[Org4j-announce] Upcoming O4J meeting, other events

[Organizing 4Justice]

and now for some Organizing For Justice news...


There are three parts to this message:

1. Organizing For Justice upcoming planning meeting(s)

2. Link up on facebook!

3. Upcoming events from Organizing For Justice partners
- Mon Jan 18, 7pm: The Fight Against Precarious Work
- Fri/Sat, Jan 22/23: Global Aparthied conference/convergence
- Sat Jan 23, 6pm: Forum on Sex Trafficking
- Tues Jan 26, 5:30pm: Migration, Global Apartheid & Social Justice
- Wed Jan 27, 7pm: Workers Without Bosses (Argentinian speaker)
- Sun Jan 31, 12:30pm: Orientation for potential Common Cause members
- Tues Feb 2, 7pm: Angela Davis
- Sun Feb 7, 2pm: Anarchist Discussion Group - The Economic Crisis
* Fri Jan 22 deadline for proposals, Capitalism and Confrontation conference
(March 19)




~~~ 1. Upcoming Organizing For Justice planning meetings ~~~

We will be holding a public meeting to plan for Organizing For Justice in
2010. It will be held:

Sunday Jan 31, 2pm
Jack Purcell Community Centre
(near corner of Elgin and Gilmour)
on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=432657975222

We will follow up on the debrief meeting, and look ahead to the
possibilities for 2010.
- Perhaps a May Day 'mini-conference'?
- A third annual version of our traditional fall conference?
- A transformation into an ongoing network that supports and includes
diverse efforts towards social, economic and environmental justice and
healthy communities?
- Something else?

We hope you'll come out and help shape the vision, strategy and plan, that
we can then collectively start to implement.

We're also holding a 'consultation' with an outside 'expert', on Fri Jan 22
at 1pm. This will be a small meeting, but if you're seriously interested in
helping make Organizing For Justice happen this year, and you can make it,
please email us for details: org4justice at gmail.com - the results of this
meeting will be shared at the public meeting on the 31st.



~~~ 2. Link up on Facebook! ~~~

If you are on facebook, please consider joining the Organizing For Justice
group, and/or the various Organizing For Justice partner organizations' FB
groups:

* Organizing For Justice: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62922241219
* Common Cause Ottawa: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=246705833978
* OPIRG-Carleton: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2261598026
* OPIRG/GRIPO-Ottawa: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27579298137

once you join, please also consider inviting some of your awesome friends!

