[van-announce] LAND, FREEDOM AND DECOLONIZATION March & Rally

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LAND, FREEDOM AND DECOLONIZATION March & Rally

Where:
Clark Park (East 14th and Commerical Drive)  to Grandview Park

When:
Thursday, 1st of July 2004 from 2:00 PM until approximately 4:00 PM

Cost: Free

In solidarity with the frontline struggles of indigenous peoples and 
immigrants and refugees. Bring your banners, noisemakers and symbols of resistance.

As thousands celebrate “Canada Day” we will be marching to celebrate our 
resistance as indigenous peoples and as immigrants and refugees from the 
global South.  The Canadian government and corporate interests create war, 
poverty and destruction throughout indigenous territories in the North and
the global South, while refugees arriving at these shores continue to be 
exploited and deported.

Around the globe and at home, movements and communities for social justice ssert 
their dignity through diverse struggles from the Philippines to Colombia 
to Palestine; from the jungles of Chiapas to the reserves and racialized 
ghettos of Fortress North America.

We will be marching to confront and remind people that there can be No Olympics 
on stolen native land as the the Secwepemc and St'at'imc people and now the 
community at Cheam are fighting ski resort development on unceded 
traditional territories. We will be marching to confront and remind people 
of the fight back against violent deportation and detention policies that 
victimize immigrant and refugee communities fleeing from
former colonial regimes through measures such as Security Certificates, 
Anti-Terrorism legislation and the Smart Border declaration.

And so united we will continue to struggle for our self-determination and
dignity.

Organized by various groups fighting for indigenous soverignity and 
immigrant/refugee rights: Native Youth  Movement, Native Solidarity 
Network, South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy, Palestine 
Community Center, No One is Illegal, Refugees Against Racial Profiling, 
South Asian Youth Alliance, Vancouver Association of Chinese Canadians,
Bus Riders Union, Friends and Families of Mexican Political Prisoners, 
International Solidarity Movement, Chetna Association, Members of Bear 
Clan-Maxan Lake, Anti-Poverty Committee, Salaam-Vancouver, Direct 
Action Against Refugee Exploitation, Committee for Solidarity with Columbia.
Endorsed by Stopwar. ca



For more information:
noii-van at resist.ca 
778-552-2099


  




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