Say No to Xenophobia: COSATU Appeal to Workers
As everybody in our country knows, the Congress of South African Trade Unions has been at the forefront of the campaign to create jobs and eradicate poverty. For years we have fought to ensure that this struggle is taken seriously and remains at the centre of the national agenda.
Photos: Solidarité sans frontières, marche du 4 mai 2008
Nouvel album photosIMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUP OPPOSES IMMIGRATION AMENDMENTS
VANCOUVER, Tuesday April 8, 2008- The national immigrant rights group No One Is Illegal is outraged at the recent proposed amendments to the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Premier Mai : Arrêt de travail contre la guerre annoncée par les dockers américains
Statement from Welcoming Committee Regarding Denial of Entry into Canada
Sunday, February 10 2008 @ 09:28 PM
MOHAMED HARKAT, SECURITY CERTIFICATE DETAINEE UNJUSTLY ARRESTED IN OTTAWA
What happened:
Mohamed Harkat Arrested!!?
Mohamed Harkat, one of the "security certificate five" was arrested at his home while taking his morning shower yesterday. The stated reason on behalf of federal immigration authorities was the fact that his mother-in-law was not home at the time. His bail conditions stipulated that she remain living with Harkat and his wife. She still lives with both of them.
From Harkat's support committee:
Organising in the Dark: Interviews about Migrants’ Struggles
By Jaya Klara Brekke, courtesy of Mute Magazine
Jaya Klara Brekke talks to four UK based groups working to improve conditions for migrants and asks ‘how does one organise in the dark?’
New Law On Security Certificates: Keep Up The pressure!
Updates; Upcoming actions and events; New resources.
Below:
1. *New resources* for the campaign against certificates
2. Keep up the pressure on MPs
3. Actions and events this week: 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 January
4. Rally against CSIS and C-3 in Ottawa on 31 January
(reserve your seat on the bus from Montreal now!)
New Law On Security Certificates: Keep Up the Pressure!
Update on upcoming action.
Below:
1. KEEPING PRESSURE ON MPs;
2. NATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION: JANUARY 25TH and 26TH
3. PICKET IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT IN OTTAWA, JANUARY 31ST (reserve your spot now on the bus leaving from Montreal!)
UPDATE ON LAIBAR SINGH:
(important ways to support and UPCOMING EVENTS/ACTIONS, including
cross-country are included below)
Dear friends and allies,
Thank to all those who expressed and showed their support over the past 48 hours, it is deeply appreciated.
Mobilization Again Prevents Deportation of Laibar Singh -- But The Threat Remains
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 23:03:24 -0500
From: No One Is Illegal Montreal
On December 10, 2007, more than one-thousand protesters at the Vancouver Airport helped to stop the planned deportation of Laibar Singh, a paralyzed refugee claimant from India.
New Attempt to Deport Laibar Singh
Dear friends and allies,
Mr. Laibar Singh and his supporters learnt today at 5 pm that Canadian
Border Services Agency plan on deporting Laibar Singh from Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Surrey tomorrow Wednesday January 8th at 4:30 am.
Nouvelle loi des certificats de sécurité : maintenez la pression!
Defend the Border: The CBC’s new show can only help “the bad guys”
Defend the Border: The CBC’s new show can only help “the bad guys”
by Justin Podur, Z-Net, January 6, 2008.
The phrase “defend the border” wasn’t always a metaphor. And it isn’t just a metaphor in many parts of the world, even today: some states do have to worry about overland military invasions.
Canada is not such a state.