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Passing on the following bulletin.
Exile Infoshop will be closed all day Friday June 25, 2010 so we can be there to support the arrestees at bail proceedings in court.
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Ottawa Movement Defense
RBC JUNE 18th ARRESTS UPDATE
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
This email contains the most current information about the individuals arrested in relation to the May 18th firebombing of a Royal Bank of Canada branch in Ottawa, Ontario.
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CONTENTS
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1. Call for Court Support – Friday June 25th, 9:30 am ALL DAY
2. Update on Court Proceedings
3. Note of Caution to Friends and Supporters
4. Donating to Legal Fund
5. Donating via Pay Pal
6. Media Links of Note
7. Media Inquiries and General Contact Information
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1. CALL FOR COURT SUPPORT
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9:30 am on Friday, June 25th, ALL DAY
Courtroom 30
The bail hearing for Roger Clement and Claude Haridge begins Friday, June 25th, at 9:30 am in Courtroom 30. The bail hearing will take all day, so if you are only able to come for part of the day, please do so.
It is very important for people to come and show solidarity in court on Friday, June 25th. The crown will be arguing against the release of the two accused on bail. A strong showing of support from the community in court will help ensure Claude and Roger are released as soon as possible.
If you are available on Friday, June 25th, please come out. Also, spread the word widely that presence is requested.
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2. UPDATE ON COURT PROCEEDINGS
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Please note that some media outlets are consistently incorrectly reporting Claude’s charges. Claude is not currently being charged with any offences directly related to the alleged firebombing of the RBC Branch on May 18th, 2010.
At the present time, Claude is has two charges: improper and handling of ammunition, and a mischief charge for an unrelated event that took place several months prior to the RBC event in May.
Additional charges linking the 3 accused may be laid at some time in the future, but at this point it appears Claude’s case will be argued separately from that of Roger and Matt.
Matt Morgan-Brown’s bail hearing has been held over until Monday, June 28th. Further details will follow later in the week.
The names and charges, at this point, of the 3 individuals are:
Roger Clement, of Ottawa, charged with arson causing damage, possession of incendiary material, using explosives with intent to cause property damage, and mischief.
Mathew Morgan-Brown, of Ottawa, charged with arson, arson causing damage, possession of incendiary material, using explosives with intent to cause property damage, and mischief.
Claude Haridge, of Ottawa, careless storage and handling of ammunition, and mischief.
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3. NOTE OF CAUTION TO FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
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Please be careful when discussing this situation publicly, including online and to the media, as incautious statements may compromise the ability of the accused to defend themselves in court.
Now that this matter is before the courts, we need to ensure the Crown is able to base its case only on substantive evidence, rather than relying on sensational or incautious public comments.
In particular, IT IS THE POSITION OF OTTAWA MOVEMENT DEFENSE THAT SPEAKING VOLUNTARILY TO THE POLICE WILL PREJUDICE THE DEFENSE OF THE ACCUSED AND MAKE THEIR COURT PROCEEDINGS MORE DIFFICULT.
ANY STATEMENT MADE TO THE POLICE OR MEDIA CAN BE USED AGAINST THE ACCUSED, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS HYPOTHETICAL OR BASED ON DISTORTED INFORMATION.
No matter how friendly or intimidating police may appear, or how clever you think you might be in getting information out of them, nothing good can come of voluntarily talking to the police.
If police contact you, please let us know as soon as possible at ottawamovementdefense@gmail.com
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4. DONATING TO THE LEGAL FUND
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Right now, financial support is crucial for three reasons. The first is that, while it is unclear at this time what possible bail conditions the Crown may ask for, or even if they will consent to releasing the 3 arrestees, we may need to put forward a significant amount of money for bail. We’re very grateful to everyone that has contributed already. But we may need a considerable amount more.
Unfortunately, as bail conditions weren’t discussed at all in court today, we are unable to provide more specific information at this time.
The second reason is that we must begin fundraising ongoing legal and support costs, which will be may be significant. All indications are that this could be a lengthy and involved proceeding and, while we can’t speculate at this time where it will end up, a trial could be a year or more away. In addition the costs of paying the legal team, there are related support costs accrued by Ottawa Movement Defense. These costs include such things as maintaining a cell phone dedicated to calls from prison, postage, etc.
