From aaron at resist.ca Tue Jan 2 20:06:40 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:06:40 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Tel Aviv: Anarchists block city center with razor wire from separation wall Message-ID: <60501.74.13.164.116.1167797200.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> http://www.awalls.org/tel_avivs_center_blocked_by_the_wall Tel Aviv's center blocked by the wall 28/12/2006 Basel Street, one of Tel Aviv's hippest coffee shop centers, was blocked by 20 anarchists, using razor wire from the wall itself today at around 14:00. The two rolls of razor wire were stretched across the street parallel to each other, in a formation reminding that of the wall, and red signs reading: ?Mortal Danger-Military Zone. Any person who passes or damages the fence endangers his life?, also from the wall itself, were hanged on it. Flyers explaining Israel's policy of restrictions on movement land-grab were passed around. The action was carried to remind Tel Aviv's caf? goers of everyday hardships of Palestinians, resulting from Israel's apartheid policies and conduct in the Occupied Territories, and from the occupation itself. The activists urged Israelis to take responsibility of what is being done in their names, and force an end to Israeli occupation. From aaron at resist.ca Tue Jan 2 22:12:04 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:12:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] MNN 6 Nations takes over Council House Message-ID: 6 NATIONS MAKES HISTORY TODAY - 11:00 AM JANUARY 1, 2007, TO BE EXACT! MNN. Jan. 1, 2007. It was a beautiful sight. Over two miles of cars bearing Iroquois Confederacy and Unity flags. When everyone arrived at the Old Confederacy Council House in Ohsweken, the padlocks were already off. The Indian Act cops were no where in sight. [Maybe they were having donuts with the OPP]. This was followed by speeches and a celebration. Today the Iroquois Confederacy took back its Council House that was stolen in October 1924. We proved once again that Canada's 1924 Order-in-Council PC 1629 signed by Prime Minister McKenzie King and approved by Governor General Lord Byng of Vimy was illegal from the get-go. Duncan Campbell Scott, Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs, had plotted for years to get rid of the Six Nations Confederacy Council. He even got Parliament to introduce an amendment to the Indian Act which would allow Indian Affairs to take away Indian rights from any "pesky" Indian, like his arch rival, Fred Loft, a well-qualified Indian accountant of Six Nations. He was always asking too many questions. By the 1920's Scott had illegally gotten rid of traditional governments of most of the Indigenous people throughout Canada. Six Nations was the toughest and the last to go. The Six Nations tried to prove that the Indian Act was "ultra vires" [illegal] the British North America Act 1867 and that it did not apply to us. On Scott's advice, we could not present our case in the Supreme Court of Canada. He was afraid that his horrific extermination policies would be exposed to the light of day. The people chose Levi General, the Deskahe, to go overseas to bring our problems before the newly formed League of Nations. They were supposed to stop large nations from dominating small nations. The Netherlands, Persia [Iran], Estonia, Panama and Ireland supported him. The British, the dominant world power at the time, pressured them to drop their support. The Six Nations could then never present our case to a neutral tribunal after that. Once Scott knew the coast was clear, he got the Prime Minister and Governor General to sign the secret illegal Order-in-Council. It violated Six Nations and international law. The Council House had been closed for repairs. After the illegal Order in Council, it was opened up again. The first illegal Indian Act election was held there on October 21, 1924. This fake council made it possible for Canada to claim that Deskahe no longer represented the people. Deskahe left Europe in January 1925. He always wanted to return to Canada. Tough Border controls were put in place. They would not even allow his family members and his doctors to visit him in Tuscarora near Buffalo New York. On March 10 he made his famous last radio broadcast which is available on the internet. He died on June 27, 1925. Canada refused to let him be buried in Six Nations. This is not the only time the Confederacy attempted to take back the Council House. In March 1959 the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration said it was up to the Six Nations to decide which council was their proper representative. We took him at his word. The people decided to take over control and remove the band council. On March 5, 1,300 people marched on the Council House while the Indian act band council was in session. This was more than double the number of people that voted in the government's band council elections. The Indian Act band council locked the front door. The marchers removed it from its hinges and took possession. John Maracle [now deceased] said, "We went in the front door and they ran out the back". He was helped by such activists as Mad Bear Anderson, Clinton Rickard, Richard Maracle, Melvin Squires, Art Anderson, Mark Maracle, Dick Hill and people from other Indigenous communities. [Some are still around and took part in today's takeover]. They issued a proclamation nullifying the Indian Act and declaring Iroquoia a nation and that they were reestablishing its traditional government. 133 police were appointed to replace the RCMP. They announced an economic program designed to make the territory self-sufficient by pooling farming equipment. Canada did not respect these plans. On March 12th 1959 at 3 a.m. over 300 well armed RCMP invaded. There was a scuffle, attack and the women were beaten up. This roused the people. To this day it has distanced the band council system from the traditionals. Meanwhile Prime Minister John Diefenbaker had cut off all services to the people, which is a violation of human rights. Today that cannot happen. The Indian Act council was then forced back in, just like they did in 1924. It wouldn't take much to install the Confederacy Council today. All illegal corporate entities have to be removed. Six Nations jurisdiction can now be respected. The legitimate nation-to-nation relationship can resume as it was at the beginning of the colonial period, through the formative years of British North America and the formation of Canada. No state has a right to make orders to dissolve anyone else's government. Canada must acknowledge its error and make reparations. We can now assert our right to self-government that existed before they came here and is now acknowledged under international law. As President Wilson said in 1914, "They day of conquest and aggrandizement is gone". Almost a century later, it's time for Canada to wake up and get on board. Even the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People acknowledges that we have a right to self-determination. Canada can never use padlocks again to exclude us from our sovereign governments and our public buildings. Now that international law supports Indigenous self-determination, there is nothing to stop all of us from asserting our jurisdiction to our lands and resources through our traditional governments. Canada, you have to keep the peace and butt out of our business. It's time for you to learn how to obey the laws. It's important to make sure there is an orderly and smooth transition back to the way things were and always should have been. The Confederacy Council shall be fully reinstated. You undermined us before by holding our vast trust funds. You can't keep this from us anymore by deposing us. Canada, you have to deal with us as equals. If you don't, just remember what your own Supreme Court says in the Quebec Secession Reference, "Just because you can do something doesn't make it legal". If you believe in the rule of law, let's see it. Admit you're wrong. Give us our finances. Give us the accounting we've been asking for since 1920 and before. In other words, face up to the ugly truth and leave corruption behind. We want to do business on a decent and honest nation-to-nation basis. Canada is a foreign colony. Colonialism is just so yesterday! Everywhere else in the world, if you don't want to decolonize, you leave. Indigenous people everywhere have the same rights as we do at Six Nations. Our monies and resources have been and continue to be used to build all of corporate Canada. It's all ours. Canada, get used to the new relationship with your landlords. Have a Happy New Year and a great big bowl of "hangover" soup! [Send congratulations thebasketcase at on.aibn.com or call Hazel at 519-445-1351, 519-865-7722, Chief Arnie General 519-445-2624] Kahentinetha Horn MNN Mohawk Nation News For updates, workshops, speakers and to sign up go to www.mohawknationnews.com Please sign the Women Title Holders petition. Thank you. From abolissons at gmail.com Wed Jan 3 07:15:37 2007 From: abolissons at gmail.com (Commission populaire) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 10:15:37 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] 1 fev. Lancement du rapport :::: 1 Feb. Launch of report Message-ID: <7094833a0701030715g3bbf3518n67f2497b2e73f4c0@mail.gmail.com> [English Below] -- SVP faire circuler -- ASSEMBL?E POPULAIRE COMMISSION POPULAIRE SUR LES MESURES DE S?CURIT? EN IMMIGRATION Lancement du rapport de la Commission populaire et des campagnes ? suivre :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Jeudi, 1er f?vrier 2007, ? 18h30 3300 Cr?mazie Est (m?tro St-Michel) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: La Commission populaire sur les mesures de "s?curit?" en immigration a tenu des audiences publiques ? Montr?al les 21, 22 et 23 avril, 2006. Les neuf commissaires on entendu les t?moignages de trente individus sur les abus auxquels font face les immigrants et les r?fugi?s au Canada, au nom de la s?curit? nationale, dont le profilage racial, le non-acc?s ? des proc?s justes, l'utilisation de preuves secr?tes, les d?tentions arbitraires et ind?finies, les ?tiquettes li?es ? la s?curit? et les d?portations vers la torture. Des mesures tel que le "certificat de s?curit?" ont soulev? des inqui?tudes g?n?ralis?es par rapport ? l'expansion des pouvoirs gouvernementaux en mati?re de surveillance et de contr?le, mis de l'avant au nom de la guerre "guerre au terrorisme". Pour voir un reportage photo des audiences publiques : http://gallery.cmaq.net/peopescommission. La Commission populaire ?t? lanc?e par des organisations populaires dans les mois pr?c?dant l'audience de la Cour supr?me sur la constitutionalit? des certificats de s?curit?, afin d'offrir un forum alternatif et populaire ? nos communaut?s pour se pencher sur ces enjeux, sur la fa?on dont ils nous affectent, en se basant sur nos exp?riences personnelles de s?curit?. Un rapport pr?liminaire a ?t? publi? en juin 2006, qui r?sumait les conclusions et les recommandations des commissaires autour des th?mes suivants : (1) S?curit? nationale, ?galit? de traitement et profilage racial (2) Respect des proc?dures (3) d?tention (4) d?portation. Le rapport pr?liminaire contenant ?galement des recommandations adress?es gouvernement ainsi que pour des actions populaires. Le rapport complet sera lanc? lors d'une Assembl?e populaire le 1er f?vrier 2007 au 3300 Cr?mazie Est (m?tro St-Michel). L'Assembl?e populaire servira de forum pour discuter des suites donner aux recommandations comme partie prenante de notre lutte contre les mesures s?curitaires en immigration et l'?largissement des pouvoirs gouvernementaux. Pour plus de renseignements : www.peoplescommission.ath.cx ou 514.859.9023 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please distribute widely -- POPULAR ASSEMBLY PEOPLE'S COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION SECURITY MEASURES Launch of Report and Follow-up Campaigns :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Thursday, 1 February, 2007, at 6:30pm 3300 Cr?mazie East (m?tro St-Michel) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The PEOPLE'S COMMISSION on Immigration "Security" Measures held public hearings in Montreal from April 21-23, 2006. The nine Commissioners heard testimony from thirty individuals on the abuses which immigrants and refugees face in Canada in the name of "national security"; including racial profiling, denial of fair trials, use of secret evidence, indefinite and arbitrary detentions, labelling, and deportations to torture. Measures such as the 'security certificate' have raised broad concerns about expanding government powers of surveillance and control advancing under cover of the "war on terror". To view photo-essay of public hearings: http://gallery.cmaq.net/peoplescommission. The PEOPLE's COMMISSION was launched in the lead up to the Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of security certificates, by grassroots organisations, to provide an alternative, popular forum for our communities to consider these issues, as they affect us, from the starting point of our own experiences of security. An Executive Summary was released in June 2006, containing the Commissioners' findings and recommendations in the following areas: (1) National security, equality and racial profiling, (2) Due process, (3) Detention, and (4) Deportation. The Executive Summary made recommendations for government and for popular action. The complete report will be launched at a POPULAR ASSEMBLY on 1 February 2007 at 3300 Cr?mazie East (St. Michel metro). The Popular Assembly will organise follow up on the recommendations as part of our growing struggle against immigration security measures and expanding government powers. For more information: www.peoplescommission.ath.cx or 514.859.9023. From nooneisillegal at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 22:21:56 2007 From: nooneisillegal at gmail.com (No One Is Illegal Montreal) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 01:21:56 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] No One Is Illegal Radio 2006 Archives In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The No One Is Illegal-Montreal collective produces a monthly radio show which airs on CKUT community radio. --> An archive of No One Is Illegal Radio's 2006 shows is available at: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/no-one-is-illegal-radio-2006-archive.html Our 2006 shows include the voices of: - Latifa Charkaoui: mother of Adil Charkaoui, one of the Secret Trial Five; - Arnoldo Garcia: organizer with the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Oakland, California; - Kahehti:io: Mohawk youth activist from Kahnawake, arrested at the Land Reclamation at Six Nations; - Sherene Razack, author of "Looking White People in the Eye," and a witness at the People's Commission into Immigration "Security" Measures; - Hassan Almrei: secret trial detainee at Guantanamo North Prison, detained without trial since 2001; - Karen Coq: member of No One Is Illegal-Kingston, active in opposing the Guantanamo North prison; - Amir Hodhod: a member of Solidarity Across Borders who marched to Ottawa from Montreal in June 2005, and is fighting a pending deportation from Canada; - Hazel Hill: spokesperson for the Six Nations Land Reclamation; - Kahentinehta: of Mohawk Nation News and a defender of Mohawk territory during the Oka Crisis of 1990; - Roberta Keesick: elder, trapper and activist from the Grassy Narrows indigenous territory in Northwestern Ontario; the blockade against logging at Grassy Narrows is the longest blockade in Canadian history; - Arash Aslani: refugee from Iran, and former 10-month detainee at the Laval Detention Center near Montreal; - Teresa Hayter: author of "Open Borders" and organizer with the Campaign to Close Campsfield Detention Center in England; - Aarti Shahani: anti-deportations and anti-detentions activist with Families for Freedom in New York City; - Rasha Moumneh, of the Helem LGBT group in Beirut, Lebanon; - Nay: activist with Aswat, a queer justice group in Palestine; - Rafeef Ziadah: the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid in Toronto; - Ashanti Alston Omowali: anarchist activist, former political prisoner, and member of the Black Panther Party; - Biju Mathew: organizer with the New York Taxi Worker's Alliance; - Trudy Miller: mother of indigenous Six Nations political prisoner Trevor Miller; - Angel Smith: cousin of Trevor Miller; - Khadija Bennis: twin sister of Mohamed Anas Bennis, killed by the Montreal police. --> An archive of No One Is Illegal Radio's 2006 shows is available at: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/no-one-is-illegal-radio-2006-archive.html You can tune to No One Is Illegal Radio on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, from 5-6pm, as part of the Open Conspiracy for Social Change on "Off The Hour." Our upcoming 2007 shows will be on January 9, February 13, March 13, April 10 ... --> You can listen live in the MONTREAL-area at 90.3FM. --> You can listen ANYWHERE online at www.ckut.ca --> Or, contact noii-montreal at resist.ca to get regular updates about the organizing of No One Is Illegal-Montreal, including audio links to our upcoming shows. No One Is Illegal-Montreal is part of a worldwide movement of resistance, fighting for justice and dignity, and the right to self-determination for migrants, refugees and indigenous people. Our campaign is in public confrontation with the Canadian state, denouncing and taking action to combat racial profiling, police brutality, detentions and deportations, exploitation and wage-slave conditions, as well as opposing the displacement and genocide of indigenous peoples on Turtle Island. INFO: 514-848-7583 -- noii-montreal at resist.ca http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com From mfoster at web.net Fri Jan 5 10:31:34 2007 From: mfoster at web.net (mary foster) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:31:34 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] 17 fev. : Manifestation Fermez Guantanamo du nord Message-ID: <043d01c730f8$03663100$9d33cdcd@CPQ18145226471> Fermez ? Guantanamo du Nord ? ! Arr?tez la d?tention ind?finie et arbitraire Arr?tez la d?portation vers la torture Rassemblement Samedi 17 f?vrier 2007, ? 13h Square Berri (parc ?milie-Gamelin, m?tro Berri) ***Deuxi?me anniversaire de la ?lib?ration? d'Adil Charkaoui*** Le 18 f?vrier prochain, cela fera deux ans qu'Adil Charkaoui a ?t? lib?r? apr?s 21 mois de d?tention ? Montr?al, sans accusations ni proc?s pour finalement se retrouver avec des conditions tout aussi arbitraires qui limitent s?rieusement sa libert? et celle de toute sa famille. Il demeure ?galement sous la menace constante d'une d?portation vers la torture, un lourd tribut que lui et sa famille doivent payer, jour apr?s jour. Pendant ce temps au Canada, dans la prison de ? Guantanamo du Nord ?, situ?e au p?nitencier de Millhaven en Ontario, trois autres victimes des certificats de s?curit? sont d?tenues, dont une depuis pr?s de sept ans, en vertu de preuves secr?tes, sans accusations, tous sous la menace constante d'une d?portation vers la torture. Les six cellules de cette prison de plusieurs millions de dollars, ouverte en avril 2006, ont ?t? construites sp?cifiquement pour d?tenir des non-citoyens, sans accusations ni proc?s, sur la base d'information secr?te. Guantanamo Nord a ainsi cr?? un pr?c?dent au Canada, signe de l'intention du gouvernement de maintenir sa politique injuste des ?certificats de s?curit??, allant ? l'encontre de l'objection de dizaines de milliers de Canadiens et de Qu?b?cois et des recommandations d'importantes organisations de d?fense des droits humains et de trois comit?s de l'ONU. Sans compter que la Cour Supr?me n'a pas encore rendu sa d?cision quant ? la constitutionnalit? des certificats de s?curit? et que ces derniers font toujours l'objet d'un examen parlementaire. Au moment d'?crire ces lignes, les trois prisonniers ? Guantanamo Nord - Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassan Almrei - font une gr?ve de la faim pour protester contre leurs conditions de d?tention, dont le fait de se voir refuser l'acc?s ? des traitements m?dicaux. Un autre homme, Mohamed Harkat, d?tenu pendant trois ans et demi, est actuellement en ?libert?? avec des restrictions parmi les plus s?v?res jamais impos?es dans un cas de lib?ration conditionnelle au Canada. Tout comme les autres hommes, il n'a jamais ?t? accus?, n'a pas eu droit ? un proc?s juste et ?quitable et vit ?galement sous la menace d'une d?portation vers la torture. Le 17 f?vrier, joignez-vous ? nous dans les rues de Montr?al pour exiger que le gouvernement canadien: 1. Ferme imm?diatement son ?Centre de surveillance de l'immigration de Kingston? (Guantanamo du Nord); 2. Rel?che imm?diatement les cinq d?tenus des certificats de s?curit? (Mahmoud Jaballah, Mohammad Mahjoub, Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat et Adil Charkaoui) ou qu'il leur donne droit ? un proc?s juste et ?quitable; 3. Arr?te toutes les proc?dures de d?portation contre les cinq victimes des ?proc?s secrets?; 4. Abolisse les certificats de s?curit?; et 5. Mette fin aux d?portations vers la torture. Coalition Justice pour Adil Charkaoui www.adilinfo.org t?l. : 514.859.9023 justiceforadil at riseup.net From mfoster at web.net Fri Jan 5 10:31:40 2007 From: mfoster at web.net (mary foster) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:31:40 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] 17 Feb. Rally to Close Guantanamo North Message-ID: <043e01c730f8$03b402e0$9d33cdcd@CPQ18145226471> CLOSE GUANTANAMO NORTH End Indefinite and Arbitrary Detention End Deportation to Torture RALLY Saturday, 17 February 2007, 1pm Berri Square (parc ?milie-Gamelin, in front of Berri Metro) ***2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE 'LIBERATION' OF ADIL CHARKAOUI*** 18 February marks two years since Adil Charkaoui was released from 21 months of detention without charge or trial in Montreal only to be placed under equally arbitrary conditions which severely restrict his liberty and that of his entire family. He also remains under an active threat of deportation to torture, which takes its toll, day-by-day, on him and his family. Meanwhile, in Canada's 'Guantanamo North' prison, located in Millhaven Penitentiary in Ontario, three other "security certificate" detainees have been held up to 6.5 years on secret evidence, without charge, all under threat of deportation to torture. The six-cell, multi-million dollar prison, which opened in April 2006, was built specifically for non-citizens detained without charge or trial on secret information. Guantanamo North established a precedent in Canada and signalled the government's intention to continue its unjust policy of "security certificates", over the objections of tens of thousands of Canadians and Quebeckers, against the recommendations of major human rights organizations and three UN committees, and despite a pending Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of security certificates and an unfinished parliamentary review. As this call is issued, all three in Guantanamo North - Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah and Hassan Almrei - are on hungerstrike, protesting conditions of detention, including denial of medical treatment. One other man, Mohamed Harkat, held for three and a half years, is currently "out" on some of the most severe restrictions on human liberty ever imposed in a Canadian bail release. He too has never been charged or provided with a fair trial; he too continues to live under the threat of deportation to torture. On 17 February, join us in the streets of Montreal to demand that the Canadian government: 1. Immediately close its 'Kingston Immigration Holding Centre' (Guantanamo Bay North); 2. Immediately release 'security certificate' detainees or provide them with a fair trial; 3. End all proceedings to deport the five victims of security certificates; 4. Abolish security certificates; and 5. End deportations to torture. Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui www.adilinfo.org tel. 514 859 9023 justiceforadil at riseup.net From jaggi at resist.ca Tue Jan 9 16:40:37 2007 From: jaggi at resist.ca (Jaggi Singh) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:40:37 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] On the Upload :: LA RAGE DU PEUPLE! :: A look back at 2006 and a look ahead to 2007 Message-ID: LA RAGE DU PEUPLE -- a look back at the resistance of local and global social justice movements in 2006, and a look ahead to the struggles to come in 2007 -- was a special 12-hour New Year's Day broadcast on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal. Below, you will find links to the uploaded interviews, discussions and music, in English and French, from LA RAGE DU PEUPLE. The links are also available at: * http://ckutnews.wordpress.com/2007/01/06/on-the-upload-la-rage-du-peuple-audio/ * The LA RAGE DU PEUPLE New Year's Day Special included interviews, reports and reflections from organizers involved in social justice struggles in Montreal and around the world: Kahnawake, Six Nations, Lebanon, Palestine, Afghanistan, West Bengal, the Philippines, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Oaxaca, Chiapas, New York City, California and beyond. We hear voices from the frontlines and reflect on current movements against war and for migrant justice, as well as ongoing popular rebellions and grassroots resistance movements. LA RAGE DU PEUPLE included a special live in-studio performance by Iqi Balam of La Banda de Gaza, and Radio Sanctuary with Kader Belaouni from the St-Gabriel's Church in Point St-Charles (where Kader has defied a deportation order and remained in sanctuary for more than one year). The upload of LA RAGE DU PEUPLE includes several bonus audio excerpts that did not run on-air on January 1, 2007. Re-broadcasts of LA RAGE DU PEUPLE segments are welcomed and encouraged; just let us know by e-mail. Happy New Year! In solidarity and struggle, -- Jaggi (jaggisingh at gmail.com) & Mostafa (mostafah at riseup.net) :::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: UPLOADED SEGMENTS OF LA RAGE DU PEUPLE January 1, 2007, 8am-8pm, on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal Note: Longer descriptions of the segments below, with weblinks, are available at: * http://ckutnews.wordpress.com/2007/01/06/on-the-upload-la-rage-du-peuple-audio/ * Interview with Aarti Shahani, organizer with Families for Freedom in New York City (28:42; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21199 Live phone interview with Biplam Halim from Kolkata, West Bengal, on the peasant resistance at Singur (16:46; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21199 Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission on the occupation of Afghanistan (22:55; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21200 In-studio interview with Abdelhadi Qaderi on the current NATO occupation of Afghanistan (17:15; French) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21200 Amandla Radio: Alternative views and perspectives about Africa (39:23; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21201 Interview with prison lifer Peter Collins by Prison Radio (18:56; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21201 Boycotting Israeli Apartheid: Presentations by Rafeef Ziadah of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (26:29; English); Salim Vally of the Palestine Solidarity Committee in South Africa (32:45; English); and Jamal Jumaa' of Stop the Wall Campaign in Palestine (44:07; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21202 Solidarity with Lebanon and Gaza; reports from 2006 Montreal demos and in-studio interview with Leila Ali of Tadamon (43:40; French) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21203 In-studio interview with Tess Tesalona of the Center for Philippine Concerns (19:58 English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21204 Interview with Arnoldo Garcia, immigrant rights organizer from Oakland, California (32:04; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21204 In-studio interview with Sarita Ahooja of the Migrant Workers Support Center(31:19; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21204 Justice for Mohamed Anas Bennis; demo report by En Profendeur (11:52; French) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21205 Organizing against the proposed casino near Point-St-Charles; a report by En Profondeur (16:44; French) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21205 Interview with Racha Moumneh of the Beirut Collective (Part 1: 28:22; Part 2: 14:29; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21206 Live-to-air interview with Amjad Shawa of the Palestinian NGO Network in Gaza City (32:13; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21206 Interview with Patrick Elie from Port-au-Prince (17:48; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21207 Interview with Jean St-Vil of the Canada Haiti Action Network (Part 1: 31:16; Part 2: 22:11; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21207 En Profondeur interviews with Montreal-based Haitian activists Magalie X and Mr. Emmanuel (20:05: French) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21207 Live phone interview with Kahntinehta, about the continuing resistance at Six Nations and the historic events of January 1, 2007 at Grand River(22:21; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21208 Interview with Barucha Calamity Peller from Chiapas, Mexico (22:15; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21212 In-studio interview with Jose of La Otra Campana-Montreal and Radio Sabotaje-Mexico City (16:11; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21212 Interview with "Andres" about the Oaxaca Commune (Part 1: 22:49; Part 2: 18:32; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21213 Interview with two members of the CIPO-RFM from Oaxaca (16:10; Spanish to French translation) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21213 Live in-studio music performance by Iqi Balam of La Banda de Gaza, accompanied by Ketzali (30:16; French and Spanish) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21233 Speech by immigrant justice activist Amir Hodhod and extro to studio portion of La Rage du Peuple (12:26; English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21236 Excerpts of Radio Sanctuary! with Kader Belaouni (41:38; French and English) -> Listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21236 Some of the music played from studio during LA RAGE DU PEUPLE included: Asian Dub Foundation, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Saul Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder, D'bi Young, Berurier Noir, Sniper, Cavaliers Noirs, Muzion, Blackstar, Two Gallants, Sapphires in the Mud, Immortal Technique, John Akpata, Public Enemy, Manu Chao, Nina Simone, Tracy Chapman, Rhythm Activism, Damien Saez, Submission Hold, La Banda de Gaza, Propagandhi and, throughout the day, Keny Arkana's LA RAGE DU PEUPLE! INFO: *jaggisingh at gmail.com* AND *mostafah at riseup.net* From noii-montreal at resist.ca Wed Jan 10 00:03:54 2007 From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:03:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Six Nations; Guantanamo North; a message from Amir Hodhod :: No One Is Illegal Radio (January 2007) Message-ID: No One Is Illegal-Montreal Radio part of CKUT's Open Conspiracy for Social Change :::::::::: On this month's show: the re-opening of the Confederacy Council at Six Nations; the hunger strike at Guantanamo North; a message from Amir Hodhod in Jersey City :::::::::: LISTEN to our January 9, 2007 show online at:http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21252 * The Struggle at SIX NATIONS: We replay a telephone interview with Kahntinehta of Mohawk Nation News from January 1, 2007. She reports on historic events at the Grand River Territory of Six Nations, where a traditional Confederacy House, shut down by the Canadian government in 1924, was re-opened. More info about the struggle at Six Nations is available at: http://auto_sol.tao.ca/node/view/2012 * Hunger Strike at GUANTANAMO NORTH: Ahmad Jaballah is the 20-year old eldest son of Mahmoud Jaballah, one of the three detainees at the "Guantanamo North" prison near Kingston, Ontario. Jaballah has been detained without charge, on secret evidence, for more than five years; he is one of the Secret Trial Five. Ahmad was interviewed by phone on January 9, 2007 about the hunger strike currently being undertaken by the three inmates at Guantanamo North. For more information: http://www.homesnotbombs.ca/secrettrials.htm * An Open Letter from Guantanamo North: On the uploaded version of our show, Ahmad Jaballah reads the "Open Letter from Guantanamo North" by his father Mahmoud Jaballah as well as Mohamed Mahjoub and Hassan Almrei. You can read the open letter at: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/open-letter-from-guantanamo-north.html * AMIR HODHOD: Amir was an immigrant justice and workers rights activist with groups like Solidarity Across Borders and the Workers Solidarity Network in Montreal. On December 27, 2006, after several months living without legal status in Canada, he was deported to the United States and spent 7 days in the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility. Amir was recently released on payment of an expensive bond, and speaks about his experience from the streets of Jersey City where he currently lives and continues his struggle for status. Background info to Amir's case is available at: http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/node/124 Listen to our January 2007 show online at: --> http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21252 ----- No One Is Illegal Radio is a monthly news and current affairs show on CKUT community radio in Montreal, produced and hosted by members of the No One Is Illegal collective. No One Is Illegal-Montreal is part of a worldwide movement of resistance, fighting for justice and dignity, and the right to self-determination for migrants, refugees and indigenous people. Our campaign is in public confrontation with the Canadian state, denouncing and taking action to combat racial profiling, police brutality, detentions and deportations, exploitation and wage-slave conditions, as well as opposing the displacement and genocide of indigenous peoples on Turtle Island. 