14 août: Manifestation contre CN et le PSP

-- Appuyez les luttes autochtones pour la souveraineté, la dignité et l’autodétermination sur l’Île de la Tortue

-- Dénoncez l’attitude raciste et colonialiste du CN

-- Manifestons contre Bush, Harper, Calderon et le « Partenariat pour la sécurité et la prospérité (PSP) »




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Le MARDI 14 août, midi
Manifestation
Gare centrale de Montréal
Métro Bonaventure
(Entrez par le métro, ou par l’entrée du 895 de la Gauchetière ouest, entre les rues University et Mansfield)
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** Point de rendez-vous à l’enseigne Départs/Arrivées, dans le hall principal de la gare. Apportez vos bannières, pancartes, drapeaux et autres symboles de protestation. **

-- Nous demandons que le CN abandonne ses poursuites en justice contre les militants Mohawks de Tyendinaga;
-- Nous sommes en solidarité et appuyons sans condition les luttes des peuples autochtones pour leur souveraineté et leur autodétermination, partout sur l’Île de la Tortue;
-- Nous dénonçons le rôle du CN dans le Conseil nord-américain pour la prospérité et le Partenariat nord-américain pour la sécurité et la prospérité.

« Quand le CN attaque, on bloque la track! »


Le CN est une société privée multi milliardaire, dont le siège social se trouve à Montréal et dont les rails et installations occupent illégitimement les territoires des autochtones, d’un océan à l’autre.

Le CN poursuit actuellement en justice (pour plusieurs millions de dollars) plusieurs activistes Mohawks de la communauté Tyendinaga (Ontario) qui sont activement impliqués dans la défense de leur territoire. Les Mohawks de Tyendinaga revendiquent le territoire de Culberson Tract, qui leur a été volé en 1832. Récemment, une partie des terres a été reprise et la communauté de Tyendinaga exige que le gouvernement ontarien révoque le permis légitimant l’exploitation d’une carrière privée qui enlève, littéralement, la terre du Culberson Tract. Pour plus de renseignements, visitez : http://ocap.ca/firstnations/tyendinaga/culbertson

Le CN menace d’engager d’autres poursuites contre des communautés et militant-e-s autochtones qui choisissent de bloquer les chemins de fer.

Le CN et ses cadres ciblent les organisateurs communautaires autochtones qui ont remis à l’ordre du jour l’enjeu des revendications territoriales non résolues et la souveraineté des peuples autochtones. Dans le contexte des revendications territoriales non résolues, et considérant que leurs chemins de fer se trouvent sur des territoires arrachés aux peuples autochtones, les actions en justice du CN sont profondément racistes et colonialistes.

Alors que le CN utilise le système de justice pour attaquer les activistes autochtones, le PDG de la compagnie, E. Hunter Harrison, est membre du Conseil nord-américain de la compétitivité, un acteur clé du nouvellement formé Partenariat nord-américain pour la sécurité et la prospérité (PSP), entre le Canada, les Etats-Unis et le Mexique. Le PSP poursuit le programme néolibéral imposé par l’Accord de libre échange nord américain (ALENA), mais y rajoute des politiques de « sécurité nationale ».

Le PSP est une attaque portée contre les travailleurs et les travailleuses et toutes les classes opprimées de l’Amérique du Nord. Les leaders du PSP – George Bush, Stephen Harper et Felipe Calderón – se rencontreront cet été, les 20 et 21 août prochain, au Château Montebello (Outaouais, Qc.), à 90 minutes de Montréal.

Joignez-vous à nous le 14 août à Montréal, alors que nous poursuivons nos actions contre Bush, Harper, Calderon et le PSP à Montebello, le 20 août prochain (info: www.psp-spp.com)

Cette action est organisée et endossée par : Bloquez l’Empire! –
Montréal (BLEM), Solidarité sans frontières, Liberterre, Personne n’est illégal-Montréal, Tadamon! Montréal, La Pointe Libertaire, La Rue Brique, et autres (pour associer le nom de votre groupe à la liste des endossements, veuillez écrire à noii-montreal@resist.ca )

-> Texte du tract distribué à la manifestation du 1er juillet à Montréal :
http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/07/texte-du-tracte-pourquoi-nous.html

-> À propos du PSP: un autre point de vue: http://www.psp-spp.com/?q=fr/node/35

INFO: 514-848-7583, noii-montreal@resist.ca

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August 14: Picket and demo against CN Rail and the SPP

-- Support indigenous struggles for sovereignty, dignity and self-determination on Turtle Island ...

