[IPSM] {Saturday!} STATELESS & DEPORTED! A Popular Mobilization Against Deportation of Palestinians from Canada

[Stefan Christoff]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:42:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Palestinian Refugees - Montreal <refugees at riseup.net>


STATELESS & DEPORTED!
A Popular Mobilization Against Deportation of Palestinians from Canada

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 18th, 2004
Gathering Point: 2PM Corner Atwater & St. Catherine
{metro Atwater}
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From the Refugee Camps of Lebanon & Palestine to the Streets of Montreal!

For more than one year Palestinian refugees in Montreal and throughout
Canada have been struggling against deportation and fighting for their
status. On September 18th, the Coalition Against the Deportation of
Palestinian Refugees and their supporters are calling for your
participation in a large-scale demonstration on the streets of Montreal.

It is a critical time to show your solidarity with the Palestinian
refugees, as many of the deportations are set to take place in the coming
weeks and months. In Montreal, Palestinian refugees have already been
forced by Immigration Canada to live underground or take sanctuary, such
as Khalil Ayoub, 67 Nabih Ayoub, 69 and Therese Boulos Haddad, 62 who have
been refugees all their lives, fleeing Palestine in 1948 to the refugee
camps of Lebanon, and ultimately to Canada. The Ayoub family, confined to
the basement of Notre-Dame de Grace Church, were forced to take sanctuary
over 7 months ago to escape deportation.

The September 18th demonstration in Montreal will also commemorate the
thousands of Palestinian refugees who lost their lives in the 1982
massacre of Sabra and Chatila, during the Israeli invasion of Beirut. The
Palestinian refugees facing deportation are the sons and daughters of the
very same refugee camps, which suffered throughout the 15-year long
Lebanese civil-war. They are the sons and daughters of Sabra & Chatila,
Tel El Zaatar and Bourj El Barajneh, stateless refugees representing a
history of displacement, which began in 1948. As we remember the massacre
of Sabra & Chatila - one of the deepest wounds in the Palestinian
consciousness - we will demonstrate in solidarity with the struggle of
Palestinians here in Canada!

We will march on the streets of Montreal within the context of a political
campaign that has been waged throughout Canada during the past year in
support of the Palestinian refugees facing deportation. Thousands of
people throughout the country have participated in street demonstrations,
and thousands more have pressured Citizenship & Immigration Canada in
support of the refugees. Wide sections of society are standing in
solidarity with the struggle against Palestinian deportations, including
the Arab and Muslim community, self-organized immigrants and refugees,
major labour unions, countless community groups, major political parties,
faith based organizations and thousands of individuals from throughout the
world. With this strong backing, we intend to intensify the struggle
against Palestinian deportations this September.

We must stand united in the struggle against the deportation of
Palestinian refugees! Join us on the streets of Montreal on September 18th
and throughout the month of September for a popular mobilization against
the deportation of Palestinian refugees.

Your support, solidarity and action is needed now!

For more information or to get involved contact:
The Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees in Montreal
Phone: 514 591 3171
Email: refugees at riseup.net
Web: http://refugees.resist.ca

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-> Below is the list of supporting organizations for the two demands of
the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees:

1. To stop the deportations of the Palestinian refugees from Canada
2. To grant them permanent residency on humanitarian and compassionate
grounds

QUÉBEC:

Action Committee of Pakistani Refugees Against Racial Profiling, *
Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale(AQOCI)
* Alsuna Mosque * Alternatives, Montreal * Alternative Perspective Media,
* AnNahda, Montreal * The Anti-Capitalist Convergence of Montreal (CLAC) *
Association Générale Étudiante du Cégep du Vieux Montréal (AGECVM), *
Association for the Taxation of Financial Transaction for the Aid of
Citizens (ATTAC-Montreal), Montreal * Bête Noire (NEFAC), * Bloque
Quebecois * Block the Empire/Bloquez l'Empire, * Comité d'action des
sans-status Algériens (CASS), * Canadian Palestinian Foundation of Quebec
(CPF-Q), * Canadian Federation of Students Quebec (CFS-Q), * Canadian
Muslim Forum (CMF), * Canadian Muslims for Jerusalem (CMJ), * Center
Femmes Verdun, Quebec * CKUT Radio, 90.3fm Montreal, * La Centrale des
syndicats du Québec (CSQ), * Coalition justice pour Adil Charkaoui, *
Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (COBP), * Comité Justice sociale
des Soeurs Auxiliatrices, * Conseil central du Montréal métropolitain
(CSN), * Conseil paroissial de pastorale, Communauté chrétienne
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, * Comité régional d'éducation pour le développement
international de Lanaudière (CREDIL) * Council of Canadians * Dar Al-Arqam
Mosque * Dragon Root Center for Gender Advocacy, * L'Entraide
missionnaire, * Durzi Community of Quebec * El-Hedaya Lebanese Association
* Fire Women & Trans of Colour Collective, * Forum des femmes de
Montréal,* Freedom School, * ICQ Mosque * Indigenous Peoples Solidarity
Movement (IPSM), * Iranian Women's Association of Montreal, * Iranian
Women's Association of Montreal, * International Solidarity Movement
(ISM), Montreal * Iraq Solidarity Project (ISP), * Jewish Alliance Against
the Occupation, * Lebanese Islamic Center of Montreal (CIL), * Lebanese
Communist Party in Montreal, * Lebanese Union of Montreal, * Libertas
Legal Collective, * Ligue des droits et libertés, * McGill Radical Law
Community, Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP), * MRAP-Québec (Mouvement
contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme et pour la paix) * Muslim Council of
Montreal (MCM) * L'Opération SalAMI * Palestinian & Jewish Unity (PAJU), *
Parole Arabe, * Parti Marxist-Leninst Quebec * Quebec Public Interest
Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia, * Quebec Public Interest Research
Group (QPIRG) at McGill * Rebel Desis * Regroupement des Organismes du
Montréal Ethnique pour le Logement (ROMEL) * Solidairty for Palestinian
Human Rights (SPHR) * South Asian Women's Community Center * Solidarité
Union Coopération (SUCO) * Union des forces progressistes (UFP) * United
Muslim Students Association * Voices of Conscience (OCVC) * Women in Black
Montreal

