From soutienkader at gmail.com Tue Sep 4 21:42:26 2007 From: soutienkader at gmail.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Comit=E9_de_soutien?=) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:42:26 -0400 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] [KADER] 600 Days: Update and Audio Message-ID: <026a01c7ef77$36789f90$1f3bcdcd@CPQ18145226471> KADER - 600 DAYS IN SANCTUARY Over 600 days since taking sanctuary in St. Gabriel's catholic church, Abdelkader Belaouni continues to demand an immediate regularisation of his status. Despite a broad base of local, national and international support, Kader's demand remains unacknowledged by Immigration Canada officials. We urge you to continue supporting Kader, and to stay tuned in the coming week and in coming months for actions you can take. In the meantime, be sure to check out recent radio broadcasts featuring Kader, direct from sanctuary. Details are below: (1) CKUT's Radio Sanctuary with Kader B. (Friday August 24th archive) (2) CBC radio special featuring Kader (Thursday August 23rd archive) (3) Prisoner Justice Day (Friday August 10th archive) (1) CKUT PRESENTS RADIO SANCTUARY WITH KADER (FRIDAY AUG. 24th) ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Radio Sanctuary : The Hour of Power Friday August 24th 5-6pm E.S.T An hour of power with Kader live from the St-Gabriel's Church, Point-St-Charles (MONTREAL) 90,3 FM in Montreal Archives via: www.ckut.ca ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* On Friday August 24th from 5-6pm CKUT and Kader broadcast the 10th installment of RADIO SANCTUARY, a live hour-long remote broadcast hosted by Abdelkader Belaouni. CKUT is a community radio station proudly embedded in movements for social justice, particularly those of migrants in Montreal. Since Kader cannot leave the church, CKUT radio joins him inside St-Gabriel's Church, in the heart of Point St-Charles. Join us for this bilingual (English and French) program. -->To view PHOTOS from the broadcast of Radio Sanctuary, visit: http://gallery.cmaq.net/radio-sanctuaire For more information, contact news at ckut.ca , call 514-448-4041 x6788, or visit www.soutienpourkader.net. (2) CBC RADIO SPECIAL FEATURING KADER (THURSDAY AUG. 23rd) On Thursday August 23rd, CBC Radio re-broadcast a feature length interview with Kader that was originally featured on the CBC's 'the Current,' the most listened to radio show in Canada. It can be listened to in whole at : www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2007/200705/20070515.html. (3) PRISONERS JUSTICE DAY (AUGUST 10th CKUT ARCHIVE) PJD began in 1975 in Millhaven Penitentiary (Kingston, ON) to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Eddie Nalon, a prisoner in segregation awaiting medical assistance. Over the years, prisoners continue to recognize the day by fasting and refusing to work. Community groups and family members organize solidarity events outside prisons. 10 a.m. Immigration and "Security" This hour was hosted by Kader B from sanctuary at St. Gabriel's church in Pointe St. Charles. To listen to the broadcast, visit: http://secure.ckut.ca/64/20070810.10.00-11.00.mp3. Since they were first introduced, security certificates have been hailed as a violation of fundamental rights, as prisoners are detained in the name of national security without trial. Matthew Behrens speaks about the issue. Later in the hour, we talk to Sophie Harkat, spouse of Mohamed Harkat, who was detained under the security certificate process and remains under house arrest. Then, stay tuned as we speak to Benamar Benatta, subject of the first post- September 11 rendition case. He speaks on his experience of being unlawfully rendered to American authorities and his time in a New York detention center. _______________________________________________ Soutienkader mailing list Soutienkader at lists.resist.ca https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soutienkader From soutienkader at gmail.com Tue Sep 4 21:42:46 2007 From: soutienkader at gmail.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Comit=E9_de_soutien?=) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:42:46 -0400 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] [KADER] 600 jours : Mise-a-jour et Audios Message-ID: <026b01c7ef77$36c511e0$1f3bcdcd@CPQ18145226471> KADER - 600 jours en sanctuaire Plus de 600 jours apr?s s'?tre r?fugi? en sanctuaire dans l'?glise catholique Saint-Gabriel, Abdelkader Belaouni demande toujours une r?gularisation de son statut. Bien que sa cause re?oive un fort soutien local, national et international, les demandes de Kader demeurent ? ce jour ignor?es par les autorit?s d'Immigration Canada. Nous vous incitons ? pers?v?rer ? soutenir Kader et ? rester attentifs quant aux actions que vous pourrez entreprendre afin de lui venir en aide dans la prochaine semaine et dans les prochains mois. Entre temps, ?coutez les r?centes ?missions radiophoniques r?alis?es par Kader en directe du sanctuaire. Tous les d?tails vous sont pr?cis?s plus bas. 1- Radio Sanctuaire avec Kader B. sur les ondes de CKUT (vendredi le 24 ao?t) 2- L'?mission sp?ciale sur le dossier de Kader diffus?e sur les ondes de la CBC (jeudi le 23 ao?t) 3- ?Prisoner Justice Day? - Justice pour les prisonniers (vendredi le 10 ao?t) 1- Radio Sanctuaire avec Kader B. sur les ondes de CKUT (vendredi le 24 ao?t) ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ ?coutez la derni?re ?mission de Radio Sanctuaire : L'heure du pouvoir diffus?e le vendredi 24 ao?t entre 17 et 18 heures (Heure de l'Est) Une heure pour le pouvoir, en directe de l'?glise Saint-Gabriel, situ?e dans le quartier Pointe Saint-Charles ? Montr?al visitez les archives de la radio CKUT 90,3 FM ? Montreal -- www.ckut.ca ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Vendredi, le 24 ao?t dernier entre 17 et 18 heures, Kader et la radio CKUT ont diffus? la 10e ?dition de ? Radio Sanctuaire ?. Une heure d'?mission ? distance anim?e par Abdelkader Belaouni. CKUT est une radio communautaire qui appuie fi?rement les mouvements de justice sociale, particuli?rement ceux li?s aux situations des personnes migrantes ? Montr?al. Depuis que Kader est dans l'impossibilit? de quitter l'?glise Saint-Gabriel, la radio CKUT se joint ? lui en sanctuaire, au coeur de Pointe Saint-Charles pour une diffusion bilingue, fran?ais et anglais. 2- L'?mission sp?ciale sur le dossier de Kader diffus?e sur les ondes de la CBC (jeudi le 23 ao?t) R?-?coutez l'?mission de la CBC diffus?e ? 9 h 15 min, jeudi le 23 ao?t dernier et qui pr?sente une interview compl?te de Kader. L'?mission a ?t? diffus?e une premi?re fois en mai sur les ondes de la CBC ? l'?mission ? The Current ?, l'une des plus ?cout?es au Canada. Elle peut ?tre ?cout?e ? l'adresse suivante : www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2007/200705/20070515.html 3- ? Prisoner Justice Day ? - Justice pour les prisonniers (vendredi le 10 ao?t - archives) L'?mission ? Prisoner Justice Day ? a d?but? en 1975 dans le p?nitencier de Millhaven ? Kinston en Ontario afin de c?l?brer le premier anniversaire de la mort d'Eddie Nalon, un prisonnier en s?gr?gation en attente de soins m?dicaux. Avec les ann?es, lors de cet anniversaire, les prisonniers refusent de se nourrir et de travailler, tandis que les groupes communautaires et les membres des familles des personnes incarc?r?es organisent des ?v?nements ? proximit? des prisons. 10h00 - Immigration et ? s?curit? ? Cette ?mission d'une heure, a ?t? anim?e par Kader B. ? partir de son sanctuaire de l'?glise Saint-Gabriel dans Pointe Saint-Charles. Pour ?couter cette diffusion, visitez le site : http://secure.ckut.ca/64/20070810.10.00-11.00.mp3. Depuis l'instauration des certificats de s?curit?, ceux-ci sont reconnus comme ?tant une violation des droits fondamentaux, en instaurant la d?tention d'individus au nom d'une s?curit? nationale, et ce, sans proc?s. Nous parlons avec Matthew Behrens avant Sophie Harkat, l'?pouse de Mohamed Harkat, d?tenu sous un tel certificat et qui est toujours soumis ? une assignation ? domicile. En toute fin d'?mission, nous parlons avec Benamar Benatta, sujet du premier cas de ? livraison ? d'individus post 11 septembre. Il parle de ses exp?riences d'avoir ?t? d?tenu dans un ?tablissement carc?ral new-yorkais. _______________________________________________ Soutienkader mailing list Soutienkader at lists.resist.ca https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soutienkader From aaron at resist.ca Thu Sep 6 14:46:20 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:46:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Stopwar reportback on NATO direct action..NATO not welcome!] Message-ID: <51208.74.13.209.82.1189115180.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> Forward from Stopwar.ca activists... -Please forward- NATO NOT WELCOME! Canadian Armed Forces Recruiting Center Attacked Thursday September 6, 2007 Early this morning the recruitment center on Georgia Street was attacked by anti-war activists. Buckets of red paint where thrown against the window and a sign reading 'Bring the War Home? was posted to the front door. The action co-insides with the imminent arrival of top NATO commanders who are holding a meeting in Victoria. In a statement forwarded to several anti-war organizations the message read in part, 'This small act was made in hopes to escalate anti-war activity. Our marches and speeches have done little to end this war. While the majority of Canadians desire its end, the government, military and their corporate sponsors continue killing unarmed civilians in Afghanistan.? ?This paint represents the blood spilled in the occupation of Afghanistan, where NATO?s generals don?t care about civilians bombed in their homes or starving in camps, and where human lives are extinguished as cannon fodder for illegal war?. ?This paint represents the blood spilled in the occupation of Canada. From Innu territory to Gustafson Lake.? 'By bringing the war home we mean to inflict economic and political damage upon the war machine. Our actions will intensify.' ?Unlike most main stream anti-war organizations we do not call for the troops to be brought home to further colonial genocide on indigenous land. We fight to abolish state terror at home and abroad.' _______________________________________________ pga-bloc mailing list pga-bloc at lists.resist.ca https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pga-bloc From nooneisillegal at gmail.com Fri Sep 7 03:03:03 2007 From: nooneisillegal at gmail.com (No One Is Illegal Montreal) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 06:03:03 -0400 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Shawn Brant & Benamar Benatta: No One Is Illegal Radio (September 2007) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No One Is Illegal Radio ? September 2007 http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com This month's edition of No One Is Illegal Radio features interviews with Benamar Benatta Canada's first 9/11 rendition to torture AND, in his first public interview since his release from jail, Shawn Brant of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Community. --> LISTEN to the September 2007 edition of No One Is Illegal radio at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=24582 -- BENAMAR BENATTA, Canada's first 9/11 rendition to torture: Benatta, a refugee from Algeria, was detained close to five years without charge in the United States after being illegally removed from Canada. In the US, Benatta was subject to abusive treatment and torture. He is now back in Canada, pursuing his asylum claim, and demanding answers from Canadian authorities. In this interview, Benatta describes the abusive treatment he suffered while in detention, Canada's direct role in his rendition, and current efforts for a public review of his case. For more info about Benamar Bennata's case, consult: http://www.benamarbenatta.com -- SHAWN BRANT, Mohawk organizer and activist from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Community in Eastern Ontario: Shawn was jailed since July 5, 2007, denied bail in relation to his participation in native blockades of rail lines and highways on the territory of the Tyendinaga Mohawks. The blockades were undertaken to raise awareness about the reclamation of a piece of land called the Culbertson Tract adjoining Tyendinaga, living conditions in indigenous communities, and struggles for sovereignty and self-determination. Shawn was finally granted bail on August 31 and is currently under house arrest in Tyendinaga. In this wide-ranging interview, Shawn addresses many topics, including: an overview of the campaign to reclaim the Culberston Tract, the double-standard of undertaking economic disruption, courage on the frontlines, the forced breakup of the Mohawk confederacy in 1924, and the CN Rail lawsuit against Mohawk activists. Shawn also responds to evidence of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) wiretapping, the remarks of OPP chief Julian Fantino, the recent claim of sabotage against CN in Montreal, as well as providing a critical view of non-native solidarity. For more info about support for Shawn Brant and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Community: http://www.ocap.ca/supporttmt.html --> LISTEN to the September 2007 edition of No One Is Illegal radio at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=24582 PREVIOUS SHOWS of NO ONE IS ILLEGAL RADIO on CKUT: ::: August 2007 ::: - Sverre Pederson, an anti-racism activist in Oslo, speaking about Afghan refugees refusing forcible removal from Norway: - Jenn Tsun, a dissident member of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, speaking about indigenous sovereignty and the resistance to uranium mining by the Algonquins of Sharbot Lake; - Farha Najah and Nazila