RNK
13th July 2007, 23:56
Just a C&P from some tipster:
[Please post and forward widely ...]
-- This August, Stephen Harper, George Bush and
Felipe Calder?n will be just 90 minutes from
Montreal, in Montebello, Qc!
-- Mobilize and Protest against George Bush,
Stephen Harper and Felipe Calderon at the
meeting of the "Security and Prosperity
Partnership" (SPP)
::::::::::
AUGUST 19-21, 2007
MONTEBELLO, QUEBEC
(Between Ottawa and Montreal)
::::::::::
--> A main Day of Action against the SPP will
take place on MONDAY, August 20 at 3pm at the
Chateau Montebello (or as close as possible to
Montebello). We encourage everyone to mobilize
to Montebello by 3PM on August 20. <--
Montebello, Quebec is a tourist village between
Ottawa and Montreal, on Highway 148, on the
Ottawa River.
( To view a small map, click here:
http://www.psp-spp.com/?q=fr/carte&size=_original
; or download a more detailed map of the region
in .pdf format here:
http://www.psp-spp.com/files/grande_carte_Montebello.pdf
)
Actions will also take place from August 19-21.
An "anti-capitalist camp" will be set up in the
area, as early as August 8, for all
protesters who want to be in the region early to
help plan actions and raise awareness. More
details forthcoming. Visit
http://www.uncampement.net frequently for updates.
Protests are being organized against Bush,
Harper, Calderon and the SPP by anti-capitalist
social justice activists in Quebec and Ontario,
under the framework of the People's Global
Action (PGA) Network
(http://www.agp.org).
Ottawa and Montreal -- on either side of
Montebello on the Highway 148
will act as organizing hubs for protests,
including local protests
and actions.
::::: GET INFORMED. GET ORGANIZED. GET INVOLVED.
:::::
For up-to-date information, subscribe to our
announcements list by visiting:
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/psp
Please phone or email for more info, or to get
involved with
organizing efforts (popular education,
mobilization, logistics,
transportation, fundraising and more!):
E-MAIL: [email protected]
WEB: http://www.psp-spp.com (visit frequently
for updates)
TEL: 514-848-7583
TRANSPORTATION: Transportation is being
organized from Montreal &
Quebec City to Montebello for August 19&20. To
offer transport, or to request transport, please
contact [email protected]
PLANNING CONSULTA: A Consulta open to all
delegates of groups who are interested in
actively mobilizing against Bush, Harper,
Calderon and the SPP -- will be held in MONTREAL
on SATURDAY, JULY 21, from NOON-5pm (Location
TBA).
We strongly encourage all groups to attend this
Consulta (ie.
preparation meeting), one month before the SPP,
so that we can
together finalize our plans to protest and
disrupt the Bush visit.
Please confirm your attendance (or request
housing, for out-of-town delegates) by e-mail
at: [email protected]
::::: BACKGROUNDER :::::
This August, George Bush, Stephen Harper and
Mexican President Felipe Calderon will be just
90 minutes from Montreal, in Montebello, Quebec.
They are meeting at the Chateau Montebello, as
part of the so-called "Security and Prosperity
Partnership" (aka the "Three Amigos" Summit).
They talk about "security" and "prosperity", but
their agenda really means insecurity and misery
for working and oppressed peoples in the
Americas.
In brief, the "Security and Prosperity
Partnership" (SPP) combines the destructive
neo-liberal policies of the North American Free
Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) with the fear and paranoia of
post 9-11 "Homeland Security" policies. The SPP
is firmly rooted within a colonial and
capitalist framework.
The SPP is described by its proponents as a
"NAFTA 2.0", and is
promoted and supported by corporations and their
lobby groups, like the Canadian Council of Chief
Executives.
A group of 30 corporate executives from the
NAFTA countries comprise the North American
Competitiveness Council, which was set up "to
fully incorporate the private sector into the
SPP process" (to cite the
SPP's own words). Moreover, because the SPP
announces itself as a
"dialogue based on shared values," it is
secretive process, subject to no formal public
scrutiny or open debate.
There is no mystery to the SPP agenda: murderous
wars and occupations abroad; border
militarization; increased detentions and
deportations; attacks on indigenous peoples, the
poor, migrants, and working people; ecological
destruction; mega-projects in the service of
corporate
greed; and unfortunately, much more and worse.
