December 9 marks the 20th anniversary of the 1st Intifada.

The Intifada (uprising, shaking off) began in Gaza, and transformed Palestinian society. We will be showing the movie, "Soraida, une femme Palestinian". "Rencontrer Soraida, c'est échapper aux clichés sur la Palestine. Chez elle les femmes ne sont pas toutes voilées, les hommes ne tiennent pas de discours politiques creux, les jeunes ne portent pas de bombes à la ceinture et, comme partout ailleurs, les enfants s'amusent ensemble."

Sunday, Dec 9 noon
Jack Purcell Community Centre
320 Jack Purcell Lane off Elgin near Gilmour Ottawa, ON
Pay What You Can Wheelchair Accessible Child -friendly Contact: a_ottawa@mutualaid.org http://adg.roadnework.org

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Common Cause Toronto Local Meeting.

In the lobby of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) 252 Bloor Street West.

Please email us if you are interested in attending.

OCAP MASS PANHANDLE OF ‘THE PATH’

Wednesday December 12 2007
11:00am
Meet in the Park just west of the King and Bay intersection
Breakfast will be served

The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is preparing to mobilize
homeless people and their supporters to come down into the showpiece
underground PATH system for a mass panhandle. We want to make clear why
we are carrying out this action and what users of the PATH can expect from
us.

Huge cuts to social programs and a desperate lack of affordable housing
have fueled a crisis of homelessness in Toronto. Instead of meeting the
needs of the homeless, those in power are looking to drive them out.
Hostels have been closed and people forced onto the streets to beg. Then,
police are used to harass and criminalize people trying to survive.

It is the developers, the major merchants and suchlike who press for a
policy of sweeping homeless people under the rug. They don’t want their

The next meeting of Ottawa Common Cause is scheduled for Saturday, Dec 15 at 1pm at Exile Infoshop (256 Bank St.) in the back.

Solidarity and Direct Action: Anarchist Organizing in Solidarity with the Labour Movement

When? Tuesday December 18, 7 pm

Where?

Sky Dragon Centre - 27 King William St. - ground floor

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.