-- Oppose CN Rail's racism and colonialism ...

-- Protest Bush, Harper, Calderon and the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" (SPP)




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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14th, NOON
Picket and Demonstration
Montreal Central Train Station
metro Bonaventure
(enter via the metro,
or via the street at 895 de la Gauchetière West,
between University and Mansfield)
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** Meet at the large departures/arrivals sign in the main lobby of the train station. Bring your banners, placards, flags and other symbols of dissent. **

-- We demand that CN Rail drop their racist lawsuits against Mohawk activists at Tyendinaga;
-- We stand in support and solidarity with indigenous struggles for sovereignty and self-determination all over Turtle Island;
-- We denounce CN Rail's role in the corporate North American
Competitiveness Council and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP).

"When justice fails, block the rails!"


CN Rail is a multi-billion dollar company, headquartered in Montreal, whose tracks and installations occupy native lands from ocean-to-ocean.

CN Rail is currently pursuing multi-million dollar lawsuits against Mohawk activists from the community of Tyendinaga who are actively involved in the defense of their land.

The Mohawks of Tyendinaga are demanding the return of the Culberston Tract, which was stolen from them in 1832. Recently a portion of the land was reclaimed, with the Tyendinaga community demanding that the Ontario government revoke the license legitimizing a private quarry operation that is literally removing land from the Culberston Tract. For more info, consult: http://ocap.ca/firstnations/tyendinaga/culbertson

CN is threatening more lawsuits against other indigenous communities and activists who block CN rail lines.

CN Rail and their executives are targeting indigenous community organizers who have effectively brought the issue of native sovereignty to the forefront. In the context of unsettled land claims, and the fact that their tracks sit on appropriated native territory, CN Rail's actions are colonial and racist.

While CN uses the courts to attack native activists, their CEO -- E. Hunter Harrison – is a member of the North American Competitiveness Council, a key promoter of the recently formed "Security and Prosperity Partership" (SPP) between Canada, the United States and Mexico. The SPP continues the imposition of the neo-liberal North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), combined with paranoid "Homeland Security" policies.

The SPP is an attack on all working and oppressed peoples, especially the indigenous peoples of "North America". The SPP leaders – George Bush, Stephen Harper and Felipe Calderon -- will be meeting later this summer, from August 20-21, in Montebello, Quebec (just 90 minutes from Montreal).

Join us on August 14 in Montreal, as we build towards the protests against Bush, Harper and Calderon in Montebello on August 20 (info: www.psp-spp.com )

Organized and endorsed by: Block the Empire-Montreal (BLEM), Liberterre, NoOne Is Illegal-Montreal, La Rue Brique, Solidarity Across Borders, Tadamon! Montreal, La Pointe Libertaire and others (to add your group endorsement, please contact noii-montreal@resist.ca)

-> Text of the flyer passed out at the picket against CN on July 1,
2007 in Montreal:
http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/07/flyer-text-why-we-are-protesting.html

-> “About the SPP” Background: http://www.psp-spp.com/?q=en/aboutthespp


INFO: 514-848-7583, noii-montreal@resist.ca

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August 2007: No One Is Illegal Radio: Afghan refugees refuse deportation: Algonquins resist uranium mining; Community Assembly against the SPP

LISTEN to the August 2007 No One Is Illegal Radio show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=24164

The August 2007 edition of No One Is Illegal Radio includes:

-- Afghan refugees refuse forcible removal from Norway: an interview with SVERRE PEDERSON, anti-racism activist in Oslo;

-- The Algonquins of Sharbot Lake resist uranium mining and assert indigenous sovereignty: an interview with JENN TSUN, a dissident member of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation;

-- No Security without Justice! No Prosperity without Dignity! Community Assembly against the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP): presentations by FARHA NAJAH & NAZILA BETTACHE of No One Is Illegal-Montreal and RODERICK CALDERON of Siklab Migrant Workers Support Group

More information below.


