From barbaralegault at yahoo.ca Sun Mar 1 06:14:40 2009 From: barbaralegault at yahoo.ca (Barbara Legault) Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 06:14:40 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?utf-8?q?***_Action_f=C3=A9ministe_devant_le?= =?utf-8?q?_centre_de_recrutement_de_l=27arm=C3=A9e_le_6_mars_=C3=A0_Montr?= =?utf-8?q?=C3=A9al_***?= In-Reply-To: <93d44d1b0902281254m2654cec4ode8fc3e732432a5a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <94317.29512.qm@web53910.mail.re2.yahoo.com> ? Journ?e pancanadienne d'actions d?centralis?es des jeunes f?ministes ??? l?occasion de la Journ?e internationale des femmes 2009 MANIFEST-ACTION ? MONTR?AL Vendredi 6 mars Rassemblement f?ministe non-mixte 17h au Centre de recrutement des forces canadiennes (1420 Sainte-Catherine Ouest) Amenez vos pancartes, tambours, sifflets et tralala! ? ? FAIRE CIRCULER LARGEMENT CECI EST UN APPEL ? TOUTES LES F?MINISTES ? Le Centre de recrutement des forces canadiennes profite de la Journ?e internationale des femmes pour organiser un 5 ? 7 afin de ? c?l?brer la femme canadienne du 21e si?cle ? (sic). En octobre dernier, plus de 500 jeunes femmes ? du 21e si?cle ? se sont rassembl?es ? Montr?al pour construire et consolider des solidarit?s f?ministes face ? la mont?e de la droite et contre le patriarcat partout au Canada. La militarisation galopante, la guerre d?occupation en Afghanistan, le soutien tacite du Canada devant les agissements d?Isra?l envers le peuple palestinien et la place de plus en plus importante consacr?e ? la d?fense et ? la guerre dans les discours, l?espace public, les budgets et les actions gouvernementales sont des cons?quences majeures de la mont?e de la droite et des illustrations flagrantes du patriarcat ambiant. Toutes les guerres augmentent le niveau de haine et de violence dans une soci?t?, y compris les violences sexuelle et domestique dont les femmes sont les premi?res victimes. ? BAS LE COLONIALISME REBELLONS-NOUS CONTRE LE CAPITALISME R?VOLTONS-NOUS CONTRE LE PATRIARCAT F?ministes, vous ?tes invit?es ??: D?NONCER la r?cup?ration de la cause des femmes par les forces arm?es canadiennes qui pr?tendent lib?rer les femmes en bombardant le peuple afghan. RIPOSTER contre toutes les formes de violence envers les femmes dont la militarisation est responsable CONTESTER toutes les formes d?oppression, de pouvoir et de privil?ge que le patriarcat tente d?imposer FAIRE CONNA?TRE notre Manifeste du Rassemblement pancanadien des jeunes f?ministes (disponible ? www.rebelles.org) D?FENDRE ET PROMOUVOIR la s?curit?, le respect, la justice, la libert?, l??galit? et la solidarit? VENDREDI LE 6 MARS ? 16H30 Rendez-vous devant le M?TRO GUY-CONCORDIA, sortie Guy ? POUR SE RENDRE ? 17H Au CENTRE DE RECRUTEMENT DES FORCES CANADIENNES (1420 Sainte-Catherine Ouest) Le Comit? organisateur de ??Toujours RebELLEs! / Waves of Resistance?? Pour info?: www.rebelles2008.org ? mobilisation at rebelles2008.org __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.gif Type: image/gif Size: 37584 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image006.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 16104 bytes Desc: not available URL: From barbaralegault at yahoo.ca Sun Mar 1 06:19:16 2009 From: barbaralegault at yahoo.ca (Barbara Legault) Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 06:19:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] =?utf-8?q?***_Feminist_anti-military_action_i?= =?utf-8?q?n_Montr=C3=A9al_on_March_6_for_IWD_2009_***?= Message-ID: <572120.43052.qm@web53906.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Please, distribute widely in your networks. The Young feminists? pan-Canadian day of decentralized actions for International Women Day 2009 PROTEST-ACTION INMONTR?AL Friday, March 6th Women-only feminist gathering at 5PM at the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre (1420 Sainte-Catherine West) Bring your signs, drums, whistles and all that jazz! PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY THIS IS A CALL TO ALL FEMINISTS ?The Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre is taking advantage of International Women?s Day to hold a cocktail to ? celebrate the Canadian women from the 21st century ? (sic). ? Last October, more than 500 young women from the 21st century gathered in Montr?al to build and consolidate feminist solidarities in front of the rise of the Right and against patriarchy across Canada. Rampant militarism, the war of occupation in Afghanistan, the tacit support of Canada in the actions of Israel against the Palestinian people and the growing space for defense and war in the public speeches, the public space, budgets and governmental actions are major consequences from the rise of the Right and illustrations of the surrounding patriarchy. All armed conflicts increase the level of hate and violence in our society, where women are the first victims of sexual and domestic violence. ? DOWN WITH COLONIALISM REBELLES AGAINST CAPITALISM RISE AGAINST PATRIARCHY Feminists, you are invited to : ? ? DENOUNCE the recuperation of women?s rights by the Canadian Forces who pretends to free women by bombing the Afghan people. RESPOND to all forms of violence against women which militarism is responsible