Bettache of No One Is Illegal-Montreal, and Roderick Calderon of the Siklab Migrant Workers Support Group, speaking about the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) from a community assembly in Montreal; LISTEN to the August 2007 show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=24164 ::: July 2007 ::: - Kahehti:io & Raiewate, youth activists from the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, south of Montreal, speaking about the blockade of Highway 30 and the shutdown of the Mercier bridge on June 29, the inspiration of the resistance at Tyendinaga, the anniversary of Oka, and unity amongst indigenous activists. - Gord Hill, member of the Kwakwaka'wakw nation who has been active with the Native Youth Movement, the Sutikalh Camp and other groups, speaking about the "collaborators" of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the Indian Act band council system, actions on June 29 and Anti-Canada Day actions on July 1st, the inspiration of indigenous elders Harriet Nahanee and Louis Hall, the legacy of Oka, the "warrior spirit", among other topics. LISTEN to the July 2007 show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=23762 ::: June 2007 ::: - Antonia Baker of the Prisoners Justice Action Committee (PJAC) in Toronto, about the series of "tough on crime" bills introduced by the Harper government, and Canada's emerging Prison Industrial Complex; - Jill Chettiar of the Anti-Poverty Committee (APC) in Vancouver, about the disruptive tactics being employed to oppose the upcoming Olympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler in 2010, in support of anti-poverty and indigenous sovereignty efforts; - Ashley Turner and Rob Block of Sin Fronteras in Houston, Texas, about a recent protest at an immigration detention facility, as part of a Global Day of Action for Free Movement coinciding with anti-G8 protests in Germany; LISTEN to the June 2007 show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=23533 ::: May 2007 ::: Special CKUT Fundraising Show - Rhonda Martin, mother of former Six Nations political prisoner Chris Hill; Chris was held in a Hamilton-area detention centre for over three months in relation to charges relating to the Ontario Provincial Police raid on the Six Nations Land Reclamation that has been ongoing since February 2006; - Jason Maracle, a spokesperson for the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte who has been involved in the ongoing reclamation of a quarry site on a part of Mohawk land called the "Culberston Tract" as well as a 30-hour plus blockade of CN railway lines to put pressure on government officials to properly settle land claims; - Maria Muentez of Families for Freedom reporting about the May 1 immigrant justice protests in New York City; - Ashanti Alston, former Black Panther and prison justice activist, speaking about the importance of independent media, as well as providing an update about the San Franciso 8 trial of several former Black Panthers; - Sophie Harkat, an activist against secret trials and security certificates, and the partner of Mohamed Harkat, one of Canada's "Secret Trial Five,"speaking about the current fight against deportation by Mohamed, as well as the severe bail conditions faced by her and her husband; - Amir Hodhod from Jersey City; a refugee from Egypt, and an active member of the Workers Solidarity Network and Solidarity Across Borders in Montreal, Amir lived as an "illegal" in Canada, and was deported to the United States where he was detained in December 2006; LISTEN to the May 2007 show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=23164 ::: April 2007 ::: - Shawn Brant of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Community in Eastern Ontario, about the ongoing occupation of a quarry, as part of a land reclamation effort on the Culberston Tract; - Corinn Williams, about a raid by Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a manufacturing plant, involving hundreds of armed agents, police, military, as well as helicopters, resulting in the detention of more than 350 migrant workers, mainly young women with infant and small children; - Khadija Bennis, the twin sister of Anas Bennis who was killed by Montreal police in still unexplained circumstances on December 1, 2005; LISTEN to the April 2007 show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=22676 ::: March 2007 ::: Special about the People's Commission into Immigration "Security" Measures - Fetya Ahmed, Sarwat Viquar & Jared Will, commissioners: presenting the findings of the People's Commission; - Sarita Ahooja, member of No One Is Illegal-Montreal and a commissioner: speaking on the Land Reclamation at Six Nations; - Khadija Bennis, spokesperson of the Justice for Anas Campaign: speaking about the killing of her brother by Montreal police; - Mary Foster, member of the Justice Coalition for Adil Charkaoui and an organizer of the People's Commission: speaking about the Kingston Immigration Holding Center ("Guantanamo North") and the Secret Trial Five; - Tatiana Gomez, member of Solidarity Across Borders and an organizer of the People's Commission: speaking about the case of Amparo Torres, a Colombia refugee facing deportation based on secret evidence; - Hicham Hillal, member of the Al Hidaya Association: speaking about Islamophobia and the racial and religious profiling of Arab and Muslim communities; - Marie-Eve Lamy, member of the Justice Coalition for Adil Charkaoui and an organizer of the People's Commission: speaking about the case of Suleyman Goven, a Kurdish refugee to Canada who was denied status for 15 years due to CSIS harassment and intimidation; - Leila Pourtavaf, member of No One Is Illegal-Montreal and a researcher for the People's Commission: speaking on the current immigration regime in Canada; - Laura Schevchenko, organizer with the Sogi Bachan Singh Support Committee: providing an update about the deportation to possible torture of Sogi Singh, based on secret evidence LISTEN to the March 2007 show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=22700 ::: February 2007 ::: - Katenies, member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Community, who is currently wanted on an arrest warrant for refusing to appear in court as she steadfastly refuses to recognize the jurisdiction of the Canadian courts and border officials; - Kavitha Pawria, organizer with Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) in New York City, about the recent dawn arrest of an entire Pakistani family in New York City, part of the ongoing "War on Terror" in migrant communities. LISTEN to the February 2007 show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21783 ::: January 2007 ::: - Kahntinetha 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. - Ahmad Jaballah, the 20-year old eldest son of Mahmoud Jaballah, one of the three detainees at the "Guantanamo North" prison near Kingston, Ontario. Jaballah was detained without charge, on secret evidence, for more than five years; includes a reading of the "Open Letter from Guantanamo North". - Amir Hodhod, who on December 27, 2006, after several months living without legal status in Canada, was deported to the United States and spent 7 days in the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility. LISTEN to the January 2007 show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21252 ::: May-December 2006 ::: 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 ----- Tune-in live to No One Is Illegal Radio on the 1st Thursday of every month, from 5-6pm, as part of CKUT's "Off The Hour". --> You can listen live in the MONTREAL-area at 90.3FM. --> You can listen ANYWHERE online at www.ckut.ca 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From transportmontebello at gmail.com Sat Sep 8 22:20:19 2007 From: transportmontebello at gmail.com (Transport Montebello) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 01:20:19 -0400 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?windows-1252?q?Jeudi_13_sept/_Thursday_Sep?= =?windows-1252?q?t_13_=3A=3A_Show-b=E9n=E9fice_pour_les_manifs_=E0?= =?windows-1252?q?_Montebello_et_le_r=E9seau_AMP-Montr=E9al?= Message-ID: <5b35a7490709082220v3788d368ye06639d5cf29cd73@mail.gmail.com> PARTY pour la SOLIDARIT? et la PROSP?RIT? Show-b?n?fice pour les manifs ? Montebello et le r?seau AMP-Montr?al jeudi 13 septembre ? partir de 18 heures au DIRA (2035 St-Laurent, troisi?me ?tage) (metro ST-Laurent) avec... -- photos, films et vid?os sur Montebello -- bi?re ? vendre et bonne bouffe (BBQ) -- musique et DJs Contribution volontaire sugg?r?e de $5 ? $10 Une belle soir?e pour vous rem?morer les r?centes manifestations contre les trois bandidos, et pour aider le Bloc AMP ? payer ses factures! Le r?seau de l'Action mondiale des peuples (AMP) de Montr?al - qui s'organise contre le capitalisme et le colonialisme - a mobilis? cet ?t? contre le Sommet du Partenariat pour la s?curit? et la prosp?rit? qui s'est tenu ? Montebello au mois d'ao?t dernier. Douze autobus et autant de voitures ont voyag? de Montr?al jusqu'? Montebello pour former des brigades d'?ducation populaire et pour se joindre aux manifestations contre le PSP. Nous essayons encore de payer pour les co?ts de cette mobilisation, et avons besoin de votre aide! Plusieurs personnes ont r?serv? des places dans les autobus, mais ne se sont pas pr?sent?es, nous laissant avec plus de frais ? payer et moins de dons que pr?vu. Les groupes impliqu?s dans le r?seau de l'AMP n'ont pas un gros budget ni des membres riches qui peuvent tout rembourser; l'anti-capitalisme n'est une activit? payante... Venez f?ter avec nous cette mobilisation qui continue, tout en nous aidant ? payer nos factures! Si vous pouvez faire un don ? l'avance, ce serait aussi tr?s appr?ci?. Pour faire un don, ?crivez un ch?que ? l'ordre de la "Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes (CLAC)" et envoyez-le ?: Transport Montebello a/s GRIP-Concordia 1500 De Maisonneuve Ouest, #204 Montr?al H3G 1N1 HISTORIQUE: --> Qu'est-ce que le Partenariat pour la "s?curit?" et la "prosp?rit?"? Le ?Partenariat pour la s?curit? et la prosp?rit? (PSP)? conjugue les politiques destructrices n?olib?rales de l'Accord de libre ?change nord-am?ricain (ALENA) aux tactiques de peur et de parano?a associ?es aux politiques de "s?curit? nationale ". Le PSP est un nouveau projet, mais il cadre parfaitement dans le programme colonialiste et capitaliste impos? aux peuples du monde depuis des si?cles. Le PSP, d?crit par ses agents comme une ALENA version 2.0, est con?u et promu par des soci?t?s transnationales et les groupes de pression qui les soutiennent, comme le Conseil canadien de chefs d'entreprise. A group of 30 corporate executives from the NAFTA countries comprise the North American Competitiveness Council, which was set up "to fully incorporate the private sector into the SPP process" (to cite the SPP's own words). Moreover, because the SPP announces itself as a "dialogue based on shared values," it is secretive process, subject to no formal public scrutiny or open debate. Un groupe de 30 dirigeants d'entreprises des pays membres de l'AL?NA se sont rassembl?s pour former le Conseil nord-am?ricain de la comp?titivit?, mis sur pied afin ?d'int?grer pleinement le secteur priv? au processus du PSP?. De plus, le PSP est pr?sent? au public comme un ? dialogue fond? sur des valeurs communes ? et, en tant que tel, ?chappe au contr?le l?gislatif, ? l'examen du public ou au d?bat d?mocratique, Le v?ritable programme du PSP n'est un secret pour personne: guerres meurtri?res et occupations militaires ? l'?trangers; militarisation des fronti?res et augmentation des d?tentions et des d?portations; attaques soutenues contre les peuples autochtones, les pauvres, les migrant-e-s et la classe ouvri?re; destruction de l'environnement; multiplication des m?ga projets au service de l'avarice des entreprises; et, malheureusement, pire encore.Le PSP renforce le principe de la ? Forteresse Am?rique du Nord ?, en vertu duquel les riches et privil?gi?s vivent reclus dans des communaut?s ferm?es et des villes gentrifi?es, prot?g?s par la police et des mesures de s?curit?, alors que le capital circule librement ? travers les fronti?res et que l'acc?s ? la main d'?uvre bon march? et aux ressources naturelles s'accro?t; pour tous les autres, il y a les barri?res et les fronti?res, les r?serves, les centres de d?tention, les prisons, la surveillance accrue et une pr?carit? g?n?ralis?e. --> Qu'est-ce que le Bloc-AMP Montr?al? Le R?seau de l'Action mondiale des peuples (AMP) de Montr?al est une convergence de membres de groupes tels que Bloquez l'empire, Personne n'est ill?gal Montr?al, le Comit? des Sans-Emploi, Solidarit? sans fronti?res, Les Sorci?res, le Projet Accompagnement Solidarit? Colombie (PASC), Tadamon! Montr?al, La Otra Campana, le GRIP-Concordia, le Centre des travailleurs et des travailleuses immigrant-e-s, la biblioth?que anarchiste DIRA, le Collectif oppos? ? la brutalit? polici?re (COBP), et plusieurs autres. Nous nous sommes regroup?s pour organiser un ??t? de la r?sistance?, comprenant notamment les manifestations contre le PSP. Nos principes de base (www.agp.org) et nos luttes quotidiennes sont enracin?es dans des luttes pour la justice sociale, tant au niveau local que global. Nos groupes sont impliqu?s dans des luttes pour les droits des immigrant-e-s, contre la pauvret?, en appui ? l'auto-d?termination des peuples autochtones, pour les droits des travailleurs et des travailleuses, contre la guerre, pour les droits des d?tenu-e-s, contre la destruction de l'environnement, et plus encore, et ce depuis plusieurs ann?es. C'est notre travail de tous les jours qui nous a pouss? ? contrer le sommet du PSP ? Montebello. ------------------- info at psp-spp.com tel. 514 848 7583 www.psp-spp.