514-848-7583 -- noii-montreal at resist.ca http://montreal.nooneisillegal.org Previous NO ONE IS ILLEGAL RADIO shows are archived at: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/no-one-is-illegal-radio-2006-archive.html From aaron at resist.ca Wed Jan 10 09:55:37 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:55:37 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?iso-8859-1?q?Mettons_fin_=E0_l=27Apartheid?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_isra=E9lien_=2813_janvier=29!!_End_Israeli_Apartheid_=28j?= =?iso-8859-1?q?an=2E13=29?= Message-ID: [English below] !!Mettons fin ? l'Apartheid isra?lien!! !!Boycottons la librairie Indigo!! !*!*!*!*!*!*! Le samedi 13 janvier, de 13h00 ? 15h00 Piquet de solidarit? au coin des rues Saint-Catherine et McGill College (M?tro McGill) !*!*!*!*!*!* Au cours des derniers mois, les actions de l'arm?e isra?lienne - dont les op?rations ont ?t? cyniquement baptis?es, tour ? tour, ? Pluie d'?t? ? et ? Nuages d'automne ? ? ont d?vast? la population palestinienne de Gaza. Depuis le premier juin 2006, plus de 300 civils palestiniens, dont 89 enfants et 25 femmes, ont ?t? tu?s par l'arm?e isra?lienne. Seulement au cours du mois de novembre, plus de 80 palestinien(ne)s ont ?t? tu?(e)s dans la ville de Beit Hanoun, dans le nord de la bande de Gaza. Deux femmes ont ?t? tu?es alors qu'elles manifestaient devant une mosqu?e (qui fut ult?rieurement d?truite), puis 19 femmes, enfants et hommes ont ?t? massacr?(e)s par l'arm?e isra?lienne alors qu'ils/elles dormaient dans leurs maisons. La bande de Gaza est entour?e par une ?norme cl?ture ?lectrique et toutes les all?es et venues sont contr?l?es par l'arm?e isra?lienne. Litt?ralement enferm?(e)s dans une prison ? ciel ouvert, les palestinien(ne)s qui habitent cette r?gion sont de plus victimes des mesures instaur?es par Isra?l pour les affamer. Selon la Banque mondiale, le niveau de ch?mage a atteint 40% au premier trimestre de 2006 et plus de 80% de la population vit actuellement sous le seuil de la pauvret?. Pourtant, ici au Canada, le premier ministre Stephen Harper et le ministre des Affaires ?trang?res Peter McKay refusent de condamner les actions de l'?tat isra?lien ou de prendre les mesures n?cessaires pour emp?cher le massacre de civils palestiniens et la destruction de la Palestine. Au contraire, Harper et son conseil des ministres ?voquent les ? valeurs communes ? d'Isra?l et du Canada et les ? r?action mesur?es ? de la machine de guerre isra?lienne. Le 13 janvier, venez exiger le retrait imm?diat du soutien fourni par le gouvernement canadien aux politiques isra?liennes d'Apartheid en Cisjordanie et dans la bande de Gaza. Venez et laissez savoir au peuple de Gaza que nous ne les oublions pas et que leur r?sistance est aussi la n?tre! Organis? par le Mouvement international de solidarit? (International Solidarity Movement ? Montreal) Pour plus de renseignements, ou pour appuyer officiellement cette manifestation, SVP ?crivez ? ism-montreal at resist.ca, ou appelez au 514-848-7583 :::::::::: :::::::::: !!End Israeli Apartheid!! !!Boycott Indigo bookstores!! !*!*!*!*!*!*! Saturday, January 13th 1pm-3pm Picket at St. Catherine and McGill College (metro McGill) !*!*!*!*!*!* Over the past few months the actions of the Israeli army ? cynically named in the summer months "Operation Summer Rain" and now bearing the title "Operation Autumn Clouds" have devastated the Palestinian population in Gaza. Since June 1, 2006, over 300 Palestinian civilians, including 89 children and 25 women, have been killed by the Israeli military. During the month of November alone, over 80 Palestinians have been killed in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Two women were killed protesting in front of a mosque that was later destroyed, and 19 women, children and men were killed by Israeli artillery while asleep in their house. The Gaza Strip is surrounded by a massive electric fence with all entry and exit controlled by the Israeli military. Palestinians in the area have literally been confined to an open-air prison as Israel imposes a policy of enforced starvation on the population. According to the World Bank, unemployment levels reached 40% in the first quarter of 2006 and over 80% of the population are living below the poverty line. But here in Canada, Prime Minister Harper and Foreign Minister Peter McKay have repeatedly refused to raise any condemnation of Israel's actions or to take any measures to prevent the continued killing of Palestinian civilians and the destruction of Palestinian livelihood. Instead, Harper and his cabinet speak of the 'shared values' of Israel and Canada, or the 'measured response' of the Israeli war machine. Come out on Janurary 13th to demand an immediate end to Canadian government support for Israel's apartheid policies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Come out and let the people of Gaza know - they don?t stand alone! Organized by: International Solidarity Movement - Montreal For more information or to endorse this demonstration please email: ism-montreal at resist.ca, 514-848-7583 From aaron at resist.ca Wed Jan 10 18:19:24 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:19:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] DJs, Art, Anarchie! ** Party pour le DIRA! DIRA benefit party! (12 janvier) Message-ID: <61723.132.216.18.137.1168481964.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> (fran?ais en bas) Please come join us for a great benefit night of art, food, music and lots of dancing while helping keep D.I.R.A going strong in 2007! ****Reggae-DanceHall-Ska! dj's all night long to make you shake your ass**** ***Featuring DJ Redstrike, DJ Fu Manchu, DJ Lizbiz, and the Roots Rock Rebellion Soundsystem on the decks*** ***Delicious food (vegan and veg) will be offered*** **Historical anarchist poster exhibition will be displayed** * Economical beer, wine, rum, vodka, gin, whiskey and juice tickets will be available for prices that would make your drunk uncle blush * Where: 4518 Papineau, dans la ruelle Genereux. (north of Papineau and Mont-Royal, 10 mins. east of metro Mont-Royal) When: Friday January 12th from 7pm-till the break of dawn Who: You and all your friends!!! ....come party with montreal's anarchists..... !!What is DIRA?? dira at riseup.net 514-843-2018 DIRA is the Anarchist documentation, information and Reference library here in Montr?al. Located at 2035 St-Laurent, (between Sherbrooke and Ontario) DIRA is open Tuesday-Sunday is volunteer run, and is a fantastic place to learn, study, and discuss anarchism. Come check it out! *************************************************************************** Joignez-vous ? nous pour une grosse veill?e d'arts, de musique et de beaucoup de danse tout en aidant D.I.R.A. ? entrer en beaut? en 2007! ****Reggae-DanceHall-Ska! dj's toute la nuit pour vous faire bouger les fesses**** ***Avec la participation de DJ Redstrike, DJ Fu Manchu, DJ Lizbiz, et le Roots Rock Rebellion Soundsystem ***Bonne bouffe (vegan and veg) sera offerte*** **Affiches historiques anarchistes en exposition ** ** Tickets pour: Bi?re ?conomique, vin, rhum, vodka, gin, whiskey et jus seront disponible ? des prix ? faire rougire votre ivrogne d'oncle** O??: 4518 Papineau, dans la ruelle Genereux. (juste au nord de Papineau/Mont-Royal, c?t? ouest) Quand: Le 12 Janvier, VENDREDI de 19h jusqu'? l'aube Qui: Toi et tous tes ami-e-s! ....viens faire le party en anarchie !!!..... Qu'est-ce que le D.I.R.A.? dira at riseup.net 514-843-2018 Le DIRA est le centre de Documentation, Information, R?f?rence, Alternative. Une biblioth?que pleine d'ouvrages et zines exceptionnels, ici ? Montr?al. Situ?e au 2035 St-Laurent, entre Sherbrooke et Ontario, D.I.R.A. est ouvert du mardi au dimanche par des volontaires, c'est un endroit fantastique pour apprendre, ?tudier et discuter l'anarchisme. Passe faire un tour! From aaron at resist.ca Thu Jan 11 07:02:18 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:02:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Barricade =?iso-8859-1?q?=E0_Deseronto_=3A=3A_Deseronto_quarry_b?= =?iso-8859-1?q?locked_by_Mohawk_protes?= t Message-ID: <1786.74.12.226.92.1168527738.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Ontario/2007/01/10/004-barricades-deseronto.shtml Revendications autochtones Barricade ? Deseronto Une trentaine d'autochtones ont ?rig? des barri?res devant une entreprise de construction de Deseronto, pr?s de Belleville. Des policiers surveillent de pr?s la manifestation. Les membres de la communaut? mohawk de la Baie de Quinte manifestent contre la construction de 136 logements condominiums sur un terrain qu'ils revendiquent. Selon eux, Ottawa a donn? ces terres ? Deseronto sans leur consentement, il y a plus d'un si?cle. Le f?d?ral a r?cemment nomm? un n?gociateur dans l'espoir de trouver une solution ? la dispute qui ressemble beaucoup ? celle qui se d?roule ? Caledonia au sud de Hamilton. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/01/10/deseronto.html Deseronto quarry blocked by Mohawk protest Aboriginal protesters blocked access to a quarry in Deseronto, Ont., on Wednesday and handed out pamphlets to passing motorists during a peaceful protest over disputed land. Shawn Brant, a spokesman for the approximately 20 Mohawk protesters, said the group erected the barricades after hearing a Kingston, Ont., developer would begin construction of a house on land claimed by the Mohawks of the nearby Tyendinaga Territory on Wednesday. Brant said the protest would likely continue into the afternoon and would remain peaceful unless the developer tried to begin work at the site, in which case protesters would physically remove him. The protest was not sanctioned by Tyendinaga Territory Chief Don Maracle, who said it was premature considering that a federal negotiator has been appointed to settle the land dispute. The barricades blocked country road off Highway 2, but protesters allowed residents to pass through and only barred access to the Thurlow Aggregates quarry, which was closed Wednesday on recommendation of police supervising the protest. The quarry, which is also on disputed land, normally opens two days each week, and has been operating since 1990. Continue Article The Tyendinaga Mohawks have expressed opposition to the quarry in the past, but have never before taken action against it. Brant said his group now wants to shut down the quarry permanently, as its stone would be used in housing construction on the disputed land. The land in question is called the Culbertson Land Tract, and consists of about 400 hectares that the Tyendinaga Mohawks say they never properly surrendered. During the fall, the same Kingston, Ont., developer said he would begin construction on a housing subdivision on the land, sparking protests from the same aboriginal group. That raised fears that the situation could escalate into a long, bitter dispute similar to the one that continues in Caledonia, Ont. The Deseronto, Ont., protests ended in November after the Mohawks took control of the land and construction was suspended indefinitely when negotiations began with the federal government in November. From sophie at resist.ca Thu Jan 11 14:13:39 2007 From: sophie at resist.ca (sophie schoen) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:13:39 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Appel =?windows-1252?q?=E0_la_solidarit=E9_en_Cour_pour_les_arr?= =?windows-1252?q?=EAt=E9Es_du_19_nov_2004_=7C=7C_Court_Solidarity_for_the?= =?windows-1252?q?_Nov_19=2C_2004_Defendants?= Message-ID: <45A6B693.1040801@resist.ca> [English below? SVP diffusez] Appel ? la solidarit? en cour avec les arr?t?Es du 19 novembre 2004 ------ les 16-18-30-31 janvier 2007 ? 9h30 ? la 1.10 Cour municipale de Montr?al 775 rue Gosford, m?tro Champs-de-Mars ------ Les 16,18,30 et 31 janvier prochains, plus de 150 personnes seront en cour pour contester les contraventions remises suite ? l'arrestation de masse du 19 novembre 2004, pendant une manifestation contre le congr?s du Parti lib?ral du Qu?bec. Lors de cette manifestation (qui ?tait pr?c?d?e par une autre manifestation organis?e par l'ASS? dans le cadre de la campagne de gr?ve g?n?rale illimit?e), pr?s de 190 personnes ont ?t? arr?t?es et ont re?u des tickets en vertu du r?glement municipal P-6, article 2 :?Ayant particip? ou ?tant pr?sent ? une assembl?e, un d?fil? ou un attroupement mettant en danger la paix, la s?curit? ou l'ordre sur le domaine public?. Le proc?s du mois de janvier portera sur les faits de l'arrestation en tant que tel. Les arr?t?Es, avec l'aide des avocatEs, m?nent ?galement des proc?dures en parall?le pour contester la constitutionnalit? du r?glement municipal, dans le but de le faire invalider. Remplissons la cour! Vous ?tes invit?Es ? assister ? ce proc?s, que ce soit pour une une heure, un jour, ou plus. Une salle de cour bien remplie montre qu'il y a de l'int?r?t pour la cause et que les policiers -- le Service de police de la ville de Montr?al (SPVM) a par ailleurs ?t? bl?m? dans un rapport de l'ONU pour sa pratique des arrestations de masse -- ne peuvent agir impun?ment! Les dates de proc?s sont fix?es pour les 16,18,30 et 31 janvier, ? partir de 9h30 ? la salle 1.10. Nous essayerons de fournir des mises ? jour pour vous tenir au courant des d?veloppements dans ce proc?s. Si vous voulez savoir s'il y aura effectivement une audience ? la Cour le matin (il peut arriver que des s?ances soient report?es ? la derni?re minute), vous pouvez t?l?phoner au 514 998-7243. Merci beaucoup! Solidairement, -- Les arr?t?Es du 19 novembre 2004 [Please post & forward?] Call-out for court solidarity, as the trial continues for those arrested on November 19 2004... ------ January 16-18-30-31 2007 At 9:30am in room 1.10 Montreal Municipal Courthouse 775 Gosford Street, Champ-de-Mars metro ------ On January 16, 18, 30 & 31 2007, more than 150 people will be on trial to collectively contest tickets they were given when mass arrested at a demonstration during the Liberal Party of Quebec Convention on November 19, 2004. During this demonstration (which was preceded by another one organized by the ASS? student union, as part of the general strike campaign), nearly 190 people were arrested and were eventually ticketed for violating a municipal bylaw (P-6 article 2, which states that it is illegal ?to take part in or be present at a meeting, parade or assembly that threatens peace, security and order on the public domain?) The trial in January will present the facts of the arrest per se. In parallel, the defendants and their dedicated lawyers are also challenging the constitutionality of the bylaw itself, in an attempt to get it declared invalid. Let?s pack the Court! You are invited to come support us and attend court, whether for an hour, a day, or more. A packed courtroom will show that people care, that the cops -- let?s recall that Montreal Police (SPVM) was blamed in a UN report for its mass arrest practices ?- can?t act with impunity! Trial days are scheduled for January 16, 18, 30 & 31 2007, starting at 9:30am in room 1.10. We will try to send out updates to keep you posted about trial developments. If you would like to confirm that court indeed goes on a given morning (hearings are sometimes postponed at the last minute), you can call 514-998-7243. Thank you for your support! In solidarity, -- The November 19 Defendants From sophie at resist.ca Thu Jan 11 20:34:48 2007 From: sophie at resist.ca (sophie schoen) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:34:48 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] BLOQUEZ L'EMPIRE : notre bilan de 2006 Message-ID: <45A70FE8.3080005@resist.ca> Bloquez l?empire Montr?al : notre bilan de l'automne (ao?t ? d?cembre 2006) Dans ce courriel, vous trouverez : 1)Un court bilan de nos activit?s en 2006 2)Des activit?s et projets ? venir au cours de la nouvelle ann?e 3)IMPLIQUEZ-VOUS: Nos coordonn?es et comment nous contacter Chers ami-e-s et alli?-e-s, Comme vous le savez sans doute, Bloquez l?empire a repris ses activit?s au cours du mois d'ao?t 2006, ? suite de discussion (formelles et informelles) entre militant-e-s anti-imp?rialistes de la r?gion. Nous nous sommes r?uni-e-s ? plusieurs reprises au cours de l'?t?, motiv?-e-s en partie par une frustration vis-?-vis de nombreux aspects de l'activisme anti-guerre plus ? mainstream ? ? Montr?al. Au plus fort de l'offensive isra?lienne contre le Liban et la bande de Gaza, nous avons d?cider de repartir le collectif Bloquez l'empire, dans l'espoir de contribuer aux mobilisations anti-guerre ? Montr?al et aussi de renforcer les pratiques anti-imp?rialistes, anticapitalistes et anti-autoritaires au sein des luttes contre la guerre. Voici une courte description du groupe: Bloquez l'empire Montr?al est un collectif anti-autoritaire et d'action directe, oppos? ? la guerre et ? la militarisation, et aux racines de ces probl?mes qui se trouvent dans les ph?nom?nes plus larges du colonialisme, de l'imp?rialisme et du capitalisme. Nous cherchons ? exposer les liens entre la mondialisation, le patriarcat, le racisme ainsi que toutes les formes d'oppression, ici autant qu'ailleurs. Notre travail au niveau local vise ? perturber et ? affecter directement les int?r?ts de ceux qui participent et/ou qui sont complices de ces syst?mes, que ce soit les entreprises qui contribuent et qui profitent de la guerre et de l'occupation ou les postes de garde de l'empire ?tats-unien et de l'?tat canadien. Nous endossons les principes de l'Action mondiale des peuples (AMP) et agissons en solidarit? avec toutes celles et ceux qui sont aux premi?res lignes des luttes contre l'occupation et l'exploitation -- de la r?sistance ? la ?guerre au terrorisme? raciste au Moyen-Orient, en Am?rique latine, en Afrique et en Asie, aux luttes pour la souverainet? autochtone ici-m?me sur l'?le de la Tortue (territoires occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord). 1.BILAN DE NOS ACTIVIT?S Voici quelques actions que nous organis?es ou auxquelles nous avons pris part depuis ao?t 2006 : ::: LE 15 AO?T 2006: Manifestation devant les bureaux du journal La Gazette::: Le 15 ao?t dernier, au sommet de l'offensive isra?lienne contre le Liban et la bande de Gaza, une conf?rence intitul?e ? B?tir un Isra?l plus fort ? avait lieu ? Montr?al. La conf?rence ?tait en fait un ?v?nement visant ? recueillir de l?argent pour le Fonds national juif (FNJ), un pillier de l'apartheid isra?lien. L?invit? d?honneur ? cette conf?rence n??tait nul autre que Colin Powell, criminel de guerre et ex-Secr?taire d??tat des USA. De plus, c?est sans grande surprise que nous avons appris qu?un des partenaires corporatifs majeurs de cet ?v?nement ?tait le journal La Gazette, propri?t? de l?entreprise pro-isra?lienne CanWest Global. Le matin du 15 ao?t, Bloquez l?empire a donc organis? une d?l?gation form?e d?une trentaine de personnes qui ont occup? le hall d?entr?e des bureaux de La Gazette pour d?noncer la propagande de guerre. Pour voir des photos de l?action, visitez : http://gallery.cmaq.net/Gazzette-Demo ::: LE 23 SEPTEMBRE 2006 : Hamid Karzai ? Montr?al ::: Le samedi 23 septembre dernier, le pr?sident afghan Hamid Karzai a livr? un discours lors d'un ?v?nement intitul? ? L'Afghanistan et la coop?ration du Canada ?, organis? par le Conseil des relations internationales de Montr?al (CORIM). C'est la Ministre de la Coop?ration internationale Jos?e Verner qui a pr?sent? M. Karzai aux invit?-e-s de ce d?ner-causerie parrain? par SNC-Lavalin et l' ? ONG ? Droits et D?mocratie (qui est financ?e par le gouvernement f?d?ral). Parmi les autres partenaires majeurs du CORIM, on retrouve des profiteurs de guerre notoires tels que Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney et Bell Helicopter. Bloquez l'empire Montr?al a organis? une ligne de piquetage afin de sensibiliser le public au r?le du Canada en Afghanistan. Nous avons manifest? pour exiger la solidarit?, et non pas la charit?, ainsi que pour d?noncer le r?le de l'arm?e, des entreprises et des soi-disant ? agences de d?veloppement ? dans l'occupation d?vastatrice de l'Afghanistan. Un membre de Bloquez l'empire Montr?al a ?t? arr?t? alors qu'il a tent? de donner un tract ? Michael Fortier, bras droit de Stephen Harper au Qu?bec et invit? du CORIM pour cet ?v?nement. Pour voir des photos de l?action, visitez : http://gallery.cmaq.net/out-of-afghanistan Pour lire le texte du tract qui a ?t? distribu? lors de cette action, visitez: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/canada-crisse-ton-camp-de-lafghanistan.html ::: LE 28 OCTOBRE 2006: Canada crisse ton camp de l'Afghanistan! Contingent anti-imp?rialiste ::: Dans le cadre du 28 octobre dernier, journ?e d'action pan-canadienne contre la pr?sence de soldats canadiens en Afghanistan, plus de 500 personnes ont particip? au contingent anti-imp?rialiste BLOQUEZ L'EMPIRE!, et ce malgr? les pluies torrentielles qui ont s?vi tout au long de la manifestation. Pour voir des photos de l'action, visitez: http://gallery.cmaq.net/anti-imperialistcontingent Pour lire le texte du tract qui a ?t? distribu? lors de cette action, visitez: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/ils-occupent-nous-resistons.html ::: Novembre 2006 : La s?rie ? Anarchisme, f?minisme et guerre ? ::: ? la fin du mois de novembre, des membres de Bloquez l'empire ont organis? une s?rie d'ateliers intitul?e ? Anarchisme, f?minisme et guerre : les le?ons d'Emma Goldman pour le mouvement anti-guerre d'aujourd'hui ?, pr?sent?s ? l'Universit? Concordia et ? l'UQ?M. Ces ateliers ont ?t? organis?s avec l'aide pr?cieuse du GRIP-McGill, du GRIP-Concordia, de l'Association ?tudiante du programme d'?tudes f?ministes de l'Universit? Concordia, l'Association ?tudiante des ?tudes avanc?es en philosopie de l'UQAM, l'Institut des ?tudes anarchistes (IAS) et le R?seau anarchiste en milieu ?tudiant. Pour t?l?charger un enregistrement de cette conf?rence en anglais, visitez : http://www.rabble.ca/rpn/files/nni/nni-2006-11-29.mp3 Pour t?l?charger un enregistrement de cette conf?rence en fran?ais, visitez: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=20947 Pour ?couter une entrevue r?alis?e avec Louise-Caroline Bergeron de BLEM au sujet de cet atelier, visitez: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=20661 ::: LE 24 NOVEMBRE 2006 : Stephen Harper, crisse ton camp de Montr?al! ::: Le 24 novembre dernier, Stephen Harper s'est rendu ? Montr?al pour y effectuer une courte visite. ? la t?te d'un gouvernement qui coupe abondamment dans les services sociaux et qui ouvre la voie ? la privatisation du syst?me de sant?, Harper a quand m?me eu l'audace de tenir une conf?rence de presse ? l'H?pital g?n?ral de Montr?al, pour y annoncer un investissement de quelques millions dans la lutte contre le cancer (alors que son gouvernement d?pense plus de $3 milliards pour la pr?sence militaire en Afghanistan). Plusieurs membres de Bloquez l'empire Montr?al ont assist? ? la conf?rence de presse, dans l'espoir de confronter publiquement Harper sur, entre autres, l'occupation canadienne en Afghanistan. Un membre de Bloquez l'empire, a ?t? identifi? et arr?t? avant m?me le d?but de la conf?rence de presse et d'autres membres du groupe ont ?t? violemment repouss?-e-s, voire agress?-e-s sexuellement par la police. Malgr? cela, nous avons pu communiquer notre message aux m?dias pr?sents et avons tenu une manifestation bruyante devant l'h?pital. Pour voir des photos de l'action, visitez: http://gallery.cmaq.net/harper-mtl Pour lire le texte du tract qui a ?t? distribu? lors de cette action, visitez : http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/stephen-harper-crisse-ton-camp-de.html ::: LE 1er D?CEMBRE 2006 : Occupation du centre de recrutement ::: Le 1er d?cembre dernier, Bloquez l'empire a particip? ? une manifestation organis?e par le Comit? des sans-emploi (CSE), pour contester la pr?sence canadienne en Afghanistan. Plus de 100 personnes ont brav? la pluie vergla?ante (la m?t?o n'a pas ?t? tr?s anti-imp?rialiste cet ann?e) pour prendre part ? cette manifestation fort anim?e, et ont par la suite bri?vement occup? le centre de recrutement des Forces arm?es canadiennes, qui se trouve rue Ste-Catherine au coin de Bishop. Pour voir des photos de l'action, visitez: http://gallery.cmaq.net/manifaction ::: LE 6 D?CEMBRE 2006 : Intervention ? l'UQ?M ::: Un des strat?ges de la pr?sence militaire canadienne en Afghanistan, le Major John Malevich des Forces arm?es canadiennes, devait le 6 d?cembre dernier s'adresser ? des ?tudiant-e-s de l'Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al (UQ?M). Le petit nombre de spectateurs et de spectatrices venu-e-s l'entendre incluait deux membres de Bloquez l'empire, qui ont proc?d? ? un d?mant?lement de l'argumentaire fragile sur lequel reposait cet exercice de relations publiques. ? un certain moment, le mod?rateur a m?me commenc? ? donner des coups de poings sur la table, histoire de faire en sorte que la pr?sentation ne se transforme pas en d?bat ? LE d?bat fondamental ? sur la pr?sence du Canada en Afghanistan (ce qui s'est produit de toute fa?on). Cette action ?tait plus petite, mais tout de m?me n?cessaire dans notre travail anti-guerre. ::: LE 22 D?CEMBRE 2006 : Solidarit? avec Oaxaca ::: Bloquez l'empire appuie les mobilisations locales en solidarit? avec la population de Oaxaca, Mexique, qui est depuis juin 2006 engag?e dans une bataille f?roce, une lutte d'autod?termination contre r?pression polici?re. Les manifestations montr?alaises ont ?t? organis?es gr?ce, en grande partie, aux efforts du collectif La Otra Campa?a de Montr?al. Le 22 d?cembre dernier, nous avons pris la rue en solidarit? avec la APPO (Assembl?e populaire des peuples de Oaxaca), pour d?noncer la violence de l'?tat mexicain, dans le cadre d'une journ?e internationale de solidarit? avec les peuples de Oaxaca. 2. ACTIVIT?S ? VENIR EN 2007 Au mois d'ao?t 2007, plus de 2000 soldats canadiens quitteront la base militaire de Valcartier (pr?s de Qu?bec) pour se rendre en Afghanistan. Bloquez l'empire esp?re collaborer avec des camarades ? Qu?bec, dans le but de contrer ce nouveau d?ploiement. De mani?re plus g?n?rale, nous esp?rons organiser ? Montr?al des activit?s contre le recrutement militaire, en opposition ? l'ardeur accrue des recruteurs des Forces arm?es canadiennes. Le mois de mars 2007 marquera le quatri?me anniversaire de l'invasion et de l'occupation de l'Irak. Bloquez l'empire organisera ? nouveau un contingent anti-imp?rialiste dans le cadre des manifestations qui auront lieu ce mois-ci, et planifie ?galement d'autres actions. Au cours du printemps ou de l'?t? 2007, le Canada sera l'h?te d'une rencontre du Partenariat nord-am?ricain pour la s?curit? et la prosp?rit? ? laquelle prendront part les trois dirigeants de l'ALENA, George Bush, Stephen Harper et Felipe Calderon, surnomm?s les ? 3 amigos ? pour l'occasion. Bloquez l'empire aimerait travailler avec d'autres groupes provenant des pays de l'ALENA, dans le but de nous opposer ? la tenue de cette rencontre ainsi qu'aux manifestations locales du capitalisme et de l'imp?rialisme. Nous continuerons d'organiser diff?rentes activit?s d'?ducation populaire, et planifions pr?senter ? nouveau la s?rie d'ateliers ? Anarchisme, f?minisme et guerre ?. Avec nos camarades dans des groupes tels que La Otra Campa?a Montreal, Haiti Action Montr?al, Tadamon!, Solidarit? sans fronti?res, la Coalition contre l'apartheid isra?lien et plusieurs autres, nous continuerons de soutenir d'autres formes de travail anti-guerre et de mobilisation anti-imp?rialiste pour la justice sociale. Nous continuerons ?galement de soutenir la r?sistance autochtone et anti-coloniale sur l'?le de la Tortue (Territoires Occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord), notamment ? Six Nations, mais aussi ? Kahnawahke et ? Kanehsatake, o? nous tentons de forger des liens avec les communaut?s. Pour que nous puissions mener ? terme toutes les activit?s mentionn?es ci-dessus, nous avons besoin de plus de membre et de plus d'implication! Contactez-nous si vous d?sirez travailler avec Bloquez l'empire Montr?al. Plus de d?tails ci-dessous... 3. POUR NOUS CONTACTER, POUR VOUS IMPLIQUER ET POUR RESTER INFORM?-E Vous pouvez nous contacter par t?l?phone ou par courriel: T?l.: 514 848-7583 Courriel: bloquezlempiremontreal arobase resist.ca Sur le web: bloquezlempire.resist.ca Nous avons aussi un blogue, o? nous compilons des articles de journaux et des analyses: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com Pour vous inscrire ? notre liste de diffusion, visitez: https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blem-nouvelles --------- Bloquez l'empire Montr?al est un collectif anti-autoritaire et d'action directe, oppos? ? la guerre et ? la militarisation, et aux racines de ces probl?mes qui se trouvent dans les ph?nom?nes plus larges du colonialisme, de l'imp?rialisme et du capitalisme. Nous cherchons ? exposer les liens entre la mondialisation, le patriarcat, le racisme ainsi que toutes les formes d'oppression, ici autant qu'ailleurs. Notre travail au niveau local vise ? perturber et ? affecter directement les int?r?ts de ceux qui participent et/ou qui sont complices de ces syst?mes, que ce soit les entreprises qui contribuent et qui profitent de la guerre et de l'occupation ou les postes de garde de l'empire ?tats-unien et de l'?tat canadien. Nous endossons les principes de l'Action mondiale des peuples (AMP) et agissons en solidarit? avec toutes celles et ceux qui sont aux premi?res lignes des luttes contre l'occupation et l'exploitation -- de la r?sistance ? la ?guerre au terrorisme? raciste au Moyen-Orient, en Am?rique latine, en Afrique et en Asie, aux luttes pour la souverainet? autochtone ici-m?me sur l'?le de la Tortue (territoires occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord). From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Thu Jan 11 20:48:18 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:48:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Activity Report :: BLOCK THE EMPIRE MONTREAL :: August-December 2006 Message-ID: BLOCK THE EMPIRE MONTREAL A short activity report (August-December 2006) In this email: 1. Activity Report 2. Upcoming plans for 2007 3. Contact info, getting involved and staying in touch Dear Friends and allies -- As most of you know, Block the Empire-Montreal re-formed this past August, a direct result of meetings and discussions (formal and informal) by local anti-imperialist organizers and activists. We got together several times over the summer, frustrated by much of the mainstream anti-war organizing in the Montreal-area. At the height of the Israeli assault on Lebanon, we decided to re-form Block the Empire, in the hopes of adding our efforts to ongoing anti-war mobilizations in Montreal, and also to reinforce anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist and anti authoritarian politics into organizing against war and occupation. Here is how we describe ourselves: "Block the Empire-Montreal is an anti-authoritarian, direct-action collective opposed to war and militarization, and their roots and manifestations: colonialism, imperialism and capitalism. We seek to expose the links between capitalist globalization and patriarchy, racism and all forms of oppression, both here and abroad. Our work locally aims to disrupt and directly impact the interests of those who are actively complicit in these systems, from companies who fuel and profit from war and occupation, to the supporters and outposts of US Empire and the Canadian state. We endorse the People's Global Action (PGA) hallmarks, and we act in direct solidarity with all those on the frontlines of resistance and struggle against occupation and exploitation - from those resisting the racist "War on Terror" in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia, to the struggle for indigenous sovereignty here on Turtle Island (occupied North America)." 