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The Demise of the USSR

Soviet SS-21 short range missile, aimed at Western Europe and the People’s Republic of China starting in 1978… Some time ago i posted a poll, on the effect the demise of the Soviet Union had on revolutionaries in the imperialist countries and in the Third World, the options being Easier, …

Jean-Pierre Lizotte Remembered

Jean-Pierre Lizotte From today’s Montreal Gazette, an excellent op ed piece by No One Is Illegal member Jaggi Singh, about the 1999 police murder of Jean-Pierre Lizotte, a homeless PWA, in the trendy Plateau Montreal neighbourhood: The ‘poet of Bordeaux’ spent many years in prison, but he possessed a simple …

Rearview Mirror Glance at August’s Riot

As most readers will know, Montreal’s unusually cool summer included a very hot August, hot with the bitter heat that comes from tragedy. On August 9, a group of teenagers were playing in a park in the proletarian neighbourhood of Montreal North. Cops drove up and busted one of the …

Prisoners of New Orleans need your help now (Hurricane Gustav)!

The following from Critical Resistance: To All CR members, Allies, and Comrades of New Orleans, Prisoners and Families of New Orleans needs your help immediately!If you haven’t heard already Hurricane Gustav is headed for New Orleansand is predicted to be a category 3 hurricane, the same as Hurricane Katrina. There …

[ZNet] No Justice, No Peace: Behind the riots in Montreal after the shooting-death of Fredy Villanueva

The following summary of the problem of police violence in Montreal which led up to August’s riots in Montreal North is by Charles Mostoller and from ZNet: Montreal-Nord, Montreal–“Why four gunshots? Why?”, asked Patricia Villanueva. “I don’t believe they had reason to shoot four times, just like that. Nothing justifies …

Demonstration Against Police Abuse in Montreal North

Demonstration in Montreal North!A Call to Mobilize!The Breach Has Been Opened in Montreal-North! Montreal-North is burning. After the murder of Fredy Villenueva by the Montreal Police (SPVM), and the riots which broke out to express the people’s anger, the community of Montreal-North remains angry. The time has come to organize …

COBP Communique on the Murder of Freddy Villanueva (Montreal)

Communiqué by the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (COBP) Justice for Freddy Villanueva, the 43rd Montreal police killing in 22 years! Montreal, August 13, 2008 — On Saturday August 9, 2008, at about 7pm, a police officer from Station 39 fired four bullets that injured two youth and killed Freddy …

Katenies at the Superior Court in Cornwall, Ontario

The following important news comes via No One Is Illegal Montreal: [Included below are links and the text of some recent articles concerning Katenies and her refusal to recognize the jurisdiction of Canadian colonial courts and the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA). Katenies again refused to recognize the jurisdiction of …