[IPSM] Workshop/Discussion: Indigenous Solidarity Organizing from a No Borders Perspective (Wednesday, NOON, Montreal)

[No One Is Illegal Montreal]

*Workshop/Discussion:*
*Indigenous Solidarity Organizing from a No Borders Perspective
Presented by members of No One Is Illegal-Montreal
Part of Indigenous Sovereignty Week-Montreal

Wednesday, October 28, 12pm
at QPIRG Concordia
1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest #204 (métro Guy-Concordia*)

*Free. Wheelchair accessible.
Childcare available on request (514-848-7585, please phone by Tuesday at
9pm).*

This workshop will explore the analysis, research and lived experiences that
ground a "no one is illegal/no borders" analysis in relation to non-native
Indigenous solidarity organizing. In a context of global apartheid, there
are very specific challenges for organizing on a shifting terrain of
struggle locally that is rooted in the lived reality of those who daily
confront oppression. Topics of discussion include:

*- colonialism & neo-colonialism;
- decolonization & self-determination;
- the factors of displacement, dislocation & globalization;
- the history of border controls;
- the meaning and building of global apartheid;
- the history of racism in the Canadian state;
- the meanings of "home" and "homeland";
- migrants, settlers and indigenous solidarity*

Organizing for social justice in the context of Canada and Quebec means that
we need to reckon, honestly and openly, with an irrefutable historical and
contemporary reality: our entire society, as non-native peoples, is based on
the systematic theft of native lands, and the attempted genocide and
assimilation of native people and their culture. Recognizing this reality,
and organizing in support and solidarity with current native movements for
justice, dignity and self-determination, is foundational to any social
movement.

Active support with native-led self-determination struggles, as allies, is
not just another issue, but rather central to a social justice movement
worthy of that name. It means understanding that we continue to live in a
colonial and neo-colonial reality, and that our organizing needs to be
anti-colonial in form, content and action.

*Presented by members of No One Is Illegal-Montreal
nooneisillegal at gmail.com
http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com*

*For more info about Indigenous Sovereignty Week:
http://www.defendersoftheland.org/montreal*
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