1. ACTIVITY REPORT Here's a short re-cap of some of our activities from the fall of 2006: ::: August 15, 2006: Demonstration at the Montreal Gazette ::: On August 15, at the height of the Israeli attack on Lebanon, a conference was held in Montreal called "Building a Stronger Israel", a fundraiser for the Jewish National Fund (JNF), which is a cornerstone of Israeli apartheid. The keynote speaker was none other than the former US Secretary of State and war criminal Colin Powell. Not surprisingly, the main corporate sponsor of this conference was the Montreal Gazette newspaper, which is owned by the pro-Israel CanWestGlobal chain. The morning of the conference, Block the Empire organized a delegation of about 30 people who took over the front lobby of the Gazette offices and staged a die-in to denounce the newspaper's war propaganda. To view photos from that action, visit: http://gallery.cmaq.net/Gazzette-Demo ::: September 23, 2006 : Hamid Karzai Out of Montreal! ::: On September 23, Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke to the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (CORIM) on "Afghanistan and Canadian Development Cooperation". Karzai was introduced by Conservative Minister of International Cooperation Jos?e Verner. The CORIM event was co-sponsored by SNC-Lavalin, and the government-funded "NGO" Rights and Democracy. Other CORIM sponsors included infamous war profiteering companies like Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney and Bell Helicopter. Block the Empire-Montreal organized a picket to raise awareness about Canada's role in Afghanistan. We also picketed to demand true solidarity, not charity, and to denounce the role of the Canadian military, corporations and so-called "development" agencies in the destructive occupation of Afghanistan. One member of Block the Empire was arrested and charged as he jumped the police line at the hotel to try to confront Conservative cabinet minister Michel Fortier, Stephen Harper's right-hand man in Quebec. To view photos from this action, visit: http://gallery.cmaq.net/out-of-afghanistan The text of the flyer from the action is available at: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/canada-out-of-afghanistan.html ::: October 28, 2006: Canada out of Afghanistan! Anti-imperialist Bloc ::: As part of a pan-Canadian day of protest against the presence of Canadian troops in Afghanistan, at least 500 people joined the BLOCK THE EMPIRE Anti-Imperialist Contingent in Montreal, despite the heavy pouring rain throughout the march. To view photos from this demonstration, visit: http://gallery.cmaq.net/anti-imperialistcontingent To view the text of the flyer from the anti-imperialist contingent contingent, visit: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/occupation-anywhere-resistance.html ::: November 2006 : Anarchism, Feminism, and War Workshop Series ::: At the end of November, Block the Empire members held a series of workshops at Concordia and UQAM called "Anarchism, Feminism, and War: Emma Goldman's Lessons for Today's Anti-War Movement". The workshops were co-sponsored by QPIRG McGill, QPIRG-Concordia, the Women's Studies Students Association of Concordia, l'Association d'EtudiantEs Cycles Sup?rieures en Philosophie de l'UQAM, the Institute for Anarchist Studies, and the Student Community Anarchist Network. To download the audio from this workshop in English, visit: http://www.rabble.ca/rpn/files/nni/nni-2006-11-29.mp3 To download the audio from this workshop in French, visit: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=20947 To listen to an interview with Louise-Caroline of BLEM about this workshop, visit: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=20661 ::: November 24, 2006: Stephen Harper out of Montreal! ::: On November 24th, Stephen Harper made a short visit Montreal. As his government continues to slash money from social services and pave the way for private health care, Harper had the audacity to hold a press conference at the Montreal General Hospital to announce the investment of a few million dollars in the fight against cancer, while his government is spending upwards of $3 billion dollars in their military occupation of Afghanistan. Several members of Block the Empire showed up to the press conference, hoping to publicly confront Harper on Canada's occupation of Afghanistan, amongst other concerns. A Block the Empire member was identified and arrested before the press conference had even begun, and other members of the group were violently shoved around and sexually harassed by the police. Nonetheless, we managed to get our points across to the media, and we staged a boisterous demo outside the press conference. To view photos from this action, visit: http://gallery.cmaq.net/harper-mtl The text of the flyer distributed during the disruption is linked at: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/stephen-harper-get-out-of-montreal.html ::: December 1, 2006: Recruiting Station Occupation ::: On December 1st, Block the Empire supported a demonstration organized by the Comit? des Sans-Emploi ("The Committee of the Unemployed") against Canada's presence in Afghanistan. One-hundred people came out in the freezing rain (we've had bad luck with weather this year) for this spirited march, and briefly occupied the Canadian Army recruiting station on Ste-Catherine street. To view photos from this action, visit: http://gallery.cmaq.net/manifaction ::: December 6, 2006: Intervention at UQAM ::: A planner of Canada's military presence in Afghanistan, Major John Malevich of the Canadian Armed Forces, was scheduled to speak to a classroom at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM). The small audience included two members of Block the Empire, who proceeded to openly challenge Malevich's slick public relations. At one point, the moderator began banging on a table to prevent the presentation from getting side-tracked into a fundamental debate about Canada's presence in Afghanistan (which was what ended up happening regardless). This was one of our smaller, but still necessary, anti-war actions. ::: December 22, 2006: Solidarity with Oaxaca ::: Block the Empire has been supporting local mobilizations in solidarity with the people of Oaxaca, Mexico, who have been engaged in a fierce battle for self-determination in the face of brutal paramilitary and state violence since June 2006. The Montreal demonstrations have largely been organized by La Otra Campana in Montreal. On December 22, we once again took to the streets in support of the APPO (Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca), and to denounce the violence of the Mexican government, as part of a day of action worldwide in solidarity with the people of Oaxaca. 2. UPCOMING PLANS FOR 2007 The next rotation of Canadian troops in Afghanistan will deploy from the Valcartier base near Quebec City. At least 2000 soldiers leave this August 2007. Block the Empire is hoping to organize in opposition to this deployment, in conjunction with our allies in Quebec City. More generally, we're hoping to building on anti-recruitment activities locally in Montreal, in opposition to a clear Canadian Armed Forces' public relations offensive to gain new recruits. This coming March 2007 marks the 4th anniversary of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Block the Empire will be planning another anti-imperialist contingent as part of worldwide protests, as well as other actions. Sometime in the spring or summer of 2007, Canada will host the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America, with all three NAFTA leaders -- George Bush, Steven Harper, and Felipe Calderon -- meeting for what is dubbed the "Three Amigos" summit. Block the Empire would like to collaborate with like-minded groups across the NAFTA countries to expose the SPP, and to confront the Summit, as well as the local manifestations of capitalism and imperialism. We will continue our popular education activities, with plans to have the "Anarchism, Feminism, and War" workshops at other local events. With our allies like La Otra Campana, Haiti Action Montreal, Tadamon, Solidarity Across Borders, No One Is Illegal-Montreal, the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid and others, we will continue to support other forms of anti-war and anti-imperialist social justice organizing. We will also continue to recognize and support indigenous anti-colonial efforts on Turtle Island, most notably at Six Nations, but also with building links with local communities at Kahnawake and Kanehsatake. For all of the above activities, we need more members and more involvement. Get in touch if you want to help organize with Block the Empire. More info below ... 3. CONTACT INFO, GETTING INVOLVED AND STAYING IN TOUCH You can reach us by phone or email at: Phone: (514) 848-7583 Email: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Our website is at: http://bloquezlempire.resist.ca We also have a blog where we compile news items and analysis: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com For information about our activities, subscribe to our low-volume email announcement list, visit: https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blem-nouvelles If you agree with our basis of unity, and want to get involved, just get in touch and attend one of our meetings. We're open to new members who want to actively organize against war and imperialism, at home and abroad. --------- Block the Empire-Montreal is an anti-authoritarian, direct-action collective opposed to war and militarization, and their roots and manifestations: colonialism, imperialism and capitalism. We seek to expose the links between capitalist globalization and patriarchy, racism and all forms of oppression, both here and abroad. Our work locally aims to disrupt and directly impact the interests of those who are actively complicit in these systems, from companies who fuel and profit from war and occupation, to the supporters and outposts of US Empire and the Canadian state. We endorse the People's Global Action (PGA) hallmarks, and we act in direct solidarity with all those on the frontlines of resistance and struggle against occupation and exploitation - from those resisting the racist "War on Terror" in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia, to the struggle for indigenous sovereignty here on Turtle Island (occupied North America). INFO: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Thu Jan 11 20:48:56 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:48:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] BLOQUEZ L'EMPIRE : notre bilan de 2006 Message-ID: Bloquez l?empire Montr?al : notre bilan de l'automne (ao?t ? d?cembre 2006) Dans ce courriel, vous trouverez : 1)Un court bilan de nos activit?s en 2006 2)Des activit?s et projets ? venir au cours de la nouvelle ann?e 3)IMPLIQUEZ-VOUS: Nos coordonn?es et comment nous contacter Chers ami-e-s et alli?-e-s, Comme vous le savez sans doute, Bloquez l?empire a repris ses activit?s au cours du mois d'ao?t 2006, ? suite de discussion (formelles et informelles) entre militant-e-s anti-imp?rialistes de la r?gion. Nous nous sommes r?uni-e-s ? plusieurs reprises au cours de l'?t?, motiv?-e-s en partie par une frustration vis-?-vis de nombreux aspects de l'activisme anti-guerre plus ? mainstream ? ? Montr?al. Au plus fort de l'offensive isra?lienne contre le Liban et la bande de Gaza, nous avons d?cider de repartir le collectif Bloquez l'empire, dans l'espoir de contribuer aux mobilisations anti-guerre ? Montr?al et aussi de renforcer les pratiques anti-imp?rialistes, anticapitalistes et anti-autoritaires au sein des luttes contre la guerre. Voici une courte description du groupe: Bloquez l'empire Montr?al est un collectif anti-autoritaire et d'action directe, oppos? ? la guerre et ? la militarisation, et aux racines de ces probl?mes qui se trouvent dans les ph?nom?nes plus larges du colonialisme, de l'imp?rialisme et du capitalisme. Nous cherchons ? exposer les liens entre la mondialisation, le patriarcat, le racisme ainsi que toutes les formes d'oppression, ici autant qu'ailleurs. Notre travail au niveau local vise ? perturber et ? affecter directement les int?r?ts de ceux qui participent et/ou qui sont complices de ces syst?mes, que ce soit les entreprises qui contribuent et qui profitent de la guerre et de l'occupation ou les postes de garde de l'empire ?tats-unien et de l'?tat canadien. Nous endossons les principes de l'Action mondiale des peuples (AMP) et agissons en solidarit? avec toutes celles et ceux qui sont aux premi?res lignes des luttes contre l'occupation et l'exploitation -- de la r?sistance ? la ?guerre au terrorisme? raciste au Moyen-Orient, en Am?rique latine, en Afrique et en Asie, aux luttes pour la souverainet? autochtone ici-m?me sur l'?le de la Tortue (territoires occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord). 1.BILAN DE NOS ACTIVIT?S Voici quelques actions que nous organis?es ou auxquelles nous avons pris part depuis ao?t 2006 : ::: LE 15 AO?T 2006: Manifestation devant les bureaux du journal La Gazette::: Le 15 ao?t dernier, au sommet de l'offensive isra?lienne contre le Liban et la bande de Gaza, une conf?rence intitul?e ? B?tir un Isra?l plus fort ? avait lieu ? Montr?al. La conf?rence ?tait en fait un ?v?nement visant ? recueillir de l?argent pour le Fonds national juif (FNJ), un pillier de l'apartheid isra?lien. L?invit? d?honneur ? cette conf?rence n??tait nul autre que Colin Powell, criminel de guerre et ex-Secr?taire d??tat des USA. De plus, c?est sans grande surprise que nous avons appris qu?un des partenaires corporatifs majeurs de cet ?v?nement ?tait le journal La Gazette, propri?t? de l?entreprise pro-isra?lienne CanWest Global. Le matin du 15 ao?t, Bloquez l?empire a donc organis? une d?l?gation form?e d?une trentaine de personnes qui ont occup? le hall d?entr?e des bureaux de La Gazette pour d?noncer la propagande de guerre. Pour voir des photos de l?action, visitez : http://gallery.cmaq.net/Gazzette-Demo ::: LE 23 SEPTEMBRE 2006 : Hamid Karzai ? Montr?al ::: Le samedi 23 septembre dernier, le pr?sident afghan Hamid Karzai a livr? un discours lors d'un ?v?nement intitul? ? L'Afghanistan et la coop?ration du Canada ?, organis? par le Conseil des relations internationales de Montr?al (CORIM). C'est la Ministre de la Coop?ration internationale Jos?e Verner qui a pr?sent? M. Karzai aux invit?-e-s de ce d?ner-causerie parrain? par SNC-Lavalin et l' ? ONG ? Droits et D?mocratie (qui est financ?e par le gouvernement f?d?ral). Parmi les autres partenaires majeurs du CORIM, on retrouve des profiteurs de guerre notoires tels que Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney et Bell Helicopter. Bloquez l'empire Montr?al a organis? une ligne de piquetage afin de sensibiliser le public au r?le du Canada en Afghanistan. Nous avons manifest? pour exiger la solidarit?, et non pas la charit?, ainsi que pour d?noncer le r?le de l'arm?e, des entreprises et des soi-disant ? agences de d?veloppement ? dans l'occupation d?vastatrice de l'Afghanistan. Un membre de Bloquez l'empire Montr?al a ?t? arr?t? alors qu'il a tent? de donner un tract ? Michael Fortier, bras droit de Stephen Harper au Qu?bec et invit? du CORIM pour cet ?v?nement. Pour voir des photos de l?action, visitez : http://gallery.cmaq.net/out-of-afghanistan Pour lire le texte du tract qui a ?t? distribu? lors de cette action, visitez: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/canada-crisse-ton-camp-de-lafghanistan.html ::: LE 28 OCTOBRE 2006: Canada crisse ton camp de l'Afghanistan! Contingent anti-imp?rialiste ::: Dans le cadre du 28 octobre dernier, journ?e d'action pan-canadienne contre la pr?sence de soldats canadiens en Afghanistan, plus de 500 personnes ont particip? au contingent anti-imp?rialiste BLOQUEZ L'EMPIRE!, et ce malgr? les pluies torrentielles qui ont s?vi tout au long de la manifestation. Pour voir des photos de l'action, visitez: http://gallery.cmaq.net/anti-imperialistcontingent Pour lire le texte du tract qui a ?t? distribu? lors de cette action, visitez: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/ils-occupent-nous-resistons.html ::: Novembre 2006 : La s?rie ? Anarchisme, f?minisme et guerre ? ::: ? la fin du mois de novembre, des membres de Bloquez l'empire ont organis? une s?rie d'ateliers intitul?e ? Anarchisme, f?minisme et guerre : les le?ons d'Emma Goldman pour le mouvement anti-guerre d'aujourd'hui ?, pr?sent?s ? l'Universit? Concordia et ? l'UQ?M. Ces ateliers ont ?t? organis?s avec l'aide pr?cieuse du GRIP-McGill, du GRIP-Concordia, de l'Association ?tudiante du programme d'?tudes f?ministes de l'Universit? Concordia, l'Association ?tudiante des ?tudes avanc?es en philosopie de l'UQAM, l'Institut des ?tudes anarchistes (IAS) et le R?seau anarchiste en milieu ?tudiant. Pour t?l?charger un enregistrement de cette conf?rence en anglais, visitez : http://www.rabble.ca/rpn/files/nni/nni-2006-11-29.mp3 Pour t?l?charger un enregistrement de cette conf?rence en fran?ais, visitez: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=20947 Pour ?couter une entrevue r?alis?e avec Louise-Caroline Bergeron de BLEM au sujet de cet atelier, visitez: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=20661 ::: LE 24 NOVEMBRE 2006 : Stephen Harper, crisse ton camp de Montr?al! ::: Le 24 novembre dernier, Stephen Harper s'est rendu ? Montr?al pour y effectuer une courte visite. ? la t?te d'un gouvernement qui coupe abondamment dans les services sociaux et qui ouvre la voie ? la privatisation du syst?me de sant?, Harper a quand m?me eu l'audace de tenir une conf?rence de presse ? l'H?pital g?n?ral de Montr?al, pour y annoncer un investissement de quelques millions dans la lutte contre le cancer (alors que son gouvernement d?pense plus de $3 milliards pour la pr?sence militaire en Afghanistan). Plusieurs membres de Bloquez l'empire Montr?al ont assist? ? la conf?rence de presse, dans l'espoir de confronter publiquement Harper sur, entre autres, l'occupation canadienne en Afghanistan. Un membre de Bloquez l'empire, a ?t? identifi? et arr?t? avant m?me le d?but de la conf?rence de presse et d'autres membres du groupe ont ?t? violemment repouss?-e-s, voire agress?-e-s sexuellement par la police. Malgr? cela, nous avons pu communiquer notre message aux m?dias pr?sents et avons tenu une manifestation bruyante devant l'h?pital. Pour voir des photos de l'action, visitez: http://gallery.cmaq.net/harper-mtl Pour lire le texte du tract qui a ?t? distribu? lors de cette action, visitez : http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/stephen-harper-crisse-ton-camp-de.html ::: LE 1er D?CEMBRE 2006 : Occupation du centre de recrutement ::: Le 1er d?cembre dernier, Bloquez l'empire a particip? ? une manifestation organis?e par le Comit? des sans-emploi (CSE), pour contester la pr?sence canadienne en Afghanistan. Plus de 100 personnes ont brav? la pluie vergla?ante (la m?t?o n'a pas ?t? tr?s anti-imp?rialiste cet ann?e) pour prendre part ? cette manifestation fort anim?e, et ont par la suite bri?vement occup? le centre de recrutement des Forces arm?es canadiennes, qui se trouve rue Ste-Catherine au coin de Bishop. Pour voir des photos de l'action, visitez: http://gallery.cmaq.net/manifaction ::: LE 6 D?CEMBRE 2006 : Intervention ? l'UQ?M ::: Un des strat?ges de la pr?sence militaire canadienne en Afghanistan, le Major John Malevich des Forces arm?es canadiennes, devait le 6 d?cembre dernier s'adresser ? des ?tudiant-e-s de l'Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al (UQ?M). Le petit nombre de spectateurs et de spectatrices venu-e-s l'entendre incluait deux membres de Bloquez l'empire, qui ont proc?d? ? un d?mant?lement de l'argumentaire fragile sur lequel reposait cet exercice de relations publiques. ? un certain moment, le mod?rateur a m?me commenc? ? donner des coups de poings sur la table, histoire de faire en sorte que la pr?sentation ne se transforme pas en d?bat ? LE d?bat fondamental ? sur la pr?sence du Canada en Afghanistan (ce qui s'est produit de toute fa?on). Cette action ?tait plus petite, mais tout de m?me n?cessaire dans notre travail anti-guerre. ::: LE 22 D?CEMBRE 2006 : Solidarit? avec Oaxaca ::: Bloquez l'empire appuie les mobilisations locales en solidarit? avec la population de Oaxaca, Mexique, qui est depuis juin 2006 engag?e dans une bataille f?roce, une lutte d'autod?termination contre r?pression polici?re. Les manifestations montr?alaises ont ?t? organis?es gr?ce, en grande partie, aux efforts du collectif La Otra Campa?a de Montr?al. Le 22 d?cembre dernier, nous avons pris la rue en solidarit? avec la APPO (Assembl?e populaire des peuples de Oaxaca), pour d?noncer la violence de l'?tat mexicain, dans le cadre d'une journ?e internationale de solidarit? avec les peuples de Oaxaca. 2. ACTIVIT?S ? VENIR EN 2007 Au mois d'ao?t 2007, plus de 2000 soldats canadiens quitteront la base militaire de Valcartier (pr?s de Qu?bec) pour se rendre en Afghanistan. Bloquez l'empire esp?re collaborer avec des camarades ? Qu?bec, dans le but de contrer ce nouveau d?ploiement. De mani?re plus g?n?rale, nous esp?rons organiser ? Montr?al des activit?s contre le recrutement militaire, en opposition ? l'ardeur accrue des recruteurs des Forces arm?es canadiennes. Le mois de mars 2007 marquera le quatri?me anniversaire de l'invasion et de l'occupation de l'Irak. Bloquez l'empire organisera ? nouveau un contingent anti-imp?rialiste dans le cadre des manifestations qui auront lieu ce mois-ci, et planifie ?galement d'autres actions. Au cours du printemps ou de l'?t? 2007, le Canada sera l'h?te d'une rencontre du Partenariat nord-am?ricain pour la s?curit? et la prosp?rit? ? laquelle prendront part les trois dirigeants de l'ALENA, George Bush, Stephen Harper et Felipe Calderon, surnomm?s les ? 3 amigos ? pour l'occasion. Bloquez l'empire aimerait travailler avec d'autres groupes provenant des pays de l'ALENA, dans le but de nous opposer ? la tenue de cette rencontre ainsi qu'aux manifestations locales du capitalisme et de l'imp?rialisme. Nous continuerons d'organiser diff?rentes activit?s d'?ducation populaire, et planifions pr?senter ? nouveau la s?rie d'ateliers ? Anarchisme, f?minisme et guerre ?. Avec nos camarades dans des groupes tels que La Otra Campa?a Montreal, Personne n'est ill?gal, Haiti Action Montr?al, Tadamon!, Solidarit? sans fronti?res, la Coalition, contre l'apartheid isra?lien et plusieurs autres, nous continuerons de, soutenir d'autres formes de travail anti-guerre et de mobilisation, anti-imp?rialiste pour la justice sociale. Nous continuerons ?galement de soutenir la r?sistance autochtone et anti-coloniale sur l'?le de la Tortue (Territoires Occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord), notamment ? Six Nations, mais aussi ? Kahnawahke et ? Kanehsatake, o? nous tentons de forger des liens avec les communaut?s. Pour que nous puissions mener ? terme toutes les activit?s mentionn?es ci-dessus, nous avons besoin de plus de membre et de plus d'implication! Contactez-nous si vous d?sirez travailler avec Bloquez l'empire Montr?al. Plus de d?tails ci-dessous... 3. POUR NOUS CONTACTER, POUR VOUS IMPLIQUER ET POUR RESTER INFORM?-E Vous pouvez nous contacter par t?l?phone ou par courriel: T?l.: 514 848-7583 Courriel: bloquezlempiremontreal arobase resist.ca Sur le web: bloquezlempire.resist.ca Nous avons aussi un blogue, o? nous compilons des articles de journaux et des analyses: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com Pour vous inscrire ? notre liste de diffusion, visitez: https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blem-nouvelles --------- Bloquez l'empire Montr?al est un collectif anti-autoritaire et d'action directe, oppos? ? la guerre et ? la militarisation, et aux racines de ces probl?mes qui se trouvent dans les ph?nom?nes plus larges du colonialisme, de l'imp?rialisme et du capitalisme. Nous cherchons ? exposer les liens entre la mondialisation, le patriarcat, le racisme ainsi que toutes les formes d'oppression, ici autant qu'ailleurs. Notre travail au niveau local vise ? perturber et ? affecter directement les int?r?ts de ceux qui participent et/ou qui sont complices de ces syst?mes, que ce soit les entreprises qui contribuent et qui profitent de la guerre et de l'occupation ou les postes de garde de l'empire ?tats-unien et de l'?tat canadien. Nous endossons les principes de l'Action mondiale des peuples (AMP) et agissons en solidarit? avec toutes celles et ceux qui sont aux premi?res lignes des luttes contre l'occupation et l'exploitation -- de la r?sistance ? la ?guerre au terrorisme? raciste au Moyen-Orient, en Am?rique latine, en Afrique et en Asie, aux luttes pour la souverainet? autochtone ici-m?me sur l'?le de la Tortue (territoires occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord). From mfoster at web.net Fri Jan 12 07:28:50 2007 From: mfoster at web.net (mary foster) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:28:50 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?iso-8859-1?q?CE_LUNDI_=3A_Piquetage_en_sol?= =?iso-8859-1?q?idarit=E9_avec_les_detenus_du_=22Guantanamo_Nord=22?= Message-ID: <021301c73665$fbdd2740$8733cdcd@CPQ18145226471> From: "Hungerstrike support committee" [SVP faire circuler] DIGNIT? POUR LES D?TENUS DES PROC?S SECRETS FERMEZ GUANTANAMO NORD ET SUD Piquetage en solidarit? avec Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassan Almrei: Trois d?tenus des "certificats de s?curit?" emprisonn?s ind?finiment sans accusations ni proc?s sous la menace de d?portation vers la torture. Tous en gr?ve de la faim pour demander des conditions de d?tention d?centes ? "Guantanamo Nord", la nouvelle prison pour les immigrants. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: QUAND: Lundi le 15 janvier 2007 ? 8hAM OU: Citoyennet? et Immigration Canada (aussi bureau de l'ASFC) 1010 Ste-Antoine Ouest, Mtl., coin Peel (M?tro Bonaventure) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: D?tenus dans ce qu'on appelle Guantanamo Bay Nord, les trois prisonniers des proc?s secrets ne voient pas de fin ? leur d?tention ind?finie et arbitraire sous la menace de la torture qui a dur? jusqu'? six ans et demi dans le cas de Mahjoub. Les trois sont pr?sentement en gr?ve de la faim simplement pour demander de meilleures conditions de d?tention : lundi, Mahjoub sera ? 52 jours sans nourriture et Hassan Almrei et Mahmoud Jaballah seront ? 41 jours. Lundi, venez les soutenir dans le cadre d'une s?rie de quinze actions qui auront lieu partout au pays du 11 au 15 janvier. Les revendications des manifestations sont : a. Fermer imm?diatement le ?Centre de surveillance de l'immigration de Kingston? (Guantanamo Nord); b. Rel?cher imm?diatement les d?tenus des certificats de s?curit? ou qu'ils soient donn? droit ? un proc?s juste et ?quitable; c. Arr?ter toutes les proc?dures de d?portation contre les ?cinq proc?s secrets? (Mahmoud Jaballah, Mohammad Mahjoub, Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat, Adil Charkaoui); d. Abolisser les certificats de s?curit? et les d?portations vers la torture e. Condamner imm?diatement la prison ill?gale Guantanamo Bay ? Cuba. Le 15 janvier, des manifestations vont aussi avoir lieu aux bureaux de Toronto de l'Agence des Services Frontaliers du Canada (qui g?re Guantanamo Nord) ainsi qu'? l'entr?e de Guantanamo Nord ? Millhaven, ? laquelle le r?sident de Belleville David Milne, qui a manifest? contre la prison d'Abu Ghraib ? Bagdad, va participer. Le gouvernement du Canada ne veut pas parler avec Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassan Almrei. Transf?r?s au nouveau Centre de surveillance de l'immigration ? Kingston, situ? dans le P?nitencier de Millhaven, en avril 2006 et ?puis?s par la torture psychologique de la d?tention illimit?e, ils ont ?t? forc?s de lever leurs voix en manifestation pacifique pour exiger des conditions de d?tention d?centes et d'?tre trait?s comme des d?tenus f?d?raux. Une gr?ve de la faim est la seule voix qu'ils ont. Celle-ci est la deuxi?me gr?ve de la faim qu'ils ont entam? dans la nouvelle prison, qui a ?t? sp?cialement construite pour d?tenir des immigrants sans accusations vivant sous la menace de d?portation vers la torture. Dans une lettre ouverte dat?e du 8 janvier 2007, Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassans Almrei contestent leurs conditions de d?tention et font les revendications suivantes : 1. La pr?sence constante d'une superviseur sur les lieux de d?tention. Sans la pr?sence d'un superviseur, les gardes font de fausses accusations contre les d?tenus des proc?s secrets. Trop souvent, les employ?s de Millhaven ont failli ? r?pondre aux plaintes parce que c'est leur parole contre celle des gardes. 2. Des soins m?dicaux Les soins m?dicaux sont seulement disponibles dans le b?timent de l'administration. Les d?tenus des proc?s secrets ont d?cid? de ne pas aller dans le b?timent de l'administration sans la pr?sence d'un superviseur pour leur propre s?curit?. Avant le 10 septembre 2006, les soins m?dicaux ?taient disponibles dans l'unit? o? ils vivent. Les d?tenus des proc?s secrets demandent de recevoir des soins m?dicaux dans l'unit? o? ils vivent ou d'?tre accompagn?s d'un superviseur au b?timent de l'administration. Dans un cas, l'un des d?tenus s'est fait refuser des piq?res pour l'H?patite C depuis le 2 septembre 2006 et une chirurgie pour une blessure au genou et une hernie double n'a pas encore eu lieu depuis avril 2006. 3. L'acc?s aux m?dias en priv? Quand ils ?taient d?tenus au Centre de D?tention de Toronto Metro West, les d?tenus des proc?s secrets n'avaient pas besoin d'une permission pour avoir acc?s aux m?dias. Maintenant, ils ne peuvent m?me pas avoir acc?s aux m?dias sans la pr?sence de gardes durant l'entrevue. 4. La fin du comptage quotidien des d?tenus Il n'y a que trois d?tenus ? Millhaven. Le fait de compter les d?tenus est humiliant et n'est pas n?cessaire. 5. L'usage de cartes d'appel pour appeler la famille ? l'?tranger Les autorit?s au Centre de surveillance de l'immigration de Kingston exigent que les appels ? l'?tranger soient faits avec un plan de longue distance que les familles ne peuvent pas se payer. Comme tous leurs appels sont sous ?coute, il n'y a pas de raison de leur refuser d'utiliser des cartes d'appel plus abordables. 6. Les m?mes droits que les prisonniers f?d?raux Les prisonniers f?d?raux ont droit ? l'acc?s ? une biblioth?que, ? des programmes ?ducatifs et ? des visites mensuelles dans des roulottes avec leurs familles. Les d?tenus des proc?s secrets se font refuser ces droits et ceci constitue un traitement in?gal et diff?rentiel. 7. L'acc?s ? la cour Il y a un grand espace avec du gazon pr?s du Centre de surveillance de l'immigration de Kingston, mais les d?tenus des proc?s secrets n'ont pas le droit d'y acc?der. ? la place, ils sont confin?s ? un petit espace en b?ton alors que l'espace avec du gazon est cl?tur? et n'est pas utilis?. Il n'y a pas de raison de leur refuser l'acc?s ? cet espace. 8. Un corps ind?pendant ou une partie neutre pour la m?diation Ce sont les employ?s eux-m?mes qui g?rent les plaintes que les d?tenus des proc?s secrets font contre eux. Les employ?s ne peuvent pas traiter ces plaintes objectivement et elles sont donc constamment rejet?es sans appel. Ceci n'est pas juste. Il n'y a pas d'ombudsman auquel les d?tenus des proc?s secrets peuvent parler. Ils se sont fait dire d'envoyer leurs plaintes ? la Croix Rouge, mais ils n'ont pas le droit de les appeler. De toutes fa?ons, la Croix Rouge n'a aucune autorit? au centre de d?tention. 9. L'acc?s ? un interpr?te Les d?tenus des proc?s secrets ont eu des r?unions avec les employ?s du centre de d?tention, mais ils n'ont pas eu droit ? des interpr?tes pour communiquer convenablement, alors que l'anglais n'est pas leur langue maternelle. 10. ?tre trait?s avec dignit? comme des ?tres humains Tous les ?tres humains ont des droits et les d?tenus des proc?s secrets sont font refuser leurs droits les plus ?l?mentaires de vivre en dignit? pendant qu'ils sont d?tenus. D?tenus ind?finiment, sans accusations et sur des preuves secr?tes, ils se font refuser l'intimit? et les soins m?dicaux et sont s?par?s de leurs familles. Il n'y a aucune raison li?e ? la s?curit? qui justifie le fait qu'ils ne peuvent vivre avec dignit? durant leur d?tention ? Guantanamo Nord. Pour plus d'informations : www.homesnotbombs.ca/secrettrials.htm COMIT? DE SOUTIEN ? LA GR?VE DE LA FAIM abolissons at gmail.com t?l. 514 859 9023 From mfoster at web.net Fri Jan 12 07:29:30 2007 From: mfoster at web.net (mary foster) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:29:30 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] THIS MONDAY: Picket in support of "Guantanamo North" detainees Message-ID: <021501c73665$fd7b46e0$8733cdcd@CPQ18145226471> From: "Hungerstrike support committee" [Please forwards widely] DIGNITY FOR SECRET TRIAL DETAINEES CLOSE GUANTANAMO NORTH AND SOUTH Picket in solidarity with Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah, and Hassan Almrei: Three "security certificate" detainees held indefinitely without charge or trial under threat of deportation to torture All on HUNGER STRIKE to demand decent detention conditions at "Guantanamo North", the new prison for immigrants :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: WHEN: Monday, January 15, 2007 at 8am WHERE: Citizenship and Immigration Canada (also CBSA offices) 1010 Ste-Antoine West, Mtl., corner Peel (Metro Bonaventure) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Detained in what is being called Guantanamo Bay North, three secret trial detainees see no end in sight to their indefinite, arbitrary detention under threat of torture that has lasted six and a half years in the case of Mahjoub. Currently all three are on hungerstrike to simply demand better prison conditions: as of Monday, Mahjoub will be 52 days without food and Hassan Almrei and Mahmoud Jaballah will be 41 days. On Monday, come out to support them as part of a series of fifteen actions taking place across the country from January 11-15. Demands of the demonstrations are: 1. Immediately close Kingston Immigration Holding Centre (Guantanamo Bay North) 2. Immediately release Canada's secret trial "security certificate" detainees or provide them with a fair, transparent, open trial. 3. End all proceedings to deport Mahmoud Jaballah, Mohammad Mahjoub, Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat, Adil Charkaoui. 4. Abolish security certificates and end deportation to torture. 5. Immediately condemn the illegal Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. On January 15, demonstrations will also occur at the Toronto offices of Canadian Border Services Agency (which runs Guantanamo North) as well as at the entrance to Guantanamo North at Millhaven, where Belleville resident David Milne, who has protested outside of the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, will participate. The Government of Canada will not speak with Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah, and Hassan Almrei. Transferred to the new six-cell Kingston Immigration Holding Centre, located on the grounds of the Millhaven Penitentiary, in April 2006 and worn down by the psychological torture of indefinite detention, they have been forced to raise their voices in peaceful protest to demand decent detention conditions and to be treated like any Federal inmate. A hunger strike is the only voice they have. This is the second hunger-strike they have held at the new prison, which was specifically built to hold immigrants without charge living under threat of deportation to torture. In an Open Letter released on 8 January, 2007, Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah, and Hassan Almrei protest their detention conditions and make the following demands: 1. The constant presence of a supervisor on the detention premises. Without the presence of a supervisor, the guards may make false accusations against the secret trial detainees. Too often, the staff at Millhaven has failed to respond to their complaints because it is their word against that of the guards. 