for. PROTEST all forms of oppressions, power and privileges that patriarchy tries to impose. MAKE KNOWN our Manifesto from the Pan-Canadian Young Feminist Gathering (available at www.rebelles.org). DEFEND AND PROMOTE security, respect, justice, freedom, equality and solidarity. ? Friday March 6th at 4:30PM Meet up in front of the Guy-Concordia M?tro, Guy exit ? TO BE AT 5PM At CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTRE (1420 Sainte-Catherine West)? The Organizing Committee for ??Waves of Resistance / Toujours RebELLEs!??For more informations?: www.rebelles2008.org ? mobilisation at rebelles2008.org ? ? _______________________________________________ RebELLEs mailing list RebELLEs at listes.ffq.qc.ca https://listes.ffq.qc.ca/listinfo/rebelles __________________________________________________________________ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! 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(MONTREAL) In-Reply-To: <33d2f7f60903040912q12662cb0s590a7ca558c1ed7a@mail.gmail.com> References: <33d2f7f60903040912q12662cb0s590a7ca558c1ed7a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <73150c490903040950i6a176170id8932984615cd542@mail.gmail.com> [please post and forward widely / svp diffuser largement] [fran?ais ci-dessous ou www.saimontreal.org] *ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK (MONTREAL) March 1st - 9th, 2009* consult website for details on all afternoon events: www.iawmontreal.org - contact: iaw-mtl at riseup.net Israeli Apartheid Week in Montreal began on March 1 at Concordia University with a moving panel focused on ?Apartheid in Canada?, featuring frontline testimonies from Elizabeth Penashue, an Innu elder from Labrador, and Judy Da Silva, a member of the Anishnabe nation from Grassy Narrows in northwestern Ontario. Approximately 200 people attended this opening panel. The next evening, in Ville St-Laurent, upwards of 400 people attended a powerful lecture by Soha Bechara, a former political prisoner and resistance fighter from Lebanon. At both events, an Indigenous Solidarity Statement was read on behalf of the organizers of Israeli Apartheid Week in Montreal. The statement is linked here: *http://montreal.apartheidweek.org/node/163* Israeli Apartheid Week continues, with events between Wednesday, March 4 until next Monday, March 9. Selected events are highlighted below. A full schedule is linked at www.iawmontreal.org ---------- *Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual international series of events held in cities and campuses across the globe. Israeli Apartheid Week aims to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement. In Montreal, local solidarity groups and individuals have planned nine full days of awareness-raising events ranging from lectures and workshops to film screenings.* *TONITE: WEDNESDAY MARCH 4th, 6:30pm Boycott Israel: The Apartheid State a lecture featuring: Ronnie Kasrils* McGill University, Shatner University Centre , Ballroom 3480 McTavish, North of Sherbrooke (m?tro Mcgill) * Ronnie Kasrils was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1938. Grandparents Jewish immigrants from Czarist Russia (Lithuania). Joined ANC 1960 after Sharpeville massacre. This led to a lifetime of political activism. Was a member of ANC's military wing at its inception in 1961. Became chief of military intelligence, operated from exile in neighbouring African states and clandestinely in South Africa. For many years member of both ANC and Communist Party national executive committees. Appointed deputy minister of defence in South Africa's first democratic government (1994-99); Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry (1999-2004); Minister Intelligence Services (2004-2008). Has retired from government and devotes himself to writing, lecturing and Palestine solidarity. Autobiography "Armed & Dangerous" (publisher Jonathan Ball, Johannesburg). Married to a fellow struggle veteran and has two adult sons. http://www.psc.za.org/* *THURSDAY MARCH 5th, 6:30pm Apartheid Israel: Democracy as an Existential Threat a lecture featuring: Omar Barghouti* McGill University, Stewart Biology, Room S 1/4 1205 Avenue Docteur Penfield, corner Drummond (m?tro Peel) * Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist. Barghouti is a founding member of the Palestinian campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel to uphold international law and universal human rights. He holds a bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Columbia University, NY. He contributed to the philosophica volume, "Controversies and Subjectivity" (John Benjamins, 2005) and to "The New Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheid" (Verso Books, 2001). He advocates an ethical vision for a unitary, secular democratic state in historic Palestine. http://www.pacbi.org/* *FRIDAY MARCH 6th, 7pm A mother from Gaza: Surviving Under Seige a lecture featuring: Laila El-haddad* Concordia University, Hall Building, Room H-937. 