[Indigsol] 1pm, July 3 - Support Rally for Canadian Boat to Gaza

[Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement -Ottawa]

!! Please distribute widely !!

First, an open letter by Robert Lovelace: Robert Lovelace is an Algonquin
presence with the Freedom Flotilla -
http://rabble.ca/news/2011/06/robert-lovelace-algonquin-presence-freedom-flotilla


COME OUT to SUPPORT Canadian BOAT to Gaza (CBG)

For more info about the CBG and the flotilla: http://www.tahrir.ca/


Sunday July 3, 1 pm,
Human Rights Monument (Elgin St./Lisgar St),
Ottawa, unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156111541128152,


At this event, we will symbolically "launch" a boat to show our solidarity
with the people of Gaza and our support for the participants in theFreedom
Flotilla II and the Canadian Boat, The Tahrir.

Several organizations will place a symbolic item on or in the boat to
illustrate their support. (We suggest making a box with text or images
indicating its contents and identifying the organization.) Individuals
will be invited to put in messages. The idea is to represent the actual
Canadian boat to Gaza. You may find ideas for what to place in the boat at
www.tahrir.ca <http://www.tahrir.ca/>.

We will also take this opportunity to collect donations in food items for
the Ottawa food bank.


- Everyone is welcome -


~~ About the CBG ~~

The Canadian Boat for Gaza (CBG) is an initiative of Canadian civil
society dedicated -- through non-violent direct action -- to ending
Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.

The CBG is a member of the Freedom Flotilla II
<http://freedomflotilla.eu/>, which unites more than twenty similar
national initiatives as well as a half-dozen international organizations.

The CBG is a citizen's initiative which gathers Canadians from all
regions. It benefits from the support of nearly 200 civil society
organizations in this country and of thousands of people from diverse
ethnic, religious, social, professional and political backgrounds.

The CBG maintains that the Harper government acts against the values and
interests of Canada by its uncritical support of the State of Israel,
despite Israel's numerous flagrant violations of international law and of
human rights in blockading Gaza.

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For more information about this action, write to _gotahrir at gmail.com_or
call Benoit Renaud at 613-818-0077.

Visit _www.tahrir.ca <http://www.tahrir.ca/>_to find out more about the
CBG and the flotilla.


Also, another article about CBG by Dylan Penner "Toward Tahrir: All aboard
the flotilla for a free Palestine":
http://rabble.ca/news/2011/06/toward-tahrir-all-aboard-flotilla-free-palestine.




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In Solidarity,
IPSMO
on unceded Algonquin Territory
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