[Wamvan] March on the Drive on March 18 to counter racism

[Harsha W.]

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From:    "No One is Illegal-Vancouver" <noii-van at resist.ca>

With the white supremacist hate crimes of Blood and Honor coming to light
recently in our very own neighbourhoods, we encourage our friends and
allies to be pro-active in countering racism. Join us in solidarity and
resistance on March 18th to celebrate the dignity, strength, and
resilience of our communities as we take Commercial Drive.

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COMMUNITY MARCH AGAINST RACISM:
Celebrate our courage!

Sunday, March 18th, 2012 at 2pm.
Starting at Clark Park (Commercial and 14th)
Ending at Grandview Park (Commercial and Charles)
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories

Family-friendly festivities! Bring your neighbours, banners and drums!

Facebook RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/386441891373362/
Posters and flyers here: http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=4674

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March 21, the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, marks the
anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa when police
opened fire on hundreds of South Africans protesting against Apartheid's
passbook laws, killing 67 and wounding 186. Collectively, we join friends
and allies around the world to mark this day and to speak the truth about
racism.

We know of the historic injustices this country was founded on, including
the forced confinement of Indigenous children in residential schools and
Japanese children in internment camps.

Today, we urgently need a renewed anti-racist consciousness as examples of
institutional racism abound:
* Mass criminalization and incarceration under the new crime bill, human
smuggling bill, and proposed anti-terror legislation
* Tragedies of missing and murdered Indigenous women and communities like
Attawapiskat across these colonized lands
* Restrictions on immigration and family sponsorships but expanding
exploitative temporary worker programs
* Bailing out banks while communities of colour live in poverty
* Corporate destruction on Indigenous territories from pipelines in
Alberta and BC to Canadian mining operations across Africa and Latin
America
* Involvement in military occupations from Afghanistan to Palestine

Racist stereotyping and scapegoating permeates the media, education
system, policing institutions, and workplaces. We are outraged at the
white supremacist hate crimes of groups such as Blood and Honor in our
very own neighbourhoods, and the general silence surrounding this horrific
example of violence.

We encourage our friends and allies to be pro-active in countering racism.
Join us in solidarity and resistance on March 18th to celebrate the
dignity, strength, and resilience of our communities.

For more information email noii-van at resist.ca or call 778 885 0040
http://www.nooneisillegal.org



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No One is Illegal-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories is a grassroots
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right to remain, the freedom to move, and the right to return. As a
movement for self-determination that challenges the ideology of
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brutality, and exploitative working conditions of migrants. The ongoing
apartheid reality instituted through reserves and sweatshops is one that
must be fundamentally uprooted and transformed. We envision a humanity
where everyone has the right to sustenance and the ability to provide it,
where we are free of oppression, misery, and exploitation, and are able to
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Harsha Walia

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-- 
Harsha Walia

https://twitter.com/HarshaWalia
https://www.facebook.com/nooneisillegal
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/author/dtes-power-women-group



-- 
Harsha Walia

https://twitter.com/HarshaWalia
https://www.facebook.com/nooneisillegal
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/author/dtes-power-women-group