1455 Maisonneuve oust (m?tro Guy-Concordia) *Laila El-Haddad is a freelance Palestinian journalist, media activist, and mother from Gaza. She writes mainly for the Guardian and Aljazeera. She has also appeared on CNN, the BBC, NPR, CBC, and Democracy Now among others. Laila has been published in Le Monde Diplomatique, the New Statesmen, the International Herald Tribune and the Washington Post among others. From 2003-2006, Laila was the Gaza correspondent for the the English Aljazeera website. In 2007, she directed two Gaza-based documentaries for Al-Jazeera International (Tunnel Trade and A Rafah Playground) with Tourist With A Typewriter production company. Her award-winning blog "Raising Yousuf and Noor: diary of a Palestinian mother explores the complex relationships between the personal and political as she raises kids and negotiates displacement and occupation. Laila is currently based in the United States. http://www.a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/* * SATURDAY MARCH 7th, 1pm No Pride In Apartheid: screening of two films "Black Laundry" and "Zero Degrees of Separation"* Cinema du Parc (3575 Parc Ave.) *Black Laundry is an Israeli group of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and others who utilize direct action to oppose the occupation and to support other social justice causes. This short film chronicles the emergence of the group and their activities.* *Zero Degrees of Separation: is a feature-length documentary examining a unique and complex relationship between two lovers, two nations that are less than 3 kilometres apart. Selim and Ezra, a gay Palestinian-Israeli couple, are fighting for the right to live together in Jerusalem. Edit and Samira, a lesbian Palestinian-Israeli couple, are trying to figure out how to bridge the divide between their cultures - often so close and yet so far. Through the lives of these two couples we gain a unique perspective on the Middle East conflict. Interwoven with archival footage belonging to director Elle Flanders' grandparents, Zero Degrees of Separation takes on the larger questions of humanity, conflict and nationalist aspiration.* *SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 6-10pm Falastine Baladna: Palestinian Cultural Night* hosted by the Canadian Palestinian Foundation of Quebec (CPF-Q) 1111 Rue Lapierre, Lasalle, SALLE JEAN-GRIMALDI * The show is presented by the "Baladna Group" from Ottawa: http://www.baladnagroup.com Tickets 10$ children (under12) , 15$ adults; You will enjoy our Palestinian songs performed by very talented young singers. Traditional Dabkah is a must in any Palestinian show, and we will take you in a short journey to a "story from Palestine" in a theatrical sketches. And yes all of this for a good cause, some of the proceeds of the show will go to support the orphans in Palestine. Food sale will start at 6:00 and the show will be from 7:30-10pm. Parking is free, easy access by public transportation. Bring your kids, there is a free babysitting. Bring your family and friends to introduce Palestinian music, Dabkah and culture to them. Come to have fun and meet new people and us. Info: 514-952-9966* *SUNDAY MARCH 8th, 12pm Demonstration: International Womens Day and Palestinian Block* WOMEN DEMAND A NEW WORLD ORDER: End Imperialism, Occupation, War, Exploitation and Repression! carr? Cabot corner St. Catherine & Atwater (m?tro Atwater) *MONDAY MARCH 9th, 7PM SLING SHOT HIP-HOP : Hip Hop against Apartheid* film screening co-presented with Cinema Politica Concordia University, Hall Building, room H-110 1455 de Maisonneuve West (m?tro Guy-Concordia) *Slingshot Hip Hop: braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them. http://www.slingshothiphop.org/* *The following groups have endorsed Israeli Apartheid Week in Montreal (updated March 3, 2009):* - Association pour une solidarit? syndicale ?tudiant (ASS?) - Association ?tudiante de la culture arabe de l'UQ?M - Association facultaire des Sciences humaines de l'UQ?M (AFESH) - Association des ?tudiants Musulmans de L'Universit? de Montr?al - Association G?n?rale des ?tudiant-e-s du C?gep de St-J?r?me - Alternatives - Bloquez l'empire-Montr?al - Canadian Arab Federation/La F?d?ration Canado-Arabe - Canadian Palestinian Foundation of Quebec (CPF-Q) - Canadian Center for Middle Eastern Studies - Canadian Union of Postal Workers/Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes (STTP) - Centre Communautaire Musulman de Montr?al - Centre des femmes d'ici et d'ailleurs - Centre for Philippine Concerns - Centre Social Autog?r?/Autonomous Social Center - Cinema Politica - Coalition pour la justice et la paix en Palestine (CJPP) - Coalition pour la justice en Palestine (UQ?M) - Collectif f?ministe les Sorci?res - Collectif oppos? ? la brutalit? polici?re (COBP) - Collectif de recherche sur l'autonomie collective - College and University Workers United (CUWU) - Comit? d?action pour la lutte ?tudiante boulonnaise (CALEB) - Comit? des sans-emploi Montr?al Centre - 8 March Coordination and Action Committee of Women of Diverse Origins - Frigo Vert Concordia - Immigrant Workers Center - Iranian Women's Association - McGill Arab Law Students Association - Midnight Kitchen McGill - Muslim Students Association (MSA) Concordia - Muslim Students Association (MSA) McGill - No One Is Illegal/Personne n'est ill?gal-Montr?al - Op?ration Objection - La Otra Campa?a de Montr?al - Palestiniens et Juifs Unis (PAJU) - People's Potato Concordia - PINAY - The Filipino Women's Organization in Quebec - Projet