2. The delivery of medical care Medical care is only delivered in the administration building. The secret trial detainees have chosen not to go to the administration building without the presence of a supervisor for their own safety. Before 10 September, 2006 medical care was delivered in the living unit. The secret trial detains demand to receive medical care in the living unit or to be accompanied to the administration building by a supervisor. In one case, a detainee has been denied shots for Hepatitis C since 2 September, 2006 and a surgery for a knee injury and a double hernia has failed to be scheduled since April 2006. 3. Access to the Media in private When detained at the Toronto Metro West Detention Center, the secret trial detainees did not require approval to access the Media. Now, they cannot even access the media without the presence of guards during the interview. 4. An end to the daily head counts There are only three detainees at Millhaven. The head counts are humiliating and unnecessary. 5. The use of phone cards to call family overseas Authorities at the Kingston Immigration Holding Centre require that overseas phone calls be made with a long distance plan that the secret trial detainees' families cannot afford. Since all of their calls are monitored, there is no reason to deny them the use of cheaper calling cards. 6. The same rights as any Federal inmate Federal inmates are allowed access to a library, to educational programs,and monthly trailer visits with their families. The secret trial detainees are denied these rights and this constitutes unequal and differential treatment. 7. Access to the yard There is a large grassy area by the Kingston Immigration Holding Centre, but the secret trial detainees are denied access to it. Instead, they are confined to a small concrete area when the grassy yard is fenced in and unused. There is no reason to deny access to the yard. 8. An independent body or neutral party to mediate It is the staff themselves that treat the complaints that the secret trial detainees make against them. The staff cannot treat these complaints objectively and so they are constantly dismissed with no appeal. This is not fair. There is no ombudsperson that the secret trial detainees can speak with. They have been told to send their complaints to the Red Cross but are not allowed to phone them. Besides, the Red Cross has no authority at the detention center. 9. Access to a translator The secret trial detainees have meetings with the staff at the detention center, but are not provided with translators in order to properly communicate even though English is not their first language. 10. To be treated with dignity as humans beings All human beings have rights and the secret trail detainees are denied the most basic rights to live with dignity while in detention. Detained indefinitely, without charge and on secret evidence, they are denied privacy, medical care, and are separated from their families. There is no security-related reason why they cannot live with dignity while at Guantanamo North. For more information: www.homesnotbombs.ca/secrettrials.htm HUNGERSTRIKE SUPPORT COMMITTEE abolissons at gmail.com tel. 514 859 9023 From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Sat Jan 13 10:30:49 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:30:49 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Contingent anti-imperialiste :: Ils occupent ... Nous resistons! Bush out of Baghdad, Canada out of Kandahar! Message-ID: [English below ...] Ils occupent... Nous r?sistons! Bush, sors de Baghdad! Canada, sors de Kandahar! Endossez le contingent anti-imp?rialiste. 15 janvier 2007 Le mois de mars 2007 marquera le quatri?me anniversaire de l'invasion et de l'occupation de l'Irak par les ?tats-Unis et leurs alli?s. George Bush vient d'annoncer l'envoi de plusieurs milliers d'autres soldats en Irak, tandis que le nombre de civil-e-s tu?s augmente de fa?on dramatique. Des engins ?tats-uniens attaquent pr?sentement la population somalienne, et la soi-disant ? guerre au terrorisme ? prend de l'expansion. Le Canada appuie de mani?re active l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien au Moyen-Orient et ailleurs, par le d?ploiement de plus de 2000 soldats en Afghanistan et par l'implication des multinationales canadiennes (ainsi que par la complicit? des ONG et soi-disant agences de ? d?veloppement ?). Les qualificatifs utilis?s par Stephen Harper pour d?crire l'offensive isra?lienne contre la population du Liban et de la Palestine (on se souviendra qu'il a caract?ris? ces attaques comme ?tant ? une r?ponse mesur?e ?) ne font que renforcer le soutien actif du Canada ? l'imp?rialisme occidental au Moyen-Orient. C'est donc en opposition ? l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien/canadien, et ? l'occupation continue de l'Irak, que nous prendrons les rues ? nouveau au mois de mars 2007. Suite au succ?s du contingent anti-imp?rialiste du 28 octobre dernier, dans la manifestation contre l'occupation canadienne en Afghanistan, Bloquez l'empire organisera un autre contingent anti-imp?rialiste dans le cadre des manifestations de mars 2007. Le contingent anti-imp?rialiste BLOQUEZ L'EMPIRE sera un espace accueillant pour les enfants. Nous nous joindrons ? la manifestation organis?e par ?chec ? la guerre tout en mobilisant de fa?on autonome pour le contingent. Nous marcherons en opposition ? la guerre ici et ailleurs et en opposition ? l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien/canadien. Nous scandons ? nouveau notre slogan du 28 octobre 2006 : Ils occupent... Nous r?sistons! Nous d?non?ons la guerre et l'occupation, et appuyons la r?sistance populaire: ... en Irak ... en Afghanistan ... en Palestine ... au Liban ... en Irak ... en Iran ... en Bolivie ... en Colombie ... dans le territoire Mapuche ... ? Oaxaca ... au Chiapas ... aux Philippines ... en Ha?ti ... ? Six Nations ... ? Kahnawahke ... ? Kanehsatake ... ? Nitassinan ... sur l'?le de la Tortue (Territoires Occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord) ... et partout! Plus de d?tails ? propos du contingent ? venir au cours de prochaines semaines. --> Si votre groupe, organisme ou collectif d?sire ENDOSSER le contingent anti-imp?rialiste, pour d?noncer l'occupation de l'Irak et la complicit? du Canada dans l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien, veuillez nous contacter en nous ?crivant ? bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca ou en t?l?phonant au 514 848-7583. --> Si vous d?sirez vous impliquer dans L'ORGANISATION et LA MOBILISATION en vue du contingent anti-imp?rialiste, veuillez nous contacter. Nous aurons besoin d'un grand coup de main au niveau de l'organisation et de la mobilisation. INFO : bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca - 514 848-7583 http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com Les groupes suivants (ci-dessous l'appel anglais) ont endoss? le contingent anti-imp?rialiste du 28 octobre 2006. Nous esp?rons que tous ces groupes, ainsi que plusieurs autres, endosserons le contingent anti-imp?rialiste qui prendra la rue ? Montr?al en mars 2007. :::::::::: :::::::::: :::::::::: Bush out of Baghdad, Canada out of Kandahar! Endorse the Montreal Anti-Imperialist Contingent January 15, 2007 This coming March 2007 will mark the 4th anniversary of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. George Bush has just announced an increase of US troops into Iraq, all while the death toll of Iraqi civilians rises drastically. US gunships currently attack civilians in Somalia as the so-called "War on Terror" expands. Meanwhile, Canada actively supports US-led imperialism in the Middle East and beyond, with the deployment of more than 2000 troops in Afghanistan, and the profiteering of Canadian multinationals (as well as the complicity of so-called "development" agencies and NGOs). Stephen Harper's description of Israeli aggression against the people of Lebanon and Palestine as "proportionate and measured" this summer only reinforces Canada's active support for Western imperialism in the Middle East. In opposition to US/Canadian imperialism, and the continued occupation of Iraq, we will take the streets again this March 2007. Following up on the successful anti-imperialist contingent this past October 28, 2006 against Canada's occupation of Afghanistan, Block the Empire is organizing another contingent for Montreal-area demos. The BLOCK THE EMPIRE anti-imperialist contingent will be a "child-friendly" march. We will be joining and supporting the ?chec ? la guerre demonstration; while organizing autonomously as a contingent. We march in opposition to war at home and abroad, and against US/Canadian imperialism. We reiterate our slogan from October 2006: Occupation anywhere, resistance everywhere! We are denouncing war and occupation, and supporting grassroots resistance: Iraq ? Afghanistan ? Palestine ... Lebanon ... Iraq ... Iran ... Bolivia ... Colombia ... Mapuche territory ... Oaxaca ? Chiapas ... Philippines ... Haiti ... Six Nations ... Kahnawake ... Kanehsatake ... Nitassinan ... Turtle Island ... everywhere!. We will have more details about the contingent in the coming weeks. --> If your group, organization or collective ENDORSES the anti-imperialist contingent in opposition to the continued occupation of Iraq and Canadian complicity with US-led imperialism, please let us know at bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca or 514-848-7583. --> If you can get involved in ORGANIZING & MOBILIZING for the anti-imperialist contingent, get in touch as well. We need lots of help and support with outreach efforts. INFO: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca - 514-848-7583 http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com The following groups endorsed the anti-imperialist contingent on October 28, 2006. We are hoping all these groups, and many more groups and individuals will endorse the Anti-Imperialist Contingent that takes the streets of Montreal in March 2007: - Association ?tudiante du c?gep de Saint-Laurent (AECSL) - Association facultaire des ?tudiants en sciences humaines de l'UQ?M (AFESH-UQ?M) - Association g?n?rale ?tudiante du C?gep du Vieux-Montr?al (AGECVM) - Association des Jeunes Libanais Musulman-Montr?al - Center for Philippine Concerns (CPC) - Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees (CADPR) - Comit? d'action politique-UQ?M - Le Collectif oppos? ? la brutalit? polici?re (COBP) - Le Comit? des sans-emploi (Montr?al-Centre) - Documentation Information Ressources Alternatives (DIRA) - Groupe d'action et de sensibilisation au pouvoir ?tudiant (GRASP?-McGill) - Haiti Action Montreal - La Otra Campa?a Montr?al - Immigrant Workers Center (IWC) - International Solidarity Movement (ISM)-Montreal - Libertad (C?gep du Vieux-Montr?al) - Liberterre - No One Is Illegal-Montreal/Personne n'est ill?gal-Montr?al - La Pointe Libertaire - Projet Accompagnement Solidarit? Colombie (PASC) - La RueBrique - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-McGill) - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-Concordia) - R?seau anarchiste en milieu ?tudiant (RAM?) - R?sistance ha?tienne au Qu?bec - Solidarit? sans fronti?res/Solidarity Across Borders - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-Concordia - Students Taking Action in Chiapas (STAC) - L'Observatoire de l'Asie Centrale et du Moyen-Orient - Le Centre d'Asie du Sud (CERAS) - Tadamon! Montr?al - Unit? des socialistes iraniens ? Montr?al From sophie at resist.ca Sun Jan 14 15:50:16 2007 From: sophie at resist.ca (sophie schoen) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:50:16 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] RAPPEL / REMINDER: Appel =?iso-8859-1?q?=E0_la_solidarit=E9_en_Co?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ur_pour_les_arr=EAt=E9Es_du_19_nov_2004_=7C=7C_Court_Solid?= =?iso-8859-1?q?arity_for_the_Nov_19=2C_2004_Defendants?= Message-ID: <45AAC1B8.8040408@resist.ca> [ notez qu'il y aura aussi une audience ? la cour le 19 janvier... please take note that a day of court has been added on January 19th...] [English below... SVP diffusez] Appel ? la solidarit? en cour avec les arr?t?Es du 19 novembre 2004 ------ les 16-18-19-30-31 janvier 2007 ? 9h30 ? la salle 1.10 Cour municipale de Montr?al 775 rue Gosford, m?tro Champs-de-Mars ------ Les 16,18,19,30 et 31 janvier prochains, plus de 150 personnes seront en cour pour contester les contraventions remises suite ? l'arrestation de masse du 19 novembre 2004, pendant une manifestation contre le congr?s du Parti lib?ral du Qu?bec. Lors de cette manifestation (qui ?tait pr?c?d?e par une autre manifestation organis?e par l'ASS? dans le cadre de la campagne de gr?ve g?n?rale illimit?e), pr?s de 190 personnes ont ?t? arr?t?es et ont re?u des tickets en vertu du r?glement municipal P-6, article 2 :?Ayant particip? ou ?tant pr?sent ? une assembl?e, un d?fil? ou un attroupement mettant en danger la paix, la s?curit? ou l'ordre sur le domaine public?. Le proc?s du mois de janvier portera sur les faits de l'arrestation en tant que tel. Les arr?t?Es, avec l'aide des avocatEs, m?nent ?galement des proc?dures en parall?le pour contester la constitutionnalit? du r?glement municipal, dans le but de le faire invalider. Remplissons la cour! Vous ?tes invit?Es ? assister ? ce proc?s, que ce soit pour une une heure, un jour, ou plus. Une salle de cour bien remplie montre qu'il y a de l'int?r?t pour la cause et que les policiers -- le Service de police de la ville de Montr?al (SPVM) a par ailleurs ?t? bl?m? dans un rapport de l'ONU pour sa pratique des arrestations de masse -- ne peuvent agir impun?ment! Les dates de proc?s sont fix?es pour les 16,18,19,30 et 31 janvier, ? partir de 9h30 ? la salle 1.10. Nous essayerons de fournir des mises ? jour pour vous tenir au courant des d?veloppements dans ce proc?s. Si vous voulez savoir s'il y aura effectivement une audience ? la Cour le matin (il peut arriver que des s?ances soient report?es ? la derni?re minute), vous pouvez t?l?phoner au 514 998-7243. Merci beaucoup! Solidairement, -- Les arr?t?Es du 19 novembre 2004 [Please post & forward...] Call-out for court solidarity, as the trial continues for those arrested on November 19 2004... ------ January 16-18-19-30-31 2007 9:30am in room 1.10 Montreal Municipal Courthouse 775 Gosford Street, Champ-de-Mars metro ------ On January 16, 18, 19, 30 & 31 2007, more than 150 people will be on trial to collectively contest tickets they were given when mass arrested at a demonstration during the Liberal Party of Quebec Convention on November 19, 2004. During this demonstration (which was preceded by another one organized by the ASS? student union, as part of the general strike campaign), nearly 190 people were arrested and were eventually ticketed for violating a municipal bylaw (P-6 article 2, which states that it is illegal "to take part in or be present at a meeting, parade or assembly that threatens peace, security and order on the public domain") The trial in January will present the facts of the arrest per se. In parallel, the defendants and their dedicated lawyers are also challenging the constitutionality of the bylaw itself, in an attempt to get it declared invalid. Let's pack the Court! You are invited to come support us and attend court, whether for an hour, a day, or more. A packed courtroom will show that people care, that the cops -- let's recall that Montreal Police was blamed in a UN report for its mass arrest practices -- can't act with impunity! Trial days are scheduled for January 16, 18, 19, 30 & 31 2007, starting at 9:30am in room 1.10. We will try to send out updates to keep you posted about trial developments. If you would like to confirm that court indeed goes on a given morning (hearings are sometimes postponed at the last minute), you can call 514-998-7243. Thank you for your support! In solidarity, -- The November 19 Defendants -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jaggi at resist.ca Sun Jan 14 22:35:00 2007 From: jaggi at resist.ca (Jaggi Singh) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:35:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Pittsburgh groups shuts down recruitment center ... Message-ID: POG Shuts Down Recruitment Center http://www.organizepittsburgh.org/index.php?page=news&id=81 From emmastrople at riseup.net Tue Jan 16 08:05:29 2007 From: emmastrople at riseup.net (Emma Strople) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:05:29 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] WED. JAN 24- Solidarity with Six Nations Dance Party Message-ID: <2F79DB40-9824-4BB6-B437-884B6470F210@riseup.net> ***** SVP diffusez! *** PLEASE forward! ***** SOLIDARITY WITH SIX NATIONS DANCE PARTY a part of McGill's Social Justice Days Wednesday, January 24th Gerts' Bar, SSMU building, 3480 McTavish st. METRO MCGILL 8.30 pm; Admission $5-$10 sliding scale This event is wheelshair accessible. Featuring a report back from Six Nations land reclamation site in Ontario with speakers activist Kahn-tineta and independant journalist Fiona Becker, a short video, and a late night dance party with live bands (Celebration, Florida!) and DJs Leila P, and Roots Rock Rebellion. THIS EVENT IS A CALLOUT FOR MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS FOR THE RECLAMATION SITE. This could include: -warm clothes -blankets, sleeping bags -coats -personal hygiene products (toothpaste, soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, etc) -non perishable food -tools (hammers, nails, etc.) PLEASE BE AS GENEROUS AS YOU ARE ABLE Endorsed by Block the Empire and No One Is Illegal. *** Background: On February 28, 2006 members of the Six Nations of the Grand River community reclaimed a tract of land near Caledonia, Ontario since. This property had been illegally sold by the province to the Henco Corporation for the purpose of building a residential complex. On June 16, 2006 the Ontario government bought out the Douglas Estates developers and offered a substantial amount of money to Caledonia-area businesses that had alleged that they been negatively impacted by the road barricades. Inversely, Six Nations have been mostly dealt with repression and lack of serious commitment to negotiate. On April 20, 2006 the OPP attacked the camp, armed with tasers, pepper spray and automatic weapons. A lot of people were injured and a few were arrested. Astonishingly, the community was able to peacefully re-establish the camp renaming the site Kanenhstaton (the Protected Place). They subsequently blocked all roads leading into the tract of land in an act of self-defence. Eventually, and in the interest of peaceful negotiations, the barricades started to came down on May 23, 2006. Nonetheless, the Caledonia residents have continued to engage in acts of provocation, to harass First Nations people and to invade the territory. As a result of some of these incidents, a number of First Nations people have been charged and arrested, and one continues to be held in jail. As of November 10, 2006 the government position has been to continue to deny Six Nations the rightful ownership of the land. In fact, the Provincial government and the Federal government have been publicly arguing with each other over their responsibility, which only shows that the Canadian government is quite reluctant to negotiate in good faith. In addition, the appointment of Julian Fantino as the newly minted OPP commissioner on October 31, 2006, only heightens the fear that a military response is still a possibility. At this moment, negotiations between the Six Nations Confederacy (legitimate government of the Grand River Community) and both levels of government can only take place once per month because that is the only time the federal representatives are available. At the time of this writing, the camp at Kanenhstaton is preparing for winter and is in vital need of funds and supplies. From soutienkader at gmail.com Tue Jan 16 10:24:19 2007 From: soutienkader at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Comit=E9_de_soutien_d'Abdelkader_Belaouni?=) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:24:19 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?windows-1252?q?Call_to_Action_in_Support_o?= =?windows-1252?q?f_STATUS_FOR_KADER!_Un_Appel_=E0_l=27Action_pour_?= =?windows-1252?q?Exiger_un_STATUT_POUR_KADER!?= Message-ID: ***please circulate/s.v.p. circulez!**** (VERSION FRANCAIS EN BAS) CALL TO ACTION IN SUPPORT OF STATUS FOR KADER Fax, Email and Call the Minister of Immigration Abdelkader ("Kader") Belaouni has now been in church sanctuary for one year (see background and update below). The church has become a prison to him as the government continues to stonewall his appeals for Permanent Resident status in Canada. It is very important at this time that government officials be reminded that Kader's situation has not been resolved and that many individuals and organizations are actively supporting Kader's struggle for status and are unhappy with the government's lack of response. == > FAX, EMAIL and CALL: ** Ms. DIANE FINLEY, Minister of Immigration. Ask her to use her discretionary power to grant Permanent Resident status to Kader without delay. Stress that it is unacceptable that Kader has already lost an entire year of his life. (A background and update are below and sample letters can be found on our website: www.soutienpourkader.net.) Diane Finley, Minister of Immigration and Citizenship Canada Telephone: (613) 996-4974 Fax: (613) 996-9749 Email: minister at cic.gc.ca ** Ms. NATALINA RANAUDO, Inland Services, Immigration Canada. Let her know by phone that you are supporting status for Kader and send a copy of your fax and email to the Minister to her. Natalina Ranaudo, Director of Inland Services Director, CIC Montreal Telephone: (514) 283-0243 Fax: (514) 496-1881 Email: natalina.ranaudo at cic.gc.ca ** Mr. THIERRY ST-CYR, the Member of Parliament for Kader's neighbourhood. Thierry St. Cyr already supports Kader. Let him know that you consider Kader's struggle for status to be an important issue for the entire neighbourhood and ask him if there is more that he can do to ensure that Kader receives justice soon. Thierry St. Cyr, Member of Parliament (Bloc), Jeanne-Le Ber Telephone: (514) 496-4885 Fax: (514) 496-8097 Email: St-Cyr.T at parl.gc.ca BACKGROUND AND UPDATE On 1 January 2006 ? over one year ago - Kader entered church sanctuary in his own neighbourhood of Point St. Charles after his request to remain in Canada on humanitarian grounds was rejected by Immigration Canada. The Ligue des droits et libert?s (Quebec Civil Liberties Union) studied the refusal and concluded that its failure to consider the structural barriers that Kader, who is blind, faces in finding employment and accessing training programmes is discriminatory and a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Kader found himself about to be uprooted for the third time in his life; the first time, by the chaos and violence of Algeria's civil war, the second time, by the racist hysteria of post September 11th United States. Instead of allowing his life to be torn up once again, Kader made a difficult decision to take a stand for dignity and justice by refusing Canada's refusal. He felt he had no choice. Kader has considerable support for his struggle. A group of five people are prepared to sponsor him. He has the active support of many organizations and individuals in his neighbourhood, including the Table de concertation Action Gardien (a coalition of community organizations), the community health clinic, the legal aid clinic of Point St. Charles and Little Burgundy, Saint Colomba House, and his Member of Parliament, Mr. Thierry St-Cyr. He also has the support of human rights organisations such as Amnesty International, the Committee to Aid Refugees, the Confederation of Organisations of Handicapped People in Quebec (COPHAN), and the Ligue des droits et libert?s, as well as the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF). Several Members of Parliament, including the Chair of the Immigration Standing Committee, Mr. Norman Doyle (a Conservative member), and the Bloc and NDP immigration critics, have also lent their support. In all, over sixty organisations and hundreds of individuals have intervened with the Minister of Immigration in support of Kader's claim: signing petitions; sending postcards; writing letters; participating in meetings with Parliamentarians, delegations to Ottawa, press conferences, and pickets; and organizing a community march. But Minister Solberg, who was replaced by Diane Finley last week, never responded. Neither the Minister nor any delegate has ever been available to meet with Kader's representatives. Instead, Kader received a second refusal from Immigration Canada, in another flawed decision involving several procedural irregularities. This may indicate that the current government is closing the door on sanctuary as a last resort for the many thousands who are fleeing the violence, oppression and impoverishment associated with global apartheid, to seek basic security, dignity and opportunity in Canada. Angela Portnoy and her family of 5, who have been in sanctuary in Newfoundland for over a year, have also seen their humanitarian application rejected in recent months. Another man, who had been in sanctuary in Toronto since 2004, was arrested outside church grounds in October 2006 and summarily deported. Although Kader has tried to adapt to living full-time in a church, and is now broadcasting his own monthly radio show live from the church, giving Arabic lessons, taking piano lessons, learning massage therapy and beginning to use a blind-assisted computer, the days remain very long and he is eager for the freedom to return to full participation in his community. ADDITIONAL WAYS YOU CAN HELP == > Volunteer with the Support Committee. Call or email to let us know whether you can help, and how much time you have. There are many useful ways in which you can get involved which require different levels of time commitment and different types of action: everything from help with Kader's computer to bringing meals to the church and cleaning. == > Donate to the Committee. All amounts are welcome. Get in touch to find out details. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UN APPEL ? L'ACTION POUR EXIGER UN STATUT POUR KADER Faxez, ?crivez et appelez la Ministre de l'Immigration Abdelkader (? Kader ?) Belaouni est maintenant en sanctuaire religieux depuis plus d'un an (voir l'historique et la mise-?-jour ci-dessous). L'?glise est devenue sa prison et le gouvernement continue ? rejeter du revers de la main ses demandes en vue d'obtenir le statut de r?sident permanent au Canada. Il est ? l'heure actuelle tr?s important de rappeler aux autorit?s gouvernementales que : la situation de Kader n'a pas encore ?t? r?solue ; plusieurs individus et organismes appuient activement la lutte de Kader et ; ces personnes sont tr?s insatisfaites de l'absence de r?ponse du gouvernement. ==> FAXEZ, ?CRIVEZ et APPELEZ : ** Mme DIANE FINLEY, Ministre de l'Immigration. Demandez-lui de faire usage de son pouvoir discr?tionnaire afin qu'elle accorde ? Kader le statut de r?sident permanent, et ce dans les plus brefs d?lais. Mettez l'accent sur le fait qu'il est inacceptable que Kader ait d?j? gaspill? une ann?e enti?re de sa vie. (Un historique et des mises-?-jour se trouvent ci-dessous. Un mod?le de lettre se trouve sur notre site Internet, www.soutienpourkader.net). Diane Finley, Ministre de la Citoyennet? et de l'Immigration du Canada T?l?phone : (613) 996-4974 Fax: (613) 996-9749 Courriel : minister at cic.gc.ca ** Mme NATALINA RANAUDO, Directrice des services int?rieurs, Immigration Canada. Appelez-la et dites-lui que vous ?tes en faveur de l'octroi d'un statut ? Kader. Envoyez-lui ?galement une copie de votre fax et/ou courriel ? la Ministre. Natalina Ranaudo, Directrice des services internes, CIC Montr?al T?l?phone : (514) 283-0243 Fax : (514) 496-1881 Courriel : natalina.ranaudo at cic.gc.ca ** M. THIERRY ST-CYR, D?put? f?d?ral dans le comt? de Kader. Thierry St-Cyr appuie d?j? Kader. Dites-lui que vous croyez que la lutte de Kader constitue un enjeu important pour tout le quartier. Demandez-lui s'il peut en faire encore plus pour s'assurer que justice soit rendue dans le cas de Kader. Thierry St-Cyr, D?put? f?d?ral (Bloc) dans Jeanne-LeBer T?l?phone : (514) 496-4885 Fax : (514) 496-8097 Courriel : St-Cyr.T at parl.gc.ca UN HISTORIQUE ET QUELQUES MISES-?-JOUR Le 1er janvier 2006, il y a de cela plus d'un an maintenant, M. Belaouni a pris sanctuaire dans une ?glise de son quartier, Pointe-Saint-Charles, apr?s que sa demande de r?sidence permanente pour des motifs d'ordre humanitaires ait ?t? refus?e par Immigration Canada. La Ligue des droits et libert?s a ?tudi? le dossier et en a conclu que le refus ? qui n'a pas tenu compte des obstacles structurels auxquels fait face M. Belaouni (qui est aveugle) dans ses d?marches pour trouver un emploi ou un programme de formation ? ?tait discriminatoire et allait ? l'encontre de la Charte canadienne des droits et libert?s. Ce refus pla?ait Kader devant la perspective, pour la troisi?me fois de sa vie, d'un exil forc?. La premi?re fois, il a ?t? contraint de quitter le chaos et la violence de la guerre civile en Alg?rie. La deuxi?me fois, c'est l'hyst?rie raciste des ?tats-Unis apr?s le 11 septembre que Kader a quitt?e. Plut?t que de laisser sa vie ?tre boulevers?e de nouveau, Kader a pris la d?cision difficile de d?fendre la justice et la dignit? en refusant le refus du Canada. Il sentait qu'il n'en avait pas le choix. M. Belaouni jouit de nombreux appuis au sein de la communaut?. Un groupe de cinq personnes est pr?t ? le parrainer. Plusieurs organismes et habitants de son quartier l'appuient activement, notamment la Table de concertation Action Gardien (une coalition de groupes communautaires), la clinique de sant? communautaire, les Services juridiques communautaires de Pointe-Saint-Charles et Petite-Bourgogne, la Maison Saint Colomba et le d?put? f?d?ral de son comt?, M. Thierry St-Cyr. Des organismes de d?fense des droits humains tels que Amnistie Internationale, le Comit? d'aide aux r?fugi?s, la Conf?d?ration des organismes de personnes handicap?es du Qu?bec (COPHAN) et la Ligue des droits et libert?s, ainsi que la F?d?ration canado-arabe le soutiennent ?galement. Plusieurs d?put?s f?d?raux, incluant le Pr?sident du Comit? permanent de la citoyennet? et de l'immigration M. Norman Doyle (un Conservateur) et les porte-paroles du Bloc et du NPD en mati?re d'immigration, sont aussi intervenus en faveur de M. Belaouni. Au total, plus de soixante organismes et des centaines d'individus ont interpell? le Ministre de l'Immigration en signant des p?titions, en envoyant lettres et cartes postales, en participant ? des r?unions avec des parlementaires et ? des d?l?gations ? Ottawa ainsi qu'en organisant des conf?rences de presse, rassemblements et, derni?rement, une marche communautaire. Mais le Ministre Solberg, qui cette semaine a perdu son poste ? l'Immigration, n'a pas r?pondu.. Ni le Ministre ni aucun-e de ses d?l?gu?-e ne s'est montr? disponible pour rencontrer les repr?sentant-e-s de Kader. M. Belaouni a plut?t essuy? un second refus de la part d'Immigration Canada, dans le cadre d'une d?cision encore une fois d?ficiente et pr?sentant plusieurs irr?gularit?s au niveau proc?dural. Selon des groupes de d?fense des droits des r?fugi?s, ce refus indique que le gouvernement cherche potentiellement ? ?liminer l'option du sanctuaire en tant que dernier recours pour les milliers de personnes qui fuient la violence, l'oppression et la pauvret? caract?ristiques de l'apartheid global, ? la recherche de la s?curit?, de la dignit? et d'une nouvelle vie au Canada. Angela Portnoy et ses cinq enfants, en sanctuaire ? Terre-Neuve depuis plus d'un an, ont aussi vu leur demande humanitaire ?tre rejet?e. Un autre homme, en sanctuaire ? Toronto depuis 2004, a quant ? lui ?t? arr?t? en octobre 2006 ? l'ext?rieur de l'?glise o? il avait trouv? refuge et a ?t? sommairement d?port? par la suite. Bien que Kader ait tent? de s'adapter ? la vie ? temps plein dans une ?glise (il diffuse sa propre ?mission de radio une fois par mois, donne des cours d'arabe, apprend le piano et la massoth?rapie et commence ? utiliser un ordinateur pour personnes aveugles), les journ?es restent longues et il h?te de retrouver sa libert? afin de recommencer ? participer pleinement aux activit?s de son quartier. AUTRES FORMES D'AIDE ==> Impliquez-vous dans le Comit? de Soutien. Appelez ou ?crivez-nous pour nous dire si vous pouvez aider et combien de temps vous ?tes en mesure de consacrer. Il y a plusieurs fa?ons utiles de vous impliquer, et plusieurs types d'action ? mettre en ?uvre, lesquels exigent des investissements de temps diff?rents. On a besoin d'aide pour toutes sortes de choses, que ce soit un coup de main pour l'ordinateur de Kader, pour lui apporter des repas ? l'?glise ou pour le m?nage. ==> Faites un don au Comit?. Tous les montants sont les bienvenus. Veuillez nous contacter pour plus de d?tails. --------------- Comit? de soutien ? Abdelkader Belaouni T?l. : 514 859-9023 soutienkader at gmail.com www.soutienpourkader.net _____________________________________ From sophie at resist.ca Tue Jan 16 15:39:53 2007 From: sophie at resist.ca (sophie schoen) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:39:53 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Stop the Occupation of Somalia - Demonstration/Rally Saturday Message-ID: <45AD6249.70509@resist.ca> >******************************** >PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY >******************************** >Hello all, > >An emergency rally has been called by the newly formed Coalition of >Concerned Somali-Canadians against the illegal occupation of Somalia by >Ethiopian troops and the illegal US bombing of Somalia. > >A Coalition of concerned Somali-Canadians is holding a demonstration at >the United States Consulate to condemn the illegal US backed Ethiopian >occupation of Somalia. > >Please read the following and come out to support: >Demonstration to End the Occupation of Somalia >Saturday, January 20th >11:00am >US Consulate (360 University Avenue - North of Queen) > >The Ethiopian government?s decision to declare war on Somalia is a direct >violation of both United Nations? Charter governing the respect of the >independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of nations, as well as >the UN Security Council Resolution 1725 which forbids bordering states >from deploying troops to Somalia. > >The coalition demands: >1. An immediate withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. >2. The end to the U.S diplomatic and military support of the Ethiopian >occupation of Somalia. >3. The immediate seizure of US bombing of Somalia. >4. Our Canadian government to join the international community in >condemning this aggression. > >This aggression has further polarized an already fragmented society >further worsening the humanitarian crisis in Somalia. > >You are cordially invited to join us in our demonstration on Saturday, >January the 20th 2007 at 11am at the US Consulate. > From nawrocki at primus.ca Tue Jan 16 18:28:41 2007 From: nawrocki at primus.ca (Norman Nawrocki) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:28:41 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] L'Art et L'Anarchie =?iso-8859-1?q?Montr=E9al_2007/_Art_=26_Anar?