The latest communique from Montreal’s East End – the original in english and french can be read on Infoshop here. Once again, if i see these on the net i’ll post them here, if they’re in french i’ll translate them, but please nobody send me one of these – i’m …
It would seem that there was a second anti-capitalist bonfire in Montreal carried out over the weekend by a second collective – the Collectif Ton Oncle (Your Uncle Collective). This comes just after the torching fo six police cars last Friday morning. The communique is posted on the Anarkhia site, …
What follows is a news item from CMAQ, the Quebec Indymedia, with quotes from a communique claiming responsibility for an attack on empty police cars belonging to the SPVM, the Montreal Police Department, on the morning of March 14th. The news item was translated by yours truly, the original can …
The below article in Le Drapeau Rouge; i felt it was well worth translating and sharing with you all. At least in its newspaper, the Revolutionary Communist Party (the canadian one, not the Avakian outfit in the u.s.) is providing welcome leadership in opposing the rise of racism in Quebec, …
Well, you know what i think: this is a white stain on the Quebec trade union movement, certainly not the first and certainly not the last. In the present context it is clear that arguing for a “ban on religious symbols” is at best riding the wave of racism for …
On September 28 Christine Pelchat of the Quebec Council on the Status of Women proposed that the provincial government forbid public employees from wearing religious clothing – not only the Muslim headscarf but also the Jewish kippa, though, surprise surprise, crucifixes on necklaces would be ok because they’re not immediately …
A network of individuals involved in various groups / organizations / collectives have been in discussion throughout recent weeks concerning the Quebec ‘debate’ on ‘Reasonable Accommodation’. This past weekend members of Al-Hidaya Association, Tadamon! Montreal, No One is Illegal, Solidarity Across Borders, Immigrant Workers Center and individuals met to discuss …
On September 28 Christine Pelchat of the Quebec Council on the Status of Women proposed that the provincial government forbid public employees from wearing religious clothing – not only the Muslim headscarf but also the Jewish kippa, though, surprise surprise, crucifixes on necklaces would be ok because they’re not immediately …
Immigrants are “buying their way in” to Quebec,Lise Provencher of St. Jérôme tells Gérard Bouchard andCharles Taylor at hearings last night,and Jews are “trampolines of money in the world.” Well yeah timing is everything… i haven’t been blogging about the Bouchard-Taylor roving racist rendezvous, mainly because i thought i should …
On August 11th, one week before the protests against the SPP summit in Montebello, the police attacked a communist demonstration in the town of St-Jerome (population 25,000), about an hour north of Montreal. The police attack, IMO, was motivated by two factors.On the one hand St-Jerome is a small town …