Accompagnement Solidarit? Colombie (PASC) - La Pointe Libertaire - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG)-Concordia - Quebec Public Interest Research Group(QPIRG)-McGill - Q-Team - Radlaw - McGill University Radical Law Community - Solidarit? sans fronti?res/Solidarity Across Borders - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-Concordia - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-McGill - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-National - Student Association for Muslim Awareness (SAMA) at Concordia - Syndicat ?tudiant C?gep Marie-Victorin - Tadamon - Tamil Action Committee-Montreal - 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy - Voix juives ind?pendantes/Independent Jewish Voices [to add your endorsement/pour ajouter votre endossement: iaw-mtl at riseup.net] *Israeli Apartheid Week (Montreal), March 1-9, 2009 Full Schedule of Israeli Apartheid Week events: www.iawmontreal.org INFO: iaw-mtl at riseup.net - www.iawmontreal.org* ::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::: *Semaine contre l'apartheid isra?lien ? Montreal du 1er mars au 9 mars 2009 * Visiter le site Internet pour tous les d?tails sur la tenue des ?v?nements quotidiens : www.saimontreal.org - contact: iaw-mtl at riseup.net La Semaine contre l'apartheid isra?lien est un rendez-vous annuel mettant en place diff?rents ?v?nements dans plusieurs villes et campus partout sur la plan?te. Il vise ? sensibiliser les gens sur la situation d'apartheid que maintient Isra?l ? l'int?rieur de ses fronti?res. L'organisation de cette semaine vise aussi ? mettre de l'avant diff?rentes campagnes locales de boycottage, de d?sinvestissement et de sanctions (BDS) contre Isra?l dans le cadre de la mobilisation internationale sans cesse grandissante de la campagne BDS. ? Montr?al, des groupes et des individus solidaires avec la situation v?cue par les Palestiniens organisent neuf jours de conf?rences, d'ateliers et de pr?sentation de films afin d'informer et de sensibiliser le public sur cet enjeu. *CE SOIR: MERCREDI, 4 mars ? 18h30 ? Le boycottage d'Isra?l : l'?tat apartheid ? Conf?rence de Ronnie Kasrills* Universit? McGill, Centre universitaire Shatner, salle de bal 3480, rue McTavish (au nord de la rue Sherbrooke, m?tro McGill) *Ronnie Kasrils: n? ? Johannesburg, en Afrique du Sud, en 1938. Ses grand-parents ?taient des immigrants juifs lituaniens fuyant la Russie tsariste. ? la suite du massacre de Sharpeville, il se joint ? l'ANC, en 1960. Cela l'am?nera ? consacrer sa vie ? l'activisme politique. Il est membre de l'aile militaire de l'ANC ? ses d?buts, en 1961. Il devient chef des services secrets militaires, op?rant en exil ? partir d'?tats limitrophes ainsi qu'en Afrique du Sud de fa?on clandestine. Il a ?t? membre durant de nombreuses ann?es des conseils ex?cutifs de l'ANC et du Parti communiste. Nomm? ministre de la D?fense du premier gouvernement d?mocratique de l'Afrique du Sud (1994-1999), il a ?galement occup? les postes de ministre des Eaux et for?ts (1999-2004) et de ministre des Services secrets (2004-2008). Aujourd'hui retir? du gouvernement, il se consacre ? l'?criture, donne des conf?rences et ?uvre au sein du mouvement de solidarit? avec la Palestine. Il a publi? son autobiographie, Armed & Dangerous (?d. Jonathan Ball, Johannesburg). Mari? ? une compagne de r?sistance, il a deux fils adultes. http://www.psc.za.org/* *JEUDI, 5 mars ? 18h30 ? Apartheid-Isra?l : la d?mocratie comme menace existentielle ? Conf?rence d'Omar Barghouti* Universit? McGill, ?difice des sciences biologiques Stewart, salle S 1/4 1205, avenue du Docteur Penfield, coin Drummond (m?tro Peel) * Omar Barghouti est un chercheur et critique ind?pendant palestinien, ?galement militant pour les droits de la personne. Il est l'un des fondateurs de la campagne de boycottage, de d?sinvestissement et de sanctions (BDS) men?e contre Isra?l et visant ? d?fendre les lois internationales et les droits universels de la personne. Omar Barghouti d?tient une ma?trise en g?nie ?lectrique de la Columbia University (New York). Il a particip? ? la r?daction de l'ouvrage philosophique Controversies and Subjectivity (John Benjamins, 2005) et ? The New Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheid (Verso Books, 2001), entre autres publications. Il d?fend une vision fond?e sur l'?thique pour un ?tat unique, la?que et d?mocratique en Palestine historique. http://www.pacbi.org/* *VENDREDI, 6 mars ? 19h ? ?tre m?re ? Gaza : survivre ? l'?tat de si?ge ? Conf?rence de Leila El-Haddad* Universit? Concordia, ?difice Hall, salle H-937 1455, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest (m?tro Guy-Concordia) *Laila El-Haddad est une journaliste ind?pendante palestinienne, activiste m?diatique, et m?re originaire de Gaza. Elle ?crit principalement pour The Guardian et Al Jazeera. Elle a notamment travaill? pour CNN, la BBC, NPR, Radio-Canada et Democracy Now. Ses articles ont ?t? publi?s dans Le Monde Diplomatique, The New Statesmen, The International Herald Tribune et The Washington Post, entre autres. De 2003 ? 