[IPSM] "Words are Weapons!" - a Teach-in against war (March 12, 13)

Wed Mar 10 10:10:58 PST 2004

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[Final announcement: This e-mail contains updated information about the
Words Are Weapons Anti-War Teach-in this coming March 12-13 in Montreal,
including workshop and speaker details. Please post and forward!]

One week before the Global Day of Action Against War and Occupation
join us for ...

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WORDS ARE WEAPONS --
No War at Home, No War For Empire!
A Teach-in Against War
Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13, 2004
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Speakers include native youth from Grassy Narrows, Benjamin Ramos Rosado
of the Latin@ Coalition for Peace and Justice (New York City), Christine
Karatnytsky (US Labor Against the War), Charles Gagnon (CSN), Martine Eloy
(Echec a la guerre), Ehab Lotayef (Iraq Solidarity Project) and many
others.

-- All events are FREE -- Both venues are wheelchair accessible --
Childcare available on-site -- Bring your kids! -- Translation available
-- Free Lunch on Saturday courtesy of People's Potato --

--> FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 7pm <--
1710, rue Beaudry (metro Beaudry)
Opening Panel:
THE ROOTS OF WAR - 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance
Panelists include ...
* Chrissy Swain, Ashley Loon, Warren Ashopenance and Shantell Swain, youth
from Grassy Narrows, an indigenous community that is resisting the
destruction of their traditional lands
* Joane Bourget, a nurse working on Inuit land
* Clifton Arihwakehte, member of the Kanesatake Mohawk community

--> SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 10am-6pm <--
Workshops and Panels
UQAM, Pavillon Hubert-Aquin
(corner of St-Denis and Ste-Catherine, metro Berri UQAM)

FULL SCHEDULE:

10AM-12PM: Breakfast and Morning Panel: CANADA MEANS WAR (room A-2860)
* Clifton Arihwakehte on Canadian colonialism. Clifton is a member of the
Kanestake Mohawk community.
* Aziz Choudry on Canadian corporations and war. Aziz Choudry is an
activist, researcher and writer on neoliberal globalization, colonization,
and struggles for social, political and economic justice.
* Elise Hugus on Canada's role in missle defence and the arms trade. Elise
is a freelance journalist and contributor to CKUT's community news
collective.
* Rabie Masri on Canada's role in Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan. Rabie
is an activist with the Coalition to Stop the Deportation of Palestinian
Refugees.

12PM-1:30PM: Three Simultaneous Workshops

a) Workshop: LOOKING FOR CANNON-FODDER - HOW THE ARMY RECRUITS (room
A-2860)
* Benjamin Ramos Rosado: Benjamin is a 27-year old New York City activist,
active with the Latin@ Coalition for Peace and Justice, Vieques Support
Campaign and the ProLibertad Freedom Campaign (New York City)
* Stephen Arthur. Stephen has been active in the movement against the war
in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as Black Planet Books and the Roundhouse
Collective (NEFAC-Baltimore). His sister is currently in Iraq with the US
Army.
* Joane Bourget: Joane is a nurse working on Inuit land. She will address
the recruitment of indigenous peoples by the Canadian Armed Forces.

b) Workshop: CSIS, THE WAR ON TERROR AND THE SECURITY STATE (room A-2830)
* Hind Charkaoui: Hind is a member of the Justice Coalition for Adil
Charkaoui. She will address the CSIS intimidation and security
certificates. Her brother is Adil Charkaoui.
* Alexandre Popovic: Alex is a member of the Collective Opposed to Police
Brutality (COBP) in Montreal. He will give an overview of the Canadian
security state, including law C-36 and an update on Canada's list of
"terrorist entities"

c) Workshop: OTHER ZONES OF "TERROR" (room A-2820)
* Leila Celis: Leila is a member of the CLAC Latin America/FTAA Committee,
and Projet Solidarite Accompagnement Colombie (PASC).
* Marco Luciano: Marco is a member of the Filipino Workers Support Group.

1:30PM-2:30PM: Free Lunch, courtesy of the People's Potato

2:30PM-4PM:  Three Simulataneous Workshops

a) Workshop: WORKERS AGAINST WAR (Room A-2830)
* Charles Gagnon, CSN (Conseil Central de Montreal)
* Christine Karatnytsky, AFSCME Local 1930, New York Public Library Guild
New York City Labor Against War, US Labor Against War (USLAW), Open City
Collective (NEFAC-NYC)
* Jeff Shantz, member of CUPE 3903 and the Punching Out Collective (NEFAC-
Toronto)

b) Workshop: THE WAR AT HOME: THE ATTACKS ON MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES (room
A-2820)
* Ben Amorkane of the Action Committee of Non-Status Algerians.
* Ahmed Rustom of the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian
Refugees.
* Shamim Ali Naeem of the Action Committee of Pakistani Refugees.

c) Workshop: THE "RECONSTRUCTION" OF IRAQ (room A-2860)
* Ehab Lotayef: Ehab is a Montreal-based poet and computer engineer. He
spent the month of December in Iraq as an observer for the Iraq Solidarity
Project.
* Raymond Legault: Raymond is a member of Voices of Conscience and is an
active member of the coordinating committee of Echec a la Guerre and the
Iraq Solidarity Project.
* Fallah Alwan, President of the Independent Federation of Workers'
Councils and Trade Unions of Iraq in Baghdad (pre-recorded one week before
from Iraq)

4-6pm: Closing Panel: RESISTING THE WAR MACHINE: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE
ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT (room A-2860)
* Joel Bassales: Joel is a teacher's assistant at the Universite de
Montreal, a store clerk, and a member of the Northeast Federation of
Anarcho-Communists (NEFAC-Montreal)
* Martine Eloy: Martine is a member of the Comite Suivi of Echec a la
guerre, where she represents the Federation of Nurses of Quebec (FIIQ).
She has been actively working against the invasion and occupation of Iraq
through Echec a la guerre since the fall of 2003.
* Mary Foster: Mary is an anti-war activist and organizer with Block the
Empire-Montreal.
* Jaggi Singh: Jaggi is a writer and organizer, and is active with the No
One Is Illegal Campaign and the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC)

ALL DAY:
* Free Childcare (room A-2810)
* Banner-making in preparation for the March 20 Global Day of Action
Against War and Occupation (room A-2580)
* Information and Literature tables (room A-2405)

WORDS ARE WEAPONS is organized jointly by Block the Empire, No One Is
Illegal, Northeastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists (NEFAC) and the
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM).

For more information:
514-409-2049 or bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca
http://clac.taktic.org

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