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOLIDARITY and PROSPERTY PARTY Montebello Fundraiser for the PGA-Bloc Montreal -------------------- September 13th, from 6pm D.I.R.A., 2035 St-Laurent (third floor) (metro st. laurent) ----------------------------- -> Slide show and short films on Montebello -> Beer & BBQ -> Dj music Suggested donation $5 to 10 Come out to celebrate the recent protests against the three bandidos and help the PGA Bloc pay our bills! The People's Global Action (PGA) Bloc of Montreal organized on a clear anti-capitalist and anti-colonial basis to disrupt the summit of the Security and Prosperity Partnership last month in Montebello, Quebec. A total of twelve buses and the same number of cars travelled from Montreal over two days to form popular education brigades and join the protests against the SPP. We are still trying to pay off all the expenses of the rapid mobilization and need your help! Many people reserved seats on the buses but didn't show, leaving us with bigger expenses and fewer donations than we had counted on. The groups involved in the PGA Bloc don't have big budgets or rich memberships who can pick up the tab. Anti-capitalism doesn't pay. Please come out, celebrate Montreal's first major anti-capitalist mobilization in several years, and help make sure none of the organizers are evicted. If you can also make a donation, it would be very helpful. To make a donation, make out your cheque to "La Convergence des luttes anti-capitalistes" and mail it to: Transport Montebello c/o QPIRG-Concordia 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, #204 Montr?al H3G 1N1 BACKGROUND --> What is the Security and Prosperity Partnership? The "Security and Prosperity Partnership" (SPP) combines the destructive neo-liberal policies of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the fear and paranoia of post 9-11 "Homeland Security" policies. The SPP is firmly rooted within a colonial and capitalist framework. The SPP is described by its proponents as a "NAFTA 2.0", and is promoted and supported by corporations and their lobby groups, like the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. A group of 30 corporate executives from the NAFTA countries comprise the North American Competitiveness Council, which was set up "to fully incorporate the private sector into the SPP process" (to cite the SPP's own words). Moreover, because the SPP announces itself as a "dialogue based on shared values," it is secretive process, subject to no formal public scrutiny or open debate. There is no mystery to the SPP agenda: murderous wars and occupations abroad; border militarization; increased detentions and deportations; attacks on indigenous peoples, the poor, migrants, and working people; ecological destruction; mega-projects in the service of corporate greed; and unfortunately, much more and worse. The SPP reinforces the idea of "Fortress North America", whereby the rich and privileged live in gated communities and gentrified cities, protected by police and security, with easy movement for capital between borders; for the rest, there's border fences, reservations, detention centers, prisons, surveillance, and increased precarity. --> What is the PGA Bloc Montreal? PGA Bloc Montreal is a convergence of members of groups such as Block the Empire, No One Is Illegal-Montreal, le Comite de sans-emploi, Solidarity Across Borders, Les Sorcieres, Projet Accompagnement Solidarite Colombie (PASC), Tadamon Montreal, La Otra Campana, QPIRG-Concordia, the Immigrant Worker's Center (IWC), DIRA Anarchist Library, the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (COBP), and many others. We came together to organize a Summer of Resistance, including the protests against the SPP, in May. Our basis of unity (www.agp.org), and our ongoing organizing, is rooted in both local and global social justice struggles. Through many different groups, we are actively involved with immigrant justice, anti-poverty, indigenous sovereignty, international solidarity, anti-oppression, worker's rights, anti-war, prison justice, environmental and other movements and organizations, for many years. It is our day-to-day organizing work that brought us to protest the SPP in Montebello. ------------------- info at psp-spp.com tel. 514 848 7583 www.psp-spp.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aaron at resist.ca Tue Sep 11 21:49:28 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:49:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Shake down! Mash Up! =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A=3A=3AB=E9n=E9fice_pour_S?= =?iso-8859-1?q?hawn_Brandt_?= (Sept 29) Message-ID: <61471.76.65.181.253.1189572568.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> [english below] Shake down! Mash up! Party b?n?fice pour venir en appui ? Shawn Brandt et aux revendications Mohawk de Tyendinaga. ##################### Samedi, 29 Septembre 22h - ?? Coop sur G?n?reux, 4518 Papineau (coin de Mont-Royal) $2-10 Bouffe et boisson ? vendre ##################### Les meilleurs DJs de reggae, ska, latin, klezmer, et dancehall ? Montr?al! DJ Redstrike DJ Sabotage DJ Aaron Maiden xxKIKIxLAxVIGOUREUSExx DJ Chilango Dansons! Dansons! Dansons! AUSSI : une projection de "Augmentez les Prestations", un documentaire de trente minutes sur OCAP (Coalition Ontarienne contre la pauvret?) Information: rebel at ckut.ca --SHAWN BRANT, militant Mohawk de la communaut? de Tyendinega dans l'est de l'Ontario : Shawn est emprisonn? depuis le 5 juillet, 2007, sans possibilit? de caution, pour son implication dans des blocus autochtones de chemins de fer et autoroutes sur le territoire Mohawk Tyendinega. Ces blocus avaient pour but d'attirer l'attention sur : la lutte pour rapatrier une terre appel? la Colbertson Tract, juste ? cot? de Tyendinega, les conditions de vie dans les communaut?s autochtones, et leurs luttes pour la souverainet? et l'autonomie. Shawn n'a re?u le droit ? une caution que le 31 ao?t et est actuellement d?tenu ? domicile ? Tyendinega. Le cas de Shawn, et de tous autochtones qui prennent des actions directes pour d?fendre leurs territoires et communaut?s, sont des exemples inspirants de r?sistance au colonialisme Canadien. Tous les profit de cet ?v?nement iront ? la d?fense juridique de Shawn Brandt. Pour plus d'informations : http://www.ocap.ca/supporttmt.html ---------------------------------------- Shake down! Mash up! A benefit party to support Shawn Brandt and land reclamations in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. ############## Saturday, September 29 10pm - ?? Coop sur Genereux, 4518 Papineau (corner of Mont-Royal) Cover $2-10 Drinks and food for sale ############## Featuring Montreal's best reggae, ska, latin, klezmer, and dancehall DJ's! DJ Redstrike DJ Sabotage DJ Aaron Maiden xxKIKIxLAxVIGOUREUSExx DJ Chilango Dance! Dance! Dance! Also featuring a screening of "Raise the Rates", an exciting 30-minute documentary about the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) Information: rebel at ckut.ca -- SHAWN BRANT, Mohawk organizer and activist from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Community in Eastern Ontario: Shawn was jailed since July 5, 2007, denied bail in relation to his participation in native blockades of rail lines and highways on the territory of the Tyendinaga Mohawks. The blockades were undertaken to raise awareness about the reclamation of a piece of land called the Culbertson Tract adjoining Tyendinaga, living conditions in indigenous communities, and struggles for sovereignty and self-determination. Shawn was finally granted bail on August 31 and is currently under house arrest in Tyendinaga. Shawn's case, and all of those of Native people taking direct action to defend their communities and their lands, are inspiring examples of ongoing struggles to Canadian Colonialism in our own backyards. All proceeds from this event will go to Shawn Brandt's legal defense. For more info about support for Shawn Brant and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Community: http://www.ocap.ca/supporttmt.html From aaron at resist.ca Wed Sep 12 09:45:10 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:45:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] 22 septembre: =?iso-8859-1?q?Activit=E9_retour_terrain?= Message-ID: <50086.74.13.209.82.1189615510.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> Le PROJET ACCOMPAGNEMENT SOLIDARIT? COLOMBIE vous invite le ****SAMEDI 22 SEPTEMBRE **** au Caf? coop TOUSKI 2361, rue Ontario E., Montr?al *18h* Souper b?n?fice *19h30* Quatre militantEs du PASC tout juste de retour de Colombie viennent partager leurs exp?riences aupr?s des communaut?s qui se battent contre les plantations de palme au Curvarado, des communaut?s en lutte pour la vie et le territoire au Catatumbo et des prisonnierEs politiques colombienNEs ++++ L?exposition photos ?Communaut?s en r?sistance civile en Colombie? est expos?e tout le mois de septembre au Caf? Touski -- PASC Projet Accompagnement Solidarit? Colombie Site web: http://www.pasc.ca -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: message-footer.txt URL: From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Tue Sep 18 06:02:10 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:02:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] [demain!/tomorrow!] End the occupation of Afghanistan :: Non =?iso-8859-1?q?=E0_l=27occupation_de_l=27Afgh?= =?iso-8859-1?q?anistan?= Message-ID: <1096.74.13.147.252.1190120530.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> [Please post and forward] [fran?ais ci-dessous] Max Bernier or Rick Hillier: Different asshole, same old crap! ********** Official dinner and speech by Maxime Bernier on ?Canada?s role in Afghanistan? Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 6 PM Picket from 6 PM, in front of the OMNI-Mont-Royal Hotel 1050, Sherbrooke W. ********** On Wednesday, September 19, Maxime Bernier, Canada?s latest Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), will be in Montreal to deliver the opening speech for an ?international conference? on ?Canada?s role in Afghanistan?. Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces was originally slated to speak but was replaced by Bernier. Apparently, the Armed Forces and DFAIT are now interchangeable in Canada. This event is organised by CERIUM (Centre d??tudes et de recherches internationales de l?Universit? de Montr?al) and GERSI (Research Group in International Security - Universit? de Montr?al/McGill University), and is co-sponsored, among others, by defence contractors such as Bell Helicopter, Rheinmetall Defence (Oerlikon), General Dynamics, as well as NATO itself! This conference is another striking example of the systemic collusion between so-called expert academics, the defence industry, the Canadian Forces, the Government and the Mass Media. These people have no legitimacy to speak about the future of the Afghan People. Canada?s only role in Afghanistan is to get the hell out! Join us to protest Canada?s occupation of Afghanistan! - If you are a student, there is still time to register to the official dinner and confront Bernier directly during his speech! Visit http://www.cerium.ca. - You can also take part in the picket outside of the OMNI ? Mont-Royal Hotel, at 1050 Sherbrooke W., from 6 PM - You can also think of other ways to disrupt the event. Be creative. Contact Block the Empire! Montreal ______________________________________ [SVP diffusez...] Rick Hillier ou Maxime Bernier: m?me maudite marde! ********** Souper-causerie : ?Le Canada face au d?fi afghan? Mercredi 19 septembre, ? 18h Ligne de piquetage ? partir de 18h devant l?H?tel Omni Mont-Royal 1050 Sherbrooke Ouest ********** Le mercredi 19 septembre, Maxime Bernier, ministre des Affaires ?trang?res et du Commerce international, prononcera le discours d?ouverture d?un Colloque intitul? ? Le Canada face au d?fi afghan ?. C?est Rick Hillier, le chef d'?tat-major de la d?fense des forces arm?es canadiennes, qui devait initialement faire le discours, mais il a ?t? remplac? par Bernier la semaine derni?re. Apparemment, l?arm?e et le minist?re des Relations internationales sont maintenant interchangeables au Canada. L??v?nement, organis? par le C?RIUM (Centre d??tudes et de recherches internationales de l?UdeM) et le GERSI (Groupe d??tude et de recherche sur la s?curit? internationale - Universit? de Montr?al/McGill University), est, entre autres, commandit? par Bell Helicopter, Rheinmetall Defence (Oerlikon), General Dynamics et m?me l?OTAN ! Ce colloque est un autre exemple frappant de la collusion entre les soi-disant experts du milieu acad?mique, l?industrie militaire, les Forces Canadiennes, le gouvernement et les m?dias de masse, dont les repr?sentants n?ont aucune l?gitimit? pour se prononcer sur l?avenir du peuple afghan. Le seul r?le du Canada en Afghanistan est de crisser son camp ! Joignez-vous ? nous et d?noncez l?occupation de l?Afghanistan ! - Si vous ?tes ?tudiant-e, il est encore temps de s?inscrire ? la conf?rence pour confronter Bernier en personne lors du souper-causerie: http://www.cerium.ca - Participez ? la ligne de piquetage devant l?H?tel Omni Mont-Royal, au 1050 ouest, rue Sherbrooke, de partir de 18h00. - Vous pouvez aussi imaginer votre propre action de perturbation. Faites preuve d?imagination ! Communiquez avec Bloquez l?Empire ! Montr?al From tadamon at resist.ca Sun Sep 9 10:28:21 2007 From: tadamon at resist.ca (Tadamon!) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:28:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Radio Tadamon! Protests: Israeli Apartheid / SPP Message-ID: * Radio Tadamon! Protests: Israeli Apartheid / SPP http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/863 This edition of Radio Tadamon! brings you to the streets, from the ongoing demonstrations throughout Canada calling for a boycott of Indigo/Chapters bookstores due to their support for Israel, to the major demonstrations in Montabello, Quebec surrounding the North American trilateral summit in August 2007. A national boycott campaign targeting the Indigo/Chapters bookstore is rooted in opposition to the support for Israel from the company.s majority shareholders of the company Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz, established the controversial "HESEG Foundation for Lone Soldiers", a program of financial support for former 'lone soldiers', non-Israelis who fight in the Israeli military, in defense of apartheid and occupation. Israeli 'lone soldiers' participated in the 2006 military attack on Lebanon and participate in the enforcement of the military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip of Palestine. This edition of Radio Tadamon! also will focus on the demonstrations against the Security and Prosperity Partnership, the SPP, a North American trade and security initiative aimed at developing greater integration of trade and security policies from Mexico to Canada, a development of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, a trade treaty widely unpopular amongst labor unions, indigenous communities and left social activists. The Montabello summit included multiple session between the North American leaders on "deeply integrating" more than 300 areas of policy -- including health, safety, and environmental standards -- between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. The summit also focused on foreign policy & the War on Terror, where the leaders of North America, Prime Minster Stephen Harper of Canada, Mexican President Filipe Calderon & US President George Bush focused on Latin America and the Middle East. This edition of Radio Tadamon! features interviews with, Mohan Mishra of No One is Illegal Toronto Ralph Gerstenburger of the Canadian Labor Congress Liisa Schofield of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid Nazila Bettache No One is Illegal Montreal Sawsan Kalache Tadamon! Montreal Freda Guttman Montreal Artist Rose-Marie Whalley of Older Women Live (OWL) This edition of Radio Tadamon! was produced by Tania Tabar, Maha Sultan & Stefan Christoff... * Information on the Security & Prosperity Partnership visit: http://www.integratethis.org / http://www.psp-spp.com * Information on the campaign to boycott Indigo/Chapters visit: http://www.caiaweb.org / http://tadamon.resist.ca Radio Tadamon! is produced for broadcast on CKUT Radio in Montreal & internet distribution through the Rabble Podcast Network & the Electronic Intifada... '''''''''''''''''''''' From comite.anti.racist at gmail.com Thu Sep 13 10:55:59 2007 From: comite.anti.racist at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?comit=E9_pour_la_d=E9fense_du_Quartier_Est?=) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:55:59 -0400 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?iso-8859-1?q?Show_b=E9n=E9fice_ANTIFA-MTL_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?-_=C0_faire_circuler!?= Message-ID: <8cf08ebe0709131055t2a2cda85m89071bcb8b561cab@mail.gmail.com> O?! Yo! Yow! ***Message ? faire circuler dans toutes vos listes!*** *IMPORTANT* **SHOW B?N?FICE ANTIFA-MTL** Show b?n?fice pour Antifa-Montr?al - Groupe luttant contre le racisme organis?, principalement dans le quartier d'Hochelaga-Maisonneuve - avec: 4 SAY, Filigrann & Maybe Watson (Hip-hop) Soul & Spirit (reggae) Deuxi?me partie PUNK avec Mininal Wage et Self Control WHEN? Vendredi, le 21 septembre 2007 20h00. 5$ Au Caf? l'Exode du C?gep du Vieux-Montreal. All Ages Bi?re pour les 18 et + **2$** Une invitation ? tous ceux et celles qui veulent enrayer le racisme de nos quartiers! Dans notre ville, Dans notre quartier, Luttons contre le fascime! -- Comit? Antifa Hochelaga -MTL comite.anti.racist at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From soutienkader at gmail.com Fri Sep 14 10:38:07 2007 From: soutienkader at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Comit=E9_de_soutien_d'Abdelkader_Belaouni?=) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:38:07 -0400 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] [KADER] Report: Kader supporters visit Finley's home riding Message-ID: KADER SUPPORTERS PAY SURPRISE VISIT TO MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION'S HOME RIDING :::::: Photo essay: http://photos.cmaq.net/v/Kader_Simcoe_delegation/ :::::: Article in Dunnville Chronicle (in Finley's riding): www.dunnvillechronicle.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=690 837&catname=Local%20News&classif= :::::: Report from Pointe Libertaire: http://lapointelibertaire.org/node/330 Early morning on Friday, 7 September, a group of friends and supporters of Abdelkader Belaouni from Montreal, Toronto and Brantford found themselves in Simcoe, Ontario. Simcoe is in rural Ontario, about two hours west of Toronto by car. It is the site of the main riding office of Diane Finley, Minister of Immigration of Canada. After spending more than 20 months in sanctuary in St. Gabriel's church, in the Montreal neighbourhood of Point St. Charles, Mr. Belaouni asked his supporters to make the eight-hour trip to the constituency offices of Finley. Mostafa Henaway of the Immigrant Workers' Centre, who travelled from Montreal to join the delegation, explained, "We went to Simcoe to support Kader's right to stay in Canada. While Kader has had to live this every day for 615 days now, it seems to be very far from the Minister's thoughts. So we decided to bring the issue home to her." Abdelkader Belaouni entered sanctuary on 1 January 2006 after being threatened with deportation by Immigration Canada (background: www.soutienpourkader.net). Since then, support for him has grown into a campaign that includes neighbourhood organizations, NGOs, networks and faith-based organizations throughout Quebec and across Canada - and even overseas. Belaouni and his supporters have attempted to bring his case to the attention of various Immigration Ministers, most recently Diane Finley. Despite hundreds of letters of support, phone calls, faxes, despite intervention by members of Parliament and party leaders, press conferences, pickets, rallies, and delegations to Ottawa, Diane Finley has remained silent. On 17 May, a letter endorsed by 70 heads of organizations, representing some 250 associations working in broadly diverse sectors of Quebec society, made an urgent, collective request for a meeting with Finley to resolve the situation. To date, she has not responded. Arriving in Simcoe at 9:30am, a small delegation entered Finley's office and asked to speak to the Minister. Simultaneously, another group arrived in the rural hamlet of Dunnville, Ontario, the location of Finley's second riding office. The Dunnville office, located in the local Chamber of Commerce, turned out to be run by a volunteer who explained that Diane Finley never visited the office but occasionally sent a representative. Her representative was not present that day. The volunteer listened to the story, and took a file of information to pass on to Finley's representative next time she visited. Those at the Dunnville office then travelled to Simcoe, about an hour away, to reinforce the picket in front of that office. Meanwhile, in Simcoe, the delegation had been informed by an aggressive staff that Diane Finley was not there and that they should leave immediately. The delegation - comprising Henaway, Steve Watson (National Representative, Education, of the Canadian Auto Workers), Marcel S?vigny (former City Councillor for Kader's neighbourhood of Point St. Charles (PSC) and an active member of the Pointe Libertaire), as well as a member of Kader's support committee - insisted that they would not leave until they had an appointment with Finley. By this time, a few dozen others - members of No-One is Illegal-Toronto, the CAW local in Brantford, the Toronto-based Ontario Coalition against Poverty (OCAP), the Southern Ontario Sanctuary Committee, Solidarity across Borders and others - had formed a picket outside the office, distributing information flyers and asking community members to support status for Mr. Belaouni. "Immigration Canada's decision to deport Kader was discriminatory; it entirely failed to take into account Kader's blindness. It also ignored the fact that he has already had his life uprooted twice: the first time by a brutal civil war; and the second time by a government programme in the United States which swept up all men who were born in Muslim-majority countries," explained Nora Butler Burke of the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy, who had joined the delegation from Montreal. Inside, an agreement was reached. Three delegation members would leave and a fourth would wait while the staff called Ottawa to ask for an appointment with Finley. A call was made and a message left. The delegation member was asked to wait outside and come back in an hour. Duly re-entering the office, he was not given a date for a meeting. He was instead told that the message had been passed on and that he would have to leave. The door was locked behind him. The staff left the office shortly afterwards. "The power - and the responsibility - to change the situation is in the hands of Diane Finley," said Henaway. "We are here today to ask her to act without further delay in Mr. Belaouni's case, as she has in other cases. 615 days is far too long. Meanwhile, support is only continuing to grow. She should move now." -------------------------------------- Support Committee for Abdelkader Belaouni soutienkader at gmail.com www.soutienpourkader.net tel. 514 859 9023 To receive updates about Kader's campaign for status in Canada, send an email to soutienkader-subscribe at lists.resist.ca. _______________________________________________ Soutienkader mailing list Soutienkader at lists.resist.ca https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soutienkader From soutienkader at gmail.com Sat Sep 15 14:39:29 2007 From: soutienkader at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Comit=E9_de_soutien_d'Abdelkader_Belaouni?=) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:39:29 -0400 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] [KADER] Dimanche magazine : reportage demain sur Kader Message-ID: Dimanche magazine a fait une r?portage sur Kader qui devrait ?tre diffus? demain, dimanche, le 16 septembre, vers 11h00 le matin sur Radio Canada Radio (? Montr?al, c'est le 95.1 FM; vous pouvez trouver les fr?quences ailleurs au www.radio-canada.ca/radio/frequences.html). Apr?s l'?mission, la r?portage se retrouvera au www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/v2/dimanchemag/. ------------------- Dimanche Magazine has completed a report on Kader, which should be broadcast tomorrow, Sunday, 16 September at 11:00am, on Radio Canada Radio (in Montreal, that's 95.1 FM; you can find the frequency elsewhere at www.radio-canada.ca/radio/frequences.html). After the show, the report can be listened to at www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/v2/dimanchemag/. _______________________________________________ Soutienkader mailing list Soutienkader at lists.resist.ca https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soutienkader From tadamon at resist.ca Sun Sep 16 14:02:56 2007 From: tadamon at resist.ca (Tadamon!) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:02:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BMontr=E9al=5D_SAMEDI=2C_22?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_SEPTEMBRE=3A_Comm=E9moration_des_25ans_du_massacre_de_Sab?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ra_et_Chatila__?= Message-ID: MONTR?AL: Comm?moration des 25ans du massacre de Sabra et Chatila Piquetage et hommage ? la m?moire au centre-ville de Montr?al ------------------------------> SAMEDI, 22 SEPTEMBRE, 13H Librairie Indigo Coin Sainte-Catherine et McGill College m?tro McGill Montr?al, Canada ------------------------------> http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/877 Entre les 16 et 18 septembre 1982, les forces militaires isra?liennes au Liban, sous le commandement direct de l'ancien ministre isra?lien de la D?fense Ariel Sharon, ont fourni la logistique militaire pour le massacre de milliers de civils palestiniens dans les camps des r?fugi?-e-s de Sabra et Chatila par la milice phalangiste libanaise de droite. Il y a 25 ans, Ariel Sharon a dessin? les plans avec les milices des Phalangistes libanais qui sont entr?es dans les camps de Sabra et durant 36 ? 48 heures, ils ont massacr? les habitant-e-s pendant que l'arm?e isra?lienne gardait les camps, les ?clairant la nuit ? l'aide de fus?es lumineuses. ? ce jour, aucun des commandants ou officiers responsables du massacre n'a ?t? tenu poursuivi pour les crimes contre l'humanit? commis ? Beyrouth il y a 25 ans, dans les camps de r?fugi?