2006, Laila ?tait correspondante ? Gaza pour le site en anglais de Al-Jazeera. En 2007, elle a r?alis? ? Gaza deux documentaires pour la cha?ne Al-Jazeera International (Tunnel Trade et A Rafah Playground) avec la soci?t? de production Tourist With A Typewriter. Son blogue ?lever Yousouf et Nour : journal d'une m?re palestinienne explore les relations complexes qui unissent le personnel et le politique alors qu'elle ?l?ve ses enfants tout en faisant face aux d?placements de personnes et ? l'occupation. Laila vit actuellement aux ?tats-Unis. http://www.a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/* *SAMEDI, 7 mars ? 13h **Pr?sentation des films Black Laundry et Zero Degrees of Separation** ?No Pride in Apartheid?: **Un ?v?nement comprenant un visionnement de films suivi d?une discussion portant sur les luttes queer contre l?occupation et l?apartheid isra?liens.* Cin?ma du Parc *malheursement les deux films sont en anglaise sans les sous-titres fran?ais. 3575, avenue du Parc *Black Laundry est un groupe isra?lien de lesbiennes, gais, bisexuels, transgenre et autres qui emploient l'action directe pour s'opposer ? l'occupation et appuyer d'autres causes de justice sociale. Ce court-m?trage raconte la cr?ation du groupe et montre ses activit?s. Zero Degrees of Separation: documentaire long qui examine une relation particuli?re et complexe entre les amants de deux couples et deux nations situ?es ? moins de trois kilom?tres l'une de l'autre. Selim et Ezra, couple gai isra?lo-palestinien, luttent pour le droit de vivre ensemble ? J?rusalem. Edit et Samira, couple lesbien isra?lo-palestinien, tente de trouver des moyens de franchir le foss? qui s?parent leurs cultures, souvent si proches et pourtant si ?loign?es. ? travers la vie de ces deux couples, ce film offre une perspective unique sur le conflit du Moyen-Orient. Zero Degrees of Separation, qui comporte aussi des s?quences d'archives provenant des grands-parents de la cin?aste, Elle Flanders, aborde de fa?on plus large les questions li?es ? l'humanit?, aux conflits et aux aspirations nationalistes.* *DIMANCHE, 8 mars ? midi Manifestation : Journ?e internationale de la femme et le bloc palestinien* ? Les femmes demandent un nouvel ordre mondial : fin ? l'imp?rialisme, ? l'occupation, ? la guerre, ? l'exploitation et ? la r?pression ! ? Carr? Cabot, coin des rues Sainte-Catherine et Atwater (m?tro Atwater) *LUNDI, 9 mars ? 19h ? Sling shot hip-hop : Hip-hop contre l'apartheid ?* Pr?sentation de film avec l'?quipe de Cin?ma Politica Universit? Concordia, ?difice Hall, salle H-110 1455, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest (m?tro Guy-Concordia) *Slingshot Hip Hop: ce documentaire pr?sente en parall?le les histoires de jeunes Palestiniens vivant en Isra?l, ? Gaza et en Cisjordanie. Ces jeunes d?couvrent le hip-hop et l'utilisent comme moyen de d?passer les divisions que leur imposent l'occupation isra?lienne et la pauvret?. Des check-points int?rieurs et du mur de s?paration aux normes li?es au genre et aux diff?rences g?n?rationnelles, voici l'histoire de jeunes gens qui traversent les fronti?res qui les s?parent. http://www.slingshothiphop.org/* La Semaine contre l'apartheid isra?lien est un rendez-vous annuel mettant en place diff?rents ?v?nements dans plusieurs villes et campus partout sur la plan?te. Il vise ? sensibiliser les gens sur la situation d'apartheid que maintient Isra?l ? l'int?rieur de ses fronti?res. L'organisation de cette semaine vise aussi ? mettre de l'avant diff?rentes campagnes locales de boycottage, de d?sinvestissement et de sanctions (BDS) contre Isra?l dans le cadre de la mobilisation internationale sans cesse grandissante de la campagne BDS. Cette ann?e, pour sa cinqui?me ?dition, la Semaine contre l'apartheid isra?lien a lieu juste apr?s l'attaque barbare d'Isra?l contre les Gazaouis. R?cemment, ? Montr?al et dans le monde, des milliers de personnes sont descendues dans la rue pour d?noncer les atrocit?s commises par Isra?l. Ces derni?res ann?es, on constate une forte augmentation des textes et analyses divers cherchant ? ?toffer le dossier de l'apartheid isra?lien et ? d?noncer celui-ci, y compris des rapports ?manant d'organismes internationaux et de d?fense des droits de la personne, ainsi que des t?moignages et enqu?tes publi?es par des leaders politiques, des penseurs, des universitaires et des activistes. Depuis les attaques de Gaza, ces voix s'?l?vent de plus en plus fort, et elles ont attir? l'attention du monde entier. L'objectif de la Semaine contre l'apartheid isra?lien est de contribuer ? cette opposition internationale ? l'apartheid isra?lien. Joignez-vous ? nous pour faire de 2009 une ann?e de lutte contre l'apartheid et pour la justice, l'?galit? et la paix ! *Les groupes suivants ont endoss? la Semaine contre l'apartheid isra?lien (mise ? jour le 3 mars 2009):* - Association pour une solidarit? syndicale ?tudiant (ASS?) - Association ?tudiante de la culture arabe de l'UQ?M - Association facultaire des Sciences humaines de l'UQ?M (AFESH) - Association des ?tudiants Musulmans de L'Universit? de Montr?al - Association G?n?rale des ?tudiant-e-s du C?gep de St-J?r?me - Alternatives - Bloquez l'empire-Montr?al - Canadian Arab Federation/La F?d?ration Canado-Arabe - Canadian Palestinian Foundation of Quebec (CPF-Q) - Canadian Center for Middle Eastern Studies - Canadian Union of Postal Workers/Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes (STTP) - Centre Communautaire Musulman de Montr?al - Centre des femmes d'ici et d'ailleurs - Centre for Philippine Concerns - Centre Social Autog?r?