[IPSM] September 30th -- Clog the Lines of Capitalism!
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movment - Montreal
ipsm at resist.ca
Mon Sep 27 11:41:54 PDT 2004
CLOG THE LINES OF CAPITALISM !!!
MASSIVE CALL-IN TO SUPPORT THE SECWEPEMC
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Thursday, September 30th
9h00 - 17h00
Skican Limited
1-800-363-3009
47 de la Commune Ouest
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>From colonial Canada to the Usurped States, people will be phoning in on the
30th of September to hit Skican where it hurts!
Skican Limited is the only distributor of travel packages to Sun Peaks Ski
Resort (see below), so they are just as guilty for the racist and violent
theft of Secwepemc territories, known as Skwelkwek'welt, land that has
never been ceded, released, or surrendered.
Join us as we phone in to disrupt the profiteering off of Native land in
one of three (or more!) ways:
(1) Ask to make a reservation. Ask lots of questions, find out all the
details, plan a two-week trip down to the last meal, and then mention that
you heard something about Sun Peaks being stolen land. "Does Skican
really make its business by waging colonial warfare? Fuck that, I'll
hitchhike!"; or
(2) Ask to make a reservation. Ask questions the call taker won't know,
and then ask to speak to the manager. Tell him that if they don't stop
doing business with theives and goons, you'll never buy through Skican
again; or
(3) Just try talking with the call taker about what's happening in
Skwelkwek'welt (Sun Peaks) and say that you really can't support that kind
of violence against peaceful people just protecting their home.
To participate in future actions, write to ipsm at resist.ca
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The Secwepemc peoples are now fighting an additional $285 million
expansion (proposed in 2004) of Sun Peaks Resort that includes
development of luxury hotels, tennis courts, and a massive real estate
business that is stealing Aboriginal territories through lucrative resort
and sport tourism. Over the last six years, the Secwepemc have attended
various "stakeholder" meetings and clearly said "NO!" to the further
expansion of the Resort. The Skwelkwek'welt defenders are building and
residing in yet another permanent structure off-reserve on traditional
territories (adjacent to Sun Peaks golf course) as an assertion of their
inherent and legal Aboriginal Title, despite the brutal police,
government and corporate harassment they constantly face, along with the
imminent risk of arrest.
They have been served with a Trepass Notice as well a court injunction
(sought by Sun Peaks) and face forcible removal from their lands in the
coming week.
It is time for all those opposed to the Canadian colonial system and
corporate globalization to support, through concrete actions of
solidarity, the rights of the Secwepemc people fighting state & corporate
violence in British Columbia.
For more information visit http://apc.resist.ca/skwelkwekwelt or write
ipsm at resist.ca
organized by the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement in solidarity with
the Secwepemc and No One Is Illegal - Vancouver
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