Events
Deschooling the system, reclaiming education
A group of uOttawa students, alumni, and community members from PGA-Bloc Ottawa and Common Cause have organized this amazing conference taking place all week. Speakers include Dr. David F. Noble, John T. Gatto, Cindy Milstein, The Miss G_ Project, and Matt Hern. A FREE dinner follows and caucus on Friday will conclude the conference.
Check Out: unschoolingoppression.wordpress.com
With the Sudbury premiere of Billie Pierre's new film on the struggle to prevent the deportation and to free indigenous activist John Graham.
Wed. Nov. 7th, 7pm, 4th Floor McNaughton Room, St. Andrew's Place, 111 Larch Street. A wheel-chair accessible location. Organized by Sudbury Against War and Occupation. For more information go to: http://aws.roadnetwork.org
For background info. see the article below by Native Youth Movement activist Billie Pierre.
US Renews War on the American Indian Movement: The Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash Story
by Billie Pierre, Nlaka’pamux/Saulteaux Nation, Earth First! Journal January/February 2006
Deschooling the system, reclaiming education
A group of uOttawa students, alumni, and community members from PGA-Bloc Ottawa and Common Cause have organized this amazing conference taking place all week. Speakers include Dr. David F. Noble, John T. Gatto, Cindy Milstein, The Miss G_ Project, and Matt Hern. A FREE dinner follows and caucus on Friday will conclude the conference.
Check Out: unschoolingoppression.wordpress.com
Deschooling the system, reclaiming education
A group of uOttawa students, alumni, and community members from PGA-Bloc Ottawa and Common Cause have organized this amazing conference taking place all week. Speakers include Dr. David F. Noble, John T. Gatto, Cindy Milstein, The Miss G_ Project, and Matt Hern. A FREE dinner follows and caucus on Friday will conclude the conference.
Check Out: unschoolingoppression.wordpress.com
LAUNCH PARTY! Certain Days: 2008 Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar - Nov 9th
LAUNCH PARTY!
Certain Days: 2008 Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar
Legacy of the Panthers
http://www.certaindays.org
Friday, November 9, 2007
The Concord Cafe
937 Bloor Street West
$5 or $15 with a calendar
doors at 8 p.m.
with DJs
Nik Red (Afrotransit, CKLN 88.1FM)
Syrus Marcus Ware (Resistance on the Sounddial, CIUT 89.5FM)
Saira Chhibber (Superfly, CHRY 105.5FM)
Haque (Rose from Lal!)
Brought to you by Certain Days, CKLN, and the Prison Book Access Project
BRING BOOKS for the Prison Book Access Project: dictionaries, language books, general fiction, and popular/pulp fiction. Books should be softcover, newer than 1995 and in good condition.
The Iron Wall
Brunswick Theatre
296 Brunswick Avenue (2nd Floor)
Hosted by CAIA (Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid)
The Iron Wall, a film presentation in support of the Week of Action against the Apartheid Wall – a call from the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and its popular committees calling on the world to take action from November 9 – 16 to raise awareness of the global silence and complicity with the occupation of Palestinian land and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people and to join the movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions.
Deschooling the system, reclaiming education
A group of uOttawa students, alumni, and community members from PGA-Bloc Ottawa and Common Cause have organized this amazing conference taking place all week. Speakers include Dr. David F. Noble, John T. Gatto, Cindy Milstein, The Miss G_ Project, and Matt Hern. A FREE dinner follows and caucus on Friday will conclude the conference.
Check Out: unschoolingoppression.wordpress.com
The Toronto Local of Common Cause will be holding our regular bi-weekly meeting at:
The Concord Cafe 937 Bloor Street West, Toronto
Get off at the Ossington Subway station, it's about a block west on the south side, just west of Concord Ave.
Here's a link to a map: http://toronto.ibegin.com/restaurants/concord-cafe
Please contact us at ontarioac@gmail.com if you're interested in attending and for a copy of the agenda.
Ottawa, The Anarchist Discussion Group meet with Cindy Milstein on 'New Anarchism' - Nov 11
Please post all proposals for the Common Cause Delegate's meeting in the members forum by 12 noon Nov. 13th.
Join the No One Is Illegal Student Network and the South Asian Studies Students Association as we expose the brutality of Canadian mining companies and colonial state towards Indigenous Peoples of the world.
STOLEN LAND: Confronting Canada's Mining Profiteers
Tuesday, November 13 – 7pm
William Doo Auditorium
45 Willcocks St. (U of T, East of Spadina between College and Harbord)
FEATURING:
* Film Screening: U.A.I.L. Go Back
An inspiring documentary about the Adivasi resistance working to stop the destruction of their land and force Canada's Alcan mining corporation out of Orissa.
