[Org4j-announce] Update/follow-up, plus upcoming events

Wed May 12 11:02:47 PDT 2010

Greetings,

First of all, *a big thank you* to everyone who was part of MayDay weekend
for helping to make it a success!
That's to the particpants, facilitators/presenters, tablers, volunteers and
planners!

Now we have some follow-up:

If you were there: please fill in our *online feedback survey* (quick)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QCMSNZX

Also, please check out - and contribute to - our *online forums*:
http://OrganizingForJustice.ca/forum
... there are some notes up from the weekend, we hope that more people will
add their own notes, thoughts, links, etc (you can do so even if you weren't
there May 1st and 2nd)

Of special note are the two working groups coming out of MayDay Weekend:
* *Setting up a shared local online calendar*: contact keb at cyblings.on.ca
** Organizing monthly social gatherings*: contact a.burgoyne at hotmail.com

To *keep in the loop*, consider:
* following org4jus on twitter: http://twitter.com/org4jus
* liking our page on FB (receive updates in your news feed):
http://facebook.com/OrganizingForJustice
* joining our FB group (get invited to events):
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62922241219

And, finally, here's a list of upcoming events over the next three weeks
(just goes to show that a central online calendar could really help us all)

In solidarity,
Organizing For Justice planning committee
org4justice at gmail.com - 613-656-5498
http://OrganizingForJustice.ca

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*UPCOMING EVENTS*
(listings, followed by full details)

Thurs May 13
12 noon - Pro-Choice Witnessing of national Anti-Choice rally on Parliament
Hill
1:30 - Pro- Choice Presence ... at Ottawa's annual March for "Life"
7:00 - Community & Indigenous Resistance to Harmful Gold Mining in Guatemala
& Honduras
7:30 - Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act: Meeting/Debate

Fri May 14
7:00 - Connect the dots: Why you should care about the G8/G20

Sat May 15
2:00 - Canadian Mining Companies: Leaders in Health and Environmental
Destruction?
8:35 - Benefit Show for the Coalition for Justice for Levi

Sun May 16
1:00 - Common Cause Ottawa general meeting

Mon May 17
6:00 - Deh Cho "Fighting for our Land"

Wed May 19
7:00 - "You Are On Indian Land" Akwesasne's Land Struggles Past and Present

Thurs May 20
1:00 - Protest because the Special Diet Allowance was cut
7:00 - Launch of the Dominion's G8/G20 Special Issue

Sun May 23
2:00 - ReBELLEs reading in the park

Wed May 26
7:30 - SAVING GLOBAL CAPITALISM: WHO PAYS, WHO PROFITS

Sat May 29
9-4, 7-midnight - Ottawa Mayfest

Sat-Sun May 29-30
10-5 both days - Montreal Anarchist Bookfair

Tues June 1
7:00 - Made in Secret: The Story of the East Van Porn Collective (Film)

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*Pro-Choice Witnessing of national Anti-Choice rally on Parliament Hill*

Thursday, May 13, 2010
12:00pm - 1:00pm
meet at Terry Fox monument
corner of Wellington and Metcalfe
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117307608280979

When you arrive at the Terry Fox statue, look for the bright pink pro-choice
shirts
We'll have 2 friendly local police officers accompanying us
The group can decide where we go and how close we get to the rally

Questions?
prochoiceottawa at gmail.com

*Pro- Choice Presence ... at Ottawa's annual March for "Life"*

Thursday, May 13, 2010
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Human Rights Monument
Elgin Street at Lisgar
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=167003978241

When you arrive at the Human Rights Monument, look for the bright pink
pro-choice shirts and the metal fence across the street
We'll have a bunch of friendly local police officers on site
Our location will allow for exchanges between our Pro-Choice Presence and
the Marchers
Bring your cameras, video and audio recorders

Questions?
prochoiceottawa at gmail.com

Official Invitation (share and forward)

On Thursday May 13th, the Pro-Choice Coalition of Ottawa would like to
invite you to the pro-choice presence during the annual anti-choice “march
for life”. This year’s anti-choice “march for life” theme is “abortion, a
crime against humanity”.