-e-s de Sabra et Chatila. L'impunit? totale continue encore aujourd'hui tant pour les commandants de l'arm?e isra?lienne que pour les membres des milices de droite, alors que les milliers de victimes civiles palestiniennes de Sabra et Chatila sont toujours enterr?es dans des fosses communes ? Beyrouth, au Liban. En m?moire des victimes palestiniennes de 1982 et afin de protester contre les violations continuelles des droits fondamentaux du peuple palestinien dans les territoires occup?s de la Cisjordanie, de la Bande de Gaza et plus r?cemment dans le camp de r?fugi?s de Nahr el-Bared dans le nord du Liban, la Coalition pour la Justice et la Paix en Palestine, la Coalition contre l'apartheid isra?lien et Tadamon! appellent ? un piquetage et ? un rassemblement. Cette journ?e d'action ? Montr?al marquera le 25e piquetage organis? devant la librairie Indigo au centre-ville de Montr?al, faisant partie de la campagne pancanadienne de boycott des librairies Chapters/Indigo. Lanc?e en d?cembre 2006, la campagne s'oppose au soutien qu'Heither Reisman et Gerry Schwarts, actionnaires majoritaires d'Indigo/Chapters, accordent ? Isra?l. Dans le contexte de la campagne internationale de Boycott, D?sinvestissement et Sanctions contre l'appartheid Isra?lien, un nombre croissant de personnes ? travers le Canada soutiennent le boycott de Chapters/Indigo. Reisman et Schwartz ont ?tabli le controvers? "HESEG Foundation for Lone Soldiers", un programme de soutien financier pour les ancien-ne-s "soldats solitaiores", des non-isra?lien-ne-s combattant dans l'arm?e isra?lienne, d?fendant l'apartheid et l'occupation. Joignez-vous ? nous en m?moire de Sabra et Chatila et contre l'apartheid isra?lien! * La Coalition pour la Justice et la Paix en Palestine web: http://www.cjpp.org * La Coalition Contre l'Apartheid Isra?lien courriel: bdsmontreal at gmail.com tel: + 514 941 9792 * Tadamon! Montr?al. courriel: tadamon at resist.ca tel: + 514 664 1036 web: http://tadamon.resist.ca Information sur le boycottage de Chapters/Indigo et la campagne de boycottage contre l'apartheid isra?lien: * Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (Toronto) http://www.caiaweb.org/indigoboycott * Campagne BDS Palestine: http://www.bds-palestine.net/index.cfm?id=fr * Campagne palestinienne contre le mur de l'apartheid: http://www.stopthewall.org * Campagne palestinienne de boycott acad?mique et culturel d'Isra?l: http://www.pacbi.org '''''''''''''''''''''' From tadamon at resist.ca Sun Sep 16 14:03:12 2007 From: tadamon at resist.ca (Tadamon!) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:03:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] [Montreal] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd. 25th Commemoration of Sabra / Chatila Massacre. Message-ID: MONTREAL: 25th Commemoration of Sabra / Chatila Massacre. Picket and Remembrance in Downtown Montreal ------------------------------> SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1pm Indigo Bookstore Corner of St. Catherine & McGill College (metro McGill) Montreal, Canada. ------------------------------> http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/877 Between September 16th and 18th, 1982, Israeli military forces in Lebanon, under the direct command Ariel Sharon, former 'Defense Minister' of Israel, provided military logistics for the massacre of thousands of Palestinian civilians in the refugee camps of Sabra and Chatila by the right-wing Phalangists militia of Lebanon. Twenty-five years ago Ariel Sharon hatched a massacre plan with the militia units of the Lebanese Phalangists, who entered the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps under Israeli watch. 1500 Lebanese militiamen assembled at Beirut's International Airport, then under Israeli occupation, quickly moving in on the civilian refugee camp, where for an estimated 36 to 48 hours, the Phalangists massacred the inhabitants of the camps, while the Israeli military guarded the exits and provided light flares in the night. Until today no military commanders or officials behind the massacre have been held accountable for the crimes against humanity committed in Beirut twenty-five years ago in the refugee camps of Sabra and Chatila. Total impunity for both the Israeli military commanders and Lebanese right-wing militia members continues until today, as the thousands of Palestinian civilian victims of Sabra and Chatila remain buried in a mass grave in Beirut, Lebanon. In commemoration of the thousands of Palestinian victims of 1982 and in protest of the continuing assault on the basic rights of the Palestinian people throughout the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and recently in the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp of Northern Lebanon, the Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine, in collaboration with the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid and Tadamon! Montreal is calling for a picket and rally. This day of action in Montreal will mark the 25th picket organized at Indigo bookstore in downtown Montreal, as part of the Canada-wide campaign to boycott Chapters/Indigo bookstore. The campaign, launched in December 2006, opposes the support that Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz, the majority shareholders of Indigo/Chapters, give to Israel. Across Canada a growing number of people are supporting the boycott Chapters/Indigo campaign in the context of the international campaign to push for boycott, divestment and sanctions against the apartheid state of Israel. Reisman and Schwartz have established the controversial "HESEG Foundation for Lone Soldiers", a program of financial support for former 'lone soldiers', non-Israelis who fight in the Israeli military, in defense of apartheid and occupation. Israeli 'lone soldiers' participated in the 2006 devastating military attack on the people of Lebanon and continue to enforce the illegal military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Join us in remembering Sabra and Chatila in protest of continuing Israeli apartheid! * the Coalition for Justice & Peace in Palestine web: http://www.cjpp.org * the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. email: bdsmontreal at gmail.com tel: + 514 941 9792 * Tadamon! Montreal. email: tadamon at resist.ca tel: + 514 664 1036 web: http://tadamon.resist.ca ---> For more information about the boycott of Indigo/Chapters in Canada... * Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (Toronto) Resource page: www.caiaweb.org/indigoboycott ---> More information about the international movement of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli Apartheid... * Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (Toronto) Resource page: http://www.caiaweb.org/indigoboycott ---> More information about the international movement of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli Apartheid... * Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel Campaign: http://www.bds-palestine.net * Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign: http://www.stopthewall.org * Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel: http://www.pacbi.org ----------------------- '''''''''''''''''''''' From bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca Thu Sep 20 16:39:39 2007 From: bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca (bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:39:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Le ministre des Affaires etrangeres recoit le "bapteme de feu" a Montreal Message-ID: --> Le nouveau ministre des Affaires ?trang?res du Canada re?oit le ? bapt?me de feu? d'un groupe anti-imp?rialiste de Montr?al --> Le discours de Maxime Bernier est interrompu plus de douze fois par des opposant-e s ? la mission canadienne en Afghanistan Montr?al, le 20 septembre 2007 ? Le nouveau Ministre canadien des Affaires ?trang?res et du Commerce international, Maxime Bernier, a ?t? interrompu ? plus de douze reprises hier soir alors qu'il tentait de livrer un discours favorable ? la mission militaire canadienne en Afghanistan. Bernier ?tait l'invit? d'honneur ? l'occasion d'un souper-causerie dans le cadre de la ? Conf?rence internationale sur la mission du Canada en Afghanistan ?, qui se d?roulait au chic H?tel Omni, situ? en plein c?ur du centre-ville de Montr?al. La conf?rence, organis?e par des chaires de recherches affili?es ? l'Universit? de Montr?al et ? l'Universit? McGill, ?tait appuy?e par le Minist?re des Affaires ?trang?res et du Commerce international (MAECI), le Minist?re de la D?fense, l'Agence canadienne du d?veloppement international (ACDI) ainsi que par des acteurs de l'industrie militaire tels que Bell Helicopter, General Dynamics et Oerlikon. L'Organisation du Trait? de l'Atlantique-Nord (OTAN) figurait ?galement dans la liste des partenaires de cette conf?rence. Maxime Bernier, un d?put? conservateur, a ?t? nomm? au poste de Ministre des Affaires ?trang?res en ao?t 2007, dans le cadre d'une strat?gie mise de l'avant par le gouvernement canadien pour mousser le soutien de la population du Qu?bec ? la mission en Afghanistan. Le pr?sent d?ploiement des troupes canadiennes en Afghanistan est constitu? principalement de soldats et soldates de la base militaire de Valcartier, pr?s de Qu?bec. C'est au d?part le chef d'?tat-major de la d?fense, Rick Hillier, qui devait ouvrir la conf?rence, mais il a ?t? remplac? ? la derni?re minute par Maxime Bernier. D?s que Bernier s'est avanc? pour prendre la parole, il a ?t? imm?diatement interrompu par des manifestant-e-s de Bloquez l'Empire Montr?al et d'autres groupes, qui avaient r?ussi ? s'infiltrer dans la salle de r?ception de l'h?tel. Au cours des quinze minutes suivantes, le discours de Bernier a ?t? syst?matiquement perturb? ? plus de douze reprises par autant de personnes. Plusieurs m?dias ont qualifi? cet ?v?nement de ?bapt?me de feu? pour Maxime Bernier. Tous les manifestant-e-s ont ?t? expuls? de force par la police. Plusieurs personnes ont ?t? menott?es avant d'?tre rel?ch?es ; deux personnes ont ?t? arr?t?es et accus?es, et lib?r?es dans le courant de la soir?e. Le texte du tract qui a ?t? distribu? ? l'occasion de la manifestation contre Bernier se trouve ci-dessous. La perturbation d'hier s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une campagne entreprise par Bloquez l'empire Montr?al ? un groupe antiautoritaire et d'action directe oppos? ? la guerre, au colonialisme et ? l'imp?rialisme ? visant ? confronter directement les politiciens et les d?cideurs responsables de l'implication du Canada en Afghanistan. Voici quelques ?v?nements qui ont eu lieu r?cemment: - Novembre 2006, des membres de Bloquez l'empire ont tent? de perturber une conf?rence de presse du Premier Ministre Stephen Harper. Plus d'une douzaine de personnes ont ?t? expuls?es de la salle avant m?me le d?but de l'?v?nement. Une personne a ?t? arr?t?e et fait actuellement face ? un proc?s. Vous pouvez lire ici le texte du tract distribu? lors de cet ?v?nement : http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/stephen-harper-crisse-ton-camp-de.html - En septembre 2006, le pr?sident fantoche Hamid Karzai a ?t? accueilli par une manifestation robuste et anim?e ? Montr?al; le lieutenant de Stephen Harper au Qu?bec, Michael Fortier, a aussi ?t? confront? ? cette occasion par les protestataires. Le texte du tract distribu? lors de cette manifestation se trouve ici: http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/01/canada-crisse-ton-camp-de-lafghanistan.html - En avril dernier, un discours donn? par l'ancien Ministre de la D?fense Gordon O'connor ? l'h?tel Reine-?lizabeth a ?t? perturb? par des manifestant-e-s de Bloquez l'empire. Vous pouvez lire ici le texte du tract distribu? lors de cet ?v?nement : http://blocktheempire.blogspot.com/2007/04/texte-du-tract-gordon-oconnor-est-le.html - En ao?t dernier, le collectif Bloquez l'Empire s'est joint ? d'autres groupes du r?seau de l'Action mondiale des peuples (AMP) pour mobiliser contre le sommet du ? Partenariat pour la s?curit? et la prosp?rit? ? ? Montebello, Qu?bec, et contre la r?union de Stephen Harper, George Bush et le pr?sident mexicain Felipe Calder?n. Pour plus d'information, visitez le site http://www.psp-spp.com - En juin 2007, la Coalition Guerre ? la guerre de Qu?bec et Bloquez l'Empire Montr?al ont fait parvenir une ? Lettre ouverte aux soldats et aux soldates de Valcartier ? les encourageant ? remettre en question leur participation au d?ploiement en Afghanistan. Plus de 3000 lettres ont ?t? envoy?es au domicile de militaires de la base de Valcartier. Pour plus d'information : http://www.valcartier2007.ca - Le 22 juin dernier, Guerre ? la guerre, Bloquez l'Empire et plusieurs autres groupes anticapitalistes et anti-imp?rialistes ont perturb? une parade militaire dans les rues de la ville de Qu?bec, quelques semaines avant le d?ploiement de plus de 2000 soldats et soldates de la base militaire de Valcartier. Vid?o: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=AdcoErxDAlE Quelques liens dans les m?dias ? propos de la perturbation du discours de Maxime Bernier : - Le ministre Bernier chahut? (Radio-Canada) http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2007/09/19/004-Afghanistan-colloque-Mtl.shtml - Maxime Bernier chahut? par des manifestants (Cyberpresse) http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070919/CPACTUALITES/70919182/-1/CPACTUALITES - Le discours du ministre Maxime Bernier sur l'Afghanistan est perturb? (Presse Canadienne) http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4s5asCHdKq92bnnZ3JIWGmxvJLQ - Rage against the mission greets new Minister (Montreal Gazette) http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c3e7422c-4a75-41e1-8bf6-57fd22231486 - Hecklers disrupt minister's speech on Afghanistan (CBC) http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/09/20/protesters-afghanistan.html BLOQUEZ L'EMPIRE MONTR?AL bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca ----- LE SEUL R?LE DU CANADA EN AFGHANISTAN : CRISSER SON CAMP! Ce soir (le 19 septembre 2007), au chic H?tel Omni Mont-Royal de Montr?al, les bozos du complexe militaro industriel canadien - des soi-disant experts en mati?re de d?fense et de relations internationales, des hommes d'affaires, des gros bonnets de l'industrie militaire, des politiciens ? la solde de ces derniers, des hauts grad?s des Forces Canadiennes, des d?l?gu?s de l'OTAN et des repr?sentants des m?dias corporatifs ? se rencontrent une fois de plus pour s'entendre entre eux sur le ?R?le du Canada en Afghanistan?. Cette cabale de profiteurs de guerre, de militaires de carri?re et de pseudo savants n'ont pas la moindre l?gitimit? pour parler de l'avenir du peuple Afghan. Seuls les Afghans et Afghanes peuvent et doivent d?terminer leur propre