH (United
Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) continues to escalate, so too does
the violence perpetrated by UN forces against civilians in Cite Soleil.
The death toll in the desperately poor neighborhood has been climbing
steadily since the Group 184 organized a business strike and a
demonstration on January 16th outside UN headquarters in Port-au-Prince
with the aim of pushing MINUSTAH to do more to provide security and
eliminate so-called terrorists in the city's poorest neighborhoods. At
least 10 civilians have been killed by UN forces this week.

Many feel that more killings could also be in order in retaliation for the
January 17th deaths of two Jordanian MINUSTAH soldiers in Cite Soleil. 
Representatives from Cite Soleil contest that no one from the community
was involved in these killings, and that outsider intervention is a
possibility.

Residents of Cite Soleil showed us the bodies of two of the most recent
victims of MINUSTAH's campaign of terror. Jean Ericson, a man in his early
20's, lies dead on the sidewalk in a pool of his own blood. His neighbors
tell us he was killed by MINUSTAH bullets at 9:00 am on January 19th. The
second body is a short walk away. An unidentified man lies with a bullet
hole in his chest. He was a porter, residents tell us, one of many who
pull heavy loads in the hot sun in order to survive. They show us his
empty cart a few blocks away.

Our next visit is Ste-Catherine's hospital, where we meet eight-year-old
Valencia who was shot in the leg during a MINUSTAH attack on her home
during the night of January 18th. We learn more disturbing news at the
hospital. It was itself a target of MINUSTAH fire that same night. Lani
Byeneme, who was present at the hospital with her 13 year-old child, Aline
Jean-Denis, during the attack explains: ?Yesterday night, we were sleeping
here, and MINUSTAH came to kill us. It was MINUSTAH that shot the bullet
which almost killed my little child. The window was broken, and it fell on
the bed of the child.? Small children and their parents look on as we
photograph bullet holes in the glass window of the children's ward.

Thus far, the only MINUSTAH personnel we have come in contact with have
been ensconsed in their armed personnel carriers. However, as we drive
through Pele, another slum area adjacent to Cite Soleil, we see armed
blue-helmeted soldiers out patrolling a busy street. They are accompanied
by a masked man who is questioning people, including a woman sitting by
the side of the road. She tells us that he is a Cite Soleil resident who
has been hired by MINUSTAH to lead them to the 'chimeres', the armed
bandits who are supposedly terrorizing the neighborhood.

The actions of MINUSTAH in Cite Soleil make one wonder just whom is
terrorizing whom. The Geneva convention states that ?Combatants must
distinguish between civilian and military objects and attack only military
targets.? (Protocol I, Art. 48). Residents that we interviewed stressed
that the two men who had been gunned down in the street were unarmed. It
is impossible to make the argument that eight year old Valencia is a
combatant. The Geneva convention also specifically protects hospitals,
stating that ?Fixed establishments and mobile medical units must be
protected and respected by all sides in a conflict.? (Convention I, Art.
19). If the United Nations is willing to ignore international law to serve
the interests of the rich in Haiti, it should be cause for concern not
only for residents of Cite Soleil, but for citizens the countries like
Canada whose governments are supporting the UN mission here.

[Leslie Bagg is an activist and independent journalist based in Montreal. 
She will be in Haiti filing reports during the month of January.  Leslie
can be reached at montrealtohaiti at resist.ca]






From mfoster at web.ca  Sat Jan 21 11:17:46 2006
From: mfoster at web.ca (mfoster at web.ca)
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:17:46 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] breaking news: two arrested in Toronto
Message-ID: <1071.207.139.139.154.1137871066.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>

(2pm, Saturday 21 January 2006) -- Two members of the Solidarity Across
Borders network of Montreal have just been arrested for participating in a
popular mobilisation at Minister of Immigration Joseph Volpe's election
campaign office in Toronto.

The picket was called to draw attention to the fact that Joseph Volpe has
not responded to non-status people and their supporters who marched from
Montreal to Ottawa in June 2005 to demand a full and complete
regularisation of all non-status people, an end to deportations and
detentions, and the abolition of security certificates (details below).

It is unknown what charges are being used to silence the two defenders of
justice and dignity, nor when they will be released. The two are
apparently being held at Toronto's 32 division.

==========

[The text below is from a flyer that will be passed out at a picket
sponsored by Solidarity Across Borders of Montreal outside of Immigration
Minister Joe Volpe's election offices in Toronto this January 21, 2006. At
least 50 members of Solidarity Across Borders, most of whom participated
in the No One Is Illegal March on Ottawa (June 18-25, 2005) will make the
trip from Montreal to Toronto. If you are in the Toronto-area, join us at
the corner of Lawrence and Avenue Road at 2pm for our spirited
child-friendly picket!]

-- JUSTICE AND DIGNITY DON'T FIT INTO BALLOT BOXES!

-- WHY WE ARE HERE.

We are Solidarity Across Borders, a Montreal-area network of self-organized
migrants, refugees, and immigrants, and their allies. This past summer,
between
June 18-25, 2005, we marched, step-by-step, over 200km, from Montreal to
Ottawa. From the immigrant neighborhoods of Montreal, to Parliament Hill in
Ottawa, we marched because we refuse to be invisible and silenced.

We marched through the lands of the Mohawk and Algonquin peoples, and
publicly
supported their demands for sovereignty and self-determination.