= =?iso-8859-1?q?chy_Montreal_Exhibit?= 2007 Message-ID: (ENGLISH BELOW) ART ET ANARCHIE MONTR?AL 2007 est pr?t ? recevoir vos ?uvres ART et ANARCHIE MTL est le collectif d'artistes socialement et politiquement engag?s qui organisent pour la premi?re fois ? Montr?al une exposition d'art visuelle qui se tiendra dans le cadre de la 8i?me ?dition du Festival de l'Anarchie ainsi que de la 8i?me ?dition du Salon du Livre Anarchiste de Montr?al les 3-4-5-6 mai, et les 10-11-12-13 mai 2007. Le comit? de s?lection de l'exposition ?? L'Art et l'Anarchie Montr?al 2007?? est maintenant pr?t ? recevoir vos soumissions d'?uvres d'art visuelle ( peinture, estampe, photographie, installation particuli?re, sculpture, affiche, sketches, dessein, etc.). Nous invitons tous les artistes visuels engag?s socialement et politiquement, qu'ils soient d?j? connus ou de la sc?ne artistique ?mergeante. La premi?re ?dition de L'Art et l'Anarchie Montr?al 2007 pr?sentera aussi la magnifique exposition ambulante de l'artiste engag? new-yorkais Josh McPhee, qui pr?sente en tout 174 estampes que Josh McPhee a amasser et assembl? ? travers ces voyages partout dans le monde. Le tout en compl?ment de l'exposition pr?sent?e par les artistes engag?s montr?alais, dans un large espace au 6750 rue de l'Esplanade. Si l'exposition int?resse votre oeil d'artiste et que vous voulez y participer, vous n'avez qu'? nous envoyer une fiche d'information sur vous, votre type d'art, la cause que vous ?pousez le plus ? travers cet art. Le tout accompagn? de 3 images de vos ?uvres en format JPEG/PDF ? l'adresse courriel suivante : artanarchiemtl at hotmail.com avant le 1er F?vrier 2007. Les artistes seront contacter d?s le d?but du mois de mars 2007. artanarchiemtl at hotmail.com Norman Nawrocki et Beno?t Tremblay ****************************************************** Montr?al's 'Art & Anarchy / L'Art et L'Anarchie 2007' exhibit accepting submissions of visual art Montr?al's 'Art & Anarchy/ L'Art et l'Anarchie 2007' exhibit of politically engaged visual art is accepting submissions for a May 3 - 13, 2007 showing as part of the month-long 'Festival of Anarchy' and the 8th annual Montreal Anarchist Bookfair. We invite work from both established and emerging artists. We are looking for relevant visual art (including sculpture, installations, paintings, sketches, prints, quilts, posters, stencils, etchings, prints, drawings, cartoon, etc.) that will complement an existing exhibit ('Paper Politics' ) of 174 international politically and socially engaged prints curated by New York anarchist artist Josh MacPhee. The exhibit will be housed in a bright, new, temporary, spacious gallery in Montr?al's Mile End. To submit, please send an e-mail before Febuary 1st, 2007 to: artanarchiemtl at hotmail.com with 'Gallery Submission' in the subject line. Include your artist bio or artist statement and two to three jpg/pdf images of your current work. All submissions will be acknowledged. We will contact artists in early March. For more information, please contact project organizers, Benoit Tremblay and Norman Nawrocki at the same address.* -- Norman Nawrocki email: nawrocki at primus.ca tel. 514-844-6562 http://www.nothingness.org/music/rhythm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Tue Jan 16 20:26:15 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:26:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Stop the Occupation of Somalia - Demonstration/Rally Saturday In-Reply-To: <45AD6249.70509@resist.ca> References: <45AD6249.70509@resist.ca> Message-ID: Please take note that this demonstration is happening in Toronto, not in Montreal. On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, sophie schoen wrote: >> ******************************** >> PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY >> ******************************** >> Hello all, >> >> An emergency rally has been called by the newly formed Coalition of >> Concerned Somali-Canadians against the illegal occupation of Somalia by >> Ethiopian troops and the illegal US bombing of Somalia. >> >> A Coalition of concerned Somali-Canadians is holding a demonstration at >> the United States Consulate to condemn the illegal US backed Ethiopian >> occupation of Somalia. >> >> Please read the following and come out to support: >> Demonstration to End the Occupation of Somalia >> Saturday, January 20th >> 11:00am >> US Consulate (360 University Avenue - North of Queen) >> >> The Ethiopian governments decision to declare war on Somalia is a direct >> violation of both United Nations Charter governing the respect of the >> independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of nations, as well as >> the UN Security Council Resolution 1725 which forbids bordering states >> from deploying troops to Somalia. >> >> The coalition demands: >> 1. An immediate withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. >> 2. The end to the U.S diplomatic and military support of the Ethiopian >> occupation of Somalia. >> 3. The immediate seizure of US bombing of Somalia. >> 4. Our Canadian government to join the international community in >> condemning this aggression. >> >> This aggression has further polarized an already fragmented society >> further worsening the humanitarian crisis in Somalia. >> >> You are cordially invited to join us in our demonstration on Saturday, >> January the 20th 2007 at 11am at the US Consulate. >> > > _______________________________________ > Bloquez l'empire Montreal liste externe > blem-nouvelles at lists.resist.ca > > bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca > http://clac.taktic.org > From noii-montreal at resist.ca Thu Jan 18 03:38:16 2007 From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:38:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] News, Events and Analysis ::: Nouvelles, analyses et evenements (January 15-21, 2007) Message-ID: [fran?ais ci-dessous] ::::: NO ONE IS ILLEGAL-MONTREAL News, Events and Analysis January 15-21, 2007 ::::: --> No One Is Illegal-Montreal has a new frequently updated news, analysis and events website! Check it out at: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com Below we present links to some items of interest from the website and other sources. We will be sending updates by e-mail from the site about once a week; check out the site more frequently for up-to-date info. We hope the news and events blog, with weekly updates, are more readable and accessible than our past e-mail-only newswires. --> If you want to receive regular updates from our low-volume announcements list (2-3 messages/week), you can subscribe at: https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nooneisillegal-l/ We hope you find this weekly compilation useful and informative. -- NO ONE IS ILLEGAL-MONTREAL. ----- ::::: JANUARY 15-21, 2007 ::::: Reflections from Iran by a No One Is Illegal member http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/reflections-from-iran.html Anti-Imperialist Contingent: Bush out of Baghdad, Canada out of Kandahar (March 2007) http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/march-2007-anti-imperialist-contingent.html MNN: "Imaginary Lines" Canada-US-Mexico http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/imaginary-lines-canada-us-mexico.html No Border Camp / Campamento Contra Fronteras, Calexico/Mexicali, Fall/Oto?o 2007 http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/no-border-camp-campamento-contra.html Tyendinaga Update: The Fight for Return of Culberston Tract Lands http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/tyendinaga-update-fight-for-return-of.html Two Montreal-area fundraisers for the Six Nations Land Reclamation: Dance Party (January 24) and Mixtape Exchange Party (January 27) http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/two-montreal-area-benefits-for-six.html MNN: Six Nations Makes History http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/mnn-six-nations-makes-history.html No One Is Illegal Solidarity Statement with Six Nations http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/solidarity-statement-with-six-nations.html Siraj Family of NYC arrested as an intimidation tactic http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/siraj-family-of-nyc-arrested-as.html UPDATE: Community outraged at $35,000 bond for Siraj family http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/update-community-outraged-at-35000-bond.html Justice for Anas! Killed by the Montreal Police. A call for your solidarity and support http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/justice-for-anas-call-for-your.html Globe and Mail: A Tale of Two Men (Mohamed Anas Bennis and Ian Bush) http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/globe-and-mail-tale-of-two-men-mohamed.html The Case of Mohamed Anas Bennis ? Background Info http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2006/12/le-cas-de-mohamed-anas-bennis.html Status for Kader! Fax, E-mail and Phone Campaign http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/status-for-kader-fax-email-and-phone.html Radio Sanctuary with Kader Belaouni (January 19, 2007) http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/radio-sanctuary-with-kader-belaouni.html Background Info to Kader Belaouni, in sanctuary since January 2006 www.soutienpourkader.net AUDIO: Interview with Amir Hodhod, deported to the United States (January 9, 2007) http://www.radio4all.net/pub/files/jaggisingh at gmail.com/2840-1-20070109-AmirfromJersey.mp3 Background Info to the Struggle of Amir Hodhod http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/node/124 Rally: Close Guantanamo North (February 17, 2007) http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/rally-close-guantanamo-north-february.html Open Letter from Guantanamo North (January 8, 2007) http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/open-letter-from-guantanamo-north.html AUDIO: Open Letter from Guantanamo North, read by Ahmad Jaballah, son of Mahmoud Jaballah http://www.radio4all.net/pub/files/jaggisingh at gmail.com/2840-1-20070109-OPENLETTER.mp3 AUDIO: Interview with Ahmad Jaballah (January 9, 2007) http://www.radio4all.net/pub/files/jaggisingh at gmail.com/2840-1-20070109-AhmadJaballah.mp3 Montreal Picket in Support of Guantanamo North hunger strikers (January 15, 2007) http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/montreal-picket-in-support-of.html CP: Activists descent on CBSA offices to protest security certificates http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/cp-activists-descend-on-cbsa-offices-to.html Toronto Star: Inside Gitmo North http://www.thestar.com/article/168467 Los Angeles Times: A Voice from Guantanamo's Darkness: Jumah al-Dossari http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-dossari11jan11,0,3342644.story?coll=la-home-commentary Border Enforcement is State Terrorism http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2006/12/border-enforcement-is-state-terrorism.html The Gambian Front: More on Euro-African Border Enforcement http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/gambian-front-more-on-euro-african.html No One Is Illegal Radio (January 2007): The re-opening of the Confederacy Council at Six Nations; the hunger strike at Guantanamo North; a message from Amir Hodhod in Jersey City http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21252 No One Is Illegal Radio 2006 Archives: Includes the voices of Latifa Charkaoui, Arnoldo Garcia, Kahehti:io, Sherene Razack, Hassan Almrei, Karen Coq, Hazel Hill, Kahentinehta, Roberta Keesick, Arash Aslani, Teresa Hayter, Aarti Shahani, Racha Moumneh, Rafeef Ziadah, Ashanti Alston Omowali, Biju Mathew, Trudy Miller, Angel Smith, Khadija Bennis http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/no-one-is-illegal-radio-2006-archive.html No One Is Illegal Montreal's Basis of Unity http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2006/12/no-one-is-illegal-montreals-basis-of.html ----- If you want to receive regular updates from our low-volume announcements list (2-3 messages/week), you can subscribe at: https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nooneisillegal-l/ To get in touch with No One Is Illegal-Montreal, e-mail us at nooneisillegal at gmail.com or phone 514-848-7583. No One Is Illegal-Montreal is an active member group of the Solidarity Across Borders immigrant justice network in Montreal. More about us at: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com More about Solidarity Across Borders at: http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org Stay in touch! Check out our website regularly. -- No One Is Illegal-Montreal :::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: PERSONNE N'EST ILL?GAL-MONTR?AL Nouvelles, analyses et annonces d'?v?nements 15-21 janvier 2007 --> Personne n'est ill?gal a un nouveau site web contenant des nouvelles r?guli?rement mises ? jour, des analyses et des annonces d'?v?nements! Visitez-le : http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com Des liens vers des articles int?ressants (de notre site et d'ailleurs) suivent dans ce message. Nous enverrons par courriel des nouvelles provenant du site environ une fois par semaine; visitez le site plus fr?quemment pour obtenir de l'information mises ? jour. Nous esp?rons que ce blogue, accompagn? des mises ? jour hebdomadaires, sera plus accessible et facile ? lire que les bulletins de nouvelles en format courriel envoy?s pr?c?demment. --> Si vous souhaitez recevoir des mises ? jour r?guli?res depuis notre liste d'envoi ? volume mod?r? ? (2 ? 3 messages par semaine), inscrivez vous : https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nooneisillegal-l/ -- PERSONNE N'EST ILL?GAL-MONTR?AL ----- Justice pour Anas! Un appel ? votre solidarit? et soutien http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/justice-pour-anas-un-appel-votre.html Le cas de Mohamed Anas Bennis http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2006/12/le-cas-de-mohamed-anas-bennis.html Radio-Canada: Barricade ? Deseronto (Tyendinaga) http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Ontario/2007/01/10/004-barricades-deseronto.shtml Manifestation: Fermez le Guantanamo canadien (17 f?vrier) http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/manifestation-fermez-guantanamo-du-nord.html Lettre ouverte de Guantanamo canadien http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/lettre-ouverte-de-guantanamo-canadien.html PC: Des manifestants d?noncent les certificats de s?curit? http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070115/CPACTUALITES/70115188/1023/CPACTU La Presse: Deux millions pour surveiller trois pr?sum?s terroristes http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070105/CPACTUALITES/70105001/1025/FRONTPAGE Un statut pour Kader: Faxez, ?crivez et appelez la Ministre de l'Immigration http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/un-statut-pour-kader-faxez-faxez-crivez.html Radio-refuge avec Kader (19 janvier, 2007)) http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/radio-refuge-avec-kader-belaouni.html Plus d'info concernant Kader Belaouni, en sanctuaire depuis janvier 2006 www.soutienpourkader.net Contingent anti-imp?rialiste: Ils occupent, nous r?sistons (mars 2007) http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/mars-2007-contingent-anti-imprialiste.html Personne n'est ill?gal ? Principes http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2006/12/personne-nest-illgal-principes.html ----- Si vous souhaitez recevoir des mises ? jour r?guli?res depuis notre liste d'envoi ? volume mod?r? ? (2 ? 3 messages par semaine), inscrivez vous : https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nooneisillegal-l/ Pour communiquer avec Personne n'est ill?gal Montr?al, ?crivez-nous ? nooneisillegal at gmail.com ou t?l?phonez au 514-848-7583. Personne n'est ill?gal ? Montr?al est un groupe qui est membre actif de Solidarit? sans fronti?res, un r?seau bas? ? Montr?al qui lutte en faveur de la justice et de la dignit? pour tou-te-s les sans-statut. Plus d'information sur Personne n'est ill?gal: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com Plus d'information sur Solidarit? sans fronti?res: http://www.solidaritesansfrontieres.org Demeurez ? l'?coute. Visitez notre site web r?guli?rement. -- Personne n'est ill?gal ? Montr?al From aaron at resist.ca Fri Jan 19 07:23:09 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:23:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?iso-8859-1?q?S=F2_Ann_in_Montreal?= Message-ID: <1177.74.13.214.228.1169220189.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> Haiti Action Montreal presents: S? Ann (with musical guests Kalmunity) 7pm Monday, January 29 Bar Toc Toc 6091 du Parc (corner, Van Horne) $5-25 suggested donation (*All proceeds go to S? Ann-s educational projects in Haiti) ?Even though they released me, I still am not free. There are other S? Anns still in jail." So Ann, the legendary Haitian folksinger, activist, grandmother, and recently released political prisoner, is touring Canada to talk about her [recent] ordeal and Haiti?s present political struggles. Annette Auguste, 62, affectionately known as So Ann, was arrested by US Marines on May 10, 2004 (Mothers Day), who stormed her home in Port-au-Prince, destroying her property, killing her dogs, and arresting, hand-cuffing and head-bagging her entire household, including her 5-year-old grandson and 68-year-old sister. S? Ann spent the next two years and three months in a Petionville prison, becoming a symbol of the arbitrary and repressive fate that awaited Lavalas organizers. In January 2006, Amnesty International declared So Ann a political prisoner. Her liberation last August--after a short trial where the judge dismissed the concocted charges against her--was greeted with jubilation in Haiti and the diaspora. Thousands turned out to parade in the streets of Cit? Soleil when she visited the seaside slum, the capital?s largest, on September 4. During the 29-year Duvalier dictatorship and succeeding military juntas, S? Ann lived in New York, where she was a democracy activist and protest singer. She was usually called upon to lead the singing of the national anthem that traditionally opened the rallies and demonstrations at which she was a fixture. Upon returning to Haiti in 1994, S? Ann quickly became a prominent organizer and leader in the Lavalas Family party of President Jean- Bertrand Aristide, whom she helped get re-elected in November 2000. US soldiers kidnapped Aristide and his wife from their home on February 29, 2004 and flew them into exile in Africa. US, French and Canadian troops occupied Haiti and installed a murderous coup regime, which drove many Lavalas Family leaders into exile. S? Ann, however, remained. She was recovering from recent surgery and finishing a new album with her all-woman chorale. The event will include a presentation by So Ann, a performance by the Kalmunity collective, as well as a short film and slideshow. For more information, see recent interview: http://www.haitianalysis.com/2007/1/16/?i-still-am-not-free?-s?-?n-meets-with-new-york?s-haitian-community 7pm Monday, January 29 Bar Toc Toc 6091 du Parc (corner, Van Horne) For more information: haitiactionmontreal at gmail.com or (514) 618-2253 From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Sun Jan 21 22:42:04 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:42:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Reunion d'organisation pour le contingent anti-imperialiste :: svp assister! (31 janvier) Message-ID: [SVP diffusez et faites parvenir ? tous les groupes int?ress?s par la mobilisation contre la guerre et l'occupation ...] --> Aidez ? organiser et ? mobiliser en vue du contingent anti-imp?rialiste ? Montr?al le 17 mars 2007 ,,, Chers amiEs et alli?Es -- Il y aura le 17 mars prochain des manifestations partout ? travers le monde pour d?noncer l'occupation de l'Irak et la guerre qui y est men?e par les ?tats-Unis. ? la suite du ? contingent anti-imp?rialiste ? dans le rassemblement contre l'intervention du Canada en Afghanistan en octobre 2006, nous mobilisons ? nouveau en vue d'une autre manifestation contre la guerre et contre l'occupation dans les rues de Montr?al. Bloquez l'empire Montr?al esp?re organiser un fort contingent anti-imp?rialiste et aura besoin de votre aide. Plusieurs groupes ont endoss? le contingent anti-imp?rialiste, et nous esp?rons que des membres de votre groupe pourront assister ? une prochaine r?union qui visera ? discuter de l'organisation et de la mobilisation en vue de la manif du 17 mars. Lors de cette r?union, nous pr?voyons discuter des efforts de mobilisations ? travers la ville de Montr?al, de th??tre de rue, d'aspects artistiques, de la distribution des affiches et des tracts et de la planification des autres aspects de la manifestation. --> La R?UNION D'ORGANISATION aura lieu MERCREDI LE 31 JANVIER ? 18h30 au GRIP-Concordia (1500 De Maisonneuve Ouest, bureau 204, pr?s du m?tro Guy-Concordia) <-- Le lieu de r?union est accessible en fauteuil roulant, et un service de garderie est disponible sur demande (514 848-7583). VEUILLEZ CONFIRMER si vous ou unE membre de votre groupe assistera ? cette r?union de mobilisation. En cumulant les forces de mobilisation de nos diff?rents groupes, nous pourront organiser un contingent tr?s efficace, qui pourra ensuite se joindre aux diff?rentes manifestations contre la guerre pr?vues pour le 17 mars. L'appel initial pour l'endossement du contingent anti-imp?rialiste se trouve ci-dessous. Vous pouvez inviter tout groupe ou individu susceptible d'appuyer le contingent anti-imp?rialiste ? cette r?union. Solidairement, Bloquez l'empire Montr?al :::::::::: Ils occupent... Nous r?sistons! Bush, sors de Baghdad! Canada, sors de Kandahar! Endossez le contingent anti-imp?rialiste. Le mois de mars 2007 marquera le quatri?me anniversaire de l'invasion et de l'occupation de l'Irak par les ?tats-Unis et leurs alli?s. George Bush vient d'annoncer l'envoi de plusieurs milliers d'autres soldats en Irak, tandis que le nombre de civil-e-s tu?s augmente de fa?on dramatique. Des engins ?tats-uniens attaquent pr?sentement la population somalienne, et la soi-disant ? guerre au terrorisme ? prend de l'expansion. Le Canada appuie de mani?re active l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien au Moyen-Orient et ailleurs, par le d?ploiement de plus de 2000 soldats en Afghanistan et par l'implication des multinationales canadiennes (ainsi que par la complicit? des ONG et soi-disant agences de ? d?veloppement ?). Les qualificatifs utilis?s par Stephen Harper pour d?crire l'offensive isra?lienne contre la population du Liban et de la Palestine (on se souviendra qu'il a caract?ris? ces attaques comme ?tant ? une r?ponse mesur?e ?) ne font que renforcer le soutien actif du Canada ? l'imp?rialisme occidental au Moyen-Orient. C'est donc en opposition ? l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien/canadien, et ? l'occupation continue de l'Irak, que nous prendrons les rues ? nouveau au mois de mars 2007. Suite au succ?s du contingent anti-imp?rialiste du 28 octobre dernier, dans la manifestation contre l'occupation canadienne en Afghanistan, Bloquez l'empire organisera un autre contingent anti-imp?rialiste dans le cadre des manifestations de mars 2007. Le contingent anti-imp?rialiste BLOQUEZ L'EMPIRE sera un espace accueillant pour les enfants. Nous nous joindrons ? la manifestation organis?e par ?chec ? la guerre tout en mobilisant de fa?on autonome pour le contingent. Nous marcherons en opposition ? la guerre ici et ailleurs et en opposition ? l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien/canadien. Nous scandons ? nouveau notre slogan du 28 octobre 2006 : Ils occupent... Nous r?sistons! Nous d?non?ons la guerre et l'occupation, et appuyons la r?sistance populaire: ... en Irak ... en Afghanistan ... en Palestine ... au Liban ... en Irak ... en Iran ... en Bolivie ... en Colombie ... dans le territoire Mapuche ... Oaxaca ... au Chiapas ... aux Philippines ... en Ha?ti ... ? Six Nations ... Kahnawahke ... Kanehsatake ... Nitassinan ... sur l'?le de la Tortue (Territoires Occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord) ... et partout! Plus de d?tails ? propos du contingent ? venir au cours de prochaines semaines. --> Si votre groupe, organisme ou collectif d?sire ENDOSSER le contingent anti-imp?rialiste, pour d?noncer l'occupation de l'Irak et la complicit? du Canada dans l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien, veuillez nous contacter en nous ?crivant ? bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca ou en t?l?phonant au 514 848-7583. --> Si vous d?sirez vous impliquer dans L'ORGANISATION et LA MOBILISATION en vue du contingent anti-imp?rialiste, veuillez nous contacter. Nous aurons besoin d'un grand coup de main au niveau de l'organisation et de la mobilisation. INFO : bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca - 514 848-7583 http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com Les groupes suivants ont endoss? le contingent anti-imp?rialiste du 28 octobre 2006. Nous esp?rons que tous ces groupes, ainsi que plusieurs autres, endosserons le contingent anti-imp?rialiste qui prendra la rue ? Montr?al en mars 2007. - Association ?tudiante du c?gep de Saint-Laurent (AECSL) - Association facultaire des ?tudiants en sciences humaines de l'UQ?M (AFESH-UQ?M) - Association g?n?rale ?tudiante du C?gep du Vieux-Montr?al (AGECVM) - Association des Jeunes Libanais Musulman-Montr?al - Center for Philippine Concerns (CPC) - Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees (CADPR) - Comit? d'action politique-UQ?M - Le Collectif oppos? ? la brutalit? polici?re (COBP) - Le Comit? des sans-emploi (Montr?al-Centre) - Documentation Information Ressources Alternatives (DIRA) - Groupe d'action et de sensibilisation au pouvoir ?tudiant (GRASP?-McGill) - Haiti Action Montreal - La Otra Campa?a Montr?al - Immigrant Workers Center (IWC) - International Solidarity Movement (ISM)-Montreal - Libertad (C?gep du Vieux-Montr?al) - Liberterre - No One Is Illegal-Montreal/Personne n'est ill?gal-Montr?al - La Pointe Libertaire - Projet Accompagnement Solidarit? Colombie (PASC) - La RueBrique - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-McGill) - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-Concordia) - R?seau anarchiste en milieu ?tudiant (RAM?) - R?sistance ha?tienne au Qu?bec - Solidarit? sans fronti?res/Solidarity Across Borders - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-Concordia - Students Taking Action in Chiapas (STAC) - L'Observatoire de l'Asie Centrale et du Moyen-Orient - Le Centre d'Asie du Sud (CERAS) - Tadamon! Montr?al - Unit? des socialistes iraniens ? Montr?al From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Sun Jan 21 22:43:20 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:43:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Organizing & Mobilizing Meeting for the Anti-Imperialist Contingent :: Please attend (Wednesday, January 31) Message-ID: [Please post and forward to all groups and individuals interested in mobilizing against war and occupation ...] --> Help organize and mobilize for the Montreal Anti-Imperialist Contingent on March 17, 2007 Dear friends and allies -- This coming March 17 there will be worldwide demonstrations in opposition to the US-led war and occupation of Iraq. Following up on the "anti-imperialist bloc" during demonstrations against Canada's role in Afghanistan this past October, we are mobilizing again for another anti-war, anti-occupation demonstration on the streets of Montreal. Block the Empire Montreal is hoping to organize another strong Anti-Imperialist Contingent, with your help. Dozens of groups have endorsed the anti-imperialist bloc, and we're hoping members of your group can attend the upcoming special meeting to discuss organizing and mobilizing for the March 17 demo. At this meeting, we hope to discuss city-wide outreach efforts, mobilizing, street theatre and art, as well as distribute posters and flyers and plan other aspects of the demonstration. --> The ORGANIZING MEETING will be WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 at 6:30pm at QPIRG-Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204, beside Guy-Concordia metro). <-- The meeting space is wheelchair accessible; childcare is available on request (514-848-7583). PLEASE CONFIRM if you or a member of your group can attend this mobilizing meeting. With our collective mobilizing strength, we can organize a very effective contingent to join the anti-war demos on March 17. The original call for endorsements for the anti-imperialist bloc is below. Please invite any groups or individuals who support the anti-imperialist bloc. In solidarity, the members of Block the Empire-Montreal. INFO: 514-848-7583, bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Bush out of Baghdad, Canada out of Kandahar! Endorse the Montreal Anti-Imperialist Contingent This coming March 2007 will mark the 4th anniversary of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. George Bush has just announced an increase of US troops into Iraq, all while the death toll of Iraqi civilians rises drastically. US gunships currently attack civilians in Somalia as the so-called "War on Terror" expands. Meanwhile, Canada actively supports US-led imperialism in the Middle East and beyond, with the deployment of more than 2000 troops in Afghanistan, and the profiteering of Canadian multinationals (as well as the complicity of so-called "development" agencies and NGOs). Stephen Harper's description of Israeli aggression against the people of Lebanon and Palestine as "proportionate and measured" this summer only reinforces Canada's active support for Western imperialism in the Middle East. In opposition to US/Canadian imperialism, and the continued occupation of Iraq, we will take the streets again this March 17, 2007. Following up on the successful anti-imperialist contingent this past October 28, 2006 against Canada's occupation of Afghanistan, Block the Empire is organizing another contingent for Montreal-area demos. The BLOCK THE EMPIRE anti-imperialist contingent will be a "child-friendly" march. We will be joining and supporting the ?chec ? la guerre demonstration; while organizing autonomously as a contingent. We march in opposition to war at home and abroad, and against US/Canadian imperialism. We reiterate our slogan from October 2006: Occupation anywhere, resistance everywhere! We are denouncing war and occupation, and supporting grassroots resistance: Iraq ... Afghanistan ... Palestine ... Lebanon ... Iraq ... Iran ... Bolivia ... Colombia ... Mapuche territory ... Oaxaca ... Chiapas ... Philippines ... Haiti ... Six Nations ... Kahnawake ... Kanehsatake ... Nitassinan ... Turtle Island ... everywhere!. We will have more details about the contingent in the coming weeks. --> If your group, organization or collective ENDORSES the anti-imperialist contingent in opposition to the continued occupation of Iraq and Canadian complicity with US-led imperialism, please let us know at bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca or 514-848-7583. --> If you can get involved in ORGANIZING & MOBILIZING for the anti-imperialist contingent, get in touch as well. We need lots of help and support with outreach efforts. INFO: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca - 514-848-7583 http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com The following groups endorsed the anti-imperialist contingent on October 28, 2006. We are hoping all these groups, and many more groups and individuals will endorse the Anti-Imperialist Contingent that takes the streets of Montreal in March 2007: - Association ?tudiante du c?gep de Saint-Laurent (AECSL) - Association facultaire des ?tudiants en sciences humaines de l'UQ?M (AFESH-UQ?M) - Association g?n?rale ?tudiante du C?gep du Vieux-Montr?al (AGECVM) - Association des Jeunes Libanais Musulman-Montr?al - Center for Philippine Concerns (CPC) - Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees (CADPR) - Comit? d'action politique-UQ?M - Le Collectif oppos? ? la brutalit? polici?re (COBP) - Le Comit? des sans-emploi (Montr?al-Centre) - Documentation Information Ressources Alternatives (DIRA) - Groupe d'action et de sensibilisation au pouvoir ?tudiant (GRASP?