* Asad Ismi (Writer and Journalist)
* Krystyne James (No One Is Illegal Student Network)
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Drawing from his experience with the Montreal-based Workers' Solidarity Network, Alex Diceanu will discuss the strengths and limitations of anarchist organizing in solidarity with established trade unions and the potential for anarchist organizing with newly-emerging community unions.
Tuesday November 20
What time? 7 pm
Where: Sky Dragon Centre - 27 King William St. - ground floor
For more information: 905-777-8102 or kevin@skydragon.org
Anti-Capitalist Resistance in Japan
In July of 2008, The G8 will meet near Lake Toya in Japan to advance its agenda of capitalist globalization.
At the same time, activists and organizers from No! G8 Action and other groups will stage mass protests, engage in direct action and civil disobedience, and attend counter summits and other events.
ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, activistS Sabu Kohso and Go Hirasawa will be in Toronto to describe the current political situation in Japan, screen activist videos, and outline current plans for resistance to the G8.
Join us to discuss:
- The G8 and its consequences for the people of Japan, Canada, and the world
- Social movements and the dynamics of anti-capitalist mobilization in Japan
- Plans for resistance to the G8 meeting in July of 2008
Friday, November 16
7PM, Ryerson University, ENG LG12
(Engineering Building at Church and Gould)
Sponsored by Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action
ANARCHIST ASSEMBLY #3
Saturday, November 17th @ 1:30PM
Sandy Hill Community Centre
250 Somerset Street East (2 or 3 blocks east of King Edward)
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
CHILD-FRIENDLY
TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH AND FRENCH
CONTACT US: oaa@roadnetwork.org
http://oaa.roadnetwork.org
The Anarchist Assembly is intended to bring together anarchists from
the Ottawa-Outaouais area to link past, present and future organizing.
First, there will be a short presentation from people who took part
in the Catapult Collective in 2005. They will give their perspectives
on what worked, what didn’t and what we can learn from this. This
presentation is part of the Assembly’s efforts to learn from the
successes and failures of past organizing. If you have ideas for
other Ottawa anarchist projects that could be reflected on, contact
us at: oaa@roadnetwork.org
Next, we will devote time to presentations by anarchist or anarchist-
All amendments for the Common Cause delegates' meeting are due today at 12:00 noon.
At the newly renovated St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts!
27 Front St E, Toronto (2 blocks east of Union Station)
Free Admission
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The idea that our global food system needs to be changed is taking hold in a very local way. Farmers are protesting high costs and low prices, health conscious restaurants are increasingly popular, some supermarkets are displaying local produce, lean and additive free meat and organic produce is being sold in outdoor markets, people from all cultures are planting gardens, and citizens are demanding more from their governments and agri-corporations to protect the environment and human health.
Avi Lewis : speaks on Occupied Factories in Argentina
In the wake of Argentina's dramatic economic collapse in 2001, Latin America's most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis’s film The Take looks at various factories that have been taken back by expelled workers. This event will feature a screening of The Take along with a talk by Avi Lewis on occupied factories. The release of a new book on the subject will also be incorporated into the event
Come see "In the Shadow of 9-11," a short film of a recent talk by Sunera Thobani, former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) who is interviewed in Upping the Anti #5. Join a discussion with local feminist activists and thinkers sparked by Thobani's interview ("The Fight For Feminism") on feminism in Canada.
* Thursday, Nov. 22, 7pm, Myths and Mirrors space, (in Victory Park. on the right side of Frood Road, three blocks north of Kathleen). For more info. and for travel and childcare subsidization funds call Gary at 523-2205.
Upping the Anti is a radical journal of theory and action which provides a space to address and discuss unresolved questions and dynamics within the anti-capitalist, anti-oppression, and anti-imperialist politics of today’s radical left in Canada. For more information go to http://uppingtheanti.org/
Relief & Resistance: a Poor Peoples History of East Downtown Toronto
Brunswick Theatre
296 Brunswick Avenue (2nd Floor)
Brunswick & Bloor
In the 19th century East Downtown Toronto was home to several poor houses. By the turn of the century the Cabbagetown slums housed thousands of factory workers employed by rich industrialists. In the 1950’s the area was home to Canada’s largest skid row and during the 1990’s the corner at Dundas/Sherbourne became the site of most militant anti-poverty demos. Toronto’s oldest working class area is now disappearing. How did this happen? How can we fight back? With Gaetan Heroux.
Crossing Arizona
Brunswick Theatre
296 Brunswick Avenue (2nd Floor), Toronto Ontario
Screening hosted by No One Is Illegal (Toronto)
Heightened security in California and Texas has pushed illegal border-crossers into the treacherous Arizona desert in unprecedented numbers – an estimated 4,500 a day. Most are men in search of work, but increasingly the border-crossers are women and children seeking to reunite with their families. This influx of migrants crossing through Arizona and the attendant rising death toll have elicited complicated feelings about human rights, culture, class, labor and national security. Speaker will attend.