The SPP reinforces the idea of "Fortress North
America", whereby the rich and privileged live
in gated communities and gentrified cities,
protected by police and security, with easy
movement for capital
between borders; for the rest, there's border
fences, detention
centers, prisons, surveillance, and increased
precarity.
This August, protests are being organized by
anti-capitalist social justice activists in
Ontario and Quebec, within the framework of the
People's Global Action (PGA) Network. With
organizing hubs in Ottawa and Montreal, on
either end of Montebello on the Highway 148, we
are preparing to resist the upcoming SPP
meeting.
We are not going to lobby the SPP leaders or
governments to be nicer. Justice and dignity is
achieved through grassroots mobilizing and
struggle, not the charity of rich
philanthropists, rock-stars or
politicians complicit in a destructive system.
When George Bush, Stephen Harper and Felipe
Calderon try to meet at the Chateau Montebello,
we are going to protest and try to disrupt their
meeting. There will be activities from August
19-21, with a call for a convergence on
Montebello (or as close as possible to
Montebello) on 3pm on MONDAY, AUGUST 20. An
anti-capitalist camp will be set up in the
Montebello region in early August, as a
convergence space for activists who want to
gather early to plan popular and
actions.
More info at: www.psp-spp.com
Our protests are rooted in our ongoing
mobilizing efforts and
day-to-day organizing: for indigenous
sovereignty and
self-determination in the Americas, for
immigrant justice and free movement, against
deportations and detentions, against war and
imperialism, for workers justice, against
poverty, for ecological and environmental
justice, for the liberation of all political
prisoners, in solidarity with social justice
movements worldwide.
On January 1, 1994, the day that NAFTA took
effect, the Zapatistas began an uprising in
southern Mexico, declaring NAFTA a "death
sentence" on indigenous peoples. With the SPP,
the politicians,
bureaucrats and corporations of North America
have renewed their
death-sentence on all of us.
The inspiration of the Zapatistas still
resonates, 13 years later, as we make links
between our struggles and issues, and unify to
confront the SPP at Montebello, and beyond.
-----
E-MAIL: [email protected]
WEB: http://www.psp-spp.com (visit frequently
for updates)
TEL: 514-848-7583
I'm in Montreal, so looks like I'll be taking the day off work that day... anyone else going to try and make it?
[Please post and forward widely ...]
-- This August, Stephen Harper, George Bush and
Felipe Calder?n will be just 90 minutes from
Montreal, in Montebello, Qc!
-- Mobilize and Protest against George Bush,
Stephen Harper and Felipe Calderon at the
meeting of the "Security and Prosperity
Partnership" (SPP)
::::::::::
AUGUST 19-21, 2007
MONTEBELLO, QUEBEC
(Between Ottawa and Montreal)
::::::::::
--> A main Day of Action against the SPP will
take place on MONDAY, August 20 at 3pm at the
Chateau Montebello (or as close as possible to
Montebello). We encourage everyone to mobilize
to Montebello by 3PM on August 20. <--
Montebello, Quebec is a tourist village between
Ottawa and Montreal, on Highway 148, on the
Ottawa River.
( To view a small map, click here:
http://www.psp-spp.com/?q=fr/carte&size=_original
; or download a more detailed map of the region
in .pdf format here:
http://www.psp-spp.com/files/grande_carte_Montebello.pdf
)
Actions will also take place from August 19-21.
An "anti-capitalist camp" will be set up in the
area, as early as August 8, for all
protesters who want to be in the region early to
help plan actions and raise awareness. More
details forthcoming. Visit
http://www.uncampement.net frequently for updates.
Protests are being organized against Bush,
Harper, Calderon and the SPP by anti-capitalist
social justice activists in Quebec and Ontario,
under the framework of the People's Global
Action (PGA) Network
(http://www.agp.org).
Ottawa and Montreal -- on either side of
Montebello on the Highway 148
will act as organizing hubs for protests,
including local protests
and actions.
::::: GET INFORMED. GET ORGANIZED. GET INVOLVED.
:::::
For up-to-date information, subscribe to our
announcements list by visiting:
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/psp
Please phone or email for more info, or to get
involved with
organizing efforts (popular education,
mobilization, logistics,
transportation, fundraising and more!):
E-MAIL: [email protected]
WEB: http://www.psp-spp.com (visit frequently
for updates)
TEL: 514-848-7583
TRANSPORTATION: Transportation is being
organized from Montreal &
Quebec City to Montebello for August 19&20. To
offer transport, or to request transport, please
contact [email protected]
PLANNING CONSULTA: A Consulta open to all
delegates of groups who are interested in
actively mobilizing against Bush, Harper,
Calderon and the SPP -- will be held in MONTREAL
on SATURDAY, JULY 21, from NOON-5pm (Location
TBA).