-McGill) - Haiti Action Montreal - La Otra Campa?a Montr?al - Immigrant Workers Center (IWC) - International Solidarity Movement (ISM)-Montreal - Libertad (C?gep du Vieux-Montr?al) - Liberterre - No One Is Illegal-Montreal/Personne n'est ill?gal-Montr?al - La Pointe Libertaire - Projet Accompagnement Solidarit? Colombie (PASC) - La RueBrique - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-McGill) - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-Concordia) - R?seau anarchiste en milieu ?tudiant (RAM?) - R?sistance ha?tienne au Qu?bec - Solidarit? sans fronti?res/Solidarity Across Borders - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-Concordia - Students Taking Action in Chiapas (STAC) - L'Observatoire de l'Asie Centrale et du Moyen-Orient - Le Centre d'Asie du Sud (CERAS) - Tadamon! Montr?al - Unit? des socialistes iraniens ? Montr?al From aaron at resist.ca Mon Jan 22 07:23:43 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:23:43 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Le Canada pourrait devenir un ennemi des Palestiniens Message-ID: <1703.74.13.214.228.1169479423.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070122/CPACTUALITES/70122023/1014/CPMONDE Presse Canadienne Gaza Le Canada pourrait se transformer lui-m?me en ennemi du peuple palestinien et de l'islamisme ?largi en maintenant son boycott du Hamas et en se rangeant si ouvertement avec Isra?l, selon le ministre palestinien des Affaires ?trang?res, Mahmoud Zahar. Le ministre a fait cette d?claration ? Gaza ? des journalistes canadiens ? qui il a accord? un entretien d'environ une heure apr?s que son homologue canadien, Peter MacKay, eut refus? d'aller ? sa rencontre, selon son entourage. Irrit?, le ministre Zahar estime que son vis-?-vis aurait d? consulter ses ?missaires dans la r?gion avant de le bouder ainsi. Vendredi dernier, Peter MacKay a n?anmoins rencontr?, en Cisjordanie, le pr?sident de l'Autorit? palestinienne, Mahmoud Abbas. M. Zahar a affirm? avoir h?te d'entamer un dialogue avec le Canada mais aussi que le peuple canadien chasse du pouvoir le gouvernement conservateur qu'il qualifie d'extr?miste. Si son homologue d'Ottawa ?tait all? le voir, il l'aurait certes interrog? sur les raisons pour lesquelles le Canada fut parmi les initiateurs ? suspendre l'aide internationale ? l'?gard des Palestiniens apr?s que les ?lections l?gislatives eurent port? le Hamas au pouvoir. Depuis un an, la crise financi?re de l'?tat palestinien n'a cess? d'empirer, au point o? lors de cette p?riode, ses quelque 170 000 fonctionnaires n'ont pas re?u leur plein salaire. Mahmoud Zahar pr?tend qu'avec un tel boycott, le Canada ne sert pas ses int?r?ts nationaux, mais plut?t ceux des ?tats-Unis et d'Isra?l. Il demande aux Canadiens ce qu'Isra?l peut bien leur apporter pour qu'il l'appuie autant. Pour sa part, le ministre MacKay a exprim? des doutes sur le trac? du mur de s?curit? ?rig? par Isra?l en Cisjordanie, mais a tout de m?me justifi?, en principe, son existence. Apr?s une rencontre avec son homologue isra?lienne, Tzipi Livni, M. MacKay a d?clar? que le mur avait ?t? construit pour prot?ger les citoyens isra?liens des kamikazes palestiniens. Il craint n?anmoins que l'itin?raire de la barri?re soit consid?r? comme une fronti?re permanente. M. MacKay a affirm? que, durant l'offensive isra?lienne contre le Liban, Mme Livni et lui ?taient devenus amis et qu'ils entretenaient alors des contacts quotidiens au sujet de l'?vacuation des citoyens canadiens pr?sents au Liban. From aaron at resist.ca Mon Jan 22 07:26:04 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:26:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] 24 =?iso-8859-1?q?employ=E9s_de_Bell_Helicopter_=ABvictimes=BB_d?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=27exigences_a?= =?iso-8859-1?q?m=E9ricaines?= =?iso-8859-1?q?am=E9ricaines_?= Message-ID: <1729.74.13.214.228.1169479564.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> http://www.hebdosquebecor.com/edn/01172007/edn_01172007_A14.shtml Vingt-quatre employ?s de Bell Helicopter ? Mirabel seront ?cart?s de certaines t?ches dans l'usine pour l'unique raison qu'ils sont originaires de pays consid?r?s comme ?ennemis? par les ?tats-Unis. Ils ?copent d'une politique du gouvernement am?ricain, l'International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), qui vise entre autres ? emp?cher des ressortissants de ces pays d'?tre en contact avec toute information concernant ses technologies militaires. Certains de ces travailleurs, qui proviennent de sept des 26 contr?es cibl?es par ITAR, n'ont que quelques mois d'anciennet? chez Bell, mais d'autres y travaillent depuis pr?s de 20 ans. La mise au jour de cette affaire a suscit? une lev?e de boucliers dans certains milieux, d'autant plus que la s?lection d'employ?s en fonction de leur origine ethnique contrevient ? la Charte canadienne des droits et libert?s. Rien de bien neuf Il faut toutefois savoir que les entreprises canadiennes qui font affaire avec les Etats-Unis doivent se conformer depuis plusieurs ann?es ? cette exigence. C'est simplement le fait que Bell Helicopter ait demand? une d?rogation ? ce sujet aux autorit?s am?ricaines, afin de faciliter ses op?rations ? Mirabel, qui a ramen? le sujet dans l'actualit?. ?Ils ont r?pondu non, alors il a bien fallu qu'on le dise ? nos employ?s?, explique le porte-parole de l'entreprise, Michel Legault. Celui-ci pr?cise toutefois que le refus am?ricain ne repr?sente pas un jugement sur les personnes en question, mais consiste plut?t ? maintenir un principe commercial d?j? en vigueur. Pour l'instant, l'exigence ITAR n'aurait que peu d'impact sur les travailleurs en question, puisqu'une faible part de la production de l'usine est destin?e ? l'arm?e am?ricaine. Mais l'int?gration progressive des activit?s d?coulant du contrat de 368 appareils accord? ? Bell par la D?fense des Etats-Unis pourrait bien compliquer les choses. ?Il va falloir s'ajuster?, admet Michel Legault, qui se garde d'ailleurs de donner une garantie ? long terme au sujet de ces 24 employ?s. ?On va les garder tant qu'on peut?, dit-il. Incontournable? Si Bell Helicopter doit composer avec ITAR, c'est aussi le cas pour bien d'autres entreprises d'a?ronautique, comme L-3 Communications, ?galement ? Mirabel, qui effectue une partie de l'entretien de chasseurs F-18 de la Marine am?ricaine. Au Comit? sectoriel de la main-d'?uvre en a?rospatiale du Qu?bec (CAMAQ), le directeur, Serge Tremblay, estime que nos entreprises n'ont pas le choix de se conformer ? cette exigence pour obtenir des contrats aux Etats-Unis. ?Nous, on est contre ce genre de mesures, mais il faut ?tre r?a-liste?, croit M. Tremblay. Celui-ci ne voit pas comment le Canada pourrait faire plier les ?tats-Unis sur ce point relativement mineur, alors que d'intenses pressions internationales n'arrivent pas ? convaincre nos Voisins du Sud de traiter ?quitablement de pr?sum?s terroristes emprisonn?s ? Guantanamo... Il reste que le premier ministre Stephen Harper a r?agi au cas de Bell Helicopter en promettant de poursuivre avec les ?tats-Unis les discussions d?j? en cours sur l'impact de la politique ITAR. From jaggisingh at gmail.com Tue Jan 23 00:33:31 2007 From: jaggisingh at gmail.com (Jaggi Singh) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:33:31 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Israel says relations with Canada at "peak" (Toronto Star) Message-ID: http://www.thestar.com/article/173689 Israel says relations with Canada at 'peak' TheStar.com - News - Israel says relations with Canada at 'peak' January 22, 2007 Yehonathan Tommer Canadian press JERUSALEM ? Israel announced Monday its public security minister will visit Canada to further develop strong bilateral ties said to have reached a "peak" since the Conservatives were voted into office in Ottawa a year ago. The announcement came as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met visiting Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay and expressed appreciation for Canada's support for Israel even in "difficult periods." During the meeting, Olmert also denounced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to destroy Israel and said `the free world must take a determined stand, in both word and deed," against Iran, according to a statement from Olmert's office. MacKay was greeted warmly on arrival in Israel over the weekend after meeting with Palestinian and Jordanian leaders on his current Mideast tour. A glowing statement from the Foreign Ministry said: "Since its election in January 2006, the Canadian government headed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper has maintained particularly warm relations with Israel, and bilateral and diplomatic ties are currently at their peak." "Canada has been at the forefront of the international efforts against the Iranian nuclear threat," the ministry said. "The Harper government was the first to boycott Hamas immediately after its election, and supported Israel during the Lebanon war against Hezbollah. Canada is also one of Israel's staunch supporters in the United Nations and other international forums, such as the G-8." "In light of these very positive relations, Canada is interested in increasing its involvement in and support for the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel welcomes such a development, and this will be one of the matters discussed during the current visit to Israel by the Canadian foreign minister." As part of the upgrading of relations, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter will visit Canada next month for talks with his Canadian counterpart, Stockwell Day, Israeli officials said. Dichter will also meet Harper and other ministers and legislators. Canada and Israel exchange intelligence on police, criminal and terrorism-related data and co-operate on the technological and operational aspects of border management. Israeli officials said Dichter will explore ways of expanding existing ties and extend them to border security. There were kisses, handshakes and smiles at a Sunday meeting between MacKay and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. MacKay said they had become "regular friends' and had formed a ``human bond of trust and frank discussion" in almost-daily contacts during the evacuation of Canadian citizens stranded in Lebanon in last summer's war. Livni, on her part, praised MacKay as a friend who "knows how to make distinctions between right and wrong" and as "a leader of a country uniquely situated to help the moderates against the region's ideological extremists, like Hezbollah and Iran." In a separate meeting Sunday, MacKay told Vice-Premier Shimon Peres that Canadian business was keen to help upgrade the Palestinian economy. Canadian firms want to invest in joint Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian projects enhancing environmental quality and development along their common "Silicon Peace Valley" between the Dead Sea and Red Sea, he said. These include the construction of a salt-water canal between the two seas to assist the ecological revival of the deteriorating basin and encourage tourism; the construction a major international airport straddling the Israel-Jordanian Arava border; and agricultural development projects benefiting Palestinian, Jordanian and Israeli farmers around the Dead Sea coastal rim. "Incentives for economic growth and environmental quality can play a major role in changing Palestinian and Israeli national mindsets," Peres said. "These can also help to open up the territories to new markets throughout the vast Arab world." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abolissons at gmail.com Tue Jan 23 12:49:36 2007 From: abolissons at gmail.com (Hungerstrike Support Committee) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:49:36 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] UPDATE: Health workers intervene in Hungerstrikes at Canada's Guantanamo North Message-ID: <015001c73f30$1d000870$8533cdcd@CPQ18145226471> ((Please forward)) 'SECURITY CERTIFICATE' DETAINEES HUNGERSTRIKE UPDATE: HEALTH WORKERS DEEPLY CONCERNED BY MEDICAL STATUS **Below: a. Update; b. What you can do; c. Letter from health professionals; d. Today's Press release** ==> UPDATE ON SECRET TRIAL DETAINEES HUNGERSTRIKE Secret trial detainees Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah, and Hassan Almrei are still on a hunger strike. As of Tuesday January 23, 2007, Mohammad Mahjoub has been on hunger strike for 60 days, while Mahmoud Jaballah and Hassan Almrei have been on hunger strike for 49 days. The federal government is refusing to negotiate with the men. During all this time, the men have been drinking only orange juice and occasionally clear broth. The men are not being medically monitored and the failure to provide appropriate medical monitoring and care could lead to very serious consequences. In response to this critical situation, a group of health workers have written and released a letter (included below) to Minister Stockwell Day stating their concerns and the urgent need for all three men to be monitored on a daily basis. On January 8, 2007 the three detainees released an open letter which stated, "Like the detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, we are held indefinitely. This is a kind of psychological torture that is almost unimaginable. We do not know when, or if, we will be released from jail. We have been very patient and done our best to deal with a process where it is impossible to defend yourself. And we will remain patient, because we know that ultimately, we will be let out, because we are innocent men. But sometimes there is only so much human beings should be required to accept before they raise their voice in peaceful protest. We do not want to be on hunger strike. It is hard on us and our families. But it is the only voice we have." * To read the detainees' open letter in full visit http://homesnotbombs.ca/openletter.htm ==> YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE HUNGER STRIKE IS URGENTLY NEEDED! * Call, email, or fax the offices of Stockwell Day, Diane Finley and Stephen Harper to express support for the basic demands of the men (see open letter above) and ask: 1. Why can't the men be provided with medical care? 2. Why can't the federal government appoint a neutral mediator to immediately deal with the problems, and set up a system to deal with ongoing issues that is balanced and fair? 3. Will the men have to die for a little bit of dignity? 4. If the Kingston Immigration Holding Centre will not send in health care staff (something they did before September), will the government allow an independent outside doctor in to check on the men? Stockwell Day, "Public Safety Minister" Phone: (613) 995-1702, Fax: (613) 995.1154, Email: day.s at parl.gc.ca Diane Finley, Immigration Minister, tel. (866) 496-3400, dinley.d at parl.gc.ca, fax PM Stephen Harper Phone (613) 992-4211; Fax: 613-941-6900, Email: pm at pm.gc.ca * Write a support letter to the detainees (email tasc at web.ca so we can monitor if mail is getting through): Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah, and Hassan Almrei can be reached: Kingston Immigration Holding Centre, c/o CSC RHQ Ontario Region, 440 King Street West, PO Box 1174, Kingston, Ontario K7L 4Y8 ==> LETTER FROM HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF DETAINEES January 23, 2007 Stockwell Day Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada Claudette Desch?nes Vice President, Enforcement Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) Re: HEALTH STATUS of Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah and Hassan Almrei Dear Minister Day, Dear Mme. Desch?nes, As health professionals, we are deeply concerned about the health status of Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah and Hassan Almrei, who are detained at the Kingston Immigration Holding Centre (KIHC) under security certificates and currently on a liquids-only hunger strike. As of today (January 22, 2007), Mohammad Mahjoub has been on hunger strike for 60 days, while Mahmoud Jaballah and Hassan Almrei have been on hunger strike for 49 days. During all this time, they have been drinking only orange juice and occasionally clear broth. We are extremely worried about the fact that KIHC is not medically monitoring the vital signs and general health status of the hunger strikers. This failure to provide appropriate medical monitoring and care could lead to very serious consequences. When a detainee observes a severe voluntary fast, as is the case here, it is absolutely essential that the correctional institution's medical staff regularly monitor the person's vital signs (i.e., blood pressure, cardiac and respiratory rate) as well as serum electrolyte levels. Failure to do so violates basic principles of ethical health care. In an editorial in the prestigious British Medical Journal on health professionals' obligations in the context of hunger strikes, Dr. Michael Peel wrote: "Conclusions from studies recommend independent medical monitoring after a weight loss of 10% in lean healthy individuals. If the pre-hunger strike weight is unknown, a maximum of 10 days' hunger strike, or a body mass index of less than 16.5 kg/m2, should be the trigger." In the case of the three men currently on hunger strike at the Kingston Immigration Holding Centre, the 10-day 'trigger' is long past, so there can be no doubt that medical monitoring must be provided immediately. After hunger strikes varying from 49 to 60 days, all three men are at risk of severe hypotension or hypertension, renal failure, cardiac arrhythmia, heart failure, and a variety of other potentially life-threatening disorders. We are particularly concerned for the health of Mohammad Mahjoub, who has not received treatment for his hepatitis C since September 2006, and is now on Day 60 of his hunger strike. All three men already had health problems resulting from their lengthy detention without charge (5 to 6 _ years), often in solitary confinement or other harsh conditions, denied access to a fair trial, with no end in sight, and under constant threat of deportation to countries where they are at risk of torture. Indeed, the Federal Court recognized in December 2006 that there is a serious likelihood that Mohammad Mahjoub would be tortured if returned to Egypt, his country of origin; just as it recognized in the case of Mahmoud Jaballah in an earlier decision. Hassan Almrei is threatened with deportation to Syria, where Canadian citizen Maher Arar experienced horrifying torture. In addition, Mr. Mahjoub and Mr. Jaballah are particularly vulnerable to a variety of health difficulties because they are torture survivors. Finally, all three men have health problems linked to previous hunger strikes, including a 2005 hunger strike that lasted 79 days in the case of Mr. Mahjoub and 73 days in the case of Mr. Almrei. These antecedents increase the likelihood that the hunger strikers may experience life-threatening disorders. For all these reasons, we believe that it is urgent that all three men undergo a thorough medical examination by a qualified independent physician, as well as being monitored on a daily basis by medical personnel at the Kingston Immigration Holding Centre. Janet Cleveland, Ph.D., psychologist, Montreal Marie Munoz, MD, Montreal Nazila Bettache, MD, Montreal Scott Weinstein, RN, Montreal Olivier Sabella, MD, Montreal Gerald van Gurp, MD, Montreal Amir Khadir, MD, Montreal Helen Hudson, Masters candidate, Nursing, Montreal Marie-Jo Ouimet, MD, Montreal Pierre Dongier, MD, Montreal Faiza Majeed, MD, Toronto Mandeep Dhillon, MD, Vancouver Valerie Zink, primary care paramedic, Vancouver Aida Sadr, MD, Vancouver Jen Green, ND, Toronto Thierry B?gin, MD, Montreal Cathy Crowe, RN, Toronto Sylvain Couture, MD, Montreal Misty Malott, MSc(A) Nursing, Montreal Faiz Ahmad Khan, MD, Montreal Samir Shaheen-Hussain, MD, Montreal McGill Nurses for Global Health (MNGH), Montreal Annie Janvier, MD, Montreal Ghassan B. Alami, MD, Montreal Khurram Sher, MD, Montreal Monika Dutt, MD, Toronto Diana R. Ahmed, MD, Hamilton Nicolas Bergeron, MD, Montreal Bruno Pelletier, MD, Montreal Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD, Director, Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal Marie-Michelle Bellon, MD, Montreal Ren?e Joyal, MD, Cowansville Isabelle Nicolas, MD Cowansville Vicky Champagne, nurse, Cowansville St?phanie Lapointe, nurse, Cowansville Marc-Andr? Ryan, nurse, Cowansville Jaswant Guzder, MD, Montreal Joan Schwartzenberger, Registered Clinical Counsellor, Victoria Jo?lle N?d?lec, MD, Montreal Irene Sarasua, RN, Montreal Sidney Maynard, MD, Montreal Jessica Lyons, 3rd Year Collaborative Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto Makeda Semret, MD, Montreal Martine Eloy, nurse, Montreal Elaine Lafond, MD, Cowansville Emilie Davoine, MD, Cowansville C?cile Rousseau, MD, MSc. - Professor, Psychiatry Dept., McGill University, Montreal Anousheh Machouf, Psychologist, Montreal Sylvie Laurion, Ph.D., Psychologist, Montreal R?seau d'intervention pour les personnes ayant subi la violence organis?e (RIVO), Montreal John Docherty, Coordinator of RIVO, Montreal Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Toronto Mulugeta Abai, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Toronto Kathy Hardill, RNEC, Nurse Practitioner, Toronto Chantal Gravel, M.Ps., Psychologist, Montreal Allison Campbell, registered midwife, Vancouver Natya Raghavan, MD, Kingston Will Offley, RN, Vancouver Anna Cooper, RN, Vancouver Navdeep Sidhu, MD, Sasketchewan Megan Oleson, RN, Vancouver Kyla Ives, Licensed Practical Nurse, Vancouver Mich?le Marois, Infirmi?re, Gatineau M. Jane Pritchard, M.D., CCFP, FCFP Kathryn Leccese, medical student, Montreal Stephane Voyer, MD, Montreal ==> PRESS RELEASE 'Security Certificate' hunger strikes: health professionals 'deeply concerned' by lack of medical monitoring 23 January 2007 - Almost 70 health professionals and organizations from across the country today called on Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day to take immediate action to address the situation of three men on hunger strike at the Kingston Immigration Holding Centre, known as Canada's 'Guantanamo North'. Mohammad Mahjoub has been on hunger strike for 60 days, while for Mahmoud Jaballah and Hassan Almrei it has been 49 days. The men, who have been held for years without charge under secret evidence, are protesting their conditions of detention. In a joint letter addressed to Day, whose Ministry is responsible for the prison, the group of health professionals wrote, "We are extremely worried about the fact that KIHC is not medically monitoring the vital signs and general health status of the hunger strikers. This failure to provide appropriate medical monitoring and care could lead to very serious consequences. (.) all three men are at risk of severe hypotension or hypertension, renal failure, cardiac arrhythmia, heart failure, and a variety of other potentially life-threatening disorders." One of the signatories, Dr. Janet Cleveland, added, "By not conducting daily medical checks of the hunger strikers' vital signs, the Canadian Border Services Agency is recklessly placing the hunger strikers' lives at risk. Kingston Immigration Holding Centre medical personnel have a duty to take all steps necessary to protect the life of hunger strikers, which in this instance means going to their cells to check their vital signs and serum electrolyte levels every day." "Penal institutions have certain obligations toward inmates, even those who have been convicted of heinous crimes, including the duty to provide them with adequate health care. How can the prison authorities justify not providing medical care to these three men, who have never been charged with any crime, much less convicted?" said Professor Daniel Weinstock, Director of the Centre de recherche en ?thique de l'Universit? de Montr?al, who has acted as a consultant on ethical issues with Corrections Canada. The letter also noted that, "All three men already had health problems resulting from their lengthy detention without charge (5 to 6 ? years), often in solitary confinement or other harsh conditions, denied access to a fair trial, with no end in sight, and under constant threat of deportation to countries where they are at risk of torture. .... In addition, Mr. Mahjoub and Mr. Jaballah are particularly vulnerable to a variety of health difficulties because they are torture survivors. Finally, all three men have health problems linked to previous hunger strikes, including a 2005 hunger strike that lasted 79 days in the case of Mr. Mahjoub and 73 days in the case of Mr. Almrei. These antecedents increase the likelihood that the hunger strikers may experience life-threatening disorder." The hunger strikers are asking for minor improvements in their conditions, including protection from harassment by guards, access to medical care, access to media, the right to weekend conjugal visits, and a grievance process, which has been ordered by a court but never implemented. In an open letter published earlier this month, they wrote, "We wish to be reunited with our loved ones, but until that time comes, we want to live with as much dignity as is possible while we are at Guantanamo North." Canada's 'security certificate' process has come under severe criticism within Canada and internationally in past years. However, Canada has refused to halt deportation proceedings against the men, despite the risk of torture, and continues to hold three in prison and two others - Mohamed Harkat of Ottawa and Adil Charkaoui of Montreal - under severe conditions of release, amounting to house arrest in the case of Mr. Harkat. -End- ==> MORE INFORMATION Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada, (416) 651-5800 or tasc at web.ca Hungerstrike Support Committee, abolissons at gmail.com, tel. 514 859 9023 Justice for Adil Charkaoui: www.adilinfo.org Justice for Mohamed Harkat: www.zerra.net/freemohamed From dru at dru.ca Tue Jan 23 19:04:15 2007 From: dru at dru.ca (Dru Oja Jay) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:04:15 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] 7pm Monday: So Ann & Kalmunity @ Bar Toc Toc References: <87991.88784.qm@web39214.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <82A8825E-108F-45E9-B7EE-C6D6B61929C5@dru.ca> Haiti Action Montreal presents: S? Ann (with musical guests Kalmunity) 7pm Monday, January 29 Bar Toc Toc 6091 du Parc (corner, Van Horne) $5-25 suggested donation (*All proceeds go to S? Ann's educational projects in Haiti) ?Even though they released me, I still am not free. There are other S? Anns still in jail." So Ann, the legendary Haitian folksinger, activist, grandmother, and recently released political prisoner, is touring Canada to talk about her ordeal and Haiti?s present political struggles. The event will include a presentation by So Ann, a performance by the Kalmunity collective, as well as a short film and slideshow. BIO: Annette Auguste, 62, affectionately known as So Ann, was arrested by US Marines on May 10, 2004 (Mothers Day), who stormed her home in Port-au-Prince, destroying her property, killing her dogs, and arresting, hand-cuffing and head-bagging her entire household, including her 5-year-old grandson and 68-year-old sister. S? Ann spent the next two years and three months in a Petionville prison, becoming a symbol of the arbitrary and repressive fate that awaited Lavalas organizers. In January 2006, Amnesty International declared So Ann a political prisoner. Her liberation last August--after a short trial where the judge dismissed the concocted charges against her--was greeted with jubilation in Haiti and the diaspora. Thousands turned out to parade in the streets of Cit? Soleil when she visited the seaside slum, the capital?s largest, on September 4. During the 29-year Duvalier dictatorship and succeeding military juntas, S? Ann lived in New York, where she was a democracy activist and protest singer. She was usually called upon to lead the singing of the national anthem that traditionally opened the rallies and demonstrations at which she was a fixture. Upon returning to Haiti in 1994, S? Ann quickly became a prominent organizer and leader in the Lavalas Family party of President Jean- Bertrand Aristide, whom she helped get re-elected in November 2000. US soldiers kidnapped Aristide and his wife from their home on February 29, 2004 and flew them into exile in Africa. US, French and Canadian troops occupied Haiti and installed a murderous coup regime, which drove many Lavalas Family leaders into exile. S? Ann, however, remained. She was recovering from recent surgery and finishing a new album with her all-woman chorale. For more information, see recent interview: http://www.haitianalysis.com/2007/1/16/?i-still-am-not-free?-s?-?n- meets-with-new-york?s-haitian-community 7pm Monday, January 29 Bar Toc Toc 6091 du Parc (corner, Van Horne) For more information: haitiactionmontreal at gmail.com or (514) 618-2253 From noii-montreal at resist.ca Wed Jan 24 02:16:58 2007 From: noii-montreal at resist.ca (No One is Illegal Montreal) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:16:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] News, Events and Analysis ::: Nouvelles, evenements et analyses (January 22-28, 2007) Message-ID: ::::: NO ONE IS ILLEGAL:: PERSONNE N'EST ILL?GAL-MONTR?AL News, Events and Analysis :: Nouvelles, analyses et annonces d'?v?nements January 22-28, 2007 :: 22-28 janvier 2007 ::::: No One Is Illegal-Montreal has a new frequently updated news, analysis and events website! 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Visitez notre site web r?guli?rement. -- No One Is Illegal/Personne n'est ill?gal-Montr?al ----- nooneisillegal at gmail.com http://nooneisillegal-montreal at blogspot.com 514-848-7583 From fredburrill at gmail.com Wed Jan 24 19:42:41 2007 From: fredburrill at gmail.com (Fred Burrill) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:42:41 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Fwd: Eviction of indigenous people by Canadian mining company In-Reply-To: <20070125025222.56EBD5E0342@mail.laneta.apc.org> References: <20070125025222.56EBD5E0342@mail.laneta.apc.org> Message-ID: <45c4305c0701241942w2cec132h73c23e314a9d7780@mail.gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Miguel Pickard Date: Jan 24, 2007 9:52 PM Subject: Eviction of indigenous people by Canadian mining company To: martamg at laneta.apc.org Dear Friends, Please take the 9 minutes to watch the clip on the link below regarding the eviction of indigenous peoples from their lands by Skye Resources of Vancouver, BC. Estimados amigos, Vean las escenas de un desalojo de gente ind?gena de sus tierras por la minera canadiense Skye Resources de Vancouver, mediante la liga a continuaci?n. Gracias, miguel X-Original-To: mpickard at laneta.apc.org Delivered-To: mpickard at laneta.apc.org From: "Marta Mendoza" To: "MiguelPickard" Subject: RV: Desalojo en El Estor... 