/Autonomous Social Center - Cinema Politica - Coalition pour la justice et la paix en Palestine (CJPP) - Coalition pour la justice en Palestine (UQ?M) - Collectif f?ministe les Sorci?res - Collectif oppos? ? la brutalit? polici?re (COBP) - Collectif de recherche sur l'autonomie collective - College and University Workers United (CUWU) - Comit? d?action pour la lutte ?tudiante boulonnaise (CALEB) - Comit? des sans-emploi Montr?al Centre - 8 March Coordination and Action Committee of Women of Diverse Origins - Frigo Vert Concordia - Immigrant Workers Center - Iranian Women's Association - McGill Arab Law Students Association - Midnight Kitchen McGill - Muslim Students Association (MSA) Concordia - Muslim Students Association (MSA) McGill - No One Is Illegal/Personne n'est ill?gal-Montr?al - Op?ration Objection - La Otra Campa?a de Montr?al - Palestiniens et Juifs Unis (PAJU) - People's Potato Concordia - PINAY - The Filipino Women's Organization in Quebec - Projet Accompagnement Solidarit? Colombie (PASC) - La Pointe Libertaire - Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG)-Concordia - Quebec Public Interest Research Group(QPIRG)-McGill - Q-Team - Radlaw - McGill University Radical Law Community - Solidarit? sans fronti?res/Solidarity Across Borders - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-Concordia - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-McGill - Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)-National - Student Association for Muslim Awareness (SAMA) at Concordia - Syndicat ?tudiant C?gep Marie-Victorin - Tadamon - Tamil Action Committee-Montreal - 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy - Voix juives ind?pendantes/Independent Jewish Voices [to add your endorsement/pour ajouter votre endossement: iaw-mtl at riseup.net] *La Semaine contre l'apartheid isra?lien ? Montr?al, 1-9 mars 2009 Horaire d'?v?nements: http://montreal.apartheidweek.org/fr Israeli Apartheid Week (Montreal), March 1-9, 2009 Full Schedule of Israeli Apartheid Week events: www.iawmontreal.org* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From qpirgsprouts at gmail.com Sun Mar 8 12:12:24 2009 From: qpirgsprouts at gmail.com (QPIRG Concordia) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:12:24 -0800 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] STUDY IN ACTION | with Lee Maracle | 10 Workshops & Panels | ETUDES EN ACTION | (MONTREAL, March 13-15) In-Reply-To: <8b38a38c0903081207r719596cbs9531986d64b7bfde@mail.gmail.com> References: <33d2f7f60903080726p2d7c3066wc8ac08982088e496@mail.gmail.com> <8b38a38c0903081207m67b02f35r1e4b3dccb40891a6@mail.gmail.com> <8b38a38c0903081207r719596cbs9531986d64b7bfde@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8b38a38c0903081212q32f719aw46555fcd561d99fa@mail.gmail.com> [fran?ais ci-dessous ou: http://qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction/accueil.html ] [facebook announcement: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=55082074123 ] [please post and distribute widely] STUDY IN ACTION An undergraduate conference linking students with community activism March 13-15, 2009 Concordia University, MONTREAL Friday, March 13, 6:30pm KEYNOTE PANEL: "Occupation and Resistance" de S?ve Cinema, 1400 de Maisonneuve West Featured Speakers: -> Lee Maracle: award-winning writer, poet and teacher -> Zainab Amadahy: writer and community worker -> Sarita Ahooja: Montreal-area organizer active with No One Is Illegal & Solidarity Across Borders -> Helen Hudson: Montreal-area organizer active with the Certain Days Political Prisoner Calendar and the Anarchist Bookfair More detailed info below or http://www.qpirgconcodia.org/studyinaction Keynote panel followed by a reception at Burritoville - 2055 Bishop Street. Saturday, March 14 (10am-6pm) & Sunday, March 15 (10:30am-6pm) CONFERENCE PANELS, DISCUSSIONS, WORKSHOPS & ART EXHIBITION: 7th Floor, Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve West THEME: "Occupation and Resistance" Topics include: Militarization and the University; Research in Action; Hip Hop Education; Voices of Prisoners in Academia; Defiant and Self-Determined Bodies; Migration, Identity and Indigenous Solidarity; Indigenous Worldview for Allies; Decriminalizing Public Space; Independent Media Centres in Resistance; and more! DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF PANELS & WORKSHOPS: http://qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction/schedule.html -> The Study In Action conference is free. Welcome to all! -> Breakfast, lunch and beverages are provided free during the conference. -> Wheelchair accessible. -> Childcare available on-site (please phone 48 hours in advance). -> Whisper translation available for all panels and workshops in English and French. Please pre-register by e-mail at studyinaction at gmail.com (students: please indicate your name, school and field of study; community members: let us know who you are) or visit the website. For more information: studyinaction at gmail.com tel: 514-848-7585. www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction ---------- FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 