A-Infos (en) Canada, Montreal, SUNDAY - Anti-Canada Day/Action anticolonialiste

Support indigenous struggles for sovereignty, dignity and self-determination on 
Turtle Island ---- Oppose CN Rail's racism and colonialism ---- SUNDAY, JULY 
1st, 1pm (sharp) 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) ** 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 
lawsuit 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 a multi-million dollar lawsuit against
three Mohawk activists from the community of Tyendinaga who were
actively involved in the defense of their land. 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 land rights
violations and native sovereignty to the forefront. In the context of
appropriated native territory, which their tracks sit on, 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 Partnership" (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).

"Canada" is a country built on stolen land and genocide: we come
together on July 1, in solidarity with native protests across Turtle
Island, as non-natives in opposition to Canadian colonialism and
racism. Join us for an anti-colonial anti-Canada Day!


Organized and endorsed by:
Block the Empire-Montreal
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement
Liberterre
No One Is Illegal-Montreal*
Pointe Libertaire
Solidarity Across Borders
Tadamon! Montreal
and others.

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

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* An antiauthoritarian anticapitalist initiative
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