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http://www.warofterror.ath.cx********* BENEFIT SHOW **********
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 9pm, $4
Barfly, (4062A St. Laurent Blvd.)
Hardcore punk bands:
Walk Aside
Jaws of Life
Desperate Living
My Pet Goat
Put on by Explosion Tittie Ninja Two Productions
In support of the Exposing the "War on Terror"
workshops taking place in Montreal throughout the
end of February and all of March.
For more information visit: www.warofterror.ath.cx
"WAR ON TERROR" POPULAR EDUCATION SERIES KICKS OFF
IN
MONTREAL
Five grassroots groups are launching a month of
community workshops aimed at deepening the
understanding of what is happening around the world -
and here in Canada - under the guise of the "war on
terror".
The workshops have been organised by groups which have
been involved in direct solidarity and accompaniment
projects in Colombia, Iraq, Palestine, and Turtle
Island (that is, colonial North America) as well as
refugee and
immigrant communities in Quebec and Canada. From
elections in Iraq, Canadian police in Haiti and
war-profiteers in Colombia, to security certificates
and
elections in Kanehsatake here at home, the workshops
will offer an opportunity to discuss critical aspects
of events unfolding in our turbulent times.
Taking place in different neighbourhoods in Montreal,
the series aims to open more space
at the community
level for developing better strategies to understand,
survive and challenge the war of terror and the
projects of economic and political domination which
underpin it.
The series will culminate on 17 March with a panel
discussion, "Unmasking Canada in the War of Terror",
to provide a global perspective on the different
issues raised in the individual workshops.
The series builds towards the international day
against the occupation of Iraq and against racism on
19/20 March, which stands as a symbol of global
dissent to the "war on terror".
For more information: www.warofterror.ath.cx
GROUPS INVOLVED:
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM) is a
collective whose primary goal is to support Native
communities in the active fight for
self-determination. IPSM employs a diversity of
actions
in its work, ranging from popular education to
mobilisation to direct action. email:
ipsm@resist.ca.
International Solidarity Movement (ISM-Montreal).
The ISM is a Palestinian-led group of Palestinians and
internationals that are working to raise awareness of
the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to
Israeli occupation. The ISM uses nonviolent,
direct-action methods of resistance to confront and
challenge illegal Israeli occupation forces and
policies while also recognizing the Palestinian right
to resist
Israeli violence and occupation via legitimate armed
struggle. ISM-Montreal
further believes in the
important
links between anti-colonial struggles in Palestine and
the struggle of indigenous peoples inside the Canadian
state. We acknowledge that we ourselves live on stolen
land, and are committed to engaging in solidarity work
with indigenous communities on Turtle Island, while
also raising awareness about the Palestinian struggle
for self-determination.
e-mail:
ism-montreal@resist.ca;
web:
http://www.ismcanada.orgThe Iraq Solidarity Project is a grassroots initiative
to provide support to Iraqis struggling against
the
occupation; strengthen the mobilisation against
economic and military domination and anti-war work in
Quebec and
Canada; and build links of solidarity between
struggles against the occupation of Iraq and struggles
against oppression in Canada and Quebec.
tel 514 521 5252, email
psi@riseup.netNo One Is Illegal - Montreal. The No One Is Illegal
campaign of Montreal is part of a worldwide movement
for the self-determination of migrants, refugees and
indigenous peoples. We recognize that struggles for
self-determination, and for free movement against
colonial exploitation, are led by the
communities who
fight on the frontlines. Our campaign lends tangible
support to these struggles in our capacity as allies.
Our campaign also asserts a clear link between
capitalist globalization and the displacement of
peoples from the majority world. We confront a
colonial system built on the dispossession and
genocide of indigenous peoples and racist
anti-immigration laws. We maintain that there are no
illegal human beings, only llegitimate
governments and states. We seek to contribute to a
global movement of justice and dignity, building links
between communities of resistance worldwide.
tel: 514-859-9023; e-mail:
noii-montreal@resist.ca;
web:
http://clac.taktic.orgThe PASC -- Projet Accompagnement Solidarit� Colombie
-- supports thestruggle of Afro-Colombian peasant
communities who are engaged in a strategy of civil
resistance for Life, Land, Self-Determination and
Dignity. The PASC undertakes the dual goal of raising
local awareness about the "dirty war" that is taking
place in Colombia (in which many domestic
multinationals are involved), and in supporting the
fight of communities in resistance by offering them
the security of an international
on-the-ground
presence, facing the repression of paramilitary groups
(tacitly supported by the Colombian state).
Email :
pasc@riseup.net ; Tel.: 409-2641 ;
www.pasc.ca.