CANADA:

Association of Palestinian Arab Canadians, Ottawa * Al-Awda - the
Palestinian Right of Return Coalition, North America, * Anti-Capitalist
Community Action Ottawa (ACA), Ottawa * Arab-Palestine Association-BC,
Vancouver * Arab Palestine Association of Ontario, Toronto * Arab Student
Collective (ASC) at the University of Toronto * Bloque Quebecois *
Canadian Council for Refugees, Le Conseil canadien pour les réfugiés
(CCR), * Canadian Friends of Sabeel, Ottawa * Canadian Arab Federation
(CAF), * Canadian Palestinian Center, Ottawa * Canaanite Canadian
Knowledge Center, Ottawa * Canadians for Equality and Peace for
Palestinians (CEPPal), Edmonton * Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Local 199,
St Catharines and District * Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), *
Canadian Palestinian Congress, Toronto * Calgary Coalition for Peace &
Anti-Racism * Canadian Council of Muslim Women * Direct Action Casework
Ottawa (DACO), Ottawa * The Free Press, of Kitchener, Ontario * Human
Concern International, Ottawa * International Socialists, Canada *
International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Toronto * International ANSWER
Coalition, NYC * International Action Center (IAC), * The Islamic Society
of York Region * Kingston for Palestinian Human Rights, * Manitoba Islamic
Association, * McMaster Students Against the Occupation, Hamilton * Muslim
Student Association of the University of Alberta, Edmonton * Muslim
Student Association at the University of Waterloo * New Democratic Party
of Canada (NDP) * New Socialist Group, Toronto * The Near East Cultural
and Educational Foundation, Toronto * Niagara Coalition for Peace, Niagara
Region * Niagara Palestinian Association, Niagara * No One Is Illegal,
Vancouver * No One is Illegal, Toronto * No One is Illegal, Montreal *
NOWAR-PAIX, Ottawa * Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), Toronto *
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), Toronto * Ontario Public
Interest Research Group (OPIRG) at Carleton, Ottawa * Palestine Solidairty
Group, Vancouver * Project Threadbare Campaign, Toronto * STATUS
Coalition, Toronto * Solidarity with Iraqi & Palestinian Children at
Carleton, Ottawa * The Spot, Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Resource Center *
Toronto Coalition to Stop the War, Toronto * Toronto Jewish Youth Against
the Occupation, Toronto * United Holy Land Fund, Toronto * Women Against
the Occupation, Canada

INTERNATIONAL:

Aidoun Group, Lebanon * Akka Charitable Association, Lebanon * Al-Awda
Egypt, Cairo, Egypt * Al-Awda Club, Lebanon * Al-Awda - the Palestinian
Right of Return Coalition, North America, * Al-Nadeem Center for the
Rehabilitation of the Victims of Violence, Cairo, Egypt * Arab American
Association, New York, * Arraby Charitable Association, Lebanon * Center
for Women Activities, Lebanon * Coalition for the Human Rights of
Immigrants (CHRI), New York * Committee for Charitable Works, Lebanon *
The Coordination Forum of the NGO's Working Among the Palestinian
Community, Lebanon * Deir Yassin Society of New York, * Desis Rising Up &
Moving (DRUM) New York, * Direct Action Palestine, New York, * The East
Jerusalem YMCA, Palestine * The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights,
Egypt * The General Union of Palestinian Women, Lebanon * The General
Union of Palestinian Workers, Lebanon * Immigrant Justice Solidarity
Project (IJSP), New York, * International Solidarity Movement, Berkeley, *
Islamic Association for Palestine in North America, * Jews Against The
Occupation, New York, * A Jewish Voice for Peace, Oakland, * Justice for
Palestinians, San Jose, * Khalsa Social Association, Lebanon * The March
For Justice, International * Multi-Lingual Translators & Interpreters
Group, Egypt * New England Committee to Defend Palestine, Boston * New
York Committee to Defend Palestine, * New Jersey Solidarity - Activists
for the Liberation of Palestine * Office of Palestinian Students Aid,
Lebanon * The Organization of Palestinian Democratic Women, Lebanon * The
Organization of Palestinian Democratic Youth, Lebanon * The Organization
of Palestinian Human Rights, Lebanon * Palestinian Women Union, Egypt *
Palestinian Students Committee, University of Wollongong, UAE *
Palestinian Cultural Club, American University in Dubai, UAE * Reach
Organization, Dubai, UAE Roots Association (Judhoor), Lebanon * School of
Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) Palestine Society, London, UK * Students
for Justice at San Jose State University, San Jose, USA * Tulkarem Club,
Lebanon * Union of Palestinian Youth, Gaza, Palestine * Youth & Children
Center, Chatila, Lebanon