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Name: 66d3f9.gif Type: image/gif Size: 365 bytes Desc: not available URL: From abolissons at gmail.com Thu Jan 25 13:29:16 2007 From: abolissons at gmail.com (Hungerstrike Support Committee) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:29:16 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Greve de la faim : Mise a jour et appel a l'action Message-ID: <01d001c740c8$aaad27e0$cf33cdcd@CPQ18145226471> MISE ? JOUR CONCERNANT LES D?TENUS EN VERTU DE ? CERTIFICATS DE S?CURIT? ? : LES PROFESSIONNELS DE LA SANT? SONT TR?S INQUIETS PAR L'?TAT DE SANT? DES D?TENUS. ** Plus bas : a) la mise ? jour, b) ce que vous pouvez faire, c) la lettre des professionnels de la sant?, d) le communiqu? de presse d'aujourd'hui. ==> MISE ? JOUR CONCERNANT LA GR?VE DE LA FAIM DES D?TENUS DES PROC?S SECRETS Les d?tenus subissant un proc?s secret Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassan Almrei sont toujours en gr?ve de la faim. Jeudi le 25 janvier 2007, Mohammad Mahjoub en ?tait ? son 62 jour, pendant que Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassan Almrei en ?taient ? leur 51. Le gouvernement f?d?ral refuse de n?gocier avec ces hommes. Pendant ce temps, ces hommes n'ont bu que du jus d'orange et occasionnellement du bouillon. Ces hommes ne b?n?ficient d'aucun suivi m?dical. L'absence de suivi et de soins peut mener ? de s?rieuses cons?quences. En r?ponse ? cette situation critique, un groupe de professionnels de la sant? ont ?crit et diffus? une lettre (voir plus bas) au ministre Stockwell Day afin de l'informer de leur pr?occupation et du besoin urgent pour ces trois hommes d'obtenir un suivi sur une base quotidienne. Le 8 janvier 2007, les trois d?tenus ont diffus? une lettre ouverte qui mentionnait, "Comme les captifs de la prison de Guantanamo ? Cuba, nous sommes d?tenus ind?finiment. Cela constitue une forme de torture psychologique qui est quasi inimaginable. Nous ne savons pas ? quel moment, ni m?me, si un jour nous en serons rel?ch?s. Nous avons ?t? tr?s patients et avons fait de notre mieux pour faire face ? un processus contre lequel il est impossible de se d?fendre. Nous resterons patients et esp?rons qu'au bout du compte nous soyons lib?r?s, car nous sommes des hommes innocents. Mais il y a cependant une limite ? ce que des ?tres humains peuvent tol?rer. Au-del? de celle-ci, les voix se l?vent et les gens se tournent vers des actes de d?nonciation pacifique. Nous ne voulions pas ?tre en gr?ve de la faim. C'est une exp?rience difficile pour nous et nos familles, mais c'est notre seule voix." *Pour lire la lettre des d?tenus, visitez : http://homesnotbombs.ca/openletter.htm http://homesnotbombs.ca/openletter.htm ou www.adilinfo.org (fr). ==>NOUS AVONS GRANDEMENT BESOIN DE VOTRE SOUTIEN POUR LES PRISONNIERS EN GR?VE DE LA FAIM! * Appelez, envoyez des courriels ou des t?l?copies aux bureaux de Stockwell Day de Diane Finley et de Stephen Harper pour exprimer votre soutien aux requ?tes de base de ces hommes (voir la lettre plus haut). Stockwell Day, ? ministre de la S?curit? publique ? T?l. : (613) 995-1702, T?l?c. : (613) 995.1154, Courriel: day.s at parl.gc.ca Diane Finley, ministre de l'Immigration, T?l. (866) 496-3400, Courriel : dinley.d at parl.gc.ca, T?l?c.: Le premier ministre Stephen Harper T?l.: (613) 992-4211; T?l?c.: 613-941-6900, Courriel: pm at pm.gc.ca * Envoyez une carte d'appui aux d?tenus (si vous en envoyez une, faites-nous le savoir ? tasc at web.ca pour que nous puissions v?rifier que le courrier se rend bien) : Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassan Almrei Centre de surveillance de l'immigration de Kingston a/s CSC RHQ Ontario Region 440 King Street West PO Box 1174 Kingston, Ontario, K7L 4Y8 ==> LETTRE DES PROFESSIONNELS DE LA SANT? 23 janvier 2007 Stockwell Day Ministre de la S?curit? publique et de la Protection civile Canada Claudette Desch?nes vice-pr?sidente, Direction g?n?rale de l'ex?cution de la loi Agence des services frontaliers du Canada Objet: ?TAT DE SANT? de Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassan Almrei Cher monsieur Day, ch?re Mme. Desch?nes, En tant que professionnels de la sant?, nous sommes tr?s pr?occup?s par l' ?tat de sant? de Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassan Almrei, d?tenus au Centre de surveillance de l'immigration de Kingston (CSIK) et actuellement en gr?ve de la faim (liquides seulement). En date d'aujourd'hui (23 janvier 2007), Mohammad Mahjoub fait la gr?ve de la faim depuis 60 jours, tandis que Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassan Almrei font la gr?ve de la faim depuis 49 jours. Durant toute cette p?riode, ils n'ont consomm? que du jus d'orange et, ? l'occasion, du bouillon. Nous sommes vivement pr?occup?s par le fait que le CSIK ne surveille ni les signes vitaux, ni l'?tat g?n?ral des gr?vistes de la faim. Cette absence de suivi m?dical et de soins ad?quats pourrait entra?ner des cons?quences tr?s graves. Lorsqu'un d?tenu fait un je?ne s?v?re, comme c'est le cas ici, il est absolument essentiel que le personnel m?dical de l'institution carc?rale surveille quotidiennement ses signes vitaux (notamment la pression art?rielle et le rythme cardiaque et respiratoire) ainsi que le niveau d' ?lectrolytes sanguins. Le fait de ne pas le faire contrevient manifestement aux principes fondamentaux de l'?thique m?dicale. Dans un ?ditorial dans le prestigieux British Medical Journal sur les responsabilit?s des professionnels de la sant? en cas de gr?ve de la faim, Dr. Michael Peel ?crivait ? Des ?tudes recommandent un suivi m?dical ind?pendant d?s que la perte de poids atteint 10% du poids normal chez un individu mince en bonne sant?. Si l'on ne conna?t pas le poids de la personne avant le d?but de la gr?ve de la faim, la surveillance m?dicale devrait commencer apr?s un maximum de 10 jours de gr?ve de la faim ou d?s que l'indice de masse corporelle chute ? 16.5 k/m?. ? [notre traduction] Dans le cas des trois hommes qui font actuellement la gr?ve de la faim au Centre de surveillance de l'immigration de Kingston, cela fait bien longtemps que l'?ch?ance de 10 jours est d?pass?e, alors il est clair qu'il faut assurer un suivi m?dical de leur ?tat de sant?, et ce, de toute urgence. Apr?s une gr?ve de la faim d'une dur?e variant de 49 ? 60 jours, les trois hommes sont ? risque d'hypertension ou d'hypotension graves, d'insuffisance r?nale, d'arythmie ou d'insuffisance cardiaque, ainsi que de plusieurs autres probl?mes potentiellement mortels. Nous sommes particuli?rement inquiets de l'?tat de sant? de Mohammad Mahjoub, qui n'a pas re?u de traitements pour son h?patite C depuis septembre 2006 et qui en est aujourd'hui au Jour 60 de sa gr?ve de la faim. Les trois hommes souffraient d?j? de divers probl?mes de sant? li?s au fait d'?tre d?tenus de fa?on ind?finie depuis des p?riodes variant de 5 ans ? 6 ans et demi, souvent en isolement ou dans d'autres conditions difficiles, sans qu'aucune accusation ne soit port?e contre eux et sans proc?s ?quitable, le tout jumel? ? la menace continue de d?portation vers des pays o? ils font face ? la torture. D'ailleurs, la Cour f?d?rale a reconnu en d?cembre 2006 qu'il y a un risque s?rieux que Mohammad Mahjoub seraient tortur? s'il ?tait renvoy? dans son pays d'origine, l'?gypte, tout comme elle l'avait d?j? fait dans le cas de Mahmoud Jaballah. De son c?t?, Hassan Almrei est menac? de d?portation en Syrie, o? le citoyen canadien Maher Arar a ?t? affreusement tortur?. De plus, M. Mahjoub et M. Jaballah sont particuli?rement vuln?rables sur le plan de la sant? parcequ'ils ont d?j? ?t? tortur?s. Enfin, les trois hommes ont des probl?mes de sant? li?s ? d' autres gr?ves de la faim, dont l'une en 2005 ayant dur? 79 jours pour M. Mahjoub et 73 jours pour M. Almrei. Ces ant?c?dents augmentent le risque de complications potentiellement mortelles pour les gr?vistes de la faim. Pour tous ces motifs, nous croyons qu'il est urgent que les trois hommes subissent imm?diatement un examen m?dical complet par un m?decin ind?pendant et qu'ils soient dor?navant suivis quotidiennement par le personnel m?dical du Centre de surveillance de l'immigration de Kingston. Janet Cleveland, Ph.D., psychologist, Montr?al Marie Munoz, MD, Montr?al Nazila Bettache, MD, Montr?al Scott Weinstein, RN, Montr?al Olivier Sabella, MD, Montr?al Gerald van Gurp, MD, Montr?al Amir Khadir, MD, Montr?al Helen Hudson, Masters candidate, Nursing, Montr?al Marie-Jo Ouimet, MD, Montr?al Pierre Dongier, MD, Montr?al Faiza Majeed, MD, Toronto Mandeep Dhillon, MD, Vancouver Valerie Zink, primary care paramedic, Vancouver Aida Sadr, MD, Vancouver Jen Green, ND, Toronto Thierry B?gin, MD, Montr?al Cathy Crowe, RN, Toronto Sylvain Couture, MD, Montr?al Misty Malott, MSc(A) Nursing, Montr?al Faiz Ahmad Khan, MD, Montr?al Samir Shaheen-Hussain, MD, Montr?al McGill Nurses for Global Health (MNGH), Montr?al Annie Janvier, MD, Montr?al Ghassan B. Alami, MD, Montr?al Khurram Sher, MD, Montr?al Monika Dutt, MD, Toronto Diana R. Ahmed, MD, Hamilton Nicolas Bergeron, MD, Montr?al Bruno Pelletier, MD, Montr?al Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD, Director, Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montr?al Marie-Michelle Bellon, MD, Montr?al Ren?e Joyal, MD, Cowansville Isabelle Nicolas, MD Cowansville Vicky Champagne, Infirmi?re, Cowansville St?phanie Lapointe, Infirmi?re, Cowansville Marc-Andr? Ryan, Infirmier, Cowansville Jaswant Guzder, MD, Montr?al Joan Schwartzenberger, Registered Clinical Counsellor, Victoria Jo?lle N?d?lec, MD, Montr?al Irene Sarasua, RN, Montr?al Sidney Maynard, MD, Montr?al Jessica Lyons, 3rd Year Collaborative Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto Makeda Semret, MD, Montr?al Martine Eloy, Infirmi?re, Montr?al Elaine Lafond, MD, Cowansville Emilie Davoine, MD, Cowansville C?cile Rousseau, MD, MSc. - Professor, Psychiatry Dept., McGill University, Montr?al Anousheh Machouf, Psychologist, Montr?al Sylvie Laurion, Ph.D., Psychologist, Montr?al R?seau d'intervention pour les personnes ayant subi la violence organis?e (RIVO), Montr?al John Docherty, Coordinator of RIVO, Montr?al Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Toronto Mulugeta Abai, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Toronto Kathy Hardill, RNEC, Nurse Practitioner, Toronto Chantal Gravel, M.Ps., Psychologist, Montr?al Allison Campbell, registered midwife, Vancouver Natya Raghavan, MD, Kingston Will Offley, RN, Vancouver Anna Cooper, RN, Vancouver Navdeep Sidhu, MD, Sasketchewan Megan Oleson, RN, Vancouver Kyla Ives, Licensed Practical Nurse, Vancouver Mich?le Marois, Infirmi?re, Gatineau M. Jane Pritchard, M.D., CCFP, FCFP Kathryn Leccese, medical student, Montr?al Stephane Voyer, MD, Montr?al ==> COMMUNIQU? DE PRESSE Les d?tenus sous ? certificats de s?curit? ? toujours en gr?ve de la faim; des professionnels de la sant? ? vivement pr?occup?s ? par le manque de suivi m?dical Le mardi 23 janvier 2007 - Plus de 65 professionnels de la sant? provenant des quatre coins du pays ont interpell? aujourd'hui le ministre de la S?curit? publique Stockwell Day, afin qu'il agisse dans les plus brefs d?lais pour r?soudre la situation des trois hommes en gr?ve de la faim, qui sont d?tenus au Centre de surveillance de l'immigration de Kingston (CSIK), aussi connu comme ?tant le ? Guantanamo du Nord ?. Cela fait maintenant 60 jours que Mohammad Mahjoub est en gr?ve de la faim. Mahmoud Jaballah et Hassan Almrei sont pour leur part en gr?ve de la faim depuis 49 jours. Les trois hommes, qui sont d?tenus depuis des ann?es sans accusation en vertu de preuves secr?tes, contestent leurs conditions de d?tention. Dans une lettre adress?e ? Stockwell Day, dont le minist?re est responsable de la gestion de la prison, ce groupe compos? de m?decins, de psychologues et d'infirmi?res a ?crit : ? Nous sommes vivement pr?occup?s par le fait que le CSIK ne surveille ni les signes vitaux, ni l'?tat g?n?ral des gr?vistes de la faim. Cette absence de suivi m?dical et de soins ad?quats pourrait entra?ner des cons?quences tr?s graves. [.] Les trois hommes risquent d'?tre atteints d'hypertension ou d'hypotension s?v?res, d'insuffisance r?nale, d' arythmie ou d'insuffisance cardiaque, ainsi que de plusieurs autres probl?mes potentiellement mortels. ? Une des signataires de cette lettre, Dr. Janet Cleveland, a ajout? : ? Le fait pour l'Agence des services frontaliers du Canada de ne pas surveiller les signes vitaux de ces gr?vistes de la faim sur une base quotidienne est un comportement t?m?raire qui met en danger la vie de ces trois hommes. En vertu des principes ?l?mentaires de l'?thique m?dicale, le personnel m?dical du Centre de surveillance de l'immigration de Kingston est tenu de prendre toutes les mesures n?cessaires afin de prot?ger la vie des gr?vistes de la faim, ce qui en l'occurrence signifie l'obligation de se rendre ? leurs cellules ? tous les jours pour v?rifier leurs signes vitaux et le niveau des ?lectrolytes sanguins. ? ? Les ?tablissements p?nitentiaires ont certaines obligations ? l'?gard des d?tenus, m?me ceux qui ont ?t? trouv? coupables de crimes odieux, dont l' obligation de leur fournir des soins de sant? ad?quats. Comment l' administration de la prison peut-elle justifier le fait de ne pas donner des soins m?dicaux ? ces trois hommes, qui n'ont jamais ?t? accus?s d'un crime, encore moins trouv?s coupables? ? dit le Professeur Daniel Weinstock, Directeur du Centre de recherche en ?thique de l'Universit? de Montr?al, qui a d?j? agi comme consultant sur des enjeux ?thiques pour Corrections Canada. La lettre mentionne aussi que ? les trois hommes souffraient d?j? de divers probl?mes de sant? li?s au fait d'?tre d?tenus de fa?on ind?finie depuis des p?riodes variant de 5 ans ? 6 ans et demi, souvent en isolement ou dans d' autres conditions difficiles, sans qu'aucune accusation ne soit port?e contre eux et sans proc?s ?quitable, le tout jumel? ? la menace continue de d?portation vers des pays o? ils font face ? la torture. [.] De plus, M. Mahjoub et M. Jaballah sont particuli?rement vuln?rables sur le plan de la sant? parcequ'ils ont d?j? ?t? tortur?s. Enfin, les trois hommes ont des probl?mes de sant? li?s ? d'autres gr?ves de la faim, dont l'une en 2005 ayant dur? 79 jours pour M. Mahjoub et 73 jours pour M. Almrei. Ces ant?c?dents augmentent le risque de complications potentiellement mortelles pour les gr?vistes de la faim. ? Les gr?vistes de la faim exigent quelques am?liorations mineures ? leurs conditions de d?tention. Ils revendiquent la protection contre le harc?lement par les gardiens, l'acc?s ? des soins m?dicaux, le droit ? des visites conjugales et l'instauration d'un processus de traitement des plaintes, ce qui a ?t? ordonn? par la Cour, mais jamais mis en place. Dans une lettre ouverte publi?e au d?but du mois, ils ont ?crit : ? Nous d?sirons retrouver nos ?tres chers, mais en attendant que ce moment arrive, nous voulons vivre avec autant de dignit? que possible, ici au Guantanamo du Nord. ? Au cours des derni?res ann?es, le processus des ? certificats de s?curit? ? du gouvernement canadien a ?t? s?v?rement critiqu?, au Canada comme ailleurs. Cependant, le Canada refuse de mettre un terme aux proc?dures de d?portation ? l'endroit des hommes, malgr? les risques de torture, et continue de d?tenir trois personnes. Deux autres hommes - Mohamed Harkat d' Ottawa et Adil Charkaoui de Montr?al - ont obtenu des lib?rations assorties de conditions extr?mement s?v?res, ?quivalentes ? une assignation ? r?sidence dans le cas de M. Harkat. -Fin- Pour des entrevues : Janet Cleveland 514-343-6111 (poste 1-8777) Source : Comit? de soutien aux gr?vistes de la faim, abolissons at gmail.com, t?l. : 514 859-9023 ==>POUR PLUS D'INFORMATION Campagne contre les proc?s secrets, (416) 651-5800 or tasc at web.ca Comit? de soutien aux gr?vistes de la faim, abolissons at gmail.com, tel. 514 859 9023 Justice pour Adil Charkaoui: www.adilinfo.org Justice pour Mohamed Harkat: www.zerra.net/freemohamed From christoff at resist.ca Thu Jan 25 16:26:32 2007 From: christoff at resist.ca (Stefan Christoff) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:26:32 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] [Montreal Mirror] Haiti: Liberation Songs Message-ID: Montreal Mirror: Liberation Songs Politics, poverty and police actions form the backdrop to Haitian folk-singer So Ann's Montreal arrival by Stefan Christoff http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/012507/news2.html In February 2004, rebel forces in Haiti launched a successful armed campaign to overthrow populist President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Anti-Aristide militias, comprised mainly of soldiers from the disbanded Haitian army, seized power and a wave of violence engulfed the country. As the coup unfolded, hundreds of activists and members of the pro-Aristide Lavalas political party were jailed without charge, according to Amnesty International. On May 9, 2004, just months after the coup, a contingent of U.S. Marines entered the home of Annette Auguste after midnight, arresting one of Haiti's most well-known folk singers, community leaders and prominent Lavalas supporters. Auguste, also known as So Ann ("Sister Anne" in Creole) was apprehended on suspicion of "possessing information that could pose a threat" to the U.S. troops operating in Haiti under the umbrella of the UN intern force. "U.S. Marines destroyed my home, killed my dogs and abducted me in the middle of the night," says So Ann over the phone from Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. "I was locked in prison for more than two years for my political beliefs and the conditions were terrible-a dozen women stuffed into a prison cell for two people." So Ann, a 62-year-old grandmother, was released from jail in August 2006 after a major international campaign for her release, backed by Amnesty International. Next week, So Ann, considered a Haitian folk-hero, will be speaking and performing at a series of events in Montreal on one of her first international trips after prison. Living the message "I was just recently released from two years of prison without trial and I am going to Canada to tell the people about our struggles for freedom in Haiti," she says. "Montreal is going to hear about what the U.S. Marines did to me, the situation of Haiti's political prisoners and the coup against Aristide that the government of Canada supported." (Canada deployed 550 troops to the Caribbean island.) "These are the simple reasons why I am coming all the way to snowy Montreal, even with my knees aching from my time in prison," she says. "I will also be in Montreal to play my music which tells of the Haitian peoples' long fight for justice." So Ann's latest record, "So Ann, Political Prisoner: What else can they do to me?" was released in 2005 by the Manhattan-based Crowing Rooster Arts. With 11 tracks, the album showcases the voices of her 19-singer women's choir along with percussion, guitars and keyboards. Most impressive about the release is that it was officially released while So Ann was behind bars. "So Ann lives the message she sings," says Kim Ives, a New York-based documentary filmmaker and long-time friend of So Ann. "Last September, after So Ann was released from prison, I went with her on her first return to Cit? Soleil (an impoverished district of Port-au-Prince); once word spread that So Ann was in the hood, thousands upon thousands filled the streets around her celebrating her release from jail." So Ann's political history in Haiti stretches back beyond the 2004 coup to the brutal Duvalier era of the 1970.s. During the first years of the second Duvalier dictatorship, under Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, So Ann fled to the U.S., settling in Brooklyn, where she developed a heavy reputation within New York's Haitian Diaspora as a democracy activist and folk singer. She wrote Creole protest anthems against the Duvalier regime and the subsequent military juntas. "My music tells of Haiti's struggle today and the story of our history," So Ann says. "From our independence victory over France in 1804 to the bloody years of Duvalier and the coups against Aristide, our story is full of suffering but also a strong will to struggle." Prisons still full Upon returning to Haiti in 1994, So Ann became a leading organizer within Aristide.s Lavalas party, forging a relationship of mutual respect with the president while becoming a heavyweight progressive political organizer in the country. Upon being released from prison, So Ann's political clout among Haiti's poor has grown. Today, her music, which reflects on the struggles of Haiti's downtrodden, who live in the most impoverished country in the Western hemisphere, has made her more popular than ever, even as she remains committed to affecting change in her own country. "[Haiti's current president and one-time Aristide ally Ren?] Pr?val is not using the power he was granted in the last elections to release all the political prisoners in Haiti's jails," she says. "Until all political prisoners are free, Haiti is not free." ----------------------- From dru at dru.ca Sat Jan 27 20:10:28 2007 From: dru at dru.ca (Dru Oja Jay) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:10:28 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Protesters Denounce Illegal Occupation of Somalia Message-ID: <23AAF597-0D08-4C05-936C-84A117F9DE69@dru.ca> [Follow link for photos and reader comments] http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/950 Coalition of Concerned Somali Canadians calls for immediate withdrawal of Ethiopian troops by Isabel Macdonald, the Dominion On January 20, several hundred people protested in front of the US consulate in Toronto to demand the immediate withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. ?Somalia should not be a theatre of proxy wars and the hidden agenda of Ethiopia and its American allies?, said Shukria Dini, an organizer with the Coalition of Concerned Somali Canadians (CCSC), the group that organized the demonstration. The CCSC emphasizes the illegality of the occupation, which violates the principle of state sovereignty enshrined in the UN Charter, as well as UN Resolution 1725, which forbids neighbouring states from deploying troops to Somalia. The occupation is also a violation of the African Union Charter. Dini emphasizes the gendered impact of the occupation, citing reports of Ethiopian soldiers raping women in Somali towns and villages. CCSC demands an immediate end to US diplomatic and military support for the occupation, and a halt to US bombing of Somalia. The coalition also demands that the Canadian government join the international community in denouncing this illegal aggression against Somalia. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has not made any official statements about Ethiopia's occupation of Somalia. The rally included speakers from the Trade Unions Against the War, the Canadian Arab Federation, the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, the Canadian Peace Alliance and the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War, as well as an anti-occupation coalition of people from one of Ethiopia?s largest ethnic groups, Oromos Against the Ethiopian Invasion of Somalia. Acting with US support and funding, Ethiopia invaded Somalia in the last days of 2006, replacing the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) with a government led by US-backed warlords. The ICU, which took power in Somalia six months before the Ethiopian invasion, were credited with restoring stability for the first time since civil war tore the country apart in the early 1990s. The ICU had been criticized for imposing unpopular religious rules in the country, but remained popular for its stabilizing effect; during its brief reign, the Mogadishu airport had been opened for the first time in over a decade. Former CNN and BBC producer Tim Lister reported that "When the Islamic Courts were expelled, some residents of the capital were relieved that strict Sharia law, which had forbidden movies and televised soccer and the chewing of the narcotic qat leaf, was gone. But for most, apprehension was the dominant sentiment." Last week, the Washington Post reported that US special forces had participated in the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia. Immediately following the invasion, US-backed warlords staged a crackdown on media outlets, including one founded by Somali refugees who lived in Canada but who returned in 1999. US planes bombed Somalia several times, claiming to target Islamic terrorists. A reported 70 people were killed by the air strikes, with hundreds reported injured. Hundreds of families have fled the area of the bombings, fearing more attacks. "The answer to terrorism is stable, democratic states, not rule by army warlords," Africa Action director Nii Akuetteh told the New York radio and television show Democracy Now! "Some of these people that the US has armed are actually terrorists, so even if the US is trying to protect its interests in the region, it is going about it in a terrible way... It seems to me it will make the situation much worse." Speaking on the same program, Salim Lone, former spokesperson for the UN mission in Iraq, said that "The US has been trying for many months now to try to undermine the Islamic Courts Union. They have been violating the existing UN resolutions since 1992, which forbid any armed assistance to Somalia... the US has been violating the arms embargo, over the UN and using private contractors to funnel arms to the warlords." In 1993, Canadian troops operating in Somalia tortured and killed Shidane Arone, a 16-year-old Somali, and tortured several other Somalis, many of them children. The ensuing scandal was known as the Somalia Affair, but a commission charged with investigating the incidents was shut down before it finished its work. No one was ever officially held responsible. It is estimated that 100,000 Somalis now live in Canada. From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Sat Jan 27 23:50:02 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:50:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Winning the (Anti) War and Rebuilding Political Imagination Message-ID: This article includes a reference to Block the Empire-Montreal ... Winning the (Anti) War and Rebuilding Political Imagination linked at: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/winning-anti-war-and-rebuilding.html From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Sun Jan 28 05:18:15 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:18:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] mercredi: Reunion d'organisation pour le contingent anti-imperialiste :: svp assister! (31 janvier) Message-ID: [SVP diffusez et faites parvenir ? tous les groupes int?ress?s par la mobilisation contre la guerre et l'occupation ...] --> Aidez ? organiser et ? mobiliser en vue du contingent anti-imp?rialiste ? Montr?al le 17 mars 2007 ,,, Chers amiEs et alli?Es -- Il y aura le 17 mars prochain des manifestations partout ? travers le monde pour d?noncer l'occupation de l'Irak et la guerre qui y est men?e par les ?tats-Unis. ? la suite du ? contingent anti-imp?rialiste ? dans le rassemblement contre l'intervention du Canada en Afghanistan en octobre 2006, nous mobilisons ? nouveau en vue d'une autre manifestation contre la guerre et contre l'occupation dans les rues de Montr?al. Bloquez l'empire Montr?al esp?re organiser un fort contingent anti-imp?rialiste et aura besoin de votre aide. Plusieurs groupes ont endoss? le contingent anti-imp?rialiste, et nous esp?rons que des membres de votre groupe pourront assister ? une prochaine r?union qui visera ? discuter de l'organisation et de la mobilisation en vue de la manif du 17 mars. Lors de cette r?union, nous pr?voyons discuter des efforts de mobilisations ? travers la ville de Montr?al, de th??tre de rue, d'aspects artistiques, de la distribution des affiches et des tracts et de la planification des autres aspects de la manifestation. --> La R?UNION D'ORGANISATION aura lieu MERCREDI LE 31 JANVIER ? 18h30 au GRIP-Concordia (1500 De Maisonneuve Ouest, bureau 204, pr?s du m?tro Guy-Concordia) <-- Le lieu de r?union est accessible en fauteuil roulant, et un service de garderie est disponible sur demande (514 848-7583). VEUILLEZ CONFIRMER si vous ou unE membre de votre groupe assistera ? cette r?union de mobilisation. En cumulant les forces de mobilisation de nos diff?rents groupes, nous pourront organiser un contingent tr?s efficace, qui pourra ensuite se joindre aux diff?rentes manifestations contre la guerre pr?vues pour le 17 mars. L'appel initial pour l'endossement du contingent anti-imp?rialiste se trouve ci-dessous. Vous pouvez inviter tout groupe ou individu susceptible d'appuyer le contingent anti-imp?rialiste ? cette r?union. Solidairement, Bloquez l'empire Montr?al :::::::::: Ils occupent... Nous r?sistons! Bush, sors de Baghdad! Canada, sors de Kandahar! Endossez le contingent anti-imp?rialiste. Le mois de mars 2007 marquera le quatri?me anniversaire de l'invasion et de l'occupation de l'Irak par les ?tats-Unis et leurs alli?s. George Bush vient d'annoncer l'envoi de plusieurs milliers d'autres soldats en Irak, tandis que le nombre de civil-e-s tu?s augmente de fa?on dramatique. Des engins ?tats-uniens attaquent pr?sentement la population somalienne, et la soi-disant ? guerre au terrorisme ? prend de l'expansion. Le Canada appuie de mani?re active l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien au Moyen-Orient et ailleurs, par le d?ploiement de plus de 2000 soldats en Afghanistan et par l'implication des multinationales canadiennes (ainsi que par la complicit? des ONG et soi-disant agences de ? d?veloppement ?). Les qualificatifs utilis?s par Stephen Harper pour d?crire l'offensive isra?lienne contre la population du Liban et de la Palestine (on se souviendra qu'il a caract?ris? ces attaques comme ?tant ? une r?ponse mesur?e ?) ne font que renforcer le soutien actif du Canada ? l'imp?rialisme occidental au Moyen-Orient. C'est donc en opposition ? l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien/canadien, et ? l'occupation continue de l'Irak, que nous prendrons les rues ? nouveau au mois de mars 2007. Suite au succ?s du contingent anti-imp?rialiste du 28 octobre dernier, dans la manifestation contre l'occupation canadienne en Afghanistan, Bloquez l'empire organisera un autre contingent anti-imp?rialiste dans le cadre des manifestations de mars 2007. Le contingent anti-imp?rialiste BLOQUEZ L'EMPIRE sera un espace accueillant pour les enfants. Nous nous joindrons ? la manifestation organis?e par ?chec ? la guerre tout en mobilisant de fa?on autonome pour le contingent. Nous marcherons en opposition ? la guerre ici et ailleurs et en opposition ? l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien/canadien. Nous scandons ? nouveau notre slogan du 28 octobre 2006 : Ils occupent... Nous r?sistons! Nous d?non?ons la guerre et l'occupation, et appuyons la r?sistance populaire: ... en Irak ... en Afghanistan ... en Palestine ... au Liban ... en Irak ... en Iran ... en Bolivie ... en Colombie ... dans le territoire Mapuche ... Oaxaca ... au Chiapas ... aux Philippines ... en Ha?ti ... ? Six Nations ... Kahnawahke ... Kanehsatake ... Nitassinan ... sur l'?le de la Tortue (Territoires Occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord) ... et partout! Plus de d?tails ? propos du contingent ? venir au cours de prochaines semaines. --> Si votre groupe, organisme ou collectif d?sire ENDOSSER le contingent anti-imp?rialiste, pour d?noncer l'occupation de l'Irak et la complicit? du Canada dans l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien, veuillez nous contacter en nous ?crivant ? bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca ou en t?l?phonant au 514 848-7583. --> Si vous d?sirez vous impliquer dans L'ORGANISATION et LA MOBILISATION en vue du contingent anti-imp?rialiste, veuillez nous contacter. Nous aurons besoin d'un grand coup de main au niveau de l'organisation et de la mobilisation. INFO : bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca - 514 848-7583 http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com Les groupes suivants ont endoss? le contingent anti-imp?rialiste du 28 octobre 2006. Nous esp?rons que tous ces groupes, ainsi que plusieurs autres, endosserons le contingent anti-imp?rialiste qui prendra la rue ? Montr?al en mars 2007. - Association ?tudiante du c?gep de Saint-Laurent (AECSL) - Association facultaire des ?tudiants en sciences humaines de l'UQ?M (AFESH-UQ?M) - Association g?n?rale ?tudiante du C?gep du Vieux-Montr?al (AGECVM) - Association des Jeunes Libanais Musulman-Montr?al - Center for Philippine Concerns (CPC) - Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees (CADPR) - Comit? d'action politique-UQ?M - Le Collectif oppos? ? la brutalit? polici?re (COBP) - Le Comit? des sans-emploi (Montr?al-Centre) - Documentation Information Ressources Alternatives (DIRA) - Groupe d'action et de sensibilisation au pouvoir ?tudiant (GRASP?-McGill) - Haiti Action Montreal - La Otra Campa?a Montr?al - Immigrant Workers Center (IWC) - International Solidarity Movement (ISM)-Montreal - Libertad (C?gep du Vieux-Montr?al) - Liberterre - No One Is Illegal-Montreal/Personne n'est ill?gal-Montr?al - La Pointe Libertaire - Projet Accompagnement Solidarit? Colombie (PASC) - La RueBrique - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-McGill) - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-Concordia) - R?seau anarchiste en milieu ?tudiant (RAM?) - R?sistance ha?tienne au Qu?bec - Solidarit? sans fronti?res/Solidarity Across Borders - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-Concordia - Students Taking Action in Chiapas (STAC) - L'Observatoire de l'Asie Centrale et du Moyen-Orient - Le Centre d'Asie du Sud (CERAS) - Tadamon! Montr?al - Unit? des socialistes iraniens ? Montr?al From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Sun Jan 28 05:18:56 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:18:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Wednesday: Organizing & Mobilizing Meeting for the Anti-Imperialist Contingent :: Please attend (Wednesday, January 31) Message-ID: [Please post and forward to all groups and individuals interested in mobilizing against war and occupation ...] --> Help organize and mobilize for the Montreal Anti-Imperialist Contingent on March 17, 2007 Dear friends and allies -- This coming March 17 there will be worldwide demonstrations in opposition to the US-led war and occupation of Iraq. Following up on the "anti-imperialist bloc" during demonstrations against Canada's role in Afghanistan this past October, we are mobilizing again for another anti-war, anti-occupation demonstration on the streets of Montreal. Block the Empire Montreal is hoping to organize another strong Anti-Imperialist Contingent, with your help. Dozens of groups have endorsed the anti-imperialist bloc, and we're hoping members of your group can attend the upcoming special meeting to discuss organizing and mobilizing for the March 17 demo. At this meeting, we hope to discuss city-wide outreach efforts, mobilizing, street theatre and art, as well as distribute posters and flyers and plan other aspects of the demonstration. --> The ORGANIZING MEETING will be WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 at 6:30pm at QPIRG-Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204, beside Guy-Concordia metro). <-- The meeting space is wheelchair accessible; childcare is available on request (514-848-7583). PLEASE CONFIRM if you or a member of your group can attend this mobilizing meeting. With our collective mobilizing strength, we can organize a very effective contingent to join the anti-war demos on March 17. The original call for endorsements for the anti-imperialist bloc is below. Please invite any groups or individuals who support the anti-imperialist bloc. In solidarity, the members of Block the Empire-Montreal. INFO: 514-848-7583, bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Bush out of Baghdad, Canada out of Kandahar! Endorse the Montreal Anti-Imperialist Contingent This coming March 2007 will mark the 4th anniversary of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. George Bush has just announced an increase of US troops into Iraq, all while the death toll of Iraqi civilians rises drastically. US gunships currently attack civilians in Somalia as the so-called "War on Terror" expands. Meanwhile, Canada actively supports US-led imperialism in the Middle East and beyond, with the deployment of more than 2000 troops in Afghanistan, and the profiteering of Canadian multinationals (as well as the complicity of so-called "development" agencies and NGOs). Stephen Harper's description of Israeli aggression against the people of Lebanon and Palestine as "proportionate and measured" this summer only reinforces Canada's active support for Western imperialism in the Middle East. In opposition to US/Canadian imperialism, and the continued occupation of Iraq, we will take the streets again this March 17, 2007. Following up on the successful anti-imperialist contingent this past October 28, 2006 against Canada's occupation of Afghanistan, Block the Empire is organizing another contingent for Montreal-area demos. The BLOCK THE EMPIRE anti-imperialist contingent will be a "child-friendly" march. We will be joining and supporting the ?chec ? la guerre demonstration; while organizing autonomously as a contingent. We march in opposition to war at home and abroad, and against US/Canadian imperialism. We reiterate our slogan from October 2006: Occupation anywhere, resistance everywhere! We are denouncing war and occupation, and supporting grassroots resistance: Iraq ... Afghanistan ... Palestine ... Lebanon ... Iraq ... Iran ... Bolivia ... Colombia ... Mapuche territory ... Oaxaca ... Chiapas ... Philippines ... Haiti ... Six Nations ... Kahnawake ... Kanehsatake ... Nitassinan ... Turtle Island ... everywhere!. We will have more details about the contingent in the coming weeks. --> If your group, organization or collective ENDORSES the anti-imperialist contingent in opposition to the continued occupation of Iraq and Canadian complicity with US-led imperialism, please let us know at bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca or 514-848-7583. --> If you can get involved in ORGANIZING & MOBILIZING for the anti-imperialist contingent, get in touch as well. We need lots of help and support with outreach efforts. INFO: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca - 514-848-7583 http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com The following groups endorsed the anti-imperialist contingent on October 28, 2006. We are hoping all these groups, and many more groups and individuals will endorse the Anti-Imperialist Contingent that takes the streets of Montreal in March 2007: - Association ?tudiante du c?gep de Saint-Laurent (AECSL) - Association facultaire des ?tudiants en sciences humaines de l'UQ?M (AFESH-UQ?M) - Association g?n?rale ?tudiante du C?gep du Vieux-Montr?al (AGECVM) - Association des Jeunes Libanais Musulman-Montr?al - Center for Philippine Concerns (CPC) - Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees (CADPR) - Comit? d'action politique-UQ?M - Le Collectif oppos? ? la brutalit? polici?re (COBP) - Le Comit? des sans-emploi (Montr?al-Centre) - Documentation Information Ressources Alternatives (DIRA) - Groupe d'action et de sensibilisation au pouvoir ?tudiant (GRASP?