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Mohawk Warrior Society Distances Itself From Highway 177 Blockade

The following form the Mohawk Warrior Society at Kahnawake in regards to the armed blockade on Highway 117: Mohawk Nation at KahnawakeMarch 11, 2006 It has come to the attention of the Mohawk Warrior Society at Kahnawake that a group of people have barricaded Highway 117, north of Ottawa. This …

[Quebec] Armed Blockade by Indigenous Protesters on Highway 117

Blockade on key highway is partly lifted CANADIAN PRESSADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KAZI STASTNA OF THE GAZETTE GRAND REMOUS – Part of a crucial Quebec highway was reopened last night following a day-long blockade by armed aboriginals protesting against forest management by the province.The SĂ»retĂ© du QuĂ©bec said the northbound lane …

Justice For Mohamed Anas Bennis!

Good news: a coalition has formed to demand answers – and justice, whatever that means – for the police murder of Mohamed Anas Bennis in December 2005. The Justice For Anas Coalition has a website up, and from what i hear is planning a number of activities in the months …

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 …

Supporters Rally for San Francisco 8

Ray Boudreaux, Richard Brown, Hank Jones and Richard O’Neal – four of the San Francisco 8, former Black Panthers charged with a Black Liberation Army assassination of a cop over thirty years ago – appeared in a San Francisco courtroom yesterday. Here is what organized Claude Marks has written about …

Native Youth Movement Warrior Targeted & Arrested at Anti-Olympic Protest in Vancouver

Three Native Warriors were targeted and arrested yesterday during a protest against the 2010 Winter Olympic Games planned to take place in Vancouver/Whistler, KKKanada.NATIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT NATIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT WARRIOR TARGETED & ARRESTED ATANTI-OLYMPIC PROTEST IN VANCOUVER, BC, KKKANADA “THE INDIAN WARS ARE NOT OVER” (February 13, 2007, …

Spraypaint in Herouxville

Yesterday the Collectif pour l’Integration Respecteuse des Cultures au Quebec (CIRQ) went spraypainting through Herouville, the tiny village which has catapulted itself into the limelight, just as it catapults the level of discourse in Quebec to the right… Photos from l’Écho de MaskinongĂ©. “>