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[OPIRG-EVENTS] (updated endorsers' list) NO ONE IS ILLEGAL! June 27, 2002, OTTAWA
[please post and forward widely; updated endorsers listed below]
A call for your support and participation ...
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL!
A March of 1000 Flags of Resistance
In opposition to war, racism, imperialism and genocide
In solidarity with self-determination struggles and indigenous sovereignty
In defense of immigrant and native rights
Majors Hill Park
Across from the American Embassy
June 27, 2002, 1pm
OTTAWA
The leaders of the G8 - the executive board of global capitalism - will be
retreating to the hills of Kananaskis on June 26 & 27. Surrounded by golf
courses, pristine wilderness and thousands of soldiers, part of their
declared agenda includes the so-called "War on Terrorism."
Their self-serving war has meant state terrorism against civilian
populations throughout the global South, including Afghanistan, Palestine,
Iraq, Somalia, Colombia, the Philippines and elsewhere. The same war on
terrorism has also meant the increasing criminalization of immigrants and
refugees in North America, with recent security and immigration laws used
as a pretext to marginalize and further scapegoat vulnerable communities.
The new "war on terror" is really something very old - the continuance of
systematic policies of exploitation and dispossession. These are policies
well understood by North America's indigenous populations, the victims of
a concerted policy of genocide for hundreds of years.
On June 27, the G8 leaders continue their plans for war - at home and
abroad. In response, we will come together in clear solidarity with
resistance movements worldwide and in our communities. We unite in
opposition to the agenda of exclusion, marginalization and exploitation
embodied by the policies of G8 nations. We also stand together in
solidarity with the courageous struggles for self-determination, dignity
and justice, from the camps of the West Bank to the indigenous communities
of Turtle Island; from the streets of Buenos Aires to the the jungles of
Chiapas.
Join us in Ottawa on Thursday, June 27 as we march and display together
our flags and symbols of resistance. From the American Embassy to
Parliament Hill, we will declare: "No one is illegal!"
[info: takethecapital@tao.ca or 613-788-3310]
Endorsing groups (to date):
Action for Social and Ecological Justice/ACERCA Collective (Vermont)
Anti-Capitalist Community Action, ACA (Ottawa)
Anti-Imperialist Coordinating Group (Montreal and Toronto)
Anti-Racist Action (Charlottetown)
Anti-Racist Action (Fredericton)
Anti-Racist Action (Kitchener-Waterloo)
Anti-Racist Action (Moncton)
Anti-Racist Action (Ottawa)
Anti-Racist Action (St. John)
Anti-Racist Action (Toronto)
Canada-Colombia Solidarity Campaign (Toronto)
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Metro Toronto District
CUPE Local 3903 (Toronto)
CUPE Local 5500 (Ottawa)
Centre for Philippine Concerns (Montreal)
Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (Montreal)
Concordia Women's Center (Montreal)
Direct Action Palestine (New York City)
Filipino Workers' Support Group (Montreal)
GrassRoots Association for Student Power (GRASP) McGill (Montreal)
Guelph Action Network
Heads Up Collective (Toronto)
Immigrant Workers Center (Montreal)
Industrial Workers of the World, IWW (Ottawa-Outaouais)
Jewish Alliance Against the Occupation (Montreal)
Kabataang Montreal
Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Collective
La Convergence des luttes anti-capitalistes, CLAC (Montreal)
New Democratic Party, Socialist Caucus (Ottawa)
New Socialist Group (Sudbury)
New Socialist Group (Toronto)
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, OCAP (Kitchener-Waterloo)
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, OCAP (Toronto)
Ontario Common Front, OCF
OCF Belleville
OCF Kingston
OCF Sudbury
Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG), University of Ottawa
Ottawa Coalition Against the Tories, OCAT
People's Community Union (Kingston)
Peterborough Coalition Against Poverty, PCAP
Philippine Network for Justice and Peace (Toronto)
PINAY - Filipina Women's Association of Quebec (Montreal)
Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) McGill, Montreal
Rebel Desis (Montreal)
Reseau de Solidarité Québec-Colombie (Montreal)
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, SPHR (Montreal)
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, SPHR (Ottawa)
South Asian Womens' Community Center, SAWCC (Montreal)
Students Taking Action in Chiapas, STAC (Halifax)
Tenant Action Group (Belleville)
The Peak (Guelph)
The Spot (Kitchener)
Triangle Trash Queer Collective (Ottawa)
Voices of Conscience (Montreal)
Waterloo Public Interest Research Group, WPIRG
and more ...
To endorse this callout, or to help mobilize, please contact the organizers
of "Take the Capital!".
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TAKE THE CAPITAL!
Ottawa Actions Against the G8
June 26-27, 2002
http://www.takethecapital.net
takethecapital@tao.ca
613-788-3310 (messages only)
on parle francais.
se habla espanol.
It takes two to high five.
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