[IPSM] [Sunday May 15] Land, Decolonization and Self-Determination: A March to confront Canadian colonialism and celebrate our movements for self-determination

[Devin Butler Burke]

 Land, Decolonization and Self-Determination
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 A March to confront Canadian colonialism and
celebrate our movements for self-determination
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Sunday, May 15, 2005
At Atwater Park
(at Atwater & Ste-Catherine, metro Atwater)
11am: Brunch in the Park
12pm: Speakers and Music
1pm: March Begins!

We'll be marching from Atwater Park east to the Complexe Guy-Favreau. This
is a child-friendly event and march. Bring your noisemakers, banners,
placards and symbols of resistance to Canadian colonialism.

organized by the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM), No One Is
Illegal-Montreal (NOII) and many allies.

INFO: decolonization at riseup.net * 514-398-7432 * www.decolonization.ca

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The 'Canadian' government, in its propaganda and legislation, has
perpetuated the idea that decolonization means taking Indigenous Peoples
out from under the yolk of the Indian Act by making them Canadians and
allowing delegated governance.

This march will denounce the 'Canadian' government's current legislative
drive as nothing more than an attempt to complete the colonial project,
and acquire legal access to remaining Indigenous lands and resources in
order to successfully compete in the (capitalist) global economy. We will
hear from speakers about what decolonization means from the perspective of
Indigenous and other self-determining communities. And, we will take our
message of defiance, steadfastness and resistance to the streets of
Montreal.

By decolonization, we include movements that address occupations in Iraq,
Afghanistan, Palestine, Haiti and elsewhere; the attacks on the rights of
immigrants and refugees; the Prison Industrial Complex; the 'war on
drugs,' the 'war on terrorism,' reparations campaigns; anti-racist,
anti-patriarchy and queer liberation movements; capitalist globalization,
police harassment and brutality, attacks on the poor; and more.

This march will conincide with Haitian Flag Day, and we'll be joined by
members of the Haitian community as they denounce the continued
exploitation and occupation of Haiti by Western countries like Canada.