In early June, Palestinians will mark 40 years of Apartheid Israel’s
illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip
and the Syrian Golan Heights. The Active Steering Committee of the
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign has called for global days of action to mark this anniversary throughout the world.
As part of these events, individuals across [...]
Entries from May 2007
May 22, 2007
* Join the June 9 National Day of Action Against Israeli Apartheid:Boycott Chapters/Indigo! *
May 17, 2007
Six Nations Caledonia Resource Page
From Autonomy and Solidarity
http://auto_sol.tao.ca/node/view/2012
May 17, 2007
Study: Earnings of temporary versus permanent employees
read the entire article on The Daily at
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050126/d050126b.htm
Temporary work accounted for almost one-fifth of overall growth in paid employment between 1997 and 2003 despite a period of economic growth and favourable employment conditions.
However, a new study shows that temporary jobs are generally less well paid than permanent ones. In addition, the gap between the two [...]
May 17, 2007
Tell American eagle: support warehouse workers’ rights
A majority of workers at National Logistics Services (NLS) applied to join UNITE HERE. Workers wanted a union because they had not received raises in two to three years, lacked a fair process to move from casual to permanent employment, dealt with daily disrespect from management, and faced unfair policy changes, including increasing hours worked [...]
May 14, 2007
VIDEO: REISMAN CONFRONTED BY CAIA ACTIVISTS
On Thursday May 10, activists from the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid confronted Heather Reisman, majority owner of Chapters and Indigo bookstores at a book signing for Ralph Naders new book, The Seventeen Traditions. In the question and answer period, CAIA activists questioned Reisman about her support for the Heseg Foundation for Lone Soldiers, a [...]
May 14, 2007
Precarious environment, precarious government job…
Best political speech of the year by a precarious administrative worker in the political bureaucracy: The Canadian Communication Assocation should give him some kind of special prize for making visible the Harper regime’s friendly facist communication and control strategy.
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/212842
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=ea1daa13-e6d0-464f-8b84-25e9627cc3ac&k;=57891
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070510.wgreenbully0510/BNStory/National/
May 14, 2007
COMMEMORATING AL-NAKBA: Palestinian Refugees Will Return
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What: Commemoration and celebration of resistance and
return. Community dinner, speakers and performances.
When: Thursday May 17 at 7:30 pm
Where: Steel Workers Hall – 25 Cecil Street
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Join us on Thursday May 17 to commemorate the 59th
anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba – the Catastrophe
of 1948. In 1948 Zionist militias destroyed more than
450 Palestinian villages and expelled around 750,000
Palestinians [...]
May 14, 2007
500 Miles To Babylon: A Film About Iraq Under U.S. Occupation
May 22nd and May 25th, 7 pm
Brunswick Theatre
296 Brunswick Avenue, 2nd floor
Toronto
$10 Admission
David Martinez, the San Francisco-based director, will be onhand for discussion
and Q+A following the film
500 Miles to Babylon is a one-hour documentary shot in multiple cities in Iraq
in 2003-4. Narrated by the filmmaker, it addresses the current war not simply
as a conflict over [...]
May 14, 2007
From Haiti: Women’s Rights and Trade Union Organizers Speak Out
Date of Event/Update: May-25-2007
The Toronto Haiti Action Committee will host a public event during an exclusive cross-Canada tour featuring Euvonie Georges-Auguste and Ginette Apollon, leading Haitian trade union and women’s rights activists, who will discuss the struggles of the labour and women’s movement in Haiti today, particularly in the aftermath of 2004 Canadian-backed coup against [...]
May 8, 2007
the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid and the Brunswick Theater are presenting film showings to commemorate Al-Nakba
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Also on Tuesday May 15th
7:00 pm Showing – Route 181: Fragments of Journey to
Palestine-Israel. Directors Michel Khleifi and Eyal
Sivan
9:00 pm Showing – Balata Film Collective Shorts
Ticket price – $10 per seat, per show
(both shows for $15)
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Film is an important means of both resistance and
communication. The Balata Film Collective was
initiated to enable young Palestinians from Balata
refugee [...]