6:30pm STUDY IN ACTION Keynote Panel: ?Occupation and Resistance? de S?ve Cinema, 1400 de Maisonneuve West (metro Guy-Concordia) Featured speakers: LEE MARACLE is the author of Sojourner's and Sundogs, Ravensong, Bobbi Lee, Daughters Are Forever, Will's Garden, Bent Box, I Am Woman, and many other works. She is an award-winning writer and teacher, and an occasional editor, film story editor, dramaturge, stage actor and a gifted orator. Lee is of Salish and Cree ancestry and a member of the St?:l? Nation. ZAINAB AMADAHY is a writer and community worker. She is a contributor to the anthology Strong Women?s Stories: Native Vision & Community Activism as well as authoring Moons of Palmares. Zainab is a Board member of the Association of Native Development in the Performing & Visual Arts and is the Executive Director of Community Arts Ontario. SARITA AHOOJA & HELEN HUDSON are respected organizers based in Montreal. Helen is active with the Certain Days Political Prisoner Calendar Project, the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair and other groups and campaigns. Sarita is active with No One is Illegal, Solidarity Across Borders, as well as other groups and campaigns. They are both involved with solidarity struggles and campaigns related to political prisoners, migrants and Indigenous peoples. Helen and Sarita are both former coordinators of QPIRG-Concordia. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 10am-6pm Hall Building, 7th Floor, 1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest (metro Guy Concordia) Scheduled topics: Class Warfare: Militarization and the University Defiant and Self-Determined Bodies Knowledge from the Inside: The Voices of Prisoners in Academia Migration, Identity and Indigenous Solidarity Indigenous Worldview for Allies of Indigenous Struggles Detailed descriptions of Saturday workshops and panels: http://qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction/schedule.html#sat SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 10:30am-6pm Hall Building, 7th Floor, 1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest (metro Guy Concordia) Scheduled topics: Writing Our Rhymes Down: Interactive workshop on Hip Hop Education ?Fuck the Police?: Decriminalizing Public Space Independent Media Centres in Resistance Internationally and in Quebec Research in Action: Radicalizing our Methodologies * Demonstration Against Police Brutality: Contingent from Study In Action * Detailed descriptions of Sunday workshops and panels: http://qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction/schedule.html#sun INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction 514-848-7585 - info at qpirgconcordia.org STUDY IN ACTION is a project of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia. :::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: ?TUDES EN ACTION Une conf?rence de premier cycle pour faire le lien entre les ?tudiant-e-s et l?activisme communautaire Du 13 au 15 mars 2009 Universit? Concordia, Montr?al Le vendredi 13 mars, 18 h 30 PANEL PRINCIPAL : ? L?Occupation et la R?sistance ? Cin?ma De S?ve, 1400 De Maisonneuve ouest Conf?renci?res : Lee Maracle; Zainab Amadahy; Sarita Ahooja & Helen Hudson -> Ce panel sera suivi d?une r?ception au restaurant Burritoville - 2055 rue Bishop. Le samedi 14 mars (de 10h ? 18h) et le dimanche 15 mars (de 10h30 ? 18h) CONF?RENCES, DISCUSSIONS, ATELIERS ET EXPOSITIONS D?ART : 7? ?tage, ?difice Hall, 1455 De Maisonneuve ouest TH?ME : ? Occupation et R?sistance ? Quelques un des sujets abord?s : La militarisation et l?universit?; la recherche-action; l??ducation par le Hip-hop; la voix des prisonniers et prisonni?res en milieu universitaire; des corps rebelles et autod?termin?s; la migration, l?identit? et la solidarit? avec les peuples autochtones; une vision du monde autochtone (? l?intention des alli?-e-s); d?criminaliser l?espace public; les centres de m?dias ind?pendants en r?sistance; et plus! -> Plus de d?tails ci-dessous -> L?acc?s ? la conf?rence ?tudes en Action est gratuit. Bienvenue ? toutes et tous! -> Le petit d?jeuner, le lunch et les boissons sont fournis tout au long de la conf?rence. -> Accessibles aux fauteuils roulants. -> Des services de garde d?enfants sont disponibles sur le site (veuillez communiquer avec les organisateurs-trices au moins 48 heures ? l?avance). -> Des services de traduction chuchot?e seront disponibles pour tous les panels et les ateliers, en fran?ais et en anglais. -> Veuillez vous inscrire d?avance aux activit?s par courriel, au studyinaction at gmail.com (?tudiant-e-s : veuillez aussi indiquer votre nom, votre ?tablissement d?enseignement et votre domaine d??tude; membres de la communaut?; donnez-nous une id?e de qui vous ?tes / ce que vous faites) ou visitez le site Internet. Pour plus de renseignements : studyinaction at gmail.com T?l. : 514-848-7585 www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction ---------- Panel principal d??TUDES EN ACTION : ? L?Occupation et la R?sistance ? Le vendredi 13 mars, 18 h 30 Cin?ma De S?ve, 1400 De Maisonneuve ouest Conf?renci?res : Lee Maracle; Zainab Amadahy; Sarita Ahooja & Helen Hudson LEE MARACLE est l?auteure de Sojourner's and Sundogs, Ravensong, Bobbi Lee, Daughters Are