LISTEN to the August 2007 No One Is Illegal Radio show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=24164

-> AFGHAN REFUGEES REFUSE FORCIBLE REMOVAL FROM NORWAY:

This past May and June, 45 Afghan refugees marched 650km from Trondheim to Oslo, to oppose the forced removal of Afghan refugees from Norway. While many refugees have been removed, others continue to struggle, both publicly and underground. According to Zahir Athari, one of the marchers: “The reality is that Afghan refugees are the scapegoat for a defeated war policy. It was claimed by the USA and partners that we will win the war and put every things in order in Afghanistan, now since after 5years not only nothing came to the order but also they are losing completely. The Norwegian government has to advertise Afghanistan as being safer and more democratic than Norway, and start to deport afghan refugees back, as quick as possible, to prove the claims and to justify its participation in that war on the Norwegian public view.” Sverre Petersen, a supporter of the refugees and an anti-racism activist based in Oslo, provides context to the struggle against deportations and Fortress Europe in Norway.

Background: http://www.asylmarsj.no/?language=en


-> ALGONQUINS RESIST URANIUM MINING AND ASSERT INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY:

In the past several months, members of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation and Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation have resisted potential uranium mining on their unceded territories. A corporation called “Frontenac Ventures” have been testing for uranium for several years. Since June 28, the site of the mine has been blocked by an encampment that continues to this day. Jenn Tsun, a dissident member of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, provides background to the resistance near Sharbot Lake, Ontario.

Background: http://wiinimkiikaa.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/residents-natives-protest-uranium-mine-300-participate-in-sharbot-lake-march/


-> NO SECURITY WITHOUT JUSTICE! NO PROSPERITY WITHOUT DIGNITY: COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY AGAINST THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP

This August 20-21, Stephen Harper, George Bush and Felipe Calderón will be just 90 minutes from Montreal, in Montebello, Quebec, for a meeting of the so-called Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). In brief, the SPP combines the destructive neo-liberal policies of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the fear and paranoia of post 9-11 "Homeland Security" policies. The SPP is firmly rooted within a colonial and capitalist framework. As part of local popular education and mobilization efforts against the SPP, No One Is Illegal-Montreal has organized a series of community assemblies. From the first assembly on August 1st at UQAM in downtown Montreal, we hear presentations from Farha Najah & Nazila Bettache of No One Is Illegal-Montreal, providing background to the SPP, and from Roderick Calderon of the SIKLAB migrant workers support group, about policies such as the Live-in Caregiver Program, Filipino migration and displacement, and the local context in immigrant working class neighborhoods like Cote-des-neiges.

Background: www.psp-spp.com & http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/07/community-assemblies-no-security.html


LISTEN to the August 2007 No One Is Illegal Radio show at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=24164


This month's show was produced by members of the No One Is Illegal collective in Montreal, in conjunction with the CKUT Community News Collective (thanks to Roberto Nieto and Stefan Christoff). No One Is Illegal-Montreal is part of a worldwide movement of resistance, fighting for justice and dignity, and the right to self-determination for migrants, refugees and indigenous people. Our campaign is in public confrontation with the Canadian state, denouncing and taking action to combat racial profiling, police brutality, detentions and deportations, as well as opposing the displacement and genocide of indigenous peoples on Turtle Island.

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noii-montreal@resist.ca
514-848-7583
http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com

NOII-Montreal is a member of Solidarity Across Borders (www.solidarityacrossborders.org) and the Anti-Capitalist Network of Montreal (http://reseau-anticapitaliste.blogspot.com)

Previous radio shows (May 2006-July 2007) are linked at: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/search/label/No%20One%20Is%20Illegal%20Radio

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