We strongly encourage all groups to attend this
Consulta (ie.
preparation meeting), one month before the SPP,
so that we can
together finalize our plans to protest and
disrupt the Bush visit.
Please confirm your attendance (or request
housing, for out-of-town delegates) by e-mail
at: [email protected]
::::: BACKGROUNDER :::::
This August, George Bush, Stephen Harper and
Mexican President Felipe Calderon will be just
90 minutes from Montreal, in Montebello, Quebec.
They are meeting at the Chateau Montebello, as
part of the so-called "Security and Prosperity
Partnership" (aka the "Three Amigos" Summit).
They talk about "security" and "prosperity", but
their agenda really means insecurity and misery
for working and oppressed peoples in the
Americas.
In brief, the "Security and Prosperity
Partnership" (SPP) combines the destructive
neo-liberal policies of the North American Free
Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) with the fear and paranoia of
post 9-11 "Homeland Security" policies. The SPP
is firmly rooted within a colonial and
capitalist framework.
The SPP is described by its proponents as a
"NAFTA 2.0", and is
promoted and supported by corporations and their
lobby groups, like the Canadian Council of Chief
Executives.
A group of 30 corporate executives from the
NAFTA countries comprise the North American
Competitiveness Council, which was set up "to
fully incorporate the private sector into the
SPP process" (to cite the
SPP's own words). Moreover, because the SPP
announces itself as a
"dialogue based on shared values," it is
secretive process, subject to no formal public
scrutiny or open debate.
There is no mystery to the SPP agenda: murderous
wars and occupations abroad; border
militarization; increased detentions and
deportations; attacks on indigenous peoples, the
poor, migrants, and working people; ecological
destruction; mega-projects in the service of
corporate
greed; and unfortunately, much more and worse.
The SPP reinforces the idea of "Fortress North
America", whereby the rich and privileged live
in gated communities and gentrified cities,
protected by police and security, with easy
movement for capital
between borders; for the rest, there's border
fences, detention
centers, prisons, surveillance, and increased
precarity.
This August, protests are being organized by
anti-capitalist social justice activists in
Ontario and Quebec, within the framework of the
People's Global Action (PGA) Network. With
organizing hubs in Ottawa and Montreal, on
either end of Montebello on the Highway 148, we
are preparing to resist the upcoming SPP
meeting.
We are not going to lobby the SPP leaders or
governments to be nicer. Justice and dignity is
achieved through grassroots mobilizing and
struggle, not the charity of rich
philanthropists, rock-stars or
politicians complicit in a destructive system.
When George Bush, Stephen Harper and Felipe
Calderon try to meet at the Chateau Montebello,
we are going to protest and try to disrupt their
meeting. There will be activities from August
19-21, with a call for a convergence on
Montebello (or as close as possible to
Montebello) on 3pm on MONDAY, AUGUST 20. An
anti-capitalist camp will be set up in the
Montebello region in early August, as a
convergence space for activists who want to
gather early to plan popular and
actions.
More info at: www.psp-spp.com
Our protests are rooted in our ongoing
mobilizing efforts and
day-to-day organizing: for indigenous
sovereignty and
self-determination in the Americas, for
immigrant justice and free movement, against
deportations and detentions, against war and
imperialism, for workers justice, against
poverty, for ecological and environmental
justice, for the liberation of all political
prisoners, in solidarity with social justice
movements worldwide.
On January 1, 1994, the day that NAFTA took
effect, the Zapatistas began an uprising in
southern Mexico, declaring NAFTA a "death
sentence" on indigenous peoples. With the SPP,
the politicians,
bureaucrats and corporations of North America
have renewed their
death-sentence on all of us.
The inspiration of the Zapatistas still
resonates, 13 years later, as we make links
between our struggles and issues, and unify to
confront the SPP at Montebello, and beyond.
-----
E-MAIL: [email protected]
WEB: http://www.psp-spp.com (visit frequently
for updates)
TEL: 514-848-7583
I'm in Montreal, so looks like I'll be taking the day off work that day... anyone else going to try and make it?