We marched to support our main demands: 1) the regularization of all
non-status
people in Canada; 2) an end to the deportation and detention of migrants; and
3) the abolition of racist security certificates.

We marched because hundreds of thousands of people live in Canada without
status. These people - our friends, co-workers, schoolmates and neighbours -
make up the social, economic and cultural fabric of cities like Montreal,
Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. Without status, and deemed "illegal",
thousands
of migrants are forced to live in poverty, without sufficient access to
health
care or education, and in great fear of being detained or deported, all the
while being the most exploited in the workplace.

We marched on the 10th anniversary of the "Bread and Roses" March against
poverty, organized by Quebec women, and the 70th anniversary of the
"On-to-Ottawa" Trek, organized by unemployed workers during the Great
Depression; we marched in the tradition of those previous efforts for social
and economic justice.

We marched because there is no such thing as an "illegal" human being, only
unjust laws and illegitimate governments.

Our march was directly inspired by Shamim Akhtar, a Pakistani refugee
claimant
and active member of Solidarity Across Borders. Shamim first proposed the
idea
of a refugee march to Ottawa in the summer of 2003. Unfortunately, Shamim and
her family (including 4 children) were deported in the summer of 2004, and
could not join our march.

We marched almost one year later with Shamim very much in mind, as well as
all
our other friends and allies who have been removed, detained, or forced
underground or into sanctuary in the past years: Wendy Maxwell, Shakir
Baloch,
Sergio Loreto, the Cordoza family, the Daschevi family, Zahoor Hussein, Fahim
Kayani, Tilo Johnson, the Isakovs, Kader Belaouni, Khursheda Khanam, the
Arrellano-Diaz family, Dorothy Dube, Fatima Marhfoul, Mohamed Cherfi, Ahmed
Nafaa, Ahmed Abdel Majeed, the Ibad family, the Butt family, the Syed family,
Eduardo and Gorka, Mourad and Nadia, the Portnoy family, the Vega family, the
Borja family, the Ayoub family, the Ayele family, Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud
Jaballah, Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat, Adil Charkaoui and many, too many,
more.

Before deciding to march to Ottawa, we wrote hundreds of letters, collected
thousands of signatures and organized dozens of demonstrations. We have
successfully fought deportations and detentions, but have also seen our
family
members and friends permanently removed from our lives.

Despite our efforts, Joe Volpe, the Minister of Immigration, completely
ignored
our historic march. With his inaction, Joe Volpe showed his contempt for the
rights of immigrants and refugees.

Today in Toronto -- more than six months after we left downtown Montreal on a
collective journey to the decision-makers in Ottawa -- our march
continues. We
join with our allies in Toronto, dedicated groups like No One Is Illegal,
Justice for Migrant Workers, the Campaign to Stop Secret Trials, Toronto
Action
for Social Change, SIKLAB, OCAP Immigration, and many more.

There will undoubtedly be many more challenges after the election, no matter
who claims to hold power over our lives; but today, two days before the
elections, we hold Joe Volpe accountable for his ignorance of the reality of
non-status persons in Canada. Our actions are never taken in vain, but
they are
the result of our lived reality as immigrants and refugees; Joe Volpe must be
made to understand that.

For every arbitrary detention, for every summary deportation, for every
minute
spent in jail without charge or trial, for every anxious and dehumanizing day
spent waiting for status - all the days, months, years that the government
has
stolen from us - we will continue to march and struggle, for justice and
dignity. Join us and take back stolen time.

-- SOLIDARITY ACROSS BORDERS-MONTREAL --
514-859-9023 -- sansfrontieres at resist.ca
www.solidarityacrossborders.org
[January 21, 2006]



From aaron at resist.ca  Sat Jan 21 11:34:44 2006
From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca)
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:34:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Canada, the UN, and the Politics of Brutality
Message-ID: <2292.69.35.177.108.1137872084.squirrel@mail.resist.ca>

Canada, the UN, and the Politics of Brutality

by Aaron Lakoff
January 20, 2006, Port au Prince

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In his book ?The Uses of Haiti?, author Paul Farmer writes;

?...the world's privileged are protected from suffering violence, they are
protected from having to perpetrate it ? directly ? and they are protected
from having to apologize for it.  This, then, is the political economy of
brutality.  Just as the violence of the poor must be understood as imbeded
in their poverty ? the structural violence done to them ? so, too, must
the 'goodness' of the rich be measured against their power and
privilege.?1

Here, I hope to illustrate how my country, Canada, is profiting from this
political economy of brutality that Farmer describes here in Haiti.

Admittedly, I came to Haiti having known very little about the country
just six months prior.  My voyage here was very much an attempt to relay
information, to the best of my abilities, to Canadians, in order to
further expose Canada's role in Haiti.  Just as Canada is now carrying out
its brutal policy of Responsibility to Protect, a modern version of 'white
man's burden', I feel that citizens of the Canadian state like myself have
a responsibility to confront the real issue in Haiti ? that of Canadian
imperialism.

