**AW@L joins the Canada-wide call for actions to demand that the Tamil migrants who have arrived on the MV Sun Sea be immediately released from detention, that their rights be upheld, and that the racist criminalization of refugee claimants ceases immediately.**

WHEN: Monday August 23rd, 7:00pm *NEW TIME*
WHERE: K-W Community Centre for Social Justice, 63 Courtland Ave. E

OPP seeks to silence alleged G20 protest ringleaders.
Activists warned that speaking to media could lead to jail.

July 29, Toronto – The OPP have warned two alleged G20 protest ringleaders Leah Henderson and Alex Hundert that their recent media interviews are a violation of bail conditions not to organize, participate or advise protests. On the morning of July 28, OPP officers called their sureties and threatened to re-jail them if they persist in speaking to the media. Leah and Alex were released on bail on Monday July 19, three weeks after they were arrested at gunpoint in a pre-emptive nighttime raid on their Toronto home.

STATEMENT FROM THE SOUTHERN ONTARIO ANARCHIST RESISTANCE IN DEFENCE OF OUR COMRADES

July 1st 2010, reposted by AW@L

On Diversity of Tactics: A Response to “The futility of activism using violence as catharsis”

AW@L--May 2, 2010:

Following the direct actions taken against the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, and in the organizing lead up to the G8/G20 in June, the debate over effective tactics and forms of action continues. There is no doubt a myriad of perspectives on the possibilities and potentials of different forms of resistance and certainly constructive debate should be actively encouraged. We would like to take this opportunity to clarify our position as AW@L on this matter in hopes of moving beyond some sticking points in the debate.

April 2nd 2010 - While technical problems may have plagued the show, it was still loaded with goodness. Sterling Stutz joins the show for a recap of Fossil Fools Day, Dan reports on regional trade agendas and spouts off about the G8, and some more stuff...
http://peaceculture.org/drupal/radio/aw@lradio-apr22010-sterling2.mp3

-March 26, 2010 We speak with Climate Justice and Palestinian Rights advocates, give a report from the anti-racist actions in Caledonia and Vancouver, and Dan responds to the "proud to be Canadian" statements that were splattered all over the media during and immediately following the olympics.

http://www.peaceculture.org/drupal/radio/aw@lradio-mar262010-sterling.mp3

MIDLAND, DECEMBER 3 -- Charges of mischief against two elderly activists who were part of a peaceful protest against a dump site near Elmvale, close to the shores of Georgian Bay, were dropped in Superior court here this morning.

Charges of mischief – and, in three case, intimidation - against 16 other Stop Dump Site 41 protesters were stayed and will be withdrawn after 12 months if the accused do not get into trouble at Site 41 again.

“No Olympics on Stolen Native Land”

Dec.13- Declaration of Onkwehonwe of Grand River Territory on 2010 Olympic Torch Relay

A public mobilization against the Olympic Torch Relay

AW@L and friends from across the region are sending an open invitation for a participatory public event to coincide with the arrival of the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay in Kitchener on Sunday, December 27.

WHAT: A family friendly rally, march and demonstration against the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympics. We intend to create a festive atmosphere that is safe and inviting for activists as well as families. Our goal is to educate and to deliver a message. We will start with interactive events, free hot coffee and food at a rally at the entrance to Victoria Park in downtown Kitchener featuring speakers from the Olympic Resistance Network-Ontario (ORNO) as well as prominent Six Nations youth activists. Then we will all march to City Hall for a public demonstration during the Olympic Torch Celebration.

Resistance spreading as Olympic Torch Relay approaches Ontario.

Press Release
November 29, 2009

HAMILTON—Today, moments after the Grand Entry was completed for the final day of the Canadian Aboriginal Festival in Hamilton, a group of youth will deliver a message, unfurling several banners from the stadium balcony stating: ‘No Olympics on Stolen Native Land’ and ‘Our Land is Life – No 2010 Torch’. The group will also distribute flyers informing people of the reasons for resistance against the Olympics, and inviting people to an information session at Skydragon in Hamilton later in the afternoon.

Listen to AW@L Radio podcast:
We Will Stop This. Ongoing Resistance to HCBP in Guelph, actions take place in Kitchener

AW@L delivers message to Xterra Construction

Xterra Construction is the company who has successfully bid on the latest construction for the Hanlon Creek Business Park. For $1.7 million of taxpayers money, they hope to tunnel pipes below the Hanlon expressway at Clair rd., to connect the HCBP to the city’s water, electrical, and telecommunications infrastructure.

Too often people defend construction companies as ‘innocent bystanders’ who are just doing their job. But if one’s job is to facilitate the destruction of the earth and our landbase, then one must at least become aware of, and accept responsibility for, the results of these actions.

Friday's online content:

You are on Indian land

WATCH ONLINE: Intercontinentalcry.org

You Are on Indian Land was one of the first films in Canada to give voice to the concerns of Indigenous People. Produced in 1969, the film documents a protest that was led by Mohawks from the Haudenosaunee community of Akwesasne on December 20, 1968.

At the time, community members were being forced to pay duty on purchases they made in the United States, despite the fact that the Jay Treaty of 1794, also known as the “Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation”, affirmed that they were not required to do so.

The issue surrounding the Treaty has yet to be resolved, as a protest earlier this year reminds us.

Press Release: October 23, 2009

National day of action targets RBC’s environmental destruction for 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympics and the Alberta Tar Sands

WATERLOO—Activists from AW@L will be demonstrating at the Waterloo Royal Bank of Canada at the corner of King and University at noon today to protest the bank’s sponsorship of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and the Alberta Tar Sands development. Responding to a national call to action against corporate sponsors of the Olympics, AW@L is joining environmental organizations and activists across the country in condemning RBC for supporting this rampant environmental destruction.

KWCCSJ Newsletter Issue 1, Fall 2009

This innaugural issue of the KWCCSJ Newletter was completed in September and has been available at the centre since then. Stop by some time--the KWCCSJ is located at 63 Courtland (main floor, side doors)--or send us an email at kwccsj@peaceculture.org

In this letter you will find a brief introduction to the KWCCSJ as well as a history of recent events and a schedule for some that are coming up in the near future. You will also find links to info about those events and also to all sorts of issue-based information from AW@L.

<PDF Here>

A Letter of Resistance to the City of Kitchener

In Opposition to the 2010 Olympics
Sept. 24

Since the awarding of the 2010 Olympics to Vancouver and Whistler, a growing network has resisted the social, cultural, and environmental injustices attributable to the Olympics. The Olympic torch relay itself is a burning symbol of injustice and colonialism. The torch is planned to pass through Kitchener – this implicitly supports the injustices and destruction occurring in the name of the Games. For these reasons, we demand that the City of Kitchener back out of the Olympic torch relay.

Read Statement (long version), (short version).
Read letter to Mayor Carl Zehr
Read press release
Read the "Call for Cross-Canada Mobilizing: Extinguish the Torch"

Video of Press Conference on August 28 at Guelph’s City Hall

This press conference took place on August 28 in front of Guelph’s city hall. In attendance were:
* Jim Bogart, Professor emeritus of the University of Guelph, Jefferson Salamander expert, and author of the Jefferson Salamander’s Recovery Strategy (pdf available here)
* Two members of the hoskanigetah of the Grand River
* Shabina Lafleur-Gangji and Matt Soltys, two Guelph residents who have been involved in organizing around the HCBP and were participants in the occupation.

Part 1
Part 2