MONTRÉAL - On Thursday January 6th, 2005, at approximately 13h00, seven members of the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM) made a surprise visit to the office of Quebec's Minister of Public Security, Jacques Chagnon, to present him with a letter (below) and to arrange a meeting in person. The delegation's demand was to ensure the Sureté du Québec (SQ) cease its interventions into the sovereign, internal affairs of the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) Nation and the community of Kanehsatake.

MONTRÉAL- Jeudi le 6 janvier 2005 vers environ 13h00, sept membres du mouvement de solidarité avec les peuples autochtones (IPSM) ont payé une visite surprise au bureau du ministre de la sécurité publique du Québec Jacques Chagnon afin de lui présenter une lettre (ci-dessous) et arranger une rencontre en personne avec lui. La demande de la délégation était d’assurer que la Sûreté du Québec (SQ) cesse ses interventions dans les affaires internes, souveraines de la nation Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) ainsi que de la communauté de Kanehsatake.

The Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East is appealing to the public and mass media to SUPPORT THE PROTEST ACTION OF SAKHALIN’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES!

January 20, 2005 has been chosen as a day of Protest Action on the part of the Sakhalin Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, with the support of Sakhalin’s social movements and parties.

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Several of the state and corporate officials responsible for creating the current crisis in Kanehsatake are doing business in downtown Montréal. People of Montréal are encouraged to take action to expose these institutions for what they are--the pillars of empire, at home and abroad, guilty of genocide, theft, mass disinformation and illegal occupation. Their role in Kanehsatake has been monumental, and is a clear perpetuation of Canada's ongoing war against Indigenous Nations. It is time to take the fight to the doorsteps of these criminals and to demand Canadian decolonization now!

The future of Canadian/Indigenous relations is being played out, right now, in the Mohawk Nation of Kanehsatake. Kanehsatake residents urgently request your presence to help prevent bloodshed in their community, and bring an end to federal and provincial sponsored aggression. The community is calling for a Mohawk-to-Mohawk, peaceful resolution to the crisis - one not under the gun. Solidarity with Kanehsatake means standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the community and sharing in the burden of their struggle. If you can`t make it to Kanehsatake, call all Canadian & Quebec officials involved in this ploy. Demand they respect the Mohawk peoples` right to determine an end to this crisis, and their political, economic and policing future.

The Midwinter Harvest Food Program is an inspiring project of grassroots
organizing and self-determination that was initiated by community members
of Tyendinaga, a Mohawk territory 4 hours south-west of Montreal. The
following article, written by Sue Collis, a resident of Tyendinaga and a
member of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, provides an overview of
the many different aspects of the program, and highlights the importance
of forging links of solidarity and mutual aid within and amongst
communities as a means of fighting forwards, against colonialism and
oppression, and for community security, autonomy and self-determination.

While plans for the Midwinter Harvest Food Program are in place and, in
many cases, have been in progress for several years, support has been
requested by the organizers to help strengthen these initiatives. The
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement in Montreal has been asked to
circulate this request, along with the article below, amongst allies and
organizations in the region to ask for your solidarity with the Midwinter
Harvest Food Program. Financial support is needed, as is volunteer support
in the ongoing construction of the ‘Harvest House.' Cheques can be made
out to “Midwinter Harvest Food Program

 
Adivasi communities in Orissa face police repression as they and Canadian residents protest the construction of a bauxite mine and alumina refinery project that would destroy their way of life.

• Read this article published on CMAQ last april
• Also visit the Alcan't in India Web site for more details

Des dizaines de manifestants se rassemblent sur le parvis d'Alcan a Montréal pour dénoncer les brutalités commises en son nom

Montréal, le 16 décembre, 2004
-Pour diffusion immédiate-

Aujourd'hui, le groupe de solidarité Alcan't in India tenait une manifestation devant le quartier général d'Alcan, a Montréal, pour commémorer le meurtre de trois villageois anti-mine il y a quatre ans dans la région du Kashipur, en Inde. En même temps, des rapports indépendants en provenance d'Inde révèlent que des voyous, à l'emploi de la compagnie depuis 3 ans, ont attaqué plusieurs délégations qui tentaient d'entrer dans la région pour y observer la commémoration du Jour des Martyrs du Kashipur.

“Juste avant la manifestation, nous avons reçu des nouvelles de Sudhir Pattnaik, un journaliste indépendant basé en Orissa, que 7 000 résidents locaux se sont rassemblés plus tôt pour commémorer la fusillade du 16 décembre 2000 et pour réaffirmer leur opposition a la mine,

 
La Paz, Bolivie. Lundi 6 décembre 2004

"C'est un quasi-miracle électoral" lance dimanche soir Juan Del Granado lors d'une conférence de presse délirante. "La Paz a son maire, La Paz a son maire" rajoute t-il, sourire aux lèvres, devant une foule de militants du mouvement MSM (Mouvement sans peur), venue prêter main forte au maire réélu. Avec 45,8% des voix lui étant imparti par les résultats préliminaires, Del Granado, candidat de centre-gauche, se voit confirmer un second mandat de cinq ans à la tête de la métropole bolivienne.

Voir aussi :

• La Bolivie à l’heure de vérité