To follow Farmer's analytical framework of a political economy of
brutality, let us first examine who is suffering from this violence. 
Yesterday, we visited the Ste-Catherine's hospital in Cite Soleil, the
largest and poorest area of Port au Prince.  While ailing patients lay
hooked up to I.V. Tubes in rows of beds, it was impossible to not notice
that the exterior and interior walls of the hospital were covered with
bullet holes.  In a shocking image that will never leave my mind, there
was a large bullet hole in a glass window looking in on cribs in the
children's ward.  Eyewitnesses told us that at around 11pm the previous
night, the hospital came under heavy fire, and the perpetrators were
MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) troops.  Opening
fire on a hospital is a serious war crime under the Geneva Convention, and
here, in Cite Soleil, we were looking at the evidence of war crimes
committed by the very body which is supposed to uphold international law.

On the ground floor of the hospital, we met Valencia, an 8-year old girl
who was recovering from a gunfire wound she sustained the night before,
when MINUSTAH let loose a few rounds on her house.  Her father, standing
beside her bed, still looked like he was in shock.

Dead bodies were strewn throughout the streets on Thursday morning.  The
death toll of the day, even before noon, was three.  Residents said all
three were killed by MINUSTAH, and all three were unarmed.  We saw the
dead body of one unidentified man, still baking in the hot sun, who was
gunned down just blocks away from a large cart that he used to deliver
groceries and other goods for a living.

This week's death toll in Cite Soleil was already over ten, all killed by
UN forces.  For many like myself, we have been raised by the myth that the
UN, the infamous and benevolent 'casques bleus', operate around the world
to protect peace and security.  Now the UN is even publicly admitting that
they have killed civilians as 'collateral damage' in some of their
missions.

Two important questions must be asked; who constitutes this collateral
damage, and why is the UN killing and not saving lives?

The answer to the first question is simple and well-documented.  Just like
hundreds of thousands of Madeline Albright's little targets in Iraq, the
collateral damage in Haiti is found amongst the nation's poorest.  They
are the ones suffering the brunt of this violence.

The answer to the second question is slightly more complicated, and leads
into the second part of Farmer's thesis.  It also begins to uncover
Canada's not-so-well hidden interests in the country.  In a nutshell, the
UN is committing acts of violence in Haiti because the country's
privileged are protected from having to perpetrate that violence directly.
 They are putting pressure on the UN to do their dirty work for them.

Haiti's privileged and wealthy, represented by the Group of 184, a
so-called 'civil society' group that orchestrated the bloody coup d'etat
against democratically-elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004,
have a lot at stake right now.  In order to protect their carefully
planned coup, they need two things to happen; a) that their favored
candidate (and sweatshop owner), Charles Henri Baker, get elected as
president, and b) that the support base for Lavalas candidate Rene Preval,
traditionally found in poor areas like Cite Soleil and Bel Air, be
effectively demobilized and crushed.

The Group of 184 is taking steps to ensure these things happen before the
elections on February 7th.  In order to put pressure on MINUSTAH to get
tough on crime and 'terrorism', they called for a general business strike
on January 9.  On January 16th they held a sit-in in front of the UN
mission headquarters in the capital.  Indeed they got their wish, and
MINUSTAH killed four more people the same day as the demonstration.

The Group of 184 is led by a shady cast of characters.  Their
spokesperson, Andy Apaid Jr., is the owner of Alpha Industries, the
largest garment producer in Haiti.  In his factories, more aptly called
sweatshops, workers toil to produce clothing for Montreal-based Gildan
Activewear.  Most are women between the ages of 18-30 years old, and are
paid a measly 75 Gourdes (Less than $2 US) per day.

Another important Group of 184 player is Reginald Boulos, head of the
Haitian Chamber of Commerce.  According to the Haiti Information Project,
Boulos was also implicated in the death of 60 children after his company,
Pharval Pharmaceuticals, produced a poisonous cough syrup distributed
throughout poor neighborhoods of the capital. .  Patrick Elie, a Haitian
activist we met the other day, recounts to us how he applied for a job
with a pharmaceutical company in Canada.  When he told his prospective
employers that he used to work for the Boulos family in Haiti, they
replied, ?You know, those guys are killers...?

So how does a group of rich maquiladora-owners and mad scientists maintain
even a shred of credibility on the international scene?  Through plenty of
funding and support from the USA, France, and Canada.

Since the 2004 coup d'etat, Canada has lent its explicit support to the
Group of 184, not only in sending 500 soldiers to aid in the process of
ousting Aristide, but also by funding many of the opposition groups in the
Group of 184 via CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency). 
Seemingly progressive Canadian NGO's such as Alternatives and Rights and
Democracy have helped maintain the Group of 184's credibility by affirming
that they are indeed a 'civil society' group.

Through this support for the Group of 184, Canada has also supported de
facto all the institutions that are committing human rights abuses in
post-coup Haiti, including the interim Haitian government.  Thousands of
political prisoners continue to sit behind bars without charges since the
coup, while Paul Martin has denied their very existence as such.  At the
same time, known killer and coup leader, Guy Phillipe, who was trained by
the CIA in Ecuador, is running for president.  The Canadian Embassy in
Haiti, who was quick to support the removal of Aristide, has had little to
say about this.

Furthermore, through its support for the Group of 184, Canada is also
turning a blind eye to the killings of MINUSTAH.  Haiti's poor know quite
well who is responsible for these attacks.  As Jean-Joseph Joel, a
resident of Cite Soleil put it,  ?MINUSTAH must cease being manipulated by
the private business sector ? stop taking orders from the hands of Baker,
Boulos, and Apaid, at the detriment of the masses, to destroy the people
of Cite Soleil, Bel Air, Laforcette, to destroy all who live in the
popular neighborhoods?.