Equitable access to legal abortion has been deemed fundamental to women’s
right to life, liberty, conscience, and bodily integrity. We will not allow
women's rights to be eroded. While energy is still required for us to keep
and gain better access to abortion, the issue of choice is a wider one.

We are parents, lovers and queers (on oh so many levels). We show up because
this is an issue of love, self-determination and bodily integrity. We show
up because we currently have a government that has abolished all funding for
the Court Challenges Program, which played a crucial role in allowing gay
and lesbians, women and immigrant Canadians to defend their constitutional
rights. We show up because this government doesn’t understand the
correlation between mother earth’s well-being and ours. We show up because
women living in rural or conservative areas still don’t have access to safe
abortions. We show up because violence is still killing members of our
communities. We show up because patriarchal structures are still very
dominant and harmful. We show up because accurate, comprehensive, inclusive
sexual health education is under funded and under attack. We show up because
we are quite able to choose if, with whom and when we engage in sexual play.
We show up because these issues demand more attention, more discussion and
more reflection.

While we truly support all emotions, we encourage a peaceful and loving
presence.

12:00 meetup at the Terry fox statue at the corner of Metcalfe & Wellington
(for witnessing the Parliament Hill anti-choice rallies)
1:30 at the Human Rights monument for the actual march (the march begins at
1h30)
After march: DEBREIFING and support (location to be determined)

Support volunteers from Canadians for Choice will be in attendance to offer
individual support.

If you are unable to attend the pro-choice presence, please take the time to
talk about the vast issues of bodily integrity. Bring it up. Send a letter
to your MP asking why women are still being harassed when accessing a funded
procedure, why gender identity and gender expression is not a part of the
Canadian Human Rights Act. Respond to an anti-choice bill. Email the
committee that is considering anti-choice bills, laws and strategies.

Consider joining PCCO's facebook group at :
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=75014288511

For more information of the “march for life”, you may visit this anti-choice
website (warning, gruesome content):
http://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/events/Marchforlife/2010/

In solidarity and love,
PCCO
prochoiceottawa at gmail.com

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*May 13: RIGHTS ACTION SPEAKING TOUR -
COMMUNITY & INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE TO HARMFUL GOLD MINING IN GUATEMALA &
HONDURAS*

DATE: Thursday, May 13, 2010
TIME: 7:00 pm
WHERE: JK Wylie Boardroom, PSAC Building, 233 Gilmour St., Ottawa, Algonquin
Territory

FEATURING SPEAKERS:
Javier de Leon, from Guatemala;
Carlos Amador, from Honduras;
Karen Spring, Canadian with Rights Action in Guatemala-Honduras.

JAVIER de LEON: Javier is a Mayan Mam community leader from the village of
Maquivil, municipality of San Miguel Ixtahuacan, department of San Marcos.
>From his small home, he looks across at Goldcorp's ever expanding open-pit,
cyanide-leaching gold mine - the "Marlin" mine. Since 2004, Javier has been
educating and organizing Mayan Mam communities and working to resist and
demand justice for the health and environmental harms and human rights
violations caused by Goldcorp's mine.

CARLOS AMADOR: Carlos is a teacher and community leader in El Porvenir, 15
kilometres from Goldcorp's open-pit, cyanide-leaching gold mine - the "San
Martin" mine. Since 2000, Carlos has been educating and organizing local
communities in the Siria Valley, and working to resist and demand justice
for the health and environmental harms and human rights violations caused by
Goldcorp's mine.

KAREN SPRING: Karen is from Ontario, Canada. With Rights Action since early
2009, she lives and works in Honduras and Guatemala.

RESISTANCE TO HARMFUL MINING:

Since 2000, Rights Action has been supporting and involved with struggles
related to Goldcorp Inc's open-pit, cyanide-bonding mines in Honduras and
Guatemala, and related to HudBay Mineral's nickel mine (formerly owned by
INCO and then Skye Resources) in Guatemala. (At <
http://www.rightsaction.org/>, there is extensive information about health
and environmental harms and human rights violations linked to these mines
and companies.)

