[van-announce] Ecosocialism: Confronting The Climate Change Crisis and other upcomming events

Sat Nov 10 19:32:53 PST 2007

Five Upcoming events 
1.   Ecosocialism: Where Ecology and anti-capitalism Intersect
2.   John Graham Legal Defense Fund Benefit
3.   Confronting The Climate Change Crisis
4.WEST COAST SPEAKING TOUR TO SUPPORT THE TYENDINAGA MOHAWKS!
5.   Conference Conflict and Rule of Law in Colombia: Defending Human Rights

Ecosocialism 
Where Ecology and anti-capitalism Intersect

After the International Ecosocialist Meeting
Where Do We Go From Here?
A new synthesis is emerging, combining two great radical forces—the “red” movements that seek to free labor and bring down capitalism, and the “green” movements that seek to mend our relationship with nature. 
Activists from 13 countries met in Paris October 7-8 to discuss this perspective. They founded the Ecosocialist International Network, and called for a global ecosocialist conference, to be held in conjunction with the next World Social Forum
IAN ANGUS is a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Ecosocialist International Network, and the editor of the web journal Climate and Capitalism. He will discuss what happened in Paris and provide an overview of the state of ecosocialism today — as a goal, as a body of ideas. and as a movement against capitalist ecocide.

Friday, November 16th, 7:00pm
SFU Harbour Centre (Downtown Vancouver) corner of Hastings and Seymour

Sponsored by
Vancouver Socialist Forum • International Socialists
New Socialist Group

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John Graham Legal Defense Fund Benefit

Nov. 16, 2007, 8 pm
Tix $15 at the door
Heritage Hall (15th & Main)

Featuring performances by Seislom, Victoria Buffalo Robe, Tara Holloway,
Cris Derksen, James Diamond, Darlene Shaw, Buffalo Shadow Puppets, and
Andy Mason. More information at grahamdefense at hotmail.com

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Confronting The Climate Change Crisis

Can We Stop Capitalism 
from Destroying the Earth?
Speaker: Ian Angus
Editor of Climate and Capitalism
Founder and Coordinating Committee member
of the Ecosocialist International Network 

November 15th
2:30pm

Langara College Room A348

Sponsored by
International Socialists and Vancouver Socialist Forum

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WEST COAST SPEAKING TOUR TO SUPPORT THE TYENDINAGA MOHAWKS!
DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST SHAWN BRANT!

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THURS NOV 15 @ 6:30 PM
ROOM 1700, SFU HARBOUR CENTRE
515 WEST HASTINGS
Suggested Donation $5-20
All proceeds go to Tyendinaga Support Committee
With Sue Collis, Khaled Barakat, Dustin Rivers, Lindsay Bomberry, and
Angela Sterritt.
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FRI NOV 16 from 12:30-2:30 pm
UBC, Student Union Building Room 205
Organized by Students for a Democratic Society
Supported by UBC Law Students of Colour United
Information: email sds.ubc at gmail.com or call 778.868.1907
With Sue Collis, Lindsay Bomberry, and others TBC
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* SUE COLLIS a non-native resident of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territories (TMT).
She is the wife of Shawn Brant and mother of two children and is currently
on a speaking tour to build awareness on the struggles at Tyendinaga. She
has also been an anti-poverty organizer with OCAP in Toronto.

* LINDSAY BOMBERRY is Onondaga Nation, Eel clan of the Haudenosaune
Confederacy League of Peace. She is a youth activist, performer, artist
and writer and has been involved with indigenous and community politics
for most of her life. She is currently training to be a traditional
clanmother and maintains a strong voice and presence within the
grassroots. She is just returning to Vancouver from the frontlines of the
Six Nations Reclamation on Grand River Territory in Ontario.

* KHALED BARAKAT is a Palestinian community activist who was born in
Rammallah. He is the editor of the Al-Shorouq Arabic newspaper and also a
member of Al-Awda-Palestine Right to Return Coalition.

* DUSTIN RIVERS is a Skwxwú7mesh youth. Fueled by generations of injustice
and a legacy to decolonize, he searches for an authentic Indigenous way to
create lasting change for his people. He is currently working at Redwire
Native Youth Media.

* ANGELA STERRITT is a Gitxsan, Irish woman who lives and works on Coast
Salish Territory. She is a grassroots indigenous organizer, an advocate
for indigenous women and girls, as well as an artist and writer.

!!! When Justice Fails, the Tyendinaga Mohawks Block the Rails!!!

The Culbertson Tract was stolen from the Mohawks in 1832 and in 2003, the
federal government acknowledged that the Culberston Tract was never
surrendered and is Mohawk Land. Although negotiations for the land began,
the land itself continued to be exploited by corporate developers and the
government issued licenses to gravel quarry operator Thurlow Aggregates to
remove over 100,000 tonnes of gravel per year.

In November 2006, the Mohawk community of Tyendinaga reclaimed and
occupied the quarry and shut down corporate operations at the quarry. This
served as a basis to launch a broader struggle to raise awareness on
issues of theft of indigenous land, polluted drinking water, and
overwhelming poverty and suicides in all indigenous communities. On June
29th, the Mohawks of Tyendinaga blockaded rail lines running through
stolen land for upwards of 30 hours. Dozens of trains were stopped,
business as usual in Ontario was ground to a halt, and the Canadian public
was forced to consider the reality and struggle of indigenous communities.

As a result of these actions, criminal charges have been laid against
Mohawk spokesperson Shawn Brant. Shawn was released on bail in September
after having spent more than a month in custody at the Quinte provincial
detention centre in Napanee, Ontario. He now faces a total of 9 charges
and a minimum of 12 years of jail time if convicted, while living under
bail conditions including a curfew.

It is clear that the severity of the prison time openly being sought by
the Crown indicates the punishment the Canadian state is prepared to
inflict on all indigenous people who take courageous stands against
ongoing colonial exploitation and corporate devastation in order to defend
and protect their land and their communities for future generations.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

* Interviews with Shawn Brant
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=22399
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=24483

* More than a mine, a metaphor by Naomi Klein, Globe and Mail, May 4 2007
Reprint at: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/04/978/

* Shawn Brant: Another case of Canada's political persecution of
indigenous people
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=13830

* For more information contact the Tyendinaga Support Committee:
http://www.ocap.ca/supporttmt.html
support.tmt at gmail.com

* Sign the Petition in Support of Shawn Brant:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/supporttmt/
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Conference
Conflict and Rule of Law in Colombia:
Defending Human Rights

Presenting

James J. Brittain, Assistant Professor within the Department of Sociology
at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Ph.D. in Sociology from the University
of New Brunswick, Canada. His primary research interests include the
praxis of social change within Latin America, the relevance of classical
social theory in contemporary society, and alternative forms of
international development. He has done extensive research on Colombia.

And

- Tom Burke, Coordinator for the Colombia Action Network (the group that
launched the highly successful Coca-Cola boycott campaign in the U.S. He
is also an Executive member of SEIU Local 73, in Illinois and Indiana,
U.S.

•    Political, social and armed conflict in Colombia
•    Political regime and national sovereignty.
•    Current situation for the Colombian political prisoners.
•    The role of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a mediator for an
  exchange of prisoners between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP.

Simon Fraser University – Downtown Campus
515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Labbat Hall – Room 1700

Saturday,
December 01, 2007

From 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Suggested donation $5 to $10 (no one turned away)

Organized by: La-Surda Latin America Collective
Campaign in Support for the Humanitarian Exchange in Colombia -BC

Further information: lasurda at resist.ca

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