If you are able to donate any money, please contact us the PayPal account (described below) or send a check addressed to Ottawa Movement Defense at the address listed below.
When donating money, please indicate if you would like to contribute to bail, legal costs, or both.
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5. DONATING VIA PAY PAL
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To donate to the legal defense fund via PayPal, please follow the below instructions:
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6. MEDIA LINKS OF NOTE
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7. MEDIA INQUIRIES AND GENERAL CONTACT INFORMATION
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You can reach Ottawa Movement Defense at:
Email: ottawamovementdefense@gmail.com
Phone: 613 304 8770
Mailing Address:
Ottawa Movement Defense
207 Bank Street
Suite 453
Ottawa, ON
K2P 2N2
Speaking Tour and Book Launch by Gord Hill
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Decolonial Study Group
Sunday, June 13 at 2pm
Exile Infoshop
256 Bank St. (2nd Floor)
Everyone Welcome!
ipsmo@riseup.net
http://www.ipsmo.org/
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The Decolonial Study Group is a project of the IPSM Ottawa. We will be deepening and broadening our understanding and analysis of indigenous struggles for decolonization, social justice and revolution. We will be doing this through readings, workshops, oral presentations, movies and so on.
The June 13th Study Group will be a talk by Gord Hill on “500 Years of Indigenous Resistance”. The talk is part of a speaking tour and book launch for his new graphic book, “500 Years of Indigenous Resistance”.
After his talk there will be time for further discussion.
There are no core readings for this Decolonial Study Group.
However there are a number of articles and books that we encourage people
to read:
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance by Gord Hill(Available at Exile Infoshop and the OPIRG Ottawa resource centre)
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance graphic book by Gord Hill (also available at Exile Infoshop)
Colonization: A War for Territory
Contact us if you have mobility issues and want to attend.
Contact us if you require ASL translation.
In Solidarity,
The IPSM Ottawa,
On occupied Algonquin territory
As part of the sporadic (at best!) EXILE Infoshop series of film
nights, we are screening “Made in Secret: The Story of the East Van
Porn Collective” (2005) on Tuesday, June 1st.
It essentially began with a couple of people wanting to make a
documentary about an anarcha-feminist porn collective. Since they knew
of no such group, these folks eventually became the collective they
set out to document. What unfolds is a part-documentary, part-
fictional account of what it might look like for a group of people to
collectively make pornography by, for, and about one another according
to feminist principles.
The process developed by this group presents a real and radical
challenge to mainstream approaches to porn production, and even to
other self-described feminist porn producers! For example, the
collective process, at base, is egalitarian and democratic rather than
hierarchical or coercive. Roles within the porn collective rotate
every few months to balance power dynamics and workload
responsibilities. Participants in the project—whether appearing on
screen or not—have an equal say in how the film is used, and, true to
consensus-based processes, no decision passes unless everyone affected
by the decision is comfortable with it. All of these guidelines and
more foreground the group’s porn-making, and thus help maintain the
trust that makes it possible for the group to continue operating as it
does.
Even though this film is not wholly based on a “real” project, I think
what it describes is very real in its possibilities. Imagining porn
projects that so defy industry norms in both content and production
process is a small step toward creating a world where people are
treated more fairly in all aspects of our lives, and where cultural
production is held to a much higher ethical standard.
FILM: Made in Secret: The Story of the East Van Porn Collective
DATE: June 1st, 2010
TIME: 7pm
LOCATION: 256 Bank St, 2nd floor – EXILE Infoshop
Listed on IMDB.
Reviewed at SF Indie Fest
Akwesasne’s Land Struggles Past and Present
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Movie Screening and Speakers
An educational and fund raising event.
Speakers will include
John Boots – Akwesasne People’s Fire
Nona Benedict – Akwesasne People’s Fire
NFB Movie, “You Are On Indian Land”
The movie will have subtitles.
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Wednesday, May 19 at 7pm
Exile Infoshop, 256 Bank St.