The speakers will give first hand testimony, and show photos and documentary
films, of the environmental and health harms and human rights violations
caused directly and indirectly by Goldcorp's mines in Guatemala and
Honduras. With Karen as a co-speaker, they will focus critical attention on
Canadian government, corporate and investor policies, as build up to
Goldcorp's annual shareholder meeting in Toronto, on May 19th.

DONATIONS TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT IN HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA

We will also accept donations at this event and contribute the funds towards
the over-all costs of having the speakers from Honduras and Guatemala to
come to Canada. All profits from this fund raising will go to the community
based organizations that Rights Action supports and works with in Honduras
and Guatemala.

** This event is supported by:

Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN),
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa (IPSMO),
Ontario Public Interest Research Group - University of Ottawa (OPIRG-Ottawa)
Territorio Libre
Public Services Alliance Canada National Solidarity Fund
MiningWatch Canada

and The Ottawa-Gatineau Coalition against Gold Mining in El Salvador:
Amanecer Ranchero FM 89.1
Amnesty International, Business and Human Rights Program
Breaking the Silence
Christian Hispanic Community of Emmanuel United Church
Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL)
Emmanuel United Church
FMLN Ottawa-Gatineau
Magazine Vision Latina
MiningWatch Canada
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Social Justice Fund
Rights Action
Salvadorian Canadian Association of Ottawa and National Capital Region
(ASCORCAN)
Salvadorian Women's Committee of Ottawa-Gatineau
Salvaide
School of Political Studies of the University of Ottawa
Territorio Libre

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120686004624849

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*Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act - Meeting/Debate this Thursday*

Thursday, May 13, 2010
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Dominion-Chalmers United Church (O'Connor @ Cooper)

A moderated panel put together by Centretown Citizens Community Association
(CCCA), with leading pro-SCAN and anti-SCAN advocates in Ottawa. MPP Yasir
Naqvi, author of Bill 106, will also present. This event is specifically for
people living in Centretown. (I'm assuming that means that folks living in
Hintonburg - other than one - won't be in attendance.)

Let them know what you think of SCAN - don't let the NIMBYs gain more of a
foothold in Centretown. Doors open at 7:00pm.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120854417943526

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*Connect the dots: Why you should care about the G8/G20*

Friday, May 14, 2010
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Le Patro Community Centre
40 Cobourg st. Hall # 1

No One Is Illegal Ottawa presents a community dinner & discussion on the
upcoming G8/G20 meetings in Toronto!

Our speakers - people active in their communities, organizing for social
justice and mobilizing for the G8/G20 meetings - will talk about how the
G8/G20 affects poor, immigrant, indigenous, and working communities across
Canada, and in Ottawa. We'll be serving a free dinner to bring people in
Ottawa together, in order to gather ideas and strategies on how to raise
awareness of the impacts of global economic policies on our communities and
how we can empower ourselves and strengthen our ties as a larger community.

The featured panelists are:
Syed Hussan
Mélanie Stafford
Shawn Brant
Mostafa henaway

Syed Hussan is an organizer for migrant justice and in defence of Indigenous
Sovereignty. He lives, works, and writes in Toronto and dreams of a world
where all people can live with justice and dignity. He thinks that people of
color, indigenous people. women, queer and disAbled communities should take
to the streets against the G8/G20 and come to Toronto.

Mélanie Stafford is a poet, lover and a fighter. She is an agitator,
facilitator and educator in matters of sexual health. This is a wide issue,
and she’s found that writing, singing and listening are powerful forms of
activism. She mostly learns from young people, and actively engages against
the colonialist and oppressive disturbances in our everyday interactions.
Mélanie believes that everyone has something to share, learn and unlearn.
She chooses her bike route by the firewood or lilac smells and sees
instructions on how to live from the heart all around her.

Shawn Brant is a citizen of the Mohawk Nation living in the community of
Tyendinaga. In 1998, he joined forces with the Ontario Coalition Against
Poverty (OCAP), mobilizing urban First Nations people into what he calls “a
fighting force.”