Canada's Responsibility to Protect, a racist doctrine itself, on the
ground looks like poor Haitians being slaughtered.

So to bring us to the third and final part of Farmer's political economy
of brutality, we have to turn close to home.  This is where we find the
perpetrators who are protected from having to apologize.  I am Canadian
(as an anarchist, that's a hard admission), and my concern is primarily
what my government is doing in Haiti, in my name.

Canadians are going to the polls for a federal election on January 23rd.  
The lead-up to our own elections won't be a bloodbath, but for Haiti, the
outcome could be.  Sadly, the outcome of our election won't make for any
positive change in Haiti.  Either the Liberals will form the new
government (and we've already seen their abysmal performance here), or the
Conservatives will, bringing our foreign policy even more in line with the
global hegemony politics of the USA.

But a look to the north end of Montreal shows an interesting scene playing
out.  There, where many Haitian-Canadians reside, Canada's Liberal Foreign
Affairs Minister, Pierre Pettigrew, is engaged in the fight of his
political career ? and he's loosing.

Pettigrew is one of the main players responsible for Canada's imperialist
ventures in Haiti, but when called on it, he is unrepentant.  In fact he
is proud of Canada's role in Haiti.

Haitians in Montreal, along with activist groups such as Haiti Action
Montreal, are ready to fire Pettigrew from his job.  He's been publicly
challenged and humiliated, and now posters with his face denouncing him
for crimes against humanity cover telephone polls in his riding.  As the
most recent polls show he is way down, he actually might soon be forced to
say his apologies.

Our solidarity with the Haitian people demands that we make people like
Pettigrew, Martin, and the rest of the Canadian government pay for their
crimes.  We must challenge the structural violence being done unto Haiti's
poor, and we must take down the defenses that allow for the profiting by
the Canadian state of this political economy of brutality.  Voting out
Pettigrew and the likes could be a  start, but imperialism doesn't end at
the ballot boxes.  We need not a new foreign policy towards Haiti, and it
isn't enough for people like the NDP's Svend Robinson to go down to Haiti
if he is elected, as he has promised.  Canada needs to get out of Haiti,
and the mechanisms of the political economy of brutality that we have seen
need to be abolished.  After all, Haitians are demanding no less.

[Aaron Lakoff is an activist and independent journalist based in Montreal.
 He will be in Haiti for the month of January, filing reports focused on
the role of Canada in the country.  He can be reached at
montrealtohaiti at resist.ca]

Notes
1.  Paul Farmer. The Uses of Haiti. (Monroe: Common Courage Press, 1994) 307.








From mfoster at web.ca  Sat Jan 21 16:01:40 2006
From: mfoster at web.ca (mfoster at web.ca)
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:01:40 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] update Re: breaking news: two arrested in
	Toronto
In-Reply-To: <1071.207.139.139.154.1137871066.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>
References: <1071.207.139.139.154.1137871066.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>
Message-ID: <1216.207.139.139.99.1137888100.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>

(6:30 pm, Saturday, 21 January 2006) -- Both arrestees (both of whom have
citizenship) are now released. Apparently they were charged with trespass.

Upwards of 100 people gathered to picket Joseph Volpe on the eve of the
federal elections with the message that justice and dignity don't fit into
a ballott box. Pictures of the demonstration can now be seen via
www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/node.