avenir. Ils nous parlent de reconstruction, mais oublient de rappeler que c'est nous et nos alli?s qui avons d?truit le pays! Ils nous disent que le Canada se trouve l? sous l'invitation du gouvernement afghan, mais le peuple afghan, lui, n'a jamais demand? ? ?tre bombard?, terroris?, d?plac? et ? vivre sous l'occupation ?trang?re. On oublie de dire que 3000 civilEs afghanEs ont ?t? tu?Es sous nos bombes. Ils ?voquent les ponts, les routes et les ?coles, mais oublient de dire que pour un milliard de dollars investis dans le " d?veloppement ", c'est 5 milliards qui sont investis par le Canada dans les op?rations militaires. Ils nous disent apporter la d?mocratie, mais oublient de mentionner la corruption du gouvernement fantoche install? ? Kaboul par les forces occidentales, des criminels de guerre qui si?gent au parlement, des man?uvres antid?mocratiques qui font la loi depuis l'instauration du r?gime Karzai. Ils disent vouloir renforcer l'autonomie des policiers et des soldats afghans mais oublient de dire qu'un tel objectif implique que l'occupation du pays se poursuive sur au moins une g?n?ration. Ils nous parlent de droits humains, mais taisent les tortures et les abus commis par nos propres alli?s. Ils r?p?tent que les petites filles peuvent d?sormais fr?quenter l'?cole, mais passent sous silence les abus dont sont toujours victimes les femmes partout au pays... et partout ailleurs dans le monde! Ils diabolisent continuellement les Talibans, mais oublient de mentionner que certains de nos alli?s, " Seigneurs de guerre ", narcotrafiquants, criminels contre l'humanit?, sont aussi brutaux, fondamentalistes et r?trogrades que nos ennemis pr?sum?s. Ils oublient de dire que le Canada a pris position, avec le ?U et l'OTAN, dans une guerre civile qui s?vit depuis des d?cennies et qui ne nous regarde pas. Ils se vantent de tuer des Insurg?s par dizaines, sans mentionner que la r?sistance afghane est aussi constitu?e de paysans, d'ouvriers, d'Afghans ordinaires qui s'opposent ? l'occupation ?trang?re de leur pays. Ils oublient de nous dire que 80% des Afghans ne voient aucune am?lioration dans leur vie d?coulant de la pr?sence de l'OTAN dans leur pays. Ils oublient de mentionner que de plus en plus d'Afghans, ulc?r?s par l'occupation, joignent la r?sistance ? chaque jour. Ils nous mentent et nous trahissent ! Maxime Bernier est un id?ologue de droite. Ancien pr?sident de la Standard Life du Canada, ancien vice-pr?sident du think-tank n?olib?ral Institut ?conomique de Montr?al. C'est un vendeur d'assurance. Quelle est sa l?gitimit? comme ministre des Affaires ?trang?res, d'abord, mais quelle est surtout sa l?gitimit? pour parler du r?le du Canada en Afghanistan? C'est Rick Hillier, le chef d'?tat-major de la d?fense des forces arm?es canadiennes, qui devait initialement prononcer le discours d'ouverture de ce colloque, mais il a ?t? remplac? in extremis par Bernier. Apparemment, l'arm?e et le minist?re des Relations internationales sont maintenant interchangeables au Canada... Ce colloque est organis? par le C?RIUM (Centre d'?tudes et de recherches internationales de l'UdeM), le GERSI (Groupe d'?tude et de recherche sur la s?curit? internationale - Universit? de Montr?al/McGill University) et divers autres " centre d'?tudes strat?giques ". Ce sont ces soi-disant experts du milieu acad?mique qui, interpell?s par les m?dias, banalisent et rationalisent la guerre comme si c'?tait un jeu. C'est eux qui qui font avaler la couleuvre au public canadien. L'?v?nement est aussi commandit? par des contracteurs militaires comme Bell Helicopter, Rheinmetall Defence- Oerlikon et General Dynamics. Et l'OTAN! Voici un autre exemple frappant de la collusion syst?mique entre les soi-disant experts du milieu acad?mique, l'industrie militaire, les Forces Canadiennes, le gouvernement et les m?dias de masse. Et ce sont ces sinistres individus qui d?terminent le ?R?le du Canada en Afghanistan?? ASSEZ! Ils occupent; nous r?sistons! Stoppons la machine de guerre! ----- BLOQUEZ L'EMPIRE MONTR?AL bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca From aaron at resist.ca Sat Sep 22 08:57:04 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:57:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] CKUT Radio: Labour for Palestine Message-ID: CKUT Radio: Labour for Palestine Standing up for Palestinian workers in Toronto A 20-minute report on the Labour for Palestine contingent in the Toronto Labour Day parade on September 3, 2007 -->To download or listen to this report, visit: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=24764 On September 3, 2007, many sectors of the organized labour movement converged in downtown Toronto for the annual labour day parade, bringing with them a wide range of demands to improve workplace conditions, and job security across Canada. Amongst them was a group aiming to bring a more international focus to this year's parade, the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, or CAIA. Marching under the banner "Stand up for Palestinian workers", the Labour for Palestine contingent organized by CAIA was calling on Canadian workers to stand in solidarity with the labour movement in Palestine, where workers suffer some of the worst conditions in the world, largely due to the 40-year old Israeli occupation. In this report, we will hear some of the voices from the Labour for Palestine contingent. They reflect on workers' struggles at home, in Palestine, and draw lessons from the labour movement's role in toppling apartheid in South Africa. Produced for the CKUT community news collective in Montreal by Aaron Lakoff For more information: www.caiaweb.org www.electronicintifada.net www.ckut.ca From aaron at resist.ca Sat Sep 29 09:18:38 2007 From: aaron at resist.ca (aaron at resist.ca) Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:18:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Darren Ell: Canada and the Coup =?iso-8859-1?q?d=27=E9tat_in_Hai?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ti?= Message-ID: <60783.74.12.221.104.1191082718.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> Canadian photographer Darren Ell has published a new online resource about Canada and the 2004 coup d'?tat in Haiti on the National FilmBoard of Canada website CitizenShift. The site includes Ell's short films and captioned photographs drawn from the work he has done in Haiti in the last 18 months. The site also features podcasted interviews, links to important solidarity websites, texts and links to interviews Ell has published about the ongoing impact of the coup d'?tat, as well as photos by Haitian journalist Wadner Pierre. The focus of the material is Canada's involvement in the coup, it's violent legacy, and digital tools for learning more. Ell's online dossier is called The Damage Done: Canada and the Coup in Haiti. Darren Ell, photographe 514-992-8908 www.photooxygene.com www.darrenell.com Photos ? Darren Ell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mfoster at web.ca Sun Sep 23 07:36:21 2007 From: mfoster at web.ca (Mary Foster) Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:36:21 -0400 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Public Safety Canada quietly launches lawful access consultation Message-ID: <044601c7fe38$307312e0$083bcdcd@CPQ18145226471> From: Public Safety Canada Quietly Launches Lawful Access Consultation Public Safety Canada and Industry Canada have quietly launched a semi-public consultation on one element of lawful access. The new consultation, which concludes on September 25th, asks for comments on the provision of customer name and address information by telecommunications companies to law enforcement. The consultation has not been posted on the Internet and I was asked not to post it online. That said, this is an important issue and I believe that the government should hear from all interested stakeholders, not a hand-picked, secret group. In the consultation, Public Safety claims that "law enforcement agencies have been experiencing difficulties in consistently obtaining basic CNA information from telecommunications service providers. In the absence of explicit legislation, a variety of practices exists among TSPs with respect to the release of basic customer information, e.g. name, address, telephone number, or their Internet equivalents." After identifying what it considers CNA data (including cell phone identifiers, email addresses, and IP addresses), the departments propose a series of safeguards including limits on who would have access to the information, limited uses of the information, and internal audits on the use of these powers. It is extremely disappointing to see that the departments continue to believe that ISPs should be required to hand over potentially sensitive personal information without a court order or other judicial oversight. Moreover, the claim that law enforcement has faced "difficulties" in obtaining CNA data remains completely unsubstantiated (to the extent that some ISPs ask for a court order, this reflects an appropriate balance that Parliament established when it enacted PIPEDA). The lawful access issue has often raised the spectre of "big brother" fears. Establishing a non-public public consultation that omits a range of pro-privacy policy alternatives and excludes many interested stakeholders leaves the distinct impression of a process that has already been determined and one that makes the Orwellian concerns all the more real. Tags:cna data , lawful access , privacy , public safety canadaShare: Slashdot , Digg , Del.icio.us From parker at resist.ca Thu Sep 27 08:54:49 2007 From: parker at resist.ca (David W.) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:54:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Fear, Impunity and State Power in Colombia Message-ID: <1955.24.37.131.244.1190908489.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> FEAR, IMPUNITY AND STATE POWER By David Parker Independent Media Sept. 20th, 2007 Montreal Walking through the streets of the bustling city centre in Bucaramanga with Paola, I mentioned the name of a guerrilla group, the ELN, when she shushed me at the sound of the revolutionary army?s name, seemingly scared of open discourse about rebel groups. ?Y por qu??? I asked why. ?La represi?n!? she whispered. Paola isn?t scared, just reasonably cautious. Months ago Paola received a written death threat for her social involvement. She volunteers for the Committee for Solidarity for Political Prisoners, a group which struggles for the rights of political prisoners within a country that appears to be straight out of George Orwell?s 1984, a country where being a human rights defender can have dangerous consequences; there are over 1,000 political assassinations every year in Colombia, the highest level of homicide in the Western hemisphere. What does fear look like in a country where repression of social organizations involves assassinations, disappearances, threats and kidnapping? In the bus on the way to the University yesterday, Paola handed me a note sent by the paramilitary organization known as Las Aguilas Negras to 11 student organizers accusing them of being linked to networks of the FARC and ELN, Colombia?s two largest guerrilla groups. The death threat assured its recipients that their actions were being monitored and that their days were numbered. ?We, former combatants of the United Auto-Defense of Colombia (AUC) believe that our universities, our neighborhoods and the country need to be liberated from you revolutionaries . You and the organizations which you represent are a problem for Colombia The plan to annihilate you all will begin with the very next student strike.? A death threat from the Aguilas Negras is a common tactic from this nationwide right-wing paramilitary group. Weeks ago, the local office of Sinaltrainal, a national union of food workers, received a written death threat under the front door of their office. 11 Bucaramangan youth were accused of drug addiction in a death threat posted on a wall in a local neighborhood: the youth have since fled their houses and are sharing a floor to sleep on, displaced within their own city. Fear of death? If there is a fear that courses in the veins of the country, it is a legitimate fear, a well-sanctioned and reasonable fear for the safety of human rights defenders, unionists, peace promoters, campesino leaders, Afro-Colombians, indigenous leaders and community members. Paramilitaries, backed by State security forces and taught with U.S. anti-guerrilla manuals and anti-terrorist tactics, have honed a method of instilling fear and producing forced displacement. My friend Jos? Antonio knows this tactic well, as his family has lived it first hand. As we walked through the African Palm plantations in Choc?, Jos? Antonio showed me where there used to be his community called Andalucia. 