-McGill) - Haiti Action Montreal - La Otra Campa?a Montr?al - Immigrant Workers Center (IWC) - International Solidarity Movement (ISM)-Montreal - Libertad (C?gep du Vieux-Montr?al) - Liberterre - No One Is Illegal-Montreal/Personne n'est ill?gal-Montr?al - La Pointe Libertaire - Projet Accompagnement Solidarit? Colombie (PASC) - La RueBrique - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-McGill) - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-Concordia) - R?seau anarchiste en milieu ?tudiant (RAM?) - R?sistance ha?tienne au Qu?bec - Solidarit? sans fronti?res/Solidarity Across Borders - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-Concordia - Students Taking Action in Chiapas (STAC) - L'Observatoire de l'Asie Centrale et du Moyen-Orient - Le Centre d'Asie du Sud (CERAS) - Tadamon! Montr?al - Unit? des socialistes iraniens ? Montr?al From abolissons at gmail.com Mon Jan 29 12:22:52 2007 From: abolissons at gmail.com (People's Commission) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:22:52 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] THURSDAY Launch of People's Commission report and Follow up campaigns Message-ID: <036f01c743e4$692bc870$028b8bcf@CPQ18145226471> -- Please distribute widely -- POPULAR ASSEMBLY PEOPLE'S COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION SECURITY MEASURES Launch of Report and Follow-up Campaigns :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Thursday, 1 February, 2007, at 6:30pm 3300 Cr?mazie East (m?tro St-Michel), Montreal :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: +translation+childcare+refreshments+ WITH: **Video clips from the April 2006 Commission Hearings **Updates, including: Suleyman Goven; updates on the security certificate cases; update on Amparo Torres; update on Sogi Bachan Singh; and Khadija Bennis. The PEOPLE'S COMMISSION on Immigration "Security" Measures held public hearings in Montreal from April 21-23, 2006. The nine Commissioners heard testimony from thirty individuals on the abuses which immigrants and refugees face in Canada in the name of "national security"; including racial profiling, denial of fair trials, use of secret evidence, indefinite and arbitrary detentions, labelling, and deportations to torture. (To view photo-essay of public hearings: http://gallery.cmaq.net/peoplescommission). The PEOPLE's COMMISSION was launched by grassroots organisations to provide an alternative, popular forum for our communities to consider these issues, as they affect us, from the starting point of our own experiences of security. The Commission's report will be launched at a POPULAR ASSEMBLY on 1 February 2007 at 3300 Cr?mazie East (St. Michel metro). The Popular Assembly will organise follow up actions on the recommendations of the Commission. For more information: www.peoplescommission.ath.cx or 514.859.9023 or abolissons at gmail.com. From abolissons at gmail.com Mon Jan 29 12:22:31 2007 From: abolissons at gmail.com (People's Commission) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:22:31 -0500 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] JEUDI lancement du rapport de la Commission populaire et des campagnes a suivre Message-ID: <036e01c743e4$68576170$028b8bcf@CPQ18145226471> -- SVP faire circuler -- ASSEMBL?E POPULAIRE COMMISSION POPULAIRE SUR LES MESURES DE S?CURIT? EN IMMIGRATION Lancement du rapport de la Commission populaire et des campagnes ? suivre :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Jeudi, 1er f?vrier 2007, ? 18h30 3300 Cr?mazie Est (m?tro St-Michel), Montr?al :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: +traduction+garderie+bouffe gratuite+ AVEC: ** S?l?ctions de vid?os des Audiences public d'avril 2006 ** MISES-?-JOUR dont Suleyman Goven ; mises-?-jour sur les cas des certificats de securit? ; mise-?-jour sur Amparo Torres ; mise-?-jour sur Sogi Bachan Singh ; et Khadija Bennis. La Commission populaire sur les mesures de "s?curit?" en immigration a tenu des audiences publiques ? Montr?al les 21, 22 et 23 avril, 2006. Les neuf commissaires on entendu les t?moignages de trente individus sur les abus auxquels font face les immigrants et les r?fugi?s au Canada, au nom de la s?curit? nationale, dont le profilage racial, le non-acc?s ? des proc?s justes, l'utilisation de preuves secr?tes, les d?tentions arbitraires et ind?finies, les ?tiquettes li?es ? la s?curit? et les d?portations vers la torture. (Pour voir un reportage photo des audiences publiques : http://gallery.cmaq.net/peoplescommission.) La Commission populaire ?t? lanc?e par des organisations populaires afin d'offrir un forum alternatif et populaire ? nos communaut?s pour se pencher sur ces enjeux, sur la fa?on dont ils nous affectent, en se basant sur nos exp?riences personnelles de s?curit?. Le rapport de la Commission complet sera lanc? lors d'une Assembl?e populaire le 1er f?vrier 2007 au 3300 Cr?mazie Est (m?tro St-Michel). L'Assembl?e populaire servira de forum pour discuter des suites donner aux recommandations de la Commission. Pour plus de renseignements : www.peoplescommission.ath.cx ou 514.859.9023 ou abolissons at gmail.com. From tadamon at resist.ca Mon Jan 29 23:55:23 2007 From: tadamon at resist.ca (Tadamon!) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:55:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Montreal: In the Shadows of the City: A Film Screening, TUESDAY, February 13th. Message-ID: Tadamon! MONTREAL Presents: In the Shadows of the City A Film by Jean Khalil Chamoun Lebanon, 2000, 102 Minutes Arabic / English subtitles. As part of annual Film Festival of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group [QPIRG], at McGill University. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TUESDAY, February 13th, 8pm. Donations Appriciated. @ the Cultural Studies Screening Room McGill University 3475 Peel Street [metro McGill] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jean Chamoun's film revisits the tragic 15 year civil war in Lebanon which ended in 1990. Renowned Lebanese film maker Chamoun brings us into the complexities of Lebanon's civil war, through the lives of Rami, a twelve-year-old boy on the cusp of adulthood, and his family. In hopes of escaping the civil war escalating in the countryside, Rami's family moves to Beirut. However, the war follows them to the city, and there Rami and his family struggle with unemployment, death and the disappearance of loved ones. This film explores the political and social complexities of the Lebanese civil war, while addressing the consequences of war on Lebanon's youth. Also this event will include a discuss on the relationship between the Lebanese civil-war and present day sectarian conflict that continues to effect Lebanon and the entire Middle East region. Tadamon! Montreal http://tadamon.resist.ca / tadamon[at]resist.ca / 514 664 1036 ----- Tadamon! Montreal: Tadamon! (Solidarity!, in Arabic) is a Montreal-based collective of social-justice organizers & media activists, working to build relationships of solidarity with grassroots political movements for social and economic justice between Beirut & Montreal. In the context of historic political changes taking place in Lebanon, Tadamon!, through its political work, aims to support struggles for social justice and human rights of ALL people living in Lebanon, through direct coordination and organization between activists in Beirut & Montreal. In Montreal, Tadamon! aims to organize within the Lebanese Diaspora, through popular education, cultural work and political action, which address struggles facing the Lebanese community, such as immigration, racism, poverty and labour rights. Through organizing work both locally and internationally, Tadamon! aligns itself with social justice movements in Lebanon, Canada and internationally which are anti-capitalist & anti-authoritarian in nature. '''''''''''''''''''''' From tadamon at resist.ca Mon Jan 29 23:55:13 2007 From: tadamon at resist.ca (Tadamon!) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:55:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Montreal: Projection du film 'In the Shadows of the City', MARDI 13 Fevrier Message-ID: Tadamon! Montreal Presente: "In the Shadows of the City" Projection du film de Jean Khalil Chamoun Liban, 2000, 102 Minutes Langue arabe / sous-titrage anglais? Ev?nement faisant parti du Festival Annuel de film du Groupe de recherche d'int?r?t public [GRIP] de l'universit? de McGill? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MARDI, 13 Fevrier, 20h00 entr?e gratuite au Departement des etudes culturelles Universit? McGill 3475 Rue Peel [metro McGill] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Le film de Jean Chamoun retrace les 15 ans de la guerre civile au Liban qui a pris fin en 1990. Ce cin?aste libanais reconnu nous montre la complexit? de la guerre civile au Liban ? travers la vie de Rami, un adolescent de 12 ans, et de sa famille. Esp?rant ?viter la guerre civile qui gagne l'ensemble du pays, la famille de Rami d?m?nage ?? Beyrouth. Cependant, la guerre les rattrape en ville et Rami et sa famille se retrouvent confront?s au ch?mage, ? la mort et ? la perte des personnes qui leurs sont ch?res. Ce film pr?sente les complexit?s politiques et sociales des 15 ans de guerre civiles tout en mettant en relief les cons?quences de cette guerre sur la jeunesse libanaise. Tadamon! Montr?al proposera une discussion suite au film sur la relation existant entre la guerre civile libanaise et le sectarisme que nous observons actuellement et qui continue ? toucher le Liban et le Moyen Orient. Tadamon! Montr?al http://tadamon.resist.ca / tadamon[at]resist.ca / 514 664 1036 ---- Tadamon! Montr?al Tadamon! [Solidarit?! en arabe], est un collectif d'activistes pour la justice sociale. Install? ? Montr?al, il fournit soutien et solidarit? aux mouvements locaux de justice ?conomique et sociale au Liban. Dans le contexte des changements politiques historiques qui ont eu lieu au Liban, Tadamon! vise ? soutenir par ses actions les luttes pour la justice sociale et les droits humains pour TOUTES les personnes qui vivent au Liban, gr?ce ? la coordination directe et ? l'organisation entre les activistes de Beyrouth et Montr?al. ? Montr?al, Tadamon! cherche ? organiser, gr?ce ? la sensibilisation des gens dans la Diaspora libanaise, une action culturelle et politique, qui se consacre aux luttes auxquelles la communaut? libanaise est aux prises, comme l'immigration, le racisme, la pauvret? et les droits dans le domaine du travail. En organisant son action, tant ? l'?chelon local qu'international, Tadamon! est en phase avec les mouvements de justice sociale au Liban, au Canada et sur le plan international, mouvements qui sont par nature contre le capitalisme et les tendances autoritaires. ---------------- From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Tue Jan 30 03:32:05 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:32:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?iso-8859-1?q?De_l=27Irak_=E0_Afghanistan?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2C_il_n=27y_a_pas_de_justice_sous_occupation!_Joignez-vou?= =?iso-8859-1?q?s_au_Contingent_anti-imp=E9rialiste_=2817_mars=29?= Message-ID: [SVP diffusez ... Joignez-vous au Contingent anti-imp?rialiste ? Montr?al le 17 mars 2007, dans le cadre d'une journ?e mondiale d'action contre l'occupation de l'Irak.] Le mois de mars 2007 marquera le quatri?me anniversaire de l'invasion et de l'occupation de l'Irak par les ?tats-Unis et leurs alli?s. George Bush vient d'annoncer l'envoi de plusieurs milliers d'autres soldats en Irak, alors que le nombre de civil-e-s tu?s augmente de fa?on dramatique. La soi-disant ? guerre au terrorisme ? prend de l'expansion, par les bombardements r?cents en Somalie et par la torture et les abus qui ont toujours lieu dans les camps de concentration ? l'?tats-unienne, ? Guantanamo, ? Abu Ghraib, ? Bagram et dans des ? prisons secr?tes ? partout ? travers le monde. Pendant ce temps, le Canada continue ? appuyer l'imp?rialisme ?tats-unien au Moyen-Orient. Un appui illustr? par les milliers de soldats stationn?s en Afghanistan et par les propos de Stephen Harper, qui a d?crit l'offensive isra?lienne contre le Liban et la Palestine comme ?tant une ? r?ponse mesur?e ?. C'est en opposition ? la guerre, ? l'occupation et ? l'imp?rialisme que nous prendrons les rue le samedi 17 mars prochain pour crier haut et fort: DE L'IRAK ? L'AFGHANISTAN IL N'Y A PAS DE JUSTICE SOUS OCCUPATION! Joignez-vous au contingent anti-imp?rialiste ? Bloquez l'empire! ? Dans le cadre d'une journ?e internationale d'action contre l'occupation de l'Irak ::::::: SAMEDI le 17 mars ? MIDI Parc Norman Bethune Coin Guy et De Maisonneuve (m?tro Guy-Concordia) ::::::: Enfants bienvenus! Nous prendrons les rues ? partir de 12h30 (pile!) pour ensuite nous joindre aux autres manifestations anti-guerre ? Montr?al. ILS OCCUPENT NOUS R?SISTONS! Nous d?non?ons la guerre et l'occupation, et appuyons la r?sistance populaire: ... en Irak ... en Afghanistan ... en Palestine ... au Liban ... en Irak ... en Iran ... en Bolivie ... en Colombie ... dans le territoire Mapuche ... ? Oaxaca ... au Chiapas ... aux Philippines ... en Ha?ti ... ? Six Nations ... ? Kahnawahke ... ? Kanehsatake ... ? Nitassinan ... sur l'?le de la Tortue (Territoires Occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord) ... et partout! INFO : bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca - 514 848-7583 ? http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com ----- POUR VOUS IMPLIQUER DANS L'ORGANISATION DU CONTINGENT -- : MOBILISATION : -- Nous cherchons ? mobiliser activement les Montr?alais et les Montr?alaises, pour passer le mot au sujet des actions anti-guerre du 17 mars, dans le cadre de la journ?e internationale contre l'occupation de l'Irak (et contre toutes les occupations militaires). Pour aider avec la mobilisation, contactez-nous! -- : ENDOSSEMENTS : -- En plus de d?noncer l'occupation de l'Irak et l'intervention du Canada en Afghanistan, nous voulons aussi dans le cadre du contingent anti-imp?rialiste souligner notre appui ? la souverainet? autochtone sur l'?le de la Tortue (Territoires Occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord), signifier notre solidarit? avec les mouvements de r?sistance populaire ? l'imp?rialisme et r?it?rer notre opposition ? la guerre, ? la militarisation et ? l'occupation, ainsi que notre opposition ? la complicit? des entreprises canadiennes et des soi-disant ? ONG ? dans ces processus. Si votre groupe d?sire endosser le contingent, ?crivez-nous ? bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca ou appelez-nous au 514 848-7583. Il y a pr?sentement plus de 30 collectifs, groupes et organismes qui ont endoss? le contingent anti-imp?rialiste. -- : AFFICHAGE ET TRACTAGE : -- Au cours des prochaines semaines, nous afficherons dans les rues de Montr?al et distribuerons des tracts dans les m?tros et lors d'?v?nements publics. Si vous voulez aider avec l'affichage et le tractage, ?crivez-nous. -- : ART, TH??TRE ET R?SISTANCE CR?ATIVE : -- L'art, le th??tre de rue et les autres formes de r?sistance cr?ative sont des aspects importants du contingent anti-imp?rialiste. Plusieurs artistes et une fanfare se pr?parent actuellement en vue du contingent du 17 mars. Un comit? artistique pr?parera des banni?res et autres mat?riels pour la manif. Pour vous impliquer, ou pour vous tenir au courant des dates des r?unions du comit? artistique, contactez-nous par courriel ou par t?l?phone. -- : ORGANISATION : -- Si vous avez le temps, impliquez-vous directement dans le collectif Bloquez l'empire Montr?al, en assistant ? nos r?unions et ? nos ?v?nements. En plus du contingent anti-imp?rialiste du 17 mars, nous mobilisons pr?sentement contre le recrutement militaire, contre le d?ploiement prochain de plus de 2000 soldats en Afghanistan (issus de la base militaire de Valcartier), appuyons les luttes pour la souverainet? autochtone ? Six Nations, organisons diff?rents ?v?nements publics, et plus encore! BLOQUEZ L'EMPIRE MONTR?AL est un collectif anti-autoritaire et d'action directe, oppos? ? la guerre et ? la militarisation, et aux racines de ces probl?mes qui se trouvent dans les ph?nom?nes plus larges du colonialisme, de l'imp?rialisme et du capitalisme. Nous cherchons ? exposer les liens entre la mondialisation, le patriarcat, le racisme ainsi que toutes les formes d'oppression, ici autant qu'ailleurs. Notre travail au niveau local vise ? perturber et ? affecter directement les int?r?ts de ceux qui participent et/ou qui sont complices de ces syst?mes, que ce soit les entreprises qui contribuent et qui profitent de la guerre et de l'occupation ou les postes de garde de l'empire ?tats-unien et de l'?tat canadien. Nous endossons les principes de l'Action mondiale des peuples (AMP) et agissons en solidarit? avec toutes celles et ceux qui sont aux premi?res lignes des luttes contre l'occupation et l'exploitation -- de la r?sistance ? la ?guerre au terrorisme? raciste au Moyen-Orient, en Am?rique latine, en Afrique et en Asie, aux luttes pour la souverainet? autochtone ici-m?me sur l'?le de la Tortue (territoires occup?s de l'Am?rique du Nord). bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Tue Jan 30 03:34:09 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:34:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Bush out of Baghdad, Canada out of Kandahar! Join the Anti-Imperialist Contingent (March 17) Message-ID: [Please post and forward widely ...Join the Anti-imperialist contingent in Montreal on March 17, 2007, part of a worldwide day of action against the occupation of Iraq.] March 2007 marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal invasion and occupation of Iraq. George Bush is increasing -- despite worldwide opposition and outrage -- the number of American troops in Iraq, meaning more death and devastation for Iraqi civilians. The so-called "War on Terror" expands, with the recent bombardment and occupation of Somalia, and continued torture and abuse at American-run concentration camps at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Bagram and at secret prisons all over the world. Meanwhile the Canadian government continues to support US-led imperialism in the Middle East with thousands of troops in Afghanistan, and Stephen Harper describing the deaths of civilians in Lebanon and Palestine as "measured and justified." In opposition to war, occupation and imperialism, this coming Saturday, March 17, 2007 we take to the streets to demand: BUSH OUT OF BAGHDAD! CANADA OUT OF KANDAHAR! Join the "Block the Empire! Anti-Imperialist Contingent" Part of a worldwide day of action against the occupation of Iraq. ::::: SATURDAY, MARCH 17, NOON Norman Bethune Park Guy and de Maisonneuve (metro Guy-Concordia) ::::: A child-friendly march. Bring your kids! We begin marching at 12:30pm (sharp) to join other anti-war marches in Montreal. OCCUPATION ANYWHERE, RESISTANCE EVERYWHERE! We are denouncing war and occupation, and supporting grassroots resistance and self-determination: Iraq ... Afghanistan ...Palestine ... Lebanon ... Iran ... Somalia ... Bolivia ... ... Mapuche territory ... Oaxaca ...Chiapas ... Philippines ... Haiti ... Six Nations ... Kahnawake ...Kanehsatake ... Nitassinan ... Turtle Island ... everywhere! INFO: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca ? 514-848-7583- http://blockthempire.blogspot.com ---------- HOW TO SUPPORT AND GET INVOLVED: --> Mobilizing and Outreach: We are actively reaching out to the Montreal community, to spread the word about anti-war mobilizations on March 17, as part of worldwide actions against the occupation of Iraq (and against all military occupations). To help with our efforts, get in touch! --> Endorsements: In addition to opposing the occupation of Iraq and Canada's involvement in Afghanistan, the Anti-Imperialist contingent is also highlighting support for indigenous sovereignty on Turtle Island, solidarity with grassroots resistance to imperialism, and clear opposition to war, militarization and occupation (including opposition to the complicity of Canadian corporations and so-called "NGOs"). If you endorse the contingent let us know by e-mail bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca or phone (514-848-7583). There are currently at least 30 collectives, groups and organizations that have endorsed the Anti-Imperialist Contingent. --> Postering and Flyering: We will be postering throughout Montreal, and flyering at metros and community events in the coming weeks. To help with both efforts, get in touch. --> Art, Theatre and Creative Resistance: One very important part of the anti-imperialist contingent will be art, theatre and other forms of creative resistance. We have an active crew of artists, and a marching band, that are preparing for the contingent on March 17. An art committee will be preparing materials for the demo. To get involved, or to find out about art committee meetings, contact us by e-mail or phone. --> Organizing: If you have the time, get involved directly with Block the Empire-Montreal, by attending our meetings or events. In addition to organizing the anti-imperialist contingent on March 17, we are also campaigning against armed forces recruitment, organizing against the upcoming deployment of 2000 troops to Afghanistan from Valcartier, supporting indigenous sovereignty efforts at Six Nations, organizing popular efforts, and more. TO GET IN TOUCH AND STAY INFORMED: e-mail: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca telephone: 514-848-7583 web: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com To get on our news and announcements e-mail list, e-mail us with "subscribe blem-nouvelles" in the subject line. ABOUT BLOCK THE EMPIRE-MONTREAL: Block the Empire-Montreal is an anti-authoritarian, direct-action collective opposed to war and militarization, and their roots and manifestations: colonialism, imperialism and capitalism. We seek to expose the links between capitalist globalization and patriarchy, racism and all forms of oppression, both here and abroad. Our work locally aims to disrupt and directly impact the interests of those who are actively complicit in these systems, from companies who fuel and profit from war and occupation, to the supporters and outposts of US Empire and the Canadian state. We endorse the People's Global Action (PGA) hallmarks, and we act in direct solidarity with all those on the frontlines of resistance and struggle against occupation and exploitation - from those resisting the racist "War on Terror" in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia, to the struggle for indigenous sovereignty here on Turtle Island (occupied North America). bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Tue Jan 30 03:34:39 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:34:39 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?iso-8859-1?q?De_Iraq_a_Afganist=E1n=2C_no_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?hay_justicia_bajo_ocupaci=F3n!_=DAnase_al_contingente_anti?= =?iso-8859-1?q?-imperialista_=2817_de_marzo=29?= Message-ID: [Favor de difundir ... ?nase al contingente anti-imperialista en Montreal el 17 de marzo 2007, en el marco de un d?a de acci?n mundial contra la ocupaci?n de Iraq.] El mes de marzo 2007 marcar? el cuarto aniversario de la invasi?n y de la ocupaci?n de Iraq por los Estados Unidos y sus aliados. George Bush acaba de anunciar el env?o de varios miles de soldados mas en Iraq, mientras que el n?mero de civiles asesinados aumenta dram?ticamente. La llamada "guerra contra el terrorismo" se expande, por los recientes bombardeos en Somalia y por la tortura y los abusos que siguen ocurriendo en los campos de concentraci?n a lo gringo, en Guant?namo, en Abu Ghraib, en Bagram y en "prisiones secretas" en todas partes del mundo. Mientras tanto, el gobierno canadiense continua de apoyar el imperialismo estadounidense en el Oriente Medio, por los miles de soldados estacionados en Afganist?n y por el discurso de Stephen Harper quien describi? la ofensiva israel? en el L?bano y en Palestina como una "respuesta moderada". Es en oposici?n a la guerra, a la ocupaci?n y al imperialismo, que tomaremos las calles el sabado 17 de marzo para gritar con fuerza: ?DE IRAQ A AFGANIST?N NO HAY JUSTICIA BAJO LA OCUPACI?N! ?nase al contingente anti-imperialista de "?Bloqueen el imperio!" En el marco de un d?a de acci?n mundial contra la ocupaci?n de Iraq. ::::::: SABADO 17 de marzo al medio d?a Parque Norman Bethune Esquina Guy y De Maisonneuve (metro Guy-Concordia) ::::::: ? Bienvenido a los ni?os ! Comenzamos a caminar a las 12 y media (en punto!) para enseguida juntarnos a las dem?s marchas contra la guerra. OCUPAN... ?RESISTIMOS! Denunciamos la guerra y la ocupaci?n y apoyamos la resistencia popular: ... en Iraq ... en Afganist?n ... en Palestina ... en el L?bano ... en Ir?n ... en Somal?a... en Bolivia ... en Colombia ... en el territorio Mapuche ... en Oaxaca ... en Chiapas ... en las Filipinas ... en Hait? ... en Seis Naciones ... en Kahnawahke ... en Kanehsatake ... en Nitassinan ... en la Isla de la Tortuga (Territorios ocupados de Am?rica del norte) ... y en todos lados! INFO : bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca - 514 848-7583 - http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com ---------- PARA INVOLUCRARSE EN LA ORGANISACI?N DEL CONTINGENTE -- : MOBILISACI?N : -- Pretendemos movilizar activamente la gente de Montreal, para pasar la palabra con respecto a las acciones anti-guerra del 17 de marzo, en el marco del d?a internacional contra la ocupaci?n de Iraq (y contra todos las ocupaciones militares). ?Para ayudar con la movilizaci?n, cont?ctenos! -- : APOYOS : -- Adem?s de denunciar la ocupaci?n de Irak y la intervenci?n de Canad? en Afganist?n, queremos tambi?n en el marco del contingente anti-imp?rialiste destacar nuestro apoyo a la soberan?a aut?ctona sobre la Isla de la Tortuga (Territorios Ocupados de Norteam?rica), manifestar nuestra solidaridad con los movimientos de resistencia popular al imperialismo y reiterar nuestra oposici?n a la guerra, a la militarizaci?n y a la ocupaci?n, as? como nuestra oposici?n a la complicidad de las empresas canadienses y de las llamadas "ONG" en estos procesos. Si su grupo desea apoyar al contingente, escriba a bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca o ll?menos al 514-848-7583. Hay actualmente m?s de 30 colectivos, grupos y organismos que apoyan el contingente anti-imp?rialiste. -- : AFICHES Y VOLANTES : -- Durante las pr?ximas semanas, publicaremos en las calles de Montreal y distribuiremos volantes en los metros y en acontecimientos p?blicos. Si quieren ayudar con los afiches y los volantes, escr?banos. -- : ARTE, TEATRO Y RESISTENCIA CREATIVA : -- El arte, el teatro de calle y las dem?s formas de resistencia creativa son aspectos importantes del contingente anti-imperialista. Varios artistas y una charanga se preparan actualmente para el contingente del 17 de marzo. Un comit? art?stico preparar? banderas y otros materiales para la marcha. Para involucrarse, o para estar al tanto de las fechas de las reuniones del comit? art?stico, cont?ctenos por correo electr?nico o por tel?fono. -- : ORGANIZACI?N : -- Si tienen tiempo, se puede involucrar directamente en el colectivo Bloqueen el imperio Montreal, asistiendo a nuestras reuniones y a nuestros eventos. ?Adem?s del contingente anti-imperialista del 17 de marzo, nos movilizamos actualmente contra la contrataci?n militar, contra el pr?ximo despliegue de m?s de 2000 soldados en Afganist?n (resultantes de la base militar de Valcartier), apoyamos las luchas para la soberan?a aut?ctona en Seis Naciones, organizamos distintos eventos p?blicos, y a?n m?s! BLOQUEEN EL IMPERIO MONTREAL el imperio Montreal es un colectivo antiautoritario y de acci?n directa, opuesto a la guerra y a la militarizaci?n, y a las ra?ces de estos problemas que se encuentran en los fen?menos m?s amplios del colonialismo, el imperialismo y el capitalismo. Pretendemos exponer los v?nculos entre la mundialisaci?n, el patriarcado, el racismo as? como todas las formas de opresi?n, aqu? y en todas partes. Nuestro trabajo a nivel local tiene por objeto perturbar y afectar directamente los intereses de los que participan y/o que son c?mplices de estos sistemas, que sean las empresas que contribuyen y que aprovechan de la guerra y de la ocupaci?n o los puestos de guardia del imperio estadounidense y del Estado canadiense. Asumimos los principios de la Acci?n mundial de los pueblos (AMP) y actuamos en solidaridad con tod at s l at s que est?n a las primeras l?neas de las luchas contra la ocupaci?n y la explotaci?n -- desde la resistencia a la "guerra al terrorismo" racista en Oriente Medio, en Am?rica Latina, en ?frica y en Asia, hasta las luchas por la soberan?a aut?ctona aqu?-mismo sobre la Isla de la Tortuga (territorios ocupados de Norteam?rica). bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca From aaron at resist.ca Wed Jan 31 10:59:30 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:59:30 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] FRIDAY: Trial Support Requested (fwd) Message-ID: ce message a ?t? envoy? par Dru de Haiti Action Montr?al. il va etre au cour municipal (775 Gossford) avec Yves Engler, un autre cammarade de HAM, ce vendredi, le 2 f?vrier, ? 9h00 pour se d?fendre contre des infractions port?es par Pierre Pettigrew lors de la campagne ?l?ctorale de 2006. les infos en anglais sont ci-dessous. allons les supporter! aaron ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:10:01 -0500 From: Dru Oja Jay Reply-To: haiti_action_montreal at lists.riseup.net, Dru Oja Jay To: Haiti Action Montreal Subject: [haitian_solidarity] FRIDAY: Trial Support Requested Hi folks, As some of you know, Pierre Pettigrew's operatives are pressing charges against Yves and I for allegedly damaging Liberal Party property during the January 2006 election campaign. For those not familiar, HAM and our allies put up a *lot* of posters of Pettigrew's face, with the words "wanted for crimes against humanity in Haiti" all around Pettigrew's riding. He lost by 1,000 votes to Vivian Barbot, a Haitian-born candidate running for the Bloc Quebecois. Our trials, however, are happening separately--I'm guessing they wanted to maximize the inconvenience for us, as this happened at the last minute. Mine is this FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2. I have a possibility of coming out of this with a criminal record, so I would appreciate any courtroom support, even if it's for an hour. The trial begins at 9AM, and likely won't go past 12, so the most important time to be there is at 9am. The MUNICIPAL COURT is at 775 GOSFORD, one block south of St. Antoine, METRO CHAMP-DE-MARS. Map here: http://tinyurl.com/2dj9w5 If you can spare an hour on Friday morning, please come! thanks, dru