and, for many of the following events, there is a link to a facebook event
page at the bottom of the listing, for you to RSVP and also to invite
friends:



~~~ 3. Upcoming events from Organizing For Justice partner org'ns ~~~


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Monday Jan 18, 7pm
The Fight Against Precarious Work
PSAC building - 233 Gilmour St

Speakers:
Denise Corbett - (PSAC Local 70396 Civilization / War Museum)
Dennis Howlett - (Make Poverty History)
Dale Clark - (Labour activist & former president of CUPW)
Heloise Weber - (University of Queensland)

Sponsored by the Socialist Project www.socialistproject.ca

On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=273130465873


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OPIRG Carleton and OPIRG-Ottawa/GRIPO-Ottawa present

GLOBAL APARTHEID
a conference/convergence
january 22-23, ottawa - algonquin territory

global apartheid
— noun  A system of global inequality that dictates access to wealth, power
and basic human rights based on race and place.
— origin Afrikaans, ‘separateness’

schedule

>> Opening Plenary :: Race, Space, and (In)Justice
Global Apartheid from South Africa to Turtle Island
Friday January 22nd, 7 pm, Carleton University

A panel featuring Shawn Brant (activist from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory),
Rozena Maart (South African anti-racist feminist activist and scholar),
Jaggi Singh (No One Is Illegal-Montreal), and Chris Ramsaroop (Justicia for
Migrant Workers)

>> Workshops and Panels :: Building Movements to End Apartheid
Saturday January 23rd, 10:00 am – 5:30 pm, University of Ottawa
*Advance registration required - PWYC, $5-10 suggested (includes meals and
conference materials)

Workshops and presentations by No One Is Illegal, Students Against Israeli
Apartheid, Canadian Humanitarian Appeal for the Relief of Tamils, Indigenous
Peoples Solidarity Movement-Ottawa, the Toronto Community Mobilization
Network, and many more

>> Artists Against Apartheid :: No One Is Illegal-Ottawa Fundraiser
Saturday January 23rd, 9 pm, East African Restaurant, 376 Rideau Street
PWYC // suggested $5 at the door - all proceeds to No One Is Illegal-Ottawa

Featuring the Ottawa debut of Palestinian spoken word artist Rafeef Ziadah
performing poems from her critically acclaimed CD "Hadeel"
www.rafeefziadah.ca

Beats by DJ yalla! yalla! and DJ Mikkipedia

Other acts TBA!

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to register for the saturday workshops:
email globalapartheid2010 at gmail.com with REGISTER in the subject line

for updates/info:
(613) 520 2757
globalapartheid2010 at gmail.com
http://opirgcarletonpis2010.wordpress.com

on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=279710769987
... fri evng panel: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=286028024127


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Saturday Jan 23, 6pm
SEX SLAVES - Sex trafficking in Canada and Abroad
Desmarais Bldg rm 1110, University of Ottawa

Women worldwide have been coerced, tricked and forced into sexual slavery
and the Canada is failing to offer adequate support for victims and
survivors of sex trafficking.

On January 23rd join Trafficking Awareness Ottawa and the University of
Ottawa's Women's Resource Centre to discuss how Canada is failing to provide
effective laws, policies and support for survivors.  Speakers include Kate
Rexe from the Native Women’s Association of Canada.

Following a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary “Sex Slaves” ,
a panel of activists and academics working in the fields of anti-trafficking
and aboriginal women’s rights will discuss sex trafficking as a form of
gender based violence.

The movie will begin at 6pm, speaker’s panel at 8pm.


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OTTAWA-OUTAOUAIS ANTI-CAPITALIST G8/G20 RESISTANCE CONSULTA
1:00-5:00pm
Sunday, January 25th
Location: Ottawa District Labour Council (Gilmour and Metcalfe)

Following the very successful November 21st, 2009 Consulta, all individuals
committed to organizing effective, anti-capitalist resistance to the G8/G20
meetings being held in Canada in June of this year are invited to Ottawa's
second planning consulta.

The last Consulta was very successful, with more than 50 people attending,
representing a wide array of movements and struggles. The Consulta endorsed
the PGA Hallmarks and drafted a Call To Action, both of which can be found
below.

For more information, contact ottawa.anti.g8 at gmail.com

on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=254474831391


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Tuesday, January 26, 5:30pm-7:00pm
Migration, Global Apartheid and Social Justice
a talk by Jaggi Singh
UCU Rm 205, Jock Turcot University Ctr, University of Ottawa

As part of International Cultural & Development Week (ICDW), OPIRG-GRIPO
presents a talk by Jaggi Singh.

This presentation will provide a critical analysis of Canada's immigration
system within the context of worldwide migration, displacement and
capitalist globalization. Topics covered will include: contemporary
migration; the history of border controls; colonialism, neo-colonialism and
self-determination; security and the "war on terror"; resistance to borders;
secret trials and security certificates; the detention of immigrants;
contemporary campaigns for immigrant rights; and more.

Jaggi Singh is a no borders, anti-capitalist, migrant and indigenous
solidarity organizer based in Montreal. He is currently active with No One
Is Illegal-Montreal, Solidarity Across Borders and is the Action Groups
Coordinator at QPIRG Concordia.

on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=240374502503


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Wednesday Jan 27, 7pm
Workers Without Bosses
a speaking tour featuring Argentinian militant/anarchist Sebastián Darraidou
PSAC building, main floor (wheelchair accessible)
233 Gilmour (at Metcalfe)

The popular response to the Argentine economic crisis of December 2001 and
lessons for us in Canada - a Québec and Ontario speaking tour presented by
the Union Communiste Libertaire (UCL) and Common Cause.

We are going through one of the worst economic crises in the history of
capitalism and the answers provided by the state and its lackeys are