> (2pm, Saturday 21 January 2006) -- Two members of the Solidarity Across
> Borders network of Montreal have just been arrested for participating in a
> popular mobilisation at Minister of Immigration Joseph Volpe's election
> campaign office in Toronto.
>
> The picket was called to draw attention to the fact that Joseph Volpe has
> not responded to non-status people and their supporters who marched from
> Montreal to Ottawa in June 2005 to demand a full and complete
> regularisation of all non-status people, an end to deportations and
> detentions, and the abolition of security certificates (details below).
>
> It is unknown what charges are being used to silence the two defenders of
> justice and dignity, nor when they will be released. The two are
> apparently being held at Toronto's 32 division.
>
> ==========
>
> [The text below is from a flyer that will be passed out at a picket
> sponsored by Solidarity Across Borders of Montreal outside of Immigration
> Minister Joe Volpe's election offices in Toronto this January 21, 2006. At
> least 50 members of Solidarity Across Borders, most of whom participated
> in the No One Is Illegal March on Ottawa (June 18-25, 2005) will make the
> trip from Montreal to Toronto. If you are in the Toronto-area, join us at
> the corner of Lawrence and Avenue Road at 2pm for our spirited
> child-friendly picket!]
>
> -- JUSTICE AND DIGNITY DON'T FIT INTO BALLOT BOXES!
>
> -- WHY WE ARE HERE.
>
> We are Solidarity Across Borders, a Montreal-area network of
> self-organized
> migrants, refugees, and immigrants, and their allies. This past summer,
> between
> June 18-25, 2005, we marched, step-by-step, over 200km, from Montreal to
> Ottawa. From the immigrant neighborhoods of Montreal, to Parliament Hill
> in
> Ottawa, we marched because we refuse to be invisible and silenced.
>
> We marched through the lands of the Mohawk and Algonquin peoples, and
> publicly
> supported their demands for sovereignty and self-determination.
>
> We marched to support our main demands: 1) the regularization of all
> non-status
> people in Canada; 2) an end to the deportation and detention of migrants;
> and
> 3) the abolition of racist security certificates.
>
> We marched because hundreds of thousands of people live in Canada without
> status. These people - our friends, co-workers, schoolmates and neighbours
> -
> make up the social, economic and cultural fabric of cities like Montreal,
> Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. Without status, and deemed "illegal",
> thousands
> of migrants are forced to live in poverty, without sufficient access to
> health
> care or education, and in great fear of being detained or deported, all
> the
> while being the most exploited in the workplace.
>
> We marched on the 10th anniversary of the "Bread and Roses" March against
> poverty, organized by Quebec women, and the 70th anniversary of the
> "On-to-Ottawa" Trek, organized by unemployed workers during the Great
> Depression; we marched in the tradition of those previous efforts for
> social
> and economic justice.
>
> We marched because there is no such thing as an "illegal" human being,
> only
> unjust laws and illegitimate governments.
>
> Our march was directly inspired by Shamim Akhtar, a Pakistani refugee
> claimant
> and active member of Solidarity Across Borders. Shamim first proposed the
> idea
> of a refugee march to Ottawa in the summer of 2003. Unfortunately, Shamim
> and
> her family (including 4 children) were deported in the summer of 2004, and
> could not join our march.
>
> We marched almost one year later with Shamim very much in mind, as well as
> all
> our other friends and allies who have been removed, detained, or forced
> underground or into sanctuary in the past years: Wendy Maxwell, Shakir
> Baloch,
> Sergio Loreto, the Cordoza family, the Daschevi family, Zahoor Hussein,
> Fahim
> Kayani, Tilo Johnson, the Isakovs, Kader Belaouni, Khursheda Khanam, the
> Arrellano-Diaz family, Dorothy Dube, Fatima Marhfoul, Mohamed Cherfi,
> Ahmed
> Nafaa, Ahmed Abdel Majeed, the Ibad family, the Butt family, the Syed
> family,
> Eduardo and Gorka, Mourad and Nadia, the Portnoy family, the Vega family,
> the
> Borja family, the Ayoub family, the Ayele family, Mohammad Mahjoub,
> Mahmoud
> Jaballah, Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat, Adil Charkaoui and many, too
> many,
> more.
>
> Before deciding to march to Ottawa, we wrote hundreds of letters,
> collected
> thousands of signatures and organized dozens of demonstrations. We have
> successfully fought deportations and detentions, but have also seen our
> family
> members and friends permanently removed from our lives.
>
> Despite our efforts, Joe Volpe, the Minister of Immigration, completely
> ignored
> our historic march. With his inaction, Joe Volpe showed his contempt for
> the
> rights of immigrants and refugees.
>
> Today in Toronto -- more than six months after we left downtown Montreal
> on a
> collective journey to the decision-makers in Ottawa -- our march
> continues. We
> join with our allies in Toronto, dedicated groups like No One Is Illegal,
> Justice for Migrant Workers, the Campaign to Stop Secret Trials, Toronto
> Action
> for Social Change, SIKLAB, OCAP Immigration, and many more.
>
> There will undoubtedly be many more challenges after the election, no
> matter
> who claims to hold power over our lives; but today, two days before the
> elections, we hold Joe Volpe accountable for his ignorance of the reality
> of
> non-status persons in Canada. Our actions are never taken in vain, but
> they are
> the result of our lived reality as immigrants and refugees; Joe Volpe must
> be
> made to understand that.
>
> For every arbitrary detention, for every summary deportation, for every
> minute
> spent in jail without charge or trial, for every anxious and dehumanizing
> day
> spent waiting for status - all the days, months, years that the government
> has
> stolen from us - we will continue to march and struggle, for justice and
> dignity. Join us and take back stolen time.
>
> -- SOLIDARITY ACROSS BORDERS-MONTREAL --
> 514-859-9023 -- sansfrontieres at resist.ca
> www.solidarityacrossborders.org
> [January 21, 2006]
>
>



From mfoster at web.ca  Sat Jan 21 16:23:23 2006
From: mfoster at web.ca (mfoster at web.ca)
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:23:23 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] mise-a-jour Re: dernieres nouvelles: deux
 membres de Solidarite sans frontieres sontarretes
In-Reply-To: <1216.207.139.139.99.1137888100.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>
References: <1071.207.139.139.154.1137871066.squirrel@flymail.web.ca> 
	<1216.207.139.139.99.1137888100.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>
Message-ID: <1250.205.205.59.5.1137889403.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>

(18h30, samedi le 21 janvier 2006) ? Les deux membres du r?seau Solidarit?
sans fronti?res de Montr?al qui ?taient arr?tes cet apr?s-midi ? Toronto
ont ?t? relach?. Apparament ils ont ?t? accus? d? ?entrer sans permission?
(?trespass?).

Plus d?une centaine ont remass? devant le bureau de Joseph Volpe juste
avant les elections f?d?rale. Ils ont livr? le message que ? DANS LES
BO?TES DE SCRUTIN, IL N'Y A PAS ASSEZ DE PLACE POUR LA JUSTICE ET LA
DIGNIT?. ? (Voir en dessous pour plus des details ...)

Photos d'aujourd'hui : www.solidarityacrossborders.org/fr/node.