Mostafa Henaway is a Montreal-based community organizer with the Immigrant
Workers Centre and a member of Tadamon!, a collective actively engaged in
the international movement of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against
Israeli apartheid.

Everyone is welcome!
Child care will be provided on-site.

ASL translation will be provided.

If you require English, French, or Spanish translation please let us know by
posting on the wall of this event or contacting noiiottawa at gmail.com.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117604221604352

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Sat May 15, 2:00 pm

*Conference and Discussion
Canadian Mining Companies: Leaders in Health and Environmental Destruction?*

Simard Hall (SMD), room 425
60 University Private, Ottawa

Presented by The School of Political Studies and the Coalition Against Gold
Mining in Latin America of Ottawa - Gatineau -
territoirelibre at yahoo.ca

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*Benefit Show for the Coalition for Justice For Levi*

Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 8:35pm-3:35am
Cafe Nostalgica, 603 Cumberland Rd, Univ of Ottawa

Come support an amazing cause! Benefit concert featuring Knifehammer, Jon
Creeden, DJs, slam poets, art auction and CHEAP BEER! Event is
pay-what-you-can at the door, sales from feature beer (Beaus), art auction
and pass the hat go to support a wonderful and relevant cause!!!! Be sure to
bring the whole posse!

Check out www.justiceforlevi.org to find details about the Coalition for
Justice for Levi! Contact the Cafe's head Chef Angell if you have
auctionable items or skills to donate!

See you there!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112180428822879

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Sun May 16, 1:00pm

*Common Cause Ottawa general meeting
*
Exile Infoshop, 256 Bank St 2nd floor (sorry not wheelchair accessible)

Common Cause is the provincial anarchist organization, with branches in
Hamilton, London, Toronto and Ottawa. Come and get involved!

commoncauseottawa at gmail.com - http://linchpin.ca

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*May 17: Deh Cho "Fighting for our Land"
*
Join us for an evening of conversation and solidarity with leaders of the
Deh Cho First Nation. The Deh Cho, KAIROS, the IPSM Ottawa and the Polaris
Institute are hosting a screening of the film "Dehcho Ndene Gha Nadaotsethe:
Fighting for our Land", a community based video by Rebecca Garrett and
Dehcho First Nations, on Monday May 17th at 6pm in Ottawa.

For more information, please contact Ed at ebianchi at kairoscanada.org.

"FIGHTING FOR OUR LAND"
FILM SCREENING and DISCUSSION
May 17th, 2010
6 - 9 pm
PSAC Building, 233 Gilmour (at Metcalfe), Ottawa

With:
DFN Grand Chief Samuel Gargan
DFN Elder Pat Martel
Members of DFN Negotations Team
and Filmmaker Rebecca Garrett

The Decho First Nations have been involved in formal negotiations with the
governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories for over thirty years.

We, the Dehcho Dene have been struggling since 1969 for rightful recognition
of our rights in a just and fair manner. When an Agreement with the
territorial and federal governments is reached, we will have the governing
authority and the resources to protect our lands and ensure that we can
continue to live according to Dene values and principles in all aspects of
our lives.

“Dehcho Ndehe Gha Nadaotsethe: Fighting for our Land,” is a project of the
Dehcho First Nations (DFN) Communiciations team. It brings together in one
film key moments of Dehcho history, and explains our struggle to retain
control of our homeland.

This film is an invaluable educational and mobilization tool to inform and
involve all members of our communities in the process of reaching an
agreement that allows future generations to continue to live in a way that
honours and respects the land of our ancestors.

Media Contacts: Rebecca.garrott at rogers.com, ebianchi at kairoscanada.org
Dehcho First Nations information: www.dehchofirstnations.com
Video distribution information: vtape.org

Presented by:
KAIROS
Amnesty International
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa (IPSMO)
Polaris Institute
and Dehcho First Nations

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111597772212182

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*May 19: "You Are On Indian Land" Akwesasne's Land Struggles Past and
Present*

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Movie Screening and Speakers
An educational and fund raising event

Speakers will include:
John Boots - Akwesasne People's Fire
Nona Benedict - Akwesasne People's Fire

NFB Movie, "You Are On Indian Land"
The movie will have subtitles.
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Wednesday, May 19 at 7pm
Exile Infoshop, 256 Bank St.
Contact us if you have mobility issues and want to attend
http://www.ipsmo.org
ipsmo at riseup.net
=========================

Both John Boots and Nona Benedict are part of the Akwesasne People's Fire, a
group that formed in response to the attempt by CBSA to arm border guards on
the territory of the Akwesasne Mohawks.

