A-Infos (en) Canada, July 1st Anti-Canada Day / Action anticolonialiste MONTREAL

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 (BLEM)
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM)
Liberterre
No One Is Illegal-Montreal
Tadamon! Montreal
La Pointe Libertaire
and others.

(to add your group endorsement, please contact noii-montreal@resist.ca)

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

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