Protests in Montreal and Toronto on February 28th, 2007

In case it you didn’t notice it in the long post i just forwarded: On Wednesday, February 28th, to mark the oe year anniversary of the Six Nations Reclamation at Kanenhstaton: In Montreal, supporters will rally at the federal government buildings located downtown at noon. Speakers from various Haudenosaunee territories …

One year is too long! Recognize the rights of Six Nations!

February 28th, 2007 marks the one-year anniversary of the Six Nations Land Reclamation. One year ago, a group of people from Six Nations took back a piece of their land that was under construction by developers and demanded an end to the destruction of their land and to settler encroachment …

Community Friends Group Organizes Protest to Support Six Nations Political Prisoner Chris Hill

Feb 21st, 2007 – CALEDONIA, ON. The group Community Friends — an organization comprised of Caledonia residents, members of the labor movement, community activists, and people from Six Nations working together to support indigenous sovereignty and the Douglas Creek Estates reclamation – is organizing a public protest outside the Barton …

Tears, Applause as Activist Freed

The following is one of several documents from the February 2007 report The Criminalization of the Six Nations Land Reclamation. The Hamilton SpectatorCAYUGA (Feb 10, 2007)by Paul Legall Mohawk activist Trevor Miller pumped his fist into the air as he stepped out into the sunlight for his first breath of …

Jeff “Hawk” facing Canadian Courts Alone

The following is written by Donna Durlik and Lynda Powless, and first appeared in Turtle Island News on January 24th, 2007. It is one of several documents from the February 2007 report The Criminalization of the Six Nations Land Reclamation. When a handful of women walked onto a housing development …

Criminalization and Violence Against Sex Workers: the Context Behind the Pickton Trial

canada’s disappeared have a gender:pictures of women who have gone missingfrom missingpeople.net On January 26th CKUT’s radio show Off The Hour interviewed Sue Davis of Prostitution Alternatives Counseling and Education Society and Jenn Clamen of the International Union of Sex Workers. Sex trade workers’ struggles against violence and criminalization make …

The Science of Homophobia

Getting play in the media: this article about experiments to make sheep gay or straight, from the Slate; a version of this article also appeared in the Sunday Washington Post. Science will gradually convince us that sexual orientation is innate, more like skin color than character. Condemnation of homosexuality as …