[Bloquez l'empire!] Wednesday: Organizing & Mobilizing Meeting for the Anti-Imperialist Contingent :: Please attend (Wednesday, January 31)

[bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca]

[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 Échec à 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 étudiante du cégep de Saint-Laurent (AECSL)
- Association facultaire des étudiants en sciences humaines de l'UQÀM
(AFESH-UQÀM)
- Association générale étudiante du Cégep du Vieux-Montréal (AGECVM)
- Association des Jeunes Libanais Musulman-Montréal
- Center for Philippine Concerns (CPC)
- Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees (CADPR)
- Comité d'action politique-UQÀM
- Le Collectif opposé à la brutalité policière (COBP)
- Le Comité des sans-emploi (Montréal-Centre)
- Documentation Information Ressources Alternatives (DIRA)
- Groupe d'action et de sensibilisation au pouvoir étudiant (GRASPÉ-McGill)
- Haiti Action Montreal
- La Otra Campaña Montréal
- Immigrant Workers Center (IWC)
- International Solidarity Movement (ISM)-Montreal
- Libertad (Cégep du Vieux-Montréal)
- Liberterre
- No One Is Illegal-Montreal/Personne n'est illégal-Montréal
- La Pointe Libertaire
- Projet Accompagnement Solidarité Colombie (PASC)
- La RueBrique
- Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-McGill)
- Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-Concordia)
- Réseau anarchiste en milieu étudiant (RAMÉ)
- Résistance haïtienne au Québec
- Solidarité sans frontières/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! Montréal
- Unité des socialistes iraniens à Montréal