All posts for October 2006

28 October: MARCH against imperialism

October 13th, 2006 | Posted in Imperialism, Resistance, Solidarity, War and Terror

OCCUPATION ANYWHERE … RESISTANCE EVERYWHERE!
5 YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN … 500+ YEARS ON TURTLE ISLAND

Join the BLOCK THE EMPIRE anti-imperialist contingent on October 28, part of a worldwide day of action against the occupation of Afghanistan.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28th, NOON
Parc Norman Bethune
corner of de Maisonneuve and Guy (metro Guy-Concordia)
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The BLOCK THE EMPIRE anti-imperialist contingent will be a “child-friendly” march.

We will be joining and supporting the Échec à la guerre demonstration. We march in opposition to war at home and abroad, and against US/Canadian imperialism.

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War crimes, political parties and public amnesia

October 13th, 2006 | Posted in Politics

Two posters created by Ron Saba

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The posters refer to the current leadership race in the Canadian Federal Liberal Party. In English Canada, candidate Michael Ignatieff remarked in August that he wasn’t losing any sleep over the massacre of Qana. Recently in left-leaning Quebec, he said that his comment had been a mistake, continuing, “I was a professor of human rights, and I am also a professor of the laws of war, and what happened in Qana was a war crime, and I should have said that. That’s clear.” Bob Rae and Stephane Dion, rivals for the Liberal leadership position, immediately denounced his statement. 

When they talk about the war …

October 13th, 2006 | Posted in Culture, War and Terror

When they talk about the war,

planes breaking sound barriers

My mind recalls the nights,

The sleepless dark silent nights,
an uncommon silence
A hollow silence filled with the sound of danger
So close by, i NEED to run!

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Release from the Toronto CAIA Conference

October 9th, 2006 | Posted in Boycott, Palestine, Solidarity

For Immediate Release

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign against Israeli Apartheid Moves Forward as 600 People Attend Landmark Conference in Toronto

October 9, 2006

(Toronto, October 9, 2006) — Over 600 people attended the landmark conference, Boycotting Israeli Apartheid: The Struggle Continues, held from 6-8 October in Toronto, Canada. The conference represents a watershed moment in the Palestinian solidarity movement, with leading anti-apartheid activists from Palestine, South Africa, Canada and England addressing the way forward in the global campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions.

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CKUT Radio :: Boycotting Israeli Apartheid :: From South Africa to Palestine

October 5th, 2006 | Posted in Boycott, Palestine, Solidarity

The following interviews were conducted in the lead up to the first-ever conference on Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Against Israeli apartheid, with three of the conference’s key participants.

The conference, “The struggle continues: Boycotting Israeli Apartheid“, is happening in Toronto from October 6th to the 8th.  

  • Talk given by Rafeef Ziadah during Tadamon’s Fires of War :: Voices of Resistance event in Montreal: Audio link.

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Wednesday: Israeli Apartheid

October 2nd, 2006 | Posted in Boycott, Palestine

Israeli Apartheid: Racism, Occupation &  Discrimination

A public talk on Israeli Apartheid with Jamal Juma’a of the International Stop the Wall Campaign.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 7:30pm.
School of Community & Public Affairs
Concordia University
Donations Appreciated.
2149 MacKay (above de Maisonneuve)
Metro Guy-Concordia
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