They were although both involved in the 1969 Blockade that is covered in the
movie "You Are On Indian Land," and thy will also be talking about this
protest and of the long history of the Akwesasne Mohawks struggle for
sovereignty with Canada and the United States.

We will be showing the National Film Board movie, “You Are On Indian Land”
which is “A film report of the 1969 protest demonstration by Mohawk Indians
of the St. Regis Reserve on the international bridge between Canada and the
United States near Cornwall, Ontario. By blocking the bridge, which is on
the Reserve, and causing a considerable tie-up of motor traffic, the Indians
drew public attention to their grievance that they were prohibited by
Canadian authorities from duty-free passage of personal purchases across the
border; a right they claim was established by the Jay Treaty of 1794. The
film shows the confrontation with police, and ensuing action.”

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114414028575345

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What: *Protest because the Special Diet Allowance was cut*

When: Thursday May 20th, 1pm

Where: meet at the corner of Montreal road and Begin st. (in Vanier)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

In this year's provincial budget the Ontario Liberals cut the Special Diet
Allowance, while raising the welfare rates by LESS that the inflation rate.
This adds up to a 3% CUT in welfare spending in Ontario. This is only the
third time a government has cut welfare spending.

The special diet allowance was money accessible to some OW and ODSP
recipients who needed it for specific health related dietary needs,
allergies, etc. The maximum amount of money a person could receive from the
SDA was 250$. For people receiving SDA money, the cut represents as much as
30% less on their welfare cheques.

Although the Liberals have done nothing to reverse the rate cuts imposed by
the Conservatives, the SDA was one of the few options available for poor
people in Ontario who were tired of having to make the decision between
paying the rent and buying groceries.

In recent years a groundswell of activity led to a sharp increase in people
finding out about the SDA and signing up. This meant that the Ontario
Government was now spending an extra $194 million a year on welfare.Due to
the SDA's recent growth in cost and popularity, the government has decided
to cut it.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

FIGHT BACK

Across the province anti-poverty organizations are gearing up to fight these
cuts. In Toronto, almost 1000 people gathered on April 15th to voice their
opposition to these cuts.

In Ottawa, Under Pressure, an anti-poverty and anti-capitalist organization,
is planning this protest in Vanier at MPP Madelaine Meilleur's office.
Meilleur is the Minister of Community Services, responsible for the loss of
the SDA.

we won't be quiet - we need the Special Diet

Email for more info: raisetherates at gmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119055974788752

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*Launch of the Dominon's G8/G20 Special Issue*

Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 7:00pm
Exile Infoshop
256 Bank Street (second floor)

Come celebrate the launch of the Dominion's latest issue on the g8/g20! Get
informed on why the g8/g20 should be challenged and get plugged into this
resistance to the G8/G20 this June in Toronto!

featuring a member of the collectif de chat noir, a writer from the
Dominion's g8/g20 issue and a film on the Genoa G8 resistance in 2001.

Copies of the issue will be available, for a suggested donation of $3.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123895404289063
Click here for poster:
http://www.exilebooks.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dominion-g8-poster.jpg
More info on the Dominion: http://www.dominionpaper.ca/

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*ReBELLEs reading in the park
*
Sunday, May 23, 2010
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Dundonald Park

This summer Ottawa ReBELLEs will be hosting a bi-weekly feminist reading
group at Dundonald Park on Somerset West.

We’ve decided to take advantage of the beautiful Ottawa summer by reflecting
on insightful, provocative, creative, critical pieces of feminist literature
among the trees and good friends.

