Bloomington, IN - Against Repression in the Kanadian State: Benefit Movie Showing and Info-Night
Date: July 20
Years of Resistance" and footage from the G20 mobilization in Toronto.
We'll provide snacks and share updates on the repression in Ontario. $1-5
donations requested, to be forwarded to Native sovereigntist groups and
legal defense funds for the G20 arrestees.
Solidarity with those that the racist Canadian state hopes to crush and
erase! We know that the cops won't win.
About "Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance":
On a hot July day in 1990, an historic confrontation propelled Native
issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Québec, into the
international spotlight and into the Canadian conscience. Director Alanis
Obomsawin endured 78 nerve-wracking days and nights filming the armed
stand-off between the Mohawks, the Québec police and the Canadian army. A
powerful feature-documentary emerges that takes you right into the action
of an age-old aboriginal struggle. The result is a portrait of the people
behind the barricades, providing insight into the Mohawks' unyielding
determination to protect their land.
Obomsawin's portrayal of the Mohawk community places the Oka crisis within the larger context of Mohawk land rights, disregarded by White authorities for centuries and destined to culminate in the 1990 standoff. The film is a compelling reminder that this conflict began centuries ago and the
issues that came to a head at Oka will not fade away just because the
barricades have come down. "The Oka crisis changed the lives of all
aboriginal people in this country," says Obomsawin. "We cannot go back."
If you don't want to watch it on the big screen with us, watch the film at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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The G8/G20 meetings took place in Ontario from June 25-27, 2010. Toronto-based organizations of women, people of colour, indigenous peoples, the poor, the working class, queer and trans people and disabled people organized a peoples convergence with 40,000 people taking to the streets, standing up for justice in collaboration and solidarity!
Activists, community members, inspired and outraged individuals came together as a movement to demand justice for people and the planet. Over a week of mobilizations, events, workshops and direct actions took place in the face of state and police repression, violence and infringements on rights and freedoms.
We must continue to mobilize and build greater solidarity among our communities- an important part of this is supporting all those arrested during the G20 summit, including our allies still in detention, and those released on bail.