***

(14 heures, samedi le 21 janvier 2006) -- Deux membres du r?seau
Solidarit? sans fronti?res de Montr?al ont ?t? arr?t?s suite ? leur
participation ? un rassemblement populaire devant les bureaux ?lectoraux
du Ministre de l'Immigration Joe Volpe ? Toronto.

Le rassemblement a ?t? organis? afin d'attirer l'attention sur le fait que
Joe Volpe n'a jamais r?pondu aux centaines de personnes sans-statut et
leurs sympathisant(e)s qui ont march? de Montr?al ? Ottawa en juin 2005,
afin d'exiger la mise en place d'un programme de r?gularisation compler
pour toute les personnes sans-statut, la fin des d?tentions et des
d?portations et l'abolition des certificats de s?curit? (pour plus de
d?tails, voir c-dessous).

On ne sait toujours pas quelles accusations seront port?es pour r?duire au
silence ces deux d?fenseurs de la justice et de la dignit?, ni quand ils
seront rel?ch?s. Les deux personnes sont apparamment d?tenues ? la
division 32 de la police de Toronto.

*******

[Le texte ci-dessous provient d'un tract qui a ?t? distribu? lors d'un
rassemblement endoss? par Solidarit? sans fronti?res de Montr?al, ?
l'ext?rieur des bureaux ?lectoraux de Joe Volpe ce samedi le 21 janvier
2006. Plus de 50 membres de Solidarit? sans fronti?res, dont la plupart
ont particip? ? la marche Personne n'est ill?gal sur Ottawa (du 18 au 25
juin) feront le voyage de Montr?al ? Toronto.]


--PARCE QUE DANS LES BO?TES DE SCRUTIN, IL N'Y A PAS ASSEZ DE PLACE POUR
LA JUSTICE ET LA DIGNIT?

--POURQUOI NOUS SOMMES ICI

Nous sommes le r?seau Solidarit? sans fronti?res, un r?seau montr?alais
form? de groupes autog?r?s de r?fugi?(e)s, d'immigrant(e)s et de leurs
ami(e)s et alli?(e)s. Cet ?t?, du 18 au 25 juin 2005, nous avons march?,
pas ? pas, les quelque 200 kilom?tres qui s?parent Montr?al d'Ottawa.
Des quartiers immigrants de Montr?al jusqu'? la Colline parlementaire ?
Ottawa, nous avons march? parce que nous refusons d'?tres invisibles et
nous refusons d'?te r?duit(e)s au silence.

Nous avons travers? les terres des peuples Mohawk et Algonquin et avons
publiquement appuy? leurs aspirations de souverainet? et
d'auto-d?termination.

Nous avons march? en appui ? nos principales revendications, qui sont
les suivantes:

1) la r?gularisation de toutes les personnes sans statut au Canada;
2) la fin des d?tentions et des d?portations de migrant(e)s; et
3) l'abolition des certificats de s?curit? racistes.

Nous avons march? parce que des centaines de milliers de personnes
vivent au Canada sans statut. Ces personnes - ce sont nos ami(e)s, nos
coll?gues de travail, nos camarades de classe et nos voisin(e)s -
forment le tissus social, ?conomique et culturel des villes comme
Montr?al, Ottawa, Toronto et Vancouver. Sans statut, ?tiquet?s comme
?tant ?ill?gaux? ou ?ill?gales?, des milliers d'(im)migrant(e)s sont
contraints de vivre dans la pauvret?, sans acc?s suffisant aux soins de
sant? ou ? l'?ducation, dans la crainte perp?tuelle de la d?tention ou
de la d?portation, tout cela en vivant l'exploitation la plus s?v?re sur
le march? du travail.

Nous avons march? ? l'occasion du dixi?me anniversaire de la marche ?Du
pain et des roses? contre la pauvret?, organis?e par des groupes de
femmes du Qu?bec. Nous avons march? ? l'occasion du 70?me anniversaire
du ?On-to-Ottawa Trek?, organis?e par des travailleurs et travailleuses
au ch?mage, ? l'?poque de la Grande D?pression. Nous avons suivi dans
les pas de ces efforts courageux du pass? pour la justice ?conomique et
sociale.

Nous avons march? parce qu'un ?tre humain ?ill?gal? n'existe pas,
seulement des lois injustes et des gouvernements ill?gitimes.

Notre Marche est directement inspir?e de Shamim Akhtar, une demandeuse
du statut de r?fugi? d'origine pakistanaise et membre active de
Solidarit? sans fronti?res. Shamim a initialement propos? l'id?e d'une
Marche de r?fugi?(e)s sur Ottawa lors de l'?t? 2003. Malheureusement,
Shamim et sa famille (y compris ses 4 enfants) ont ?t? d?port?s ? l'?t?
2004 et n'ont pu particip? ? la marche.