OADG: Anarchism and Canadian Labour Movements
Ottawa anarchist Discussion Group,
This talk will explore the strengths and weaknesses of Canadian labour movements and the extent to which the revolutionary potential of the working-class has been undermined by labour bosses and union bureaucracies.
Anarchism and Canadian Labour Movements
a talk by a local activist
Sunday, Nov. 25 at Noon
Jack Purcell Community Centre
320 Jack Purcell Lane
off Elgin near Gilmour
Pay What You Can
Wheelchair Accessible
Child -friendly
Contact: a_ottawa@mutualaid.org
http://adg.roadnetwork.org
This talk will explore the strengths and weaknesses of Canadian labour movements and the extent to which the revolutionary potential of the working-class has been undermined by labour bosses and union bureaucracies.
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Provincial delegates council meeting of Common Cause. members please see the members forum for details.
Anarchist Eat and Schmooze:
Announcing an anarchist potluck for Sunday November 25 between 6:00-8:00 p.m.in the peace lounge (7th floor) at Ontario Institute in Studies in Education at 252 Bloor St. West. (St. George subway)
A time to get together with Toronto anarchists across the generations, eat some food together, see people you may not have come across in years, meet new folk, exchange stories, reminisce, and enjoy each other's presence.
A particular call to old-time Toronto anarchists. We have just lost Jim Campbell--a Toronto anarchist who did stellar work in the prisons area for decades and who died recenty, so let's not waste this opportunity to hook up with one another.
Common Cause Meeting
Wed Nov 28 7:00 pm sharp
Exile Infoshop, 256 Bank Street
Last month a new provincial anarchist organization called Common Cause was formed. To quote some their materials: "Our intention is not to build yet another small group of a dozen or so people but to begin the process of building an organization of thousands that will have a presence in every town, workplace and neighborhood across the province."
There are currently Common Cause collectives in Hamilton, Toronto, Sudbury, and Kitchener-Waterloo. We are hoping to form a collective in Ottawa. For more information on Common Cause check out http://linchpin.ca --- The first project of Common Cause is to put out a free bimonthly newspaper callled Linchpin to be distibuted accross the province.
The Ottawa collective will provide local content for Linchpin, and distribute the paper.
At the newly renovated St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts!
27 Front St E, Toronto (2 blocks east of Union Station)
Free Admission
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Affordable housing is a powerful positive contributor to the health of Toronto's economy, environment, neighbourhoods and residents. But for some 200,000 families and individuals, affordable housing is a rapidly fading dream.
A shocking number of people including single-parent families and low-income earners, Aboriginal and disabled persons, young people and seniors are living in sub-standard or over-crowded housing. They often pay more than 50 per cent of their income on rent. Home ownership is certainly not within their financial reach. Indeed many are in danger of losing their homes.
MEMORIAL: LIFE and TIMES of JIM CAMPBELL
Date: DECEMBER 1, 2007
Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: POD 250 RYERSON UNIVERSITY
A month and half ago today, on September 17, 2007, Jim Campbell suddenly died from an unexpected massive heart attack near his home close to Maynooth, Ontario. His common-law wife Julie Thiers was with him at the time of his death. Jim was 58 years of age.
Jim’s sudden departure shocked everyone who knew him as a family member, personal or political friend. Jim’s death has been grieved by many people from across the country who shared any part of his life. Everyone who knew Jim has expressed the full impact of the loss of a solid friend and political ally. Since this tragic event, Jim’s legacy is
Apply Pressure! Be Prepared
This will be an introduction to health and safety at demonstrations.
The sometimes dynamic nature of demonstrations can
stress and remove people from their comfort zones. This session is designed to empower people to help ensure personal and collective wellbeing, during demonstrations, in the face of adversities such as police violence; i t is NOT a replacement for formal first aid or complete street medic training.
Topics covered will include preparation for and treatment of
environmental hazards and injuries, scene assessment, defense against and treatment of chemical weapons exposure, namely tear gas and pepper spray. Apply Pressure! Be Prepared is facilitated by actions medics with a broad background of experience including a registered nurse and qualified first aid instructor. 6 hours. Sunday, December 2nd. 11-5pm. Register by email, ottawaactionmedics@gmail.com . Pay-what-you-can. Suggested Donation $5. More details upon
SOCK HOP FOR ARDOCH ALGONQUIN FIRST NATION
and the struggle against Frontenac Ventures Corp.
Friday December 7
PRESENTATION by AAFN Chief Paula Sherman at 9 pm sharp
followed by SEMI-FORMAL DANCE PARTY at 10 pm
featuring music by DJ Stu (of Undertones fame)
Door prizes *** 50/50 Raffles *** Cash bar
TRANZAC CLUB, 292 Brunswick Avenue
$10 at the door ($8 for TRANZAC members)
Entrance is wheelchair accessible, washrooms are not.
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Background:
We're raising money to help sustain the blockade site at Sharbot Lake and to contribute to legal expenses.