Forever, Will's Garden, Bent Box, I Am Woman et de plusieurs autres ouvrages. Elle est auteure prim?e et enseignante, ainsi qu??ditrice, lectrice-analyste de sc?narios, dramaturge, actrice et brillante oratrice. Lee est d?origine Salish et Crie et est membre de la nation St?:lō. ZAINAB AMADAHY est auteure et travailleuse communautaire. Elle a collabor? ? l?anthologie Strong Women?s Stories: Native Vision & Community Activism et a sign? Moons of Palmares. Zainab est membre du Conseil de la Association of Native Development in the Performing & Visual Arts et Directrice administrative de Community Arts Ontario. SARITA AHOOJA & HELEN HUDSON sont des organisatrices tr?s respect?es de la r?gion de Montr?al. Helen collabore au projet Certain Days Political Prisoner Calendar, au Salon du livre anarchiste de Montr?al et ? divers autres groupes et campagnes. Sarita est membre active de Personne n?est Ill?gal et de Solidarit? sans fronti?res et collabore ? plusieurs autres groupes et campagnes. Elles sont toutes deux impliqu?es dans des campagnes de solidarit? li?es aux luttes des prisonniers et prisonni?res politiques, des migrants et migrantes et des peuples autochtones. Helen et Sarita sont toutes deux d?anciennes coordonnatrices du GRIPQ-Concordia. Le SAMEDI 14 mars, de 10 h ? 18 h ?difice Hall, 7? ?tage, 1455 De Maisonneuve ouest (m?tro Guy-Concordia) Sujets au programme : - Guerre de classe: la militarisation et l?Universit? (Class Warfare: Militarization and the University) - Corps rebelles et autod?termin?s (Defiant and Self-Determined Bodies) - La connaissance ? en dedans ? : Voix de prisonniers et prisonni?res en milieu universitaire (Knowledge from the Inside: The Voices of Prisoners in Academia) - Migration, identit?, et solidarit? avec les peuples autochtones (Migration, Identity and Indigenous Solidarity) - Une Vision du monde autochtone ? l?intention des alli?-e-s des luttes autochtones (Indigenous Worldview for Allies of Indigenous Struggles) Le DIMANCHE 15 mars, de 10 h 30 ? 18 h ?difice Hall, 7? ?tage, 1455 De Maisonneuve oust (m?tro Guy-Concordia) Sujets au programme : - ?crire nos rimes : Atelier interactif sur l??ducation par le Hip-hop (Writing Our Rhymes Down: Interactive workshop on Hip Hop Education) - ? Nique la police ? : D?criminaliser l?espace public (?Fuck the Police?: Decriminalizing Public Space) - Centres de m?dias ind?pendants en r?sistance, au Qu?bec et ailleurs (Independent Media Centres in Resistance Internationally and in Quebec) - La recherche-action : Radicaliser nos m?thodologies (Research in Action: Radicalizing our Methodologies) * Manifestation contre la brutalit? polici?re : Contingent d??tudes en Action * RENSEIGNEMENTS : www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction 514-848-7585 - info at qpirgconcordia.org ?TUDES EN ACTION est un projet du Groupe de recherche en int?r?t public du Qu?bec (GRIPQ) ? l?Universit? Concordia. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From qpirgsprouts at gmail.com Fri Mar 13 08:29:23 2009 From: qpirgsprouts at gmail.com (QPIRG Concordia) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:29:23 -0400 Subject: [Bloquez l'empire!] Wednesday! Ann Hansen, author of DIRECT ACTION | Film showing: P4W: Prison for Women (MONTREAL) In-Reply-To: <8b38a38c0903130828y2398104fpea8179e11fbdbaed@mail.gmail.com> References: <33d2f7f60903130819s19bafc0dode79276306b1283e@mail.gmail.com> <8b38a38c0903130824y3899c2c2i392aff32915e893e@mail.gmail.com> <8b38a38c0903130828y2398104fpea8179e11fbdbaed@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8b38a38c0903130829je7835b8q23f7fcd038f24928@mail.gmail.com> [please post and forward widely] [facebook announcement: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=55725610884] KEEPING IT REEL! QPIRG-Concordia's Subversive Cinema Series next feature film: P4W: Prison for Women National Film Board (NFB) Classic Film Followed by a special lecture by ANN HANSEN, author of "Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerilla". WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 7pm 1455 de Maisonneuve West, H-110 (metro Guy-Concordia) Welcome to all. FREE. Wheelchair accessible. P4W: Prison for Women is an NFB classic film that takes shattering look at love and isolation in the most desperate of places. The film centres on five women inmates - their stores, their relationships and their lives - inside Canada's only Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario. The complex fabric of this invisible community is revealed through the use of interviews, monologues and powerful verit? sequences. (Canada, 1980, 90 minutes) The film is followed by a special lecture by ANN HANSEN. Ann is a former inmate at Kingston?s Prison for Women; and author of ?Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla.? Ann was part of the underground anti-war guerilla movement of the 1980s in Canada. Info: 514-848-7585 ? info at qpirgconcordia.org - www.qpirgconcordia.org Next film in KEEPING IT REEL: QPIRG Concordia's Subversive Cinema Series: -> April 15: AMERICAN OUTRAGE (2008 award-winning film about indigenous sovereignty) All film showings at 1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest, H-110 at 7pm. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: