[Indigsol] The Invisible Nation, Tuesday, Mar. 3. Movie and Panel Discussion

[mattm-b at resist.ca]

The Invisible Nation, Tuesday, Mar. 3.  Movie and Panel Discussion

*Circulate*

Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 6:30 pm
Auditorium, Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street, Ottawa
Free Admission
Donations are appreciated.
Everyone is Welcome!
Wheelchair Accessible
ipsmo at riseup.net
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/
Indigenous Peoples’ Solidarity Movement -Ottawa

The Elders said “You have to know your history.  You have to know what is
behind you in order to know where you are going.  If you do not understand
that history, you cannot ever have any vision about where it is you want to
go.”

Here is an opportunity for you to learn some of the history of the
Algonquin and
discuss how we can move forward!  Please join us in an evening of learning
and discussion with a Grandmother of Algonquin, Anishinabeg and the
directors of this best documentary – The Invisible Nation, The Story of The
Algonquin.

** Coffee and snacks will be served.  Please bring your own cups!!!

We are honoured to have Dr. William Commanda, a respected 95-year old
Algonquin Elder, Founder, Circle of All Nations, to conduct an opening
ceremony for us on this evening!

Film: The Invisible Nation
The Story of The Algonquin - the winner of the 2008 Jutra for Best
Documentary, directed by Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie

Panelists:

Claudette Commanda

Algonquin, Anishinabeg, National Coordinator of First Nations Confederacy of
Cultural Education Centre

Richard Desjardins

Director - The Invisible Nation

Robert Monderie
Director - The Invisible Nation

 The Algonquin once lived in harmony with the vast territory they occupied.
This balance was upset when the Europeans arrived in the 16th century.
Gradually, their Aboriginal traditions were undermined and their natural
resources plundered. Today, barely 9,000 Algonquin are left. They live in
about 10 communities, often enduring abject poverty and human rights abuses.
–  <http://www3.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=55672> NFB.ca

Watch the trailer -
<http://www3.nfb.ca/webextension/peuple-invisible/?pinvdo=play>
http://www3.nfb.ca/webextension/peuple-invisible/?pinvdo=play

"A fascinating documentary exposing a truth we'd rather not know." -
Marc-André Lussier, La Presse
"Shocking but essential." - Michel Defoy, Voir
"The images speak and the words punch [...] a very moving film." - Brigitte
McCann, Le Journal de Montréal

“Colonialism is not just the theft of territory, and populating it with new
settlers and their way of life.  It also involves the destruction of the
social, political and economic institutions of the original inhabitants.” –
>From Hoping Against Hope? The Struggle Against Colonialism in Canada







******Please Circulate Widely******

Students Against Israeli Apartheid (Carleton) and Solidarity for
Palestinian Human Rights
(U of O) invite you participate in Israeli Apartheid Week 2009 –
Standing United with the People of Gaza

We are excited to launch Israeli Apartheid Week in Ottawa, and we thank
you for your solidarity in the face of campus repression both at Carleton
and the University of Ottawa! For updates on campus repression and IAW,
please check www.carleton.saia.ca as well as the video report of the
latest protest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6qLLXdpdrQ

(2) About Israeli Apartheid Week


E-mail sphr.uofo at gmail.com or saia.carleton at gmail.com


For more information: www.apartheidweek.org and www.carleton.saia.ca

(2) About Israeli Apartheid Week


Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual international series of events
held in cities and campuses across the globe. The aim of IAW is 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.


Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is taking place in more than 40 cities across
the globe (the number of cities is growing daily). This year, IAW happens
in the wake of Israel's barbaric assault on the people of Gaza. Lectures,
films, and actions will make the point that these latest massacres further
confirm the true nature of Israeli Apartheid. IAW 2009 will continue to
build and strengthen the growing BDS movement at a global level.


Prominent Palestinians, Jewish anti-Zionists, and South Africans have been
at the forefront of this struggle. At the same time, an international
divestment campaign has gained momentum in response to a statement issued
in July 2005 by over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations calling
for boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) against apartheid Israel .
Important gains have recently been made in this campaign in countries like
South Africa , the United Kingdom , Canada and the United States .


The aim of IAW is to contribute to this chorus of international opposition
to Israeli apartheid and to bolster support for the BDS campaign in
accordance with the demands outlined in the July 2005 Statement: full
equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, an end to the occupation
and colonization of all Arab lands – including the Golan Heights, the
Occupied West Bank with East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip – and
dismantling the Wall, and the protection of Palestinian refugees’ right to
return to their homes and properties as stipulated in U.N. resolution 194.

In previous years IAW has played an important role in raising awareness
and disseminating information about Zionism, the Palestinian liberation
struggle and its similarities with the indigenous sovereignty struggle in
North America and the South African anti-Apartheid movement. Join us in
making this a year of struggle against apartheid and for justice,
equality, and peace.


www.apartheidweek.org www.carleton.saia.ca

Please support Israeli Apartheid week by attending the various events.

-- 
"All oppression is relative.
All oppression is specific."

- Albert Memmi