Presque un an plus tard, nous avons march? en pensant ? Shamim ainsi
qu'? tous nos autres ami(e)s et alli?(e)s qui ont ?t? d?port?(e)s,
d?tenu(e)s, forc?(e)s ? vivre clandestinement ou forc?(e)s ? trouver
refuge dans des sanctuaires : Wendy Maxwell, Sergio Loreto, la famille
Cordoza, la famille Daschevi, Zahoor Hussein, Fahim Kayani, Tilo
Johnson, Daniel et Irina Isakov, Mohamed Cherfi, Ahmed Nafaa, Ahmed
Abdel Majeed, Faraz Abu Zimal, la famille Ibad, la famille Butt, la
famille Syed, la famille Arellano-Diaz, Dawood Khan, Eduardo Perez,
Gorka Salazar, Mourad et Nadia, la famille Vega, la famille Borja, la
famille Ayoub, la famille Ayele, Sanya Pecelj, Samsu Mia, Amir Kazemian,
Kobra et Hassan, Adrian Dragan, Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah,
Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat, Adil Charkaoui et beaucoup, beaucoup trop
d'autres.

Avant de prendre la d?cision de marcher jusqu'? Ottawa, nous avons ?crit
des centaines de lettres, r?colt? des milliers de signatures et organis?
plus d'une douzaine de rassemblements et de manifestations. Nous avons
combattu avec succ?s des d?portations et des d?tentions, mais vons aussi
vu des membres de nos familles et des ami(e)s arrach?s de nos vies pour
toujours.

Malgr? nos efforts, Joe Volpe, Ministre de l'Immigration, a compl?tement
ignor? cette marche historique. Par son inaction, Joe Volpe a d?montr?
tout son m?pris ? l'?gard des droits des immigrant(e)s et des r?fugi?(e)s.

Aujourd'hui ? Toronto, plus de six mois apr?s notre d?part du
centre-ville de Montr?al pour un voyage collectif chez les d?cideurs
politiques de la capitale, notre marche continue. Nous nous joignons ?
nos alli?s de Toronto, des groupes d?vou?s tels que Personne d'est
ill?gal, Justicia pour les travailleurs et les travailleuses
immigrant(e)s, la Campagne pour mettre fin aux proc?s secrets, Toronto
Action for Social Change, SIKLAB, OCAP-Immigration ainsi que plusieurs
autres.

Il y aura sans doute plusieurs autres d?fis suivant cette ?lection, peu
importe la personne qui pr?tendera exercer un pouvoir sur nos vies.
Toutefois, aujourd'hui, deux jours avant les ?lections, nous tenons Joe
Volpe responsable de son ignorance de la r?alit? des personnes
sans-statut au Canada. Nos actions ne sont jamais accomplies en vain:
elles sont le r?sultat de notre r?alit? v?cue en tant qu'immigrant(e)s
et r?fugi?(e) et on doit faire en sorte que Joe Volpe le comprenne.

Pour toutes les d?tentions arbitraires, pour toutes les d?portations
sommaires, pour chaque minute pass?e en prison sans accusation et sans
proc?s, pour chaque journ?e angoissante et d?shumanisante pass?e ?
attendre le statut - pour tous les jours, tous les mois toutes les
ann?es que le gouvernement nous a vol?s - nous continuerons ? marcher et
? lutter pour la dignit? et la justice. Ensemble, nous reprendrons le
temps qui nous a ?t? vol?.

-- SOLIDARIT? SANS FRONTI?RES MONTR?AL --
514-859-9023 -- sansfrontieres at resist.ca
www.solidaritesansfrontieres.org





From mfoster at web.ca  Tue Jan 31 07:12:08 2006
From: mfoster at web.ca (mfoster at web.ca)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:12:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] DEMO:Haiti for the Haitians!
Message-ID: <1064.199.243.52.94.1138720328.squirrel@flymail.web.ca>

{francais en bas}

Please forward widely!

:::::::::::::::
Haiti for the Haitians!
DEMONSTRATION
1PM Saturday
February 25
Guy and de Maisonneuve
(Metro Guy-Concordia)
Bring your noise-makers, banners and placards!
:::::::::::::::

Justice and Reparations
No Impunity
No Canadian Occupation

Since the U.S, France and Canada overthrew Haiti's elected government two
years ago, thousands have been killed, raped, incarcerated or
exiled in a brutal campaign of political repression. Two years later,
Haiti is still under foreign military occupation.

In addition to having numerous commanders within the UN military
structure, Canada heads the 1700 member U.N. police force. The primary
role of this force has been to train and assist the newly
reconstituted Haitian police force, which numerous human rights
reports have condemned for firing on peaceful demonstrations and
violently raiding poor neighborhoods sympathetic to the ousted
government.

Canadian officials supervise the activities of many departments of the
unelected, repressive Haitian government. Canadian NGOs (mainly from
Quebec) on the Federal government's payroll have been used to
legitimate Canada's intervention, influencing and directing Haitian civil
society in ways favorable to Canadian interests. Canadian
companies have benefited from a "reconstruction" boon and a more
friendly post-coup business environment. Policy makers are calling for a
"commitment" of at least ten years; Maclean's magazine recently
referred to Haiti as a place where Canada is acting like a
"superpower".

Haiti's February 7 election - overseen by Elections Canada - is being
championed by the Canadian government in an attempt to have us forget
their pivotal role in the undermining of democracy. How can there be free
and fair elections when hundreds of political prisoners languish in jail
and entire communities are terrorized by UN and police
violence?

Canada owes reparations for its crimes against the Haitian people.
Canadian politicians such as Denis Coderre, Pierre Pettigrew and Paul
Martin must be brought to justice for their crimes against humanity.
Canadian military personnel, implicated in a number of massacres, need to
have their actions investigated and placed on the historical
record.

