This teach-in will include speakers from Africa and the Cree, Mohawk and
Algonquin nations, as well as activists and organizers from New York City,
Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal and Ottawa.
Speaker bios, and workshop topics are included below. Join us as we break down
the G8 in preparation to Take the Capital!
Free.
* Traduction disponible vers le francais.
* Childcare available on request.
* Lunch to be served by donation.
* Wheelchair accessible.
The G8 leaders -- the executive board of global capitalism -- will be retreating to the foothills of Kananaskis, Alberta in late June. Their official agenda includes: economic growth, Africa and the war on terrorism. This community teach-in will breakdown the official agenda, with panels, workshops and discussions looking critically at the G8's policies and their effects.
The teach-in will include speakers from Africa and the Cree, Mohawk and Algonquin nations, as well as activists and organizers from New York City, Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal and Ottawa. Speaker bios, and workshop topics are included below. Join us as we break down the G8 in preparation to Take the Capital!
---> June 14, 2002, 7pm <---
Ottawa Public Library
120 Metcalfe
(corner of Laurier)
OPENING PANEL: The G8 - Making the Links
* Patrick Bond (activist and writer from Johannesburg, South Africa)
* Aziz Fall (member of the Group for Research and Initiatives for the
Liberation of Africa)
* Pierre George (indigenous rights activist from the Stoney Point nation)
* Monami Maulik (New York City activist with the Stop the Disappearances
campaign)
* Sharon Venne (Cree activist and writer)
---> June 15, 2002, 10am-5pm <---
122 L'Amoureux
University of Ottawa
PANEL: Economic Growth: Death by Capitalism
10am-12pm
* Patrick Bond (academic and activist, Johannesburg, South Africa)
* Sue Collis (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, OCAP)
* Lisa Macpherson (Kimberly Rogers Womyns Brigade, Victoria, BC),
* Samer Elatrash (Palestinian anti-colonial activist)
WORKSHOPS & LUNCH
PANEL: New Colonial Partnerships with Africa and Canada
2:30-4:30pm
* Shawn Brandt (OCAP, Tyendinaga Mohawk Nation)
* Aziz Fall (Group for Research and Initiatives for the Liberation of
Africa)
* Bonita Lawrence (Native Studies Professor, Queen's University)
* Sharon Venne (Cree writer and activist)
MORE WORKSHOPS (until 6pm)
---> June 16, 2002, 10am-5pm <---
122 L'Amoureux
University of Ottawa
PANEL: State Terrorism: Wars at Home and Wars Abroad,
10am-12pm
* Monami Maulik (Desis Rising Up and Moving, New York City)
* Nandita Sharma (Open the Borders, Vancouver)
* Amina Sherazee (immigration lawyer and counsel with the Canadian Arab
Federation)
* Sarwat Viquar (South Asia Center, Montreal)
WORKSHOPS & LUNCH
PANEL: Resistance and Solidarity
2-4pm
* Rima Alhajj (Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights)
* Andy Edwards (squatter and low-cost housing activist)
* Pierre George (indigenous rights activist)
* Manuel Rosenthal (Canada-Colombia Solidarity Campaign)
* Elissar Sarrouh (Women Against the Occupation)
WORKSHOPS AND CLOSING PLENARY (until 6pm)
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WORKSHOP TOPICS: Workshops will take place after the panels on June 15 & 16.
Several workshops will be conducted by members of Ottawa-area social justice groups. Workshop topics include:
The G8 in 80 minutes
Attacking Global Governance
What is the NEPAD?
The War on Terrorism (No to War)
Plan Colombia
Resistance to Israeli colonialism in Palestine
Palestinian Self-Determination and Fighting Anti-Semitism
Security, Awareness and Solidarity
Immigration Direct Action Casework
Anti-Poverty Direct Action Casework
Police Brutality and Capitalism
(and more ... )
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Speaker Bios:
Rima Alhajj -- Rima is the president of the organization Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) in Ottawa. Her responsibility is to ensure that SPHR representives educate the Canadian public about the Palestinian struggle, as well as the ongoing human rights violations being committed against Palestinians.
Patrick Bond -- Patrick is an academic and activist at Wits University in Johannesburg, and with the Alternative Information and Development Centre (http://www.aidc.org.za). He has authored five books on aspects of neoliberalism in South Africa and is a ZNet (www.zmag.org) columnist.
Shawn Brandt -- Shawn is an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) in Toronto. He is from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Nation.
Sue Collis -- Sue is an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) in Toronto.
Andy Edwards -- Andy was actively involved as a squatter and organizer in Montreal's Overdale and Prefontaine squats last summer. The squats lasted almost three months before being evicted by the riot police. He is a low-cost housing activist, and a father to three children.
Samer Elatrash -- Samer is an anti-colonial activist and he has been an active member of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) as well as the Facing Reality anti-imperialist collective.
Aziz Fall -- Aziz is a researcher with the Group for Research and Initiatives for the Liberation of Africa (GRILA), based in Montreal.
Pierre George -- Pierre is an indigenous rights activist from the Stoney Point Nation (Aazhoodenaang Enjibaajig). He has been very active demanding justice for his brother Dudley George, who was murdered by the Ontario Provincial Police in 1995.
Bonita Lawrence -- Bonita (Mi'kmaq/Metis) is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Women's Studies, Queen's University, where she teaches courses on Aboriginal women, anti-racism, Indigenous literatures, and introductory courses in both women's studies and Native Studies.
Lisa Macpherson -- Lisa is a member of the Kimberly Rogers Womyns Brigade and the Anti-Poverty Coalition of Victoria, British Columbia. She was recently involved in an occupation of an MLA's office in opposition to the policies of the Gordon Campbell government in BC.
Monami Maulik -- Monami is an organizer with DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), a New York City-based group working closely with immigrant and refugee detainees in the United States.
Manuel Rosenthal -- Manuel is an organizer with the Canada-Colombia Solidarity Campaign (CCSC). The CCSC is seeking a negotiated solution to the Colombian conflict, a fundamental transformation in social and economic relations, and respect for the autonomy and integrity of popular and social movements.
Elissar Sarrouh -- Elissar is a member of Women Against the Occupation. She is a founding member of the Palestinian Women Association of Ottawa. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations and is a member of the Steering Committee of the Middle East Working Group.
Nandita Sharma Nandita is a member of Open the Borders!, a group devoted to ending practices that displace people and to ensuring that all people have the self-determined ability to move. She is currently a Post-doctoral Fellow in the Sociology Department at the University of British Columbia.
Amina Sherazee -- Amina is a Toronto-based lawyer and social justice activist. She is also counsel for the Canadian Arab Federation.
Sarwat Viquar -- Sarwat is a Montreal-based social justice activist. As the coordinator of the South Asian Center (CERAS), she recently traveled to the refugee camps on the Afghan-Pakistani border. She is also a member of rebelDESIS.
Sharon Venne -- Sharon is a Cree woman who has worked at the national and international level on indigenous issues since the early 1970's. She has written essays, articles and books on many topics related to the rights of Indigenous Peoples. At present, Sharon is working with the Akaitcho Dene to implement their Treaty that covers approximately 468,000 square kilometers in the Western Arctic.
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