illusory. In addition, faced with this impasse, our leaders are trying to
shift the entire burden of the crisis to workers and their communities.

How can we respond differently to this economic crisis? Can we learn from
the experiences of struggles that have happened elsewhere in the world?

To consider these issues, the UCL and Common Cause are organizing a Québec
and Ontario speaking tour this winter on the response of the Argentine
popular classes in the face of a serious economic crisis that shook the
country in the late 2001.

>From 18 January to 12 February, Sebastián Darraidou - a militant from the
anarchist organization Red Libertaria (Argentina) - will travel to different
cities in Quebec and Ontario to talk about this subject. He will discuss
different forms of resistance developed by the Argentine people to counter
the effects of the crisis such as retaking factories and creating
self-managed cooperatives. He will also discuss the involvement of
anarchists in these different struggles.

Hosted by Common Cause Ottawa - co-sponsors (so far): OPIRG/GRIPO-Ottawa;
Ottawa-Outaouais IWW

on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=251811501049


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Sun Jan 31, 12:30pm
Orientation for potential members of Common Cause Ottawa
Exile Infoshop
256 Bank St, 2nd flr (201) [sorry not wheelchair accessible]

Common Cause Ottawa is a branch of the provincial Common Cause anarchist
organization. We are a dues-paying organization that works to develop
praxis, an interaction between theory and practise.

We hold regular orientation meetings for potential members that serve as an
introduction to our politics and ways of working.

See our organization's basic policy at:
http://linchpin.ca/collections+/+Anarchist-movement+/+Basic-Policy-Common-Cause

Info: a_ottawa at mutualaid.org

Note: this orientation is scheduled to last approx 1hr, after which the
Organizing For Justice planning meeting takes place (2pm, Jack Purcell
Community Centre)


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For Black History Month 2010
AN EVENING WITH ANGELA DAVIS

Tuesday, Feb 2 at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Bronson Centre, 221 Bronson, Ottawa
$10 in advance, $20 at the door for students. $25 for community members.
Tickets available at SFUO office (UCU-07, Jock Turcot University Ctr, Univ
of Ottawa) and at OPIRG/GRIPO-Ottawa (631 King Edward Ave, 3rd flr)

on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=230265864918


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Sunday Feb 7, 2pm
Anarchist Discussion Group on The Economic Crisis
'Root causes and possible responses'
Jack Purcell Community Centre
near corner of Elgin and Gilmour

This installment of the regular series of Anarchist Discussion Groups hosted
by Common Cause Ottawa, will focus on developing a better understanding of
the economic crisis and what to do about it.

Email: a_ottawa at mutualaid.org - website: www.linchpin.ca

on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=254780633538


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ALL FOR PAPERS
“Capitalism & Confrontation: Grassroots Responses to Empire, Ecology &
Political Economy”
Carleton University
March 19, 2010
Deadline for Proposals January 22, 2010

The CSRC is currently seeking presentations for our 2nd Annual Critical
Social Research conference to be held at Carleton University in Ottawa,
Canada. We are seeking submissions from academics, researchers, graduate
students, organized labour & community activists. Send your proposal,
including an abstract of no more than 300 words, a title, brief bibliography
and three keywords which describe your project to the Editorial Collective
at CSRCproject at live.ca

We invite submissions that confront the contemporary socio-economic and
political order from a diversity of theoretical perspectives and
methodological forms of inquiry in historical or contemporary contexts.
Accepted submissions may be solicited for publication in a peer-reviewed
edited collection to be published by Red Quill Books in 2010.

Suggested Panels/Topics May Include:
*Bankruptcies & Bailouts: New Proposals for Banking, Credit, and Finance
*Economic Recovery or Relapse: Origins, Causes & Alternate Routes
*(Class)ifying the System: Neoliberalism & the Fight Against the
Privatization of Public Services & Utilities
*Interrogating the ‘New’ Economy: Workplace Precariousness & Social
Wellbeing
*Towards a New Unionism: Provocative Perspectives on Union Renewal
*Rhetoric & Reality: Mass Media, Hyper-Commodification and Popular Culture
*En(gender)ing Global Capitalism: Patriarchy & Social Reproduction
*Whither Empire? Emerging Debates regarding Capital & the State
*Manifest Militarization: War, Terror & Foreign Policy
*Rethinking Economy & Ecology/Rethinking Development
* Migrant Labour & Social (In)justice: Food, Farmers & Climate Chaos
*Eco-Alternatives: Beyond Techno-Centric Solutions & Free-Market
Fundamentalism
*More Than A Movement Less Than A Party: Organizational Expression and
Social Transformation
*Reactivating Radicalism: Making the Case for an Anti-Capitalist Politics
Today
*Specters Old & New: The Left's Legacy and Unresolved Problems
*Who’s Crisis: Theirs or Ours? The Rise of the New Right & the Next New Left
*Transcending Pessimism: Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible!

The Critical Social Research Collaborative (CSRC) is an interdisciplinary
research group made up of faculty, graduate students, organized labour and
community activistsbased at Carleton University. With an emphasis on social
justice, grassroots organizing & labour solidarity, we encourage the sharing
of collective knowledge, critical debate and interdisciplinary inquiry,
which advance or challenge theoretical and contemporary issues. The CSRC
encourages non-traditional, provocative and radical analyses that may not
find a forum in conventional academic or mainstream venues. We aim to
provide a forum for collaborative social research through conferences and
workshops, publications and podcasts, critical cinema and radical
scholarship, which enhance and promote progressive political interventions.
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