10 years ago, under Operation Genesis, the whole region was attacked by air, water and land, a concerted military and paramilitary operation which massacred, tortured, assassinated and forcibly displaced over 4000 campesinos, subsistence farmers living an ancestral lifestyle. He showed me where there used to be his brother?s small farm, and some of the old cement water tanks still remain, looking out of place amidst the symmetrical rows of African Palm, which has been developed in the region after the displacement, a business protected by the same criminals who massacred the campesinos. He pointed to where there used to be a river and said, ?Over there my brother used to fish. He was fishing one day, with his four children, when the paramilitaries came to him. They tied his hands behind his back, cut open his chest, and removed his innards with their hands. They told his children to leave and not to come back to this land.? The statistics of systematic violence in Colombia are particularly striking and show the endemic nature of the problem. The political genocide of the Union Patriotica, a political party seeking a humanitarian accord between the FARC and the government in the 1990?s, suffered 1163 non-judicial executions, 123 disappeared, 43 attempted murders and 223 death threats between 1985 and 1993 alone. Current statistics count around 5000 victims. Indigenous people and their resistance movements have had victims nationwide as well. The highest rates of homicide have been among the Embera Katio, the Wayuu and the Kankuamo peoples, who have suffered 342 homicides, 234 since 1999. From January 1986 to December 2006, there have been 2,515 assassinations of union leaders in the country. The National Federation of Municipal Councils (FENACOM) reports 251 council members assassinated since 1985. According to the Colombian Commission of Jurists, between 1996 and June of 2006, 31,656 people were either killed or disappeared. From 1996 to 2003, 8,185 people were killed in 1,347 massacres. 83.07% of the massacres were attributed to State forces. The Consultation of Human Rights and Forced Displacement (CODHES) has stated that between 1985 and 2005 there were 3,720,428 citizens registered as forcibly displaced, not including those who did not register out of fear. In the first third of 2006 alone, 112,099 people were forcibly displaced. According to the Ideas for Peace Foundation, members of the AUC, a former paramilitary organization, have invested in 3 million hectares of land, while drug traffickers have bought 1 million hectares. 70% of landowners are small-scale campesino farmers, who possess only 5% of total land area. The reality of forced displacement by State forces and the subsequent purchasing of large quantities of land by paramilitary members are facts that demonstrate the illegal appropriation of land through violent mechanisms. Meanwhile, most small-scale farmers are forced to either find smaller parcels of land to cultivate or join the growing waves of urbanization. In both cases they continue to face the threat of violence. Although a traveler passing through the cities of Colombia might see a country moderately developed, an urbanized population and a burgeoning middle class, while liberal economic journals describe Colombia?s economy as a prosperous, growing market, rich in natural resources and ready for investment, the situation in Colombia should only be understood as war. The State apparatus of control and repression, legitimated through impunity and maintained through the consolidation of executive military power in all branches of government, a broken social fabric with violence being a continual threat in all levels of society, have created a state of siege and atomized the Colombian countryside. Informants, military and paramilitary forces create local fiefdoms, regional strongholds of ultra-right wing power. Urban centers are infiltrated by networks of informants and surveyed by police and military. ?The most preoccupying factor of the situation is the appearance of normality which this military and political project has acquired?, says Soraya Gutierrez Arguello, president of the ?Jos? Alvear Restrepo? lawyer collective. Specific elements of social control, such as paramilitarism, impunity, and State power, have all brought the country to a terrifying brink of destruction. Paramilitarism: Infiltrating Civil Society and Rending the Social Fabric Many sociopolitical studies agree that the origins of contemporary violence in Colombia began in the mid-1940s. Institutional and rural violence stimulated by the Conservative Party left 300,000 dead without investigation, thousands left without homes, an unfriendly political regimen and an armed uprising from rural sectors which has precipitated and perpetuated an internal conflict that to this day continues spilling blood. The State doctrine since the 1960s has been one of counterinsurgency and has authored systematic, generalized violations of human rights and crimes against humanity. A key element of the counterinsurgent strategy has been paramilitarism, which has proved most effective in exercising terrorist practices and garnering large support from the State. Paramilitarism has worked to annihilate social resistance and democratic opposition of civil society, creating new agents of capitalist accumulation, generating forced displacement and the implementation of large agro-industrial projects. According to Soraya Gutierrez Arguello, President of the Jos? Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective, paramilitarism has united the anti-insurgent struggle with drug trafficking and State support under one concept of ?irregular right-wing war, constructing paramilitary corridors, owned territorialities, zones of consolidation, eruption of local para-states, interlinked into a national phenomenon of power?. Armed right-wing paramilitary groups have had ample support from corporate sectors, large scale farmers, merchants, State security institutions, Military Forces, police and regional government. They have even benefited from significant representation in Colombian parliament and share a profound affinity with the current administration of President Uribe V?lez. The Colombian Office of the High Commission of Human Rights of the United Nations has signaled the ongoing networks between paramilitary groups and State agents. They have demonstrated the efficacy of crime and terror as instruments of social and political control and tools for accumulation and defense of wealth. The paramilitary strategy is to claim that their victims are suspected guerrillas or guerrilla collaborators, when in reality the victims are systematically targeted members of the civilian population. According to the Organization of American States in a follow- up mission in July 2007, paramilitaries maintain and exercise an authoritarian criminal control, which inhibits the possibility of citizen action without coercion, making municipal and departmental elections very problematic. Relying on a network of informants, paramilitary infiltration into communities and authorities at all levels of society has broken the social fabric, creating suspicion and mistrust among communities, neighbors and even family. Concerted communication and actions with military and police further institutionalizes the paramilitary criminal agenda. According to Leonardo Jaimes M, a lawyer with the Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners (FCSPP), It is common in penal processes to observe lists created by militaries that include many people (students, small farmers, unionists, civilians) accused of being guerrillas. ?No one knows how these lists are formed, what criteria are held, or what proof exists to conclude guerrilla participation. The majority of these listed people are later assassinated or disappeared by State agents or paramilitary groups.? The paramilitary strategy, by targeting community leaders, has been beheading the people?s movement and attempting to stop all forms of legitimate political dissent. Meanwhile, through legal and illegal impunity, structures of violence are allowed to continue. Impunity: The Legal Apparatus and Consolidation of Power Within Colombia there is an almost complete impunity for State-sponsored crimes, including grave human rights violations, crimes against humanity, massacres, and what has been called ?political genocide? (the extermination of the Union Patriotica, a legitimate opposition party all but wiped out in the 1990's). Impunity is an important structural component, a necessary condition that allows for the execution and repetition of these crimes; in Colombia, 99.5% of crimes go unpunished. A mechanism of governmental corruption, it enables dominant sectors of society to repeat cycles of violence and repression of social movements. One effect of impunity is that violence against women and sexual violence continues as a recurring practice by all the armed forces, allowing women to be treated as war booty for armed actors. Impunity for illegal State actors has been legally sanctioned since 1968 under Decree 3398. This decree allows Public Forces to organize a ?civil defense?, to train, give arms and indoctrinate civilians in conflict zones in order to involve them directly in confrontations. 35 years later, Law 684 was created which sanctions the establishment of civilian militias. Article 7 declares that, ?Civil service of national defense must be completed by citizens to support authorities in the preservation of citizen?s security.? Article 76 of the same law states that, ?When considered necessary, vigilance services and private security can support the goals of Security and National Defense, under the control of the Ministry of National Defense. At the solicitude of municipal authorities in charge of municipal funds, the National Police can personally recruit local persons most adequate who cooperate in work and vigilance for the maintenance of order. These personnel will be under their direct command the same as regular personnel.? Though spying on civilians is unconstitutional, the collection of information to observe and monitor citizens has been legalized under Decree 717 of 1996, creating Special Zones of Public Order, where Public Forces can ?Collect, verify, conserve and classify information around the place of residence and the habitual occupation of the inhabitants and the people who visit, come and go ? Furthermore military forces are capable of preventive arrests without judicial order, thus institutionalizing norms of military power above local and regional civil authorities. Since the creation of Law 975 of 2005, known as the law of Justice and Peace though there has been no truth, justice or reparation, the government has ?demobilized? a large number of paramilitary members. This has allowed former paramilitaries to re-enter society as civilians with little or no jail time, to take ownership and develop the land that has been stolen from the civilian populations, thus consolidating their power and absolving them of their atrocities. Law 975 establishes juridical instruments for those who confess or are processed as political criminals, whose actions are considered as political, with ?altruistic ends?. Thus the authors of horrible massacres, homicides of more than 40 people, can receive only a maximum of 8 years of jail time. Meanwhile for the crime of rebellion, social organizers receive 6 years behind bars. Further worsening the situation is Decree 2767 of 2004 which establishes certain economic benefits for those who abandon activities within armed illegal groups and collaborate with Justice and Public Forces with information and the handing over of material. Those who comply are today part of networks of informants and cooperators, responsible for the prosecution against hundreds of members of social organizations and human rights defenders. This tactic breaks the fabric of trust and confidence between neighbors and creates a climate of fear, where anyone can make some quick money by informing on anyone else. Due to the complicity and corruption between the judicial, executive and legislative branches, the national government has offered amnesties and benefits to over 10,000 demobilized ex-paramilitaries. State Power: Militarization and Para-Institutionalization The consolidation of power has accelerated under the current administration of the ultra-conservative President ?lvaro Uribe V?lez. He has legalized impunity and insured the process of para-institutionalization in Colombia with great success. Law 684 of 2001 establishes a fourth power of government and distinguishes it from legislative, executive and judicial branches of a traditional constitutional democracy. It gives National Power the ability to supersede over all other institutions and mechanisms of order. Article 3 of the Law defines National Power as ?the capacity of the Colombian State to offer all its potential to respond to situations that put in danger the exercising of rights and liberties, and to maintain independence, integrity, autonomy and national sovereignty.? The wording of the law is extracted almost in its totality from an anti-guerrilla manual. Law 684 shows that the classic division of power among government branches in the Colombian democracy is false: there exists only economic power, supported by National (military) Power: in essence a totalitarian regime The consolidation of State power over the judicial branch of government has been achieved violently at times. In the massacre of La Rochela, judicial functionaries investigating a case of paramilitary violence were murdered. The Inter American Court of Human Rights denounced the act, declaring, ?The facts of the case (of the massacre of La Rochela) are particularly grave because they were directed to impede the investigation and sanction violations of Human Rights. The massacre effectively intimidated functionaries of Judicial Power in the investigation of this and other cases.? The President has attempted to authorize the military to control territories in cases where locally elected civil authorities become subordinated to regional military juntas. This year Colombian media has been covering cases that show the illegal financing of President Uribe?s political party Colombia Democratica, linking three of Uribe?s close senators to paramilitary enterprises. Links have been demonstrated to exist between paramilitary groups and the National Army, DAS (Security Administration Department), Incoder (Institute of Agrarian Reform), congressmen, the family of the President, four ministers and the Vice President. With the legislation and legalization of State Power and illegal power structures, paramilitarism, impunity and terrorism are not state politics, but are the Law of the Republic of Colombia. These