End the Canadian occupation!
No impunity for criminal Canadian politicians!
Reparations now!
Justice for the Haitian people!

R?sistance Haitienne au Qu?bec & Haiti Action Montreal


CALL FOR ENDORSEMENTS:

Haiti Action Montreal and the R?sistance Haitienne au Qu?bec are
asking Montreal-area social justice groups to endorse the February 25
demonstration. By endorsing the demo, your group is supporting our main
demands: 1) an end to Canadian government and NGO complicity in the
occupation of Haiti; 2) self-determination for the Haitian people.

For background to the issue, please consult:
http://www.canadahaiti.ca
http://www.outofhaiti.ca
http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca

Members of Haiti Action Montreal and/or the R?sistance Haitienne au Qu?bec
are also available to meet with your group. If your group can help beyond
endorsing the demo, please get in touch!

For more information:
e-mail: haitiactionmontreal at gmail.com
web: http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca
tel: 514-219-9185

+++

SVP diffusez !

:::::::::::::::
Ha?ti aux Ha?tiens !
MANIFESTATION
13h00 Samedi
le 25 f?vrier
coin Guy et de Maisonneuve
(M?tro Guy-Concordia)
Amenez des banderoles, des pancartes
Et tout ce qui peut faire du bruit !
:::::::::::::::

Justice et Indemnit?s
Non ? l'impunit?
Non ? l'occupation canadienne

Depuis que les ?tats-Unis, la France et le Canada ont renvers? le
gouvernement ?lu d'Ha?ti il y a deux ans, des milliers de personnes ont
?t? tu?es, viol?es, emprisonn?es ou exil?es dans la foul?e d'une brutale
campagne de r?pression politique. Deux ans plus tard, Ha?ti est toujours
sous occupation militaire.

En plus d'avoir de nombreux commandants au sein du contingent
militaire de l'ONU, le Canada supervise 1700 membres de la police des
Nations unies. La premi?re mission de ce groupe a ?t? d'entra?ner et
d'assister les forces polici?res ha?tiennes r?cemment reconstitu?es et
accus?es, par de nombreux rapports sur les droits humains, d'avoir tir?
sur des manifestants pacifiques et d'avoir attaqu? les habitants des
quartiers pauvres qui supportent le gouvernement renvers?.

Les repr?sentants canadiens surveillent les activit?s de plusieurs
d?partements du gouvernement ha?tien r?pressif et non-?lu. Les ONG
canadiennes (principalement qu?b?coises) que l'on trouve sur la liste de
paie du gouvernement f?d?ral ont ?t? utilis?es pour l?gitimer
l'intervention du Canada en influen?ant et en dirigeant la soci?t? civile
ha?tienne de fa?on ? ce qu'elle soit favorable aux int?r?ts canadiens.
Suite au coup d'?tat, des entreprises canadiennes ont
b?n?fici?es de la manne de la ? reconstruction ? et d'un environnement
favorable ? la bonne conduite des affaires.

On invoque un engagement qui devrait durer au moins une dizaine
d'ann?es : le magazine Maclean's a r?cemment fait r?f?rence ? Ha?ti comme
? un endroit o? le Canada se comporte comme une ? superpuissance ?.

L'?lection du 7 f?vrier ? Ha?ti ? sous la responsabilit? d'?lections
Canada ? est acclam?e par le gouvernement canadien qui cherche nous faire
oublier son r?le crucial dans le bouleversement de cette
d?mocratie. Comment pourrait-il y avoir des ?lections libres et justes
quand des centaines de prisonniers politiques languissent sous les verrous
et que des communaut?s enti?res sont terroris?es par les
Nations unies et par la brutalit? polici?re ?

Le Canada doit une indemnisation pour ses crimes contre le peuple
ha?tien. Les politiciens canadiens tel que Denis Coderre, Pierre
Pettigrew et Paul Martin doivent ?tre tra?n?s devant la justice pour les
crimes contre l'humanit? qu'ils ont commis. L'action du personnel
militaire du Canada, impliqu? dans nombre de massacres, doit faire l'objet
d'enqu?tes et se voir soigneusement r?pertori?e.

Non ? l'occupation canadienne!
Non ? l'impunit? pour les politiciens canadiens criminalis?s!
Indemnisez le peuple ha?tiens !
Justice pour le peuple ha?tiens !

R?sistance Haitienne au Qu?bec & Haiti Action Montreal


APPEL AUX SUPPORTERS:

Haiti Action Montreal et R?sistance Ha?tienne au Qu?bec demandent aux
groupes faisant la promotion de la justice sociale dans la r?gion de
Montr?al d'afficher leur appui ? la manifestation du 25 f?vrier. En
soutenant la manif, vous supportez nos demandes principales : 1) la fin de
l'occupation en Ha?ti ; 2) le droit ? l'auto-d?termination du peuple
ha?tien.

Pour davantage d'informations sur le dossier :
http://www.canadahaiti.ca
http://www.outofhaiti.ca
http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca

Les membres de Haiti Action Montreal et/ou de R?sistance Haitienne au
Qu?bec sont ?galement disponible pour rencontrer votre groupe. Si
votre groupe peut nous aider au-del? de l'appui ? la manifestation,
communiquez avec nous :

Pour plus d'informations:
Courriel: haitiactionmontreal at gmail.com
Internet: http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca
T?l: 514-219-9185


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