Contact us if you have mobility issues and want to attend
IPSMO
ipsmo(at)riseup.net
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Both John Boots and Nona Benedict are part of the Akwesasne People’s Fire,
a group that formed in response to the attempt by CBSA to arm border
guards on the territory of the Akwesasne Mohawks.
They were also both involved in the 1969 Blockade that is covered in
the movie “You Are On Indian Land,” and they will be talking about
this protest and of the long history of the Akwesasne Mohawks struggle for
sovereignty with Canada and the United States.
We will be showing the National Film Board movie, “You Are On Indian Land”
which is “A film report of the 1969 protest demonstration by Mohawk
Indians of the St. Regis Reserve on the international bridge between
Canada and the United States near Cornwall, Ontario. By blocking the
bridge, which is on the Reserve, and causing a considerable tie-up of
motor traffic, the Indians drew public attention to their grievance that
they were prohibited by Canadian authorities from duty-free passage of
personal purchases across the border; a right they claim was established
by the Jay Treaty of 1794. The film shows the confrontation with police,
and ensuing action.”
May 20, 7pm
Exile Infoshop
256 Bank Street, 2nd Floor
Come celebrate the launch of the Dominion’s latest issue on the g8/g20! Get informed on why the g8/g20 should be challenged and get plugged into this resistance to the G8/G20 this June in Toronto!
Featuring a member of the collectif du chat noir, a writer from the Dominion’s g8/g20 issue and Genoa Libre, a film on the Genoa G8 resistance in 2001. Copies of the Issue will be available for a suggested donation of $3.
Please note that unfortunately this location is not wheelchair accessible.
As seen on Facebook™!
Exile Infoshop is hosting its first of many Queer Movie Nights!!!
These events are intended to be a way for queer+trans-identified folks and
allies to congregate, take up space and enjoy a movie together.
We’re starting off with a classic. “But I’m a Cheerleader” is about a lady
who gets shipped off to a “sexual redirection” camp in order to “fix” her
suspected lesbianism. What Megan actually learns there is a whole
different story.
$5-PWYC
Snacks and drinks will be provided!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28TH @ 7 PM
Exile Infoshop
256 Bank Street
2nd Floor, Apt. 200
Unfortunately the space is not wheelchair accessible
Friday, April 30th, 8:30pm
@ EXILE Infoshop
256 Bank St. 2nd Floor
Licenced, PWYC, sorry not wheelchair accessible
Under federal law, anyone who contributes money to Abousfian Abdelrazik risks prosecution. Canadian regulations state that no Canadian shall “provide or collect by any means, directly or indirectly, funds with the intention that the funds be used” by someone on the 1267 list.
EXILE Infoshop proudly endorses the
Sanctions-busting Telethon
in solidarity with Abousfian Abdelrazik and against oppressive
“national security” logic.
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
From anywhere, between 7pm and 9pm EDT:
Call toll free 1 877 737 4070
Tune in to live-broadcast on Rabble TV,
In Montreal:
Free dinner from 6pm; Telethon begins at 7pm
Georges Vanier Cultural Centre, 2450 Workman St. (metro Lionel Groulx)
Wheelchair accessible. Free childcare on site.
ALSO, tune in to Amandla on CKUT 90.3 FM for live reports.
Project Fly Home is organizing the first ever “Sanctions-busting
Telethon” on April 28th to call people to donate to Abousfian Abdelrazik
in open defiance of the United Nations 1267 regime, challenging the
fear, racism and isolation it creates and feeds on. The evening will
include a free spaghetti dinner and a host of poets, musicians,
performers, and speakers, including Hasan Abdulhai, Kader B, Al and Jess
Blair, Ehab Lotayef, Norman Nawrocki and Jou Jou Turenne !
Two years ago, on April 28th, 2008, Abousfian Abdelrazik went public
with his story of detention, torture and exile and claimed refuge in the
Canadian Embassy in Khartoum. He lived in the Embassy for fourteen
months, unable to leave the grounds, until the Canadian government was
forced to bring him back to Montreal in June 2009. Now he is home, but
still not free. Background on Abelrazik’s story.