violent measures force us to conclude that there exists the decision of the powerful class to solve structural problems of the country through war. International Fascism While the ruling regime of Colombia tightens its control of the country through terrorism and impunity, international accords between Colombian officials and wealthy countries solidify the commitment to war and death squads, strategies directed to control popular organizations and people considered dangerous to the establishment. Plan Colombia, a nefarious agreement between the U.S. and Colombian governments, has invested 48 million dollars in order to fortify Preventive Military Intelligence. In a fascist society model, the institutions of education, church, political state structures and ordinary living spaces are vigilated and controlled by military ideology. The discourse of Uribe V?lez during his presidency campaign incorporated a two point argument that was used to justify a fascist regime. In the first element, all is chaos and disorder; democratic institutions are at risk from communists, terrorists and drug traffickers. The second element is to have a modern leader with an iron grip that will recover institutionality and restore order. Authoritarian rule in Colombia in the past has demonized the ?communists? as enemies of the State and of the values most trumpeted by the US doctrine of Democracy and Liberty. Now that the Communist bloc has fallen in Russia, according to Uribe and Bush, Democracy continues to be in imminent danger of being annihilated, now by drug traffickers and international terrorists, epitomized by Osama Bin Laden, a former CIA protectee, and the groups Al-Qaida and the Taliban, former CIA partners. Above and beyond Plan Colombia, The Bush administration announced in 2002 the Andean Regional initiative, a military support package to combat drug trafficking to the tune of 98 million dollars. The handout was destined for the creation of a defense battalion for the energy infrastructures, protecting 300 geographic points in Colombia considered strategic for US interests. On the 16th of January, 2002, Bush declared before the Council of World Affairs of the OEC, ?We are committed to security: Security against terror, security against violence of the drug cartels and their accomplices. Because of this we are committed to countries like Colombia to defend their democracy.? Only President Bush would call this a democracy. Through legal and illegal structures, unconstitutional laws and a massive increase of military and paramilitary apparatus, power has been concentrated within the Executive and Military Forces. The criminalization of social protest and political opposition and the creation and maintenance of paramilitary groups have been utilized as State terror tactics to instill fear and subsequently control the civilian population. As Soraya Gutierrez noted above, the most preoccupying of this situation is the appearance of normality which this fascist apparatus has taken on in recent years. Meanwhile, the warm and friendly US-Colombian relations show that Colombia is a model democracy in the eyes of US foreign policy. However for the people living in Colombia and looking down the barrel of the proverbial gun, Colombia is far from a model democracy; it is the very model of State terror. And it is the model that the US plans on exporting to many more countries. ------------------------------------------------ ?Miembros de la UIS fueron amenazados por las ??guilas Negras??, La Vanguardia (5/08/2007) electronic edition. ?Un encuentro, muchos caminos, unidos contra el olvido?, Redaccion Caja de Herramientas. Caja de Herramientas. Year 16, No. 124. Bogota, 2007. Lic. De Mingobierno. p.8-9 ?Estado Colombiano: Responsible de genocidio politico y exterminio?, Movimiento Nacional de Victimas de Crimenes de Estado. Caja de Herramientas. Year 16, No. 124. Bogota, 2007. Lic. De Mingobierno. p. 12-13 ?Consolidacion Paramilitar e Impunidad en Colombia?, Soraya Gutierrez Arguello. Democracia o Impunidad. Fundacion para la Investigaci?n y la Cultura. Bogota 2005. p. 45-77 Ibid. ?La Corte Suprema sigue adelante en el proceso de la Parapolitica?, Pedro Santana Rodr?guez. Caja de Herramientas. Year 16, No. 124, Bogota, 2007. Lic. De Mingobierno. p. 3-4 ?Ley de Guerra?, Leonardo Jaimes M. Justicia y Paz: Revista de Derechos Humanos. No. 16, Bogot?, 2002. Editorial Codice Ltda. p. 37-55 Movimiento Nacional de Victimas de Cr?menes de Estado, p. 12-13 ?Las mujeres en acto de protesta contra la Guerra?, Ruta Pacifica de la Mujeres. Caja de Herramientas. Year 16, No. 124. Bogot?, 2007. Lic. De Mingobierno. p.5 Gutierrez Arguello, Ibid. Jaimes M, Ibid. Interview with Leonardo Jaimes M., 19/08/2007. Gutierrez Arguello, Ibid. Santana Rodriguez, Ibid. Jaimes M, Ibid. Jaimes M, Ibid. Jaimes M, Ibid. www.pasc.ca From tadamon at resist.ca Mon Sep 24 11:41:46 2007 From: tadamon at resist.ca (Tadamon!) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:41:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Radio Tadamon! Racism & "Reasonable Accommodation" in Quebec. Message-ID: * Radio Tadamon! Racism & "Reasonable Accommodation" in Quebec. http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/895 Listen to an interview with Nazila Bettache of No One is Illegal Montreal on "Reasonable Accommodation" in Quebec. Currently a governmental commission is commencing this week in Canada, on the growing racism faced in Quebec by immigrants. In Quebec a series of government-initiated public hearings on cultural differences and immigrant integration has commenced this week. Immigrants in Quebec have faced a growing political storm throughout the past year, as a Provincial debate on what is referred to as "reasonable accommodation" has attracted international headlines. A series of public hearings will occur throughout the coming months in Quebec, as part of the state commission lead by two Quebec academics who are not new immigrants. These government initiated take place within the context of growing racism toward new immigrants in Quebec, a pattern of racism directly targeting the Arab / Muslim community. "Using the term accommodation simply put really, sort of implies to me a hierarchy of identities, where by, the identity the one that has been framed in the mainstream media as the so-called Quebcoies national identity," explains Bettache within the interview. Debate on immigration in Quebec reached extremes in the past year, when the rural town of Herouxville passed a resolution which demanded that "new arrivals, abandon the way of life from their countries of origin, as it cannot be recreated" in Quebec. Civil liberties groups throughout Canada slammed the resolution as racist. * For more information on No One is Illegal visit: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/ * Radio Tadamon! is produced by the Tadamon! collective in Montreal, a social justice group focusing on building solidarity with movements for social / economic justice in the Middle East and Montreal, while also working within Diaspora communities in Canada. Information at: http://tadamon.resist.ca -------- From tadamon at resist.ca Fri Sep 28 06:52:10 2007 From: tadamon at resist.ca (Tadamon!) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:52:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] [Montreal] Who is the Terrorist? Wednesday, October 17th. A Critical Conversation on Hezbollah Message-ID: Who is the Terrorist? A Critical Conversation on Hezbollah As part of Culture Shock 2007 at McGill University --------------------------> WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 6:30pm Leacock Building, Room 232 McGill University 688 Sherbrooke St. Montreal, Canada --------------------------> http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/902 A public event hosted by Tadamon! Montreal & the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at McGill University within the context of the campaign to challenging Hezbollah's listing as a 'Terrorist' Group in Canada. Presentations from: ----> Bilal Elamine: Currently living in Beirut, originally from Southern Lebanon, the former editor of Left Turn Magazine, Elamine will outline the current and historical role of Hezbollah in Lebanon from a progressive perspective. Critical recent events in Middle East history will be addressed within the presentation, as Elamine will speak about the 2006 Israeli attack on Lebanon, the 2007 general strike and opposition protests within the context of Hezbollah's role in Lebanese society. ----> Brian Aboud: Presenting on Tadamon!'s campaign to challenge the listing of Hezbollah as a 'terrorist' organization in Canada. Today, Canada is one of only three countries world-wide to designate Hezbollah as a 'terrorist' organization. The other two are Israel and the United States. Film Screening: ----> A Summer Not to Forget: A film by Lebanese film maker, Carol Mansour. Using powerful and disturbing images, the film tells a story of yet another war on Lebanon: 1,200 killed, 4,000 injured, one million displaced, 78 bridges destroyed, 15,000 homes damaged, 15,000 tonnes of oil spilled on 80km of the Mediterranean coastline, 57 collective massacres and much more. Director Mansour takes you into the harsh realities of a nation devastated by war and a people caught under siege. Tadamon! Montreal, is currently working to contest the politically-motivated designation of Hezbollah as a 'terrorist organization' in order to: * Tadamon! Montreal: Challenging Hezbollah's listing as a 'Terrorist' Group in Canada http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/campaigns/de-listing-hezbollah * Create greater space to freely discuss and engage in struggles for justice in the Middle East without fear of persecution or labeling; * Reduce the vulnerability of migrants subjected to racial profiling and unjust immigration 'security' measures; * Confront the demonization of all who resist US-driven policies for a 'new Middle East'; and * Challenge the Canadian government's unconditional support for Israeli aggression. Information: * Tadamon! Montreal http://tadamon.resist.ca / tadamon[at]resist.ca / 514 664 1036 * Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPRIG), McGill University 514 398 7432 / qpirg[at]ssmu.mcgill.ca '''''''''''''''''''''' From tadamon at resist.ca Fri Sep 28 06:52:19 2007 From: tadamon at resist.ca (Tadamon!) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:52:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] [Montreal] Qui est le terroriste? Mercredi 17 Octobre. Debat critique sur le Hezbollah. Message-ID: Qui est le terroriste? D?bat critique sur le Hezbollah. Dans le cadre de l'?v?nement Choc culturel 2007 ? l'Universit? McGill ---------------------------> MERCREDI 17 OCTOBRE ? 18h30 ?difice Leacock, salle 232 Universit? McGill, 688 rue Sherbrooke Ouest MONTR?AL (Canada) ---------------------------> http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/902 ?v?nement public anim? par Tadamon! Montr?al et le Groupe de recherche pour l'int?r?t public (GRIP) de l'Universit? McGill dans le contexte de la campagne de contestation de la d?finition du Hezbollah comme groupe ? terroriste ? au Canada. Pr?sentations de: ----> Bilal Elamine: Originaire du Sud-Liban, vivant actuellement ? Beyrouth, l'ancien r?dacteur en chef de la revue Left Turn, Bilal Elamine, brossera un tableau du r?le actuel et historique du Hezbollah au Liban dans une perspective progressiste. Dans le cadre de sa pr?sentation, Bilal Elamine traitera des ?v?nements r?cents qui sont d'une importance cruciale pour l'histoire du Moyen-Orient; il parlera de l'attaque du Liban par Isra?l en 2006, de la gr?ve g?n?rale et des manifestations d'opposants de 2007 dans le contexte du r?le du Hezbollah dans la soci?t? libanaise. ----> Brian Aboud: Pr?sentera la campagne de Tadamon! qui conteste la d?finition du Hezbollah comme ? organisation terroriste ? au Canada. Aujourd'hui le Canada est l'un des trois seuls pays au monde qui d?finit le Hezbollah comme une organisation ? terroriste ?. Les deux autres sont Isra?l et les ?tats-Unis. Projection de film: ----> A Summer Not to Forget: Film de la cin?aste libanaise Carol Mansour. Par ses images puissantes et d?rangeantes, le film raconte l'histoire d'une nouvelle guerre faite au Liban: 1 200 personnes tu?es, 4 000 bless?s, un million de personnes d?plac?es, 78 ponts d?truits, 15 000 maisons endommag?es, 15 000 tonnes de p?trole r?pandues sur 80 kilom?tres de littoral m?diterran?en, 57 massacres collectifs, et bien plus. La r?alisatrice Carol Mansour nous transporte dans la dure r?alit? d'une nation d?vast?e par la guerre et d'un peuple en ?tat de si?ge. Tadamon! Montr?al s'efforce actuellement de contester la d?finition du Hezbollah en tant qu'? organisation terroriste ?, dont le mobile est clairement politique. Cette action a les buts suivants : * ?largir l.espace pour d?battre librement et favoriser l'implication dans les luttes pour la justice au Moyen Orient sans crainte d'?tre pers?cut? ou ?tiquet? n?gativement; * Rendre moins vuln?rables les migrantes et les migrants soumis au profilage racial et ? des mesures d.immigration injustes, soi-disant ? s?curitaires ?; * D?noncer la diabolisation des personnes qui r?sistent aux politiques pro-am?ricaines visant ? ?tablir un ? nouveau Moyen-Orient ?; * Contester l'appui inconditionnel du gouvernement canadien ? l'agression isra?lienne... Tadamon! Montr?al: Contester la d?finition du Hezbollah comme groupe ? terroriste ? au Canada http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/campaigns/de-listing-hezbollah Renseignements: * Tadamon! Montr?al: http://tadamon.resist.ca / tadamon[at]resist.ca / 514 664-1036 * Groupe de recherche pour l'int?r?t public (GRIP), Universit? McGill 514 398-7432 / qpirg[at]ssmu.mcgill.ca ''''''''''''''''''''''