Solidarity with Barriere Lake

What: Rally in Support of Algonquins of Barrier Lake
When: Friday 21 November 2008 - 12 Noon
Where: 20 Queen St West (Queen+Yonge) - Quebec Office in Toronto

Endorsement of ABL Demands & Letter to Stephen Harper

THE FOLLOWING LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER AND cc'd TO MINISTERS LAWRENCE CANNON and CHUCK STRAHL:
November 19, 2008

To Prime Minister Stephen Harper,

This letter is written with regard to actions being taken today by the Algonquins of Barriere Lake on their traditional territory. We want to make it clear that we endorse both the actions being taken and the list of community demands represented below.

UPDATE:
SQ riot squad arrest 5 Algonquins, including Acting Chief Benjamin Nottaway

[Other updates and original release below]
November 19, 7:30pm

Kitiganik/Rapid Lake, Algonquin Territory / - SQ officers and a Riot Squad arrested five Barriere Lake Algonquins, including a targeted arrest of Acting Chief Benjamin Nottaway, after forcing community members off highway 117, during their fourth in a series of blockades over a period of seven hours.

November 18, 2008

In the upcoming week, the Algonquins of Barriere Lake will be taking action on our traditional territory. We realize that many of you have consensus decision making processes that may take time, but we are urgently requesting your community's support in the form of endorsements and a letter sent to key government officials on the day-of or in the days following our actions.

ORN Calls for Anti-Olympics Actions over the Next Three Days

From the Olympic Resistance Network:

VANCOUVER, BC - More than 200 representatives from international news wire services, photo agencies, newspapers, internet sites and non-rights holding broadcast organizations are expected to attend the Vancouver 2010 World Press Briefing scheduled for November 18 to 21, at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Suite 200, 999 Canada Place.

Defenders of the Land Gathering - Winnipeg, November 12-14

FIRST NATIONS REPRESENTATIVES DELIVER LETTER TO HARPER.
Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper on a separate page: click [here]
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Press Release

[click here to open release on a separate page]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Novemebr 13, 2008

"To Remember is to work for Peace"

Today, Nov 11th, is the 90th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, the war that was supposed to end ALL wars. Why is it that we are still fighting wars, occupying other nations? We seem to have forgotten the primary lesson of WWI, that one cannot achieve peace by fighting a war. The false assumption that war makes peace, which many people and most governments still cling to, is perpetuating the war cycle, feeding our culture of war.

Update: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OPEN LETTER

[To open letter in a new window click here]

November 12, 2008
ONTARIO'S DUTY TO ENSURE RIGHTS ARE UPHELD IN POLICE RESPONSE TO INDIGENOUS PROTESTS

Open letter to the Honourable Rick Bartolucci, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services

Amnesty International Canada is reiterating its call for the Province of Ontario to immediately:

Action Update:Click Here, and Here. For info on the SPP visit: No SPP and AW@L's Understanding the SPP - Following the Paper Trail

UPDATE:Police Station Thwarted by Protesters

October 29,
The Intellegencer,

TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY — A new police station came and went here Wednesday, as tensions on this native reserve continue to rise.

What was to be delivery day for a new Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Police headquarters was thwarted by about two dozen protesters who refused to allow the modular building to be delivered to the York Road site.