In 2006, without his knowledge, Abdelrazik’s name was placed on the
United Nations “1267 list”. The 1267 regime imposes financial sanctions
that prevent Abdelrazik from earning a salary, receiving any money, or
maintaining a bank account. This makes rebuilding his life impossible.
It’s like “living in a prison without walls” – indefinitely, without
charge or trial. There is little recourse. As the Federal Court of
Canada wrote, “There is nothing in the listing or de-listing procedure
[of the 1267 regime] that recognizes the principles of natural justice
or that provides for basic procedural fairness.” (Justice Russel Zinn, 4
June 2009). Background on the 1267 regime.
Despite its official position that Mr. Abdelrazik should be removed from
the 1267 list, the Canadian government has made no serious attempt to
have him delisted. Nor has it made any move to lift sanctions from Mr.
Abdelrazik in Canada, although it is within its power to do so immediately.
Under federal law, anyone who contributes money to Mr. Abdelrazik risks
prosecution. Canadian regulations state that no Canadian shall “provide
or collect by any means, directly or indirectly, funds with the
intention that the funds be used” by someone on the 1267 list.
We did it before! In early 2009, a group stretching from Vancouver to
Halifax, including people from all walks of life, banded together to buy
Abdelrazik a plane ticket home for April 3rd, despite federal government
insistence that financially supporting Mr. Abdelrazik could violate the
law (see complete list). This powerful act of solidarity reflected a
groundswell of support for Mr. Abdelrazik as well as growing outrage at
the government’s abusive treatment of him.
We are calling on you to do it again! Restate your solidarity or join
the long list of people who have defied the 1267 regime by contributing
money to Mr. Abdelrazik as an act of solidarity.
On April 28th, between 7pm and 9pm, come out to the Telethon in Montreal
or call 1 877 737 4070 to make a donation to Abousfian Abdelrazik. Tune
in to watch the telethon live-broadcast on www.rabble.ca or listen to
Amandla on CKUT 90.3 FM for live reports.
Your donations will help challenge the oppressive “national security”
logic which endangers all of us.
Build the pressure! Break the sanctions!
Sponsored by:
CKUT 90.3 FM
Rabble.ca
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Project Fly Home
projectflyhome(at)gmail.com
www.peoplescommission.org/en/abdelrazik
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This telethon is part of a six-month campaign launched by Project Fly
Home leading up to the first anniversary of Abdelrazik’s return to
Canada. The six-month campaign demands that Canada: immediately free
Abdelrazik from the 1267 sanctions; put pressure on members of the 1267
committee to delist Abdelrazik; and pull out of the 1267 regime. For
more information, to download postcards and flyers, or to get involved:
www.peoplescommission.org/en/abdelrazik.
Project Fly Home - People’s Commission Network
projectflyhome@gmail.com
To add your organization to the list of groups endorsing Project Fly Home’s
six demands, please read the sign-on statement
and email your organization’s name in English and French to
projectflyhome(at)gmail.com
Join us for 3 nights of inspiring documentaries, good discussion, and
vegan snacks.
Open casual discussion to follow each documentary
FREE FREE FREE at Exile Infoshop 256 Bank Street www.exilebooks.org
CHUO 89.1 FM is holding a 2nd Punk Rock Bingo Event. Once again, it will
be taking place at Exile Infoshop (256 Bank st. 2nd floor) on Friday April
16th. Doors are at 9pm with the first game starting at 10. Music will be
provided by DJ Luke Nuclear. All the proceeds go towards CHUO 89.1 FM’s
Funding Drive.
The evening will be filled with amazing tunes, great prizes, bingo
madness, and your favorite CHUO volunteers and staff. Did we mention that
it’s also licensed? Yeah, that’s right, you can drink, listen to some punk
rock music, WIN SOME GREAT PRIZES AND play bingo. What more could you ask
for?!
PRIZES PROVIDED BY:
*Mags ‘n Fags
*Birdman Sound
*Lieutenant’s Pump
*CHUO 89.1 FM
*Going Gaga Records
*Silver Snail
*Agora Bookstore
*The Bike Dump
*Bridgehead
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