For the FIRST feminist reading group we will be reading “Chicken Hips” by
Catherine Pigott, a short essay on a woman’s deconstruction of the western
beauty ideal.

Check out the Ottawa ReBELLEs website for the full reading:
http://ottawarebelles.blogspot.com/

If the weather isn’t kind to us meet at Raw Sugar Café, just a few blocks
down on Somerset.

Finally, if you want to suggest any essays, chapters, poems, or anything of
the like please post it!

SEE YOU IN THE PARK!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119026878128190

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*SAVING GLOBAL CAPITALISM: WHO PAYS, WHO PROFITS*

Speakers:
Keith Newman (Research Director CEP); The Crisis & the Private Sector
Priscillia Lefebvre/Gulden Ozcan; A Global Perspective on the Crisis
Carlo Fanelli; Targeting the Public Sector

7:30 Wednesday, May 26
PSAC 233 Gilmour

Sponsored by the Socialist Project

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*Ottawa Mayfest*

Sat May 29
9:00am-4:00pm: Dayfest
7:00pm-12:00am: Nightfest
Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre, 102 Greenview, Brittania Park area

What is Mayfest?

Mayfest is an annual cultural event in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
community. This celebration has taken place in Ottawa since 1991. We are a
non-profit organization. This event draws attendees from across Ontario.
Family, friends and supporters in the community come together to recognize
their culture, provide community awareness and raise funds to support
program initiatives.

The Ottawa Mayfest Planning Committee is a group of representative
stakeholders. These people are from various agencies and clubs that work
with Deaf, Deafened and the Hard of Hearing. Our traditional day event
consists of games for the children and information booths from the different
organizations that represent the community.

http://ottawamayfest.webs.com

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*MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR 2010*
MAY 29-30, 10am-5pm
at the CEDA, 2515 rue Delisle
(a short walk from Lionel-Groulx metro)
FREE. Welcome to all!

No gods, no masters, no bosses, no borders.
Curious about anarchism?: check us out!

-> Participants from all over Quebec and North America, booksellers and
vendors, workshops, films, discussions, kids activities, art exhibits and
more!
-> Part of the month-long Festival of Anarchy held throughout the month of
May at venues and locations all over the island of Montreal.
-> NOTE: During this year’s Bookfair, tabling will take place over TWO DAYS:
May 29-30, between 10am-5pm.

INFO: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=304203695097

Note: Common Cause Ottawa is looking into arranging rides. If you would like
to go and either need a ride or have rides to offer, please contact us at
commoncauseottawa at gmail.com

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*FILM: Made in Secret: The Story of the East Van Porn Collective*
DATE: June 1st, 2010
TIME: 7pm
LOCATION: 256 Bank St, 2nd floor - EXILE Infoshop

As part of the sporadic (at best!) EXILE Infoshop series of film nights,
we are screening “Made in Secret: The Story of the East Van Porn
Collective” (2005) on Tuesday, June 1st.

DESCRIPTION:
It essentially began with a couple of people wanting to make a documentary
about an anarcha-feminist porn collective. Since they knew of no such
group, these folks eventually became the collective they set out to
document. What unfolds is a part-documentary, part-fictional account of
what it might look like for a group of people to collectively make
pornography by, for, and about one another according to feminist
principles.

The process developed by this group presents a real and radical challenge
to mainstream approaches to porn production, and even to other
self-described feminist porn producers! For example, the collective
process, at base, is egalitarian and democratic rather than hierarchical
or coercive. Roles within the porn collective rotate every few months to
balance power dynamics and workload responsibilities. Participants in the
project—whether appearing on screen or not—have an equal say in how the
film is used, and, true to consensus-based processes, no decision passes
unless everyone affected by the decision is comfortable with it. All of
these guidelines and more foreground the group’s porn-making, and thus
help maintain the trust that makes it possible for the group to continue
operating as it does.

Even though this film is not wholly based on a “real” project, I think
what it describes is very real in its possibilities. Imagining porn
projects that so defy industry norms in both content and production
process is a small step toward creating a world where people are treated
more fairly in all aspects of our lives, and where cultural production is
held to a much higher ethical standard.
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