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Relief, Occupations and the Haiti Crisis:
Canada/US policy and the regional response

with Justin Podur and Dan Freeman-Maloy

Tuesday, February 2
Centre for Social Justice
489 College St (W of Bathurst), Suite 303
7 - 9pm

On January 12, Haiti was hit with an earthquake 7.0 on the Richter 
scale, leaving possibly 200,000 dead and 3 million affected. Much of 
Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, is now living in makeshift camps with 
their water, food, and health at risk. While many countries around the 
world responded with aid, the US and Canada also quickly deployed 
troops. This talk will discuss current events and press coverage in the 
context of the past decade of Western policy towards Haiti, as well as 
the prospects for constructive relief and solidarity work.

Justin Podur is Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at York 
University and a member of the Pueblos en Camino Collective. He visited 
Haiti in 2005 to study the UN occupation and the government after the 
2004 coup.

Dan Freeman-Maloy is a Toronto-based activist and writer. He studied 
Canadian media coverage of the 2004 Haiti coup and has written for ZNet 
and other publications.

Sponsored by the Ontario Public Interest Research Group
Centre for Social Justice
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
Socialist Project
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Toronto Haiti Action Committee
Toronto New Socialist Group
U of T Equity Studies Students' Union
U of T Health Studies Student Union
BASICS U of T
Upping the Anti: A journal of theory and action

*The Centre for Social Justice is wheelchair accessible.

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“ *NO ARMY, NO PRISON and NO WALL CAN STOP US* ”

This is a call-out to mark the 5th anniversary of BILIN'S NON-VIOLENT 
POPULAR
RESISTANCE CAMPAIGN in PALESTINE.

*On February 5th , the actual day of the anniversary, we will hold a special
vigil/demo in front of the Israeli consulate at 180 Bloor St. W. (in 
front of
the ROM) from 5 until 6pm.*

Since 2005, the village of Bil'in and other villages in the West Bank 
have been
demonstrating non-violently against the confiscation of their land by 
illegal
Israeli settlements and the separation/apartheid wall. Villagers have led
weekly protests with active participation from Israeli and international 
peace
activists. Bil'in has become an internationally celebrated symbol of
Palestinian popular resistance.

The village of Bil'in has also launched a historic landmark lawsuit here in
Canada against two Quebec-based companies. Since the last hearing of 
this case
in Montreal in the spring, the villagers have faced a series of night 
raids by
the Israel army. Many leaders of the community and young people as young 
as14
have been arrested and held in prison. Many are still languishing there.
Abdallah Abu Rhamah, a scoolteacher and activist in Bil'in was arrested on
International Human Rights Day and wrote the piece from prison “no army, no
prison and no wall can stop us”.

*Please join with us in solidarity with the people of Palestine for 
their right
to safeguard their land, their trees, their resources and their right to
self-determination and liberty.*

The ad-hoc committee in solidarity with Bil'in Popular Resistance

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* Please support the 5th Annual Rally for Our Missing Sisters *

When: Sunday, February 14, 2009 @ 12 pm

Where: Rally at Police HQ, 40 College St. at Bay

We'll march to the Coroner’s Office, 26 Grenville St

Gathering with food immediately to follow at

U of T’s Centre for Women and Trans People (563 Spadina Ave)

Over 500 Indigenous women have been murdered or gone missing – most over
the last 30 years – on Turtle Island. We come together in defense of our
lives and to demonstrate against the complicity of the state in the
ongoing genocide of Indigenous women and the impunity of state
institutions and actors (police, RCMP, coroners’ offices and the courts)
that prevents justice for all Indigenous Peoples.

Endorsed by: YU Free Press (York University); Centre for Women and Trans
People (UofT); Canadian Chiapanecas Justice for Women; For Women’s
Autonomy, Rights and Dignity (FORWARD); No One Is Illegal Toronto; CAW-Sam
Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy (Ryerson U); Supporting
Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement (SAGE, UofT); Women and Gender Studies
Institute (UofT); Students Against Israeli Apartheid;


*If your organization would like to endorse and/or support the rally in
other ways, please contact: nomoresilence at riseup.net

No More Silence is part of an inter/national network to support the work
being done by activists, academics, researchers, agencies and communities
to stop the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women.

In addition to the Toronto rally, marches and other events will take or
have taken place in Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton,
Sudbury, and London, ON.

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Third Community Mobilization Network Open Planning Meeting for G8/20 Summit

February 21, 2010
11:00am (meeting expected to run 2 hours)
25 Cecil Street (Steelworkers Hall)

Community based organizers and activists from across Ontario and Quebec are
invited to an open planning meeting focusing on Toronto's response to the
G8/20 Summits on February 21, 2010.

The Community Mobilization Network is organizing the community based
outreach, independent media, convergence and days of action leading up to
and during the G8/20 Summits in Ontario (June 25-27,2010)

To join the announcements list, visit:
https://masses.tao.ca/lists/listinfo/community.mobilize

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PRESENT DRAFT PLANS
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21 - 24 June 2010: Themed Days of Resistance (Build Up Actions)

There are four themes proposed for each of these days (Monday to Thursday)

Dates are presently not confirmed. Groups and communities are encouraged
to contact the Community Mobilization Network to suggest which day they
would like to organize around.

(a) Indigenous Sovereignty and Self-Determination
(b) Economic Justice
(c) Climate Justice
(d) Migrant Justice and an End to War and Occupation

People are encouraged to host meetings, film screenings, panel events,
performances, marches, rallies, direct actions in cities across the world.
Please let us know what you are planning - community.mobilize at resist.ca

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25-27 June 2010: DAYS OF ACTION

In opposition to the G8/20 and with a will to transform, people across
Turtle Island are organizing community-based days of action in Toronto,
Canada. The days of action will be led by Toronto-based organizations of
people of color, indigenous peoples, women, the poor, the working class,
queer and trans people and disAbled people.

We will organize for these days of action by deepening our roots. With
sisters, brothers, friends and allies, we will shut down the places, the
systems and the ideas that exploit and exclude us.

In their place, we will creatively build the world we wish to live in. A
world with
~ self-determination for indigenous peoples
~ climate justice
~ income equity and community control over resources
~ migrant justice and an end to war and occupation

Proposed Days (subject to change)

25 June:
Community Organizations Day of Action (Yellow)
followed by Open Space for Actions (Red, Yellow or Green)

26 June:
Family Friendly March/Rally (Green)
followed by Open Space for Actions (Red, Yellow or Green)

27 June:
Open Space for Actions (Red, Yellow or Green)
possible Social Movement Consulta

[Legend: Green (No risk of arrest); Yellow (Mass Civil Disobedience,
Medium Risk of Arrest); Red (Supportive Direct Action, High Risk of
Arrest)]

The Community Mobilization Network is not organizing these actions.
Instead it is the networking space to coordinate different interests and
ideas. If your organization, community or group wants to organize on one
of these dates and want to connect with others, email
community.mobilize at resist.ca

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NOTE: Communities in resistance everywhere are encouraged to organize
actions and events leading up to June 2010.

Details of billetting, travel from different cities and the like will be
available through our listserv. Sign up at
https://masses.tao.ca/lists/listinfo/community.mobilize

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Organized by the People's Summit
Organizing Committee
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18-20 June 2010: 2010 People's Summit

The 2010 People's Summit is being held in Toronto from June 18 organized
by a coalition of organizations representing civil society, faith, labour
and international cooperation organizations. The People's Summit will
serve as a platform to strengthen these voices and lend cohesion to
efforts on the environment, poverty, human rights and social justice in
the lead up to the G8/20 meetings in Huntsville and Toronto.

Contact 2010 People's Summit <g82010canada at gmail.com>

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