Topic: Canada
Newer posts →Kanehsatake: Mohawk Warriors face Canadian-style colonialism
On May 20, 2004, people from all over the Ontario and Quebec will go to the Mohawk community of Kanehsatake to show their support for a peaceful resolution to a confrontation between heavily armed agents of the state and a … Continue reading
Resistance Without Reservation!
As hundreds of thousands gather in New York to protest the Republican National Convention at the end of August, a smaller and less historic but perhaps more profound convergence will be taking place in the interior of British Columbia. More … Continue reading
Building a “Canadian” Decolonization Movement: Fighting the Occupation at “Home”
The following address was delivered by Nora Butler Burke, a member of the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM) in Montreal, on August 20, 2004, as part of an evening of speakers, film and music in support of the Kanehsatake Mohawk … Continue reading
Free trade, racial oppression, and how we can respond
[The following is adapted from a presentation at the “From Protest to Resistance: a radical look at the FTAA” forum hosted by Anti-Racist Action. Toronto, January 25, 2001.] I’ve been asked to come here today to talk about the effects … Continue reading
Stick ’em up motherfucker! An anti-fascist perspective on the movements against global capitalism
On April 20-22, 2001, thousands of people will converge on Quebec City to oppose the Summit of the Americas, the so-called Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) and capitalism in general. Among them will be a strong contingent from … Continue reading
Anti-Racist Organizing: Reflecting on Lessons from Quebec City
“Parlez francais ici, hostie! Go back your country! Go back your country! C’est mon pays, pas ton pays.” [Translation: “Speak French here, &%$/*! Go back to your country! This is my country, not your country.”] These are the words a … Continue reading
Doing things differently this time: Kananaskis G8 meeting and movement building
The next meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) is taking place in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, ‘canada’*. The previous G8 meeting in Genoa, Italy was the target of massive protests and intense police/state repression, in which 23 year old Carlo … Continue reading
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