Convergence 2010 Organising Meeting
Thurs. Sept. 15 - 6:30pm
215 Spadina Ave (4th floor)

Resistance Flags Fly at CBC Headquarters

On August 25 2008, following the closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, dozens of people converged at CBC Headquarters in Toronto to publicly declare resistance to the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010.

Movie Fundraiser for the Walk 4 Justice
Suggested Donation $5-$15. No one will be turned away.
Sept. 10 at 7:00pm
Jack Purcell Community Center
Indigenous Peoples’ Solidarity Movement – Ottawa (IPSMO)
All donations go to the Walk 4 Justice
Everyone Welcome!
Wheelchair Accessible
Poster: http://ottawa.indymedia.org/media/2008/09//8256.pdf

URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT:

Early this morning, police raided a land protection site in Brantford, [Ontario] that was being held by grassroots activists from Six Nations. Currently, 3 people are in jail with at least 5 more surrounded by cops. The are asking that support come to the site in the way of people, and supplies...A callout for support has been sent from activists at Six Nations...What is needed most is a straightforward showing of support and a presence on site.

Report from the 2008 Ontario Conference of Common Cause.

On August 16 and 17, 2008 Common Cause, an Ontario Anarchist-Communist organization, held it's second annual Ontario-wide conference in Hamilton, Ontario.

Earlier this week, the pigs & the city of Guelph issued an ultimatum to us - leave your home or face a violent eviction. We have been living on abandoned prison land for the past year & when the pigs come to enforce the eviction Monday August 25th, we will all be left homeless & the connection with the land we have been building will be severed.

Nicole Visschedyk | Mercury Staff

City serves notice

Young people living off the grid instructed to move elsewhere.

Unite Here's forays into community activism are what most set it apart from other unions. Photo: Unite Here

Hotel union strikes, rallies and demands social change; gets contracts

Inspired by the mobilizing on the West Coast, organizers across "Canada" have begun awareness-raising efforts. Building on the call from the West Coast for anti-capitalist and anti-colonial resistance to the Olympics, some organizers affiliated with the People's Global Action Bloc (PGA-Bloc) in Ontario and Quebec have begun mobilizing around "Resistance 2010", linking anti-Olympics efforts to organizing against the G8 and SPP, and the day-to-day systems and institutions of power and oppression they represent.

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Court Support for the Fight Fees 14
When: Thursday, August 21st
Time: 8:45 am
Where: Old City Hall (60 Queen St. West)
Court Room 111
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“Iran’s president is a holocaust denier and refers to Israel by what can only be described as the most hateful of terms.”-Bob Rae

This is the August / Sept 2008 issue of the Linchpin paper, published by Common Cause. We publish articles written by our members as well as by others involved in action / movements. Please contact us if you would like to contribute or have any feedback.

On July 27, 2008, Common Cause and the Industrial Workers of the World organized an informational picket in support of CNT union members in France who were sacked with no compensation by the owner of De Serres / Loomis.

July 20, 2008 - Mohawk Nation News

The death penalty has been abolished in Canada. Julian Fantino has been trying to do an end run around this. Last June 29th 2007 Fantino pronounced an extra judicial death sentence on Mohawk Shawn Brant of Tyendinaga. He has used the police forces to threaten Indigenous people. He is trying to provoke us to commit violent acts in self-defense to give him the excuse he wants to kill us.

Anti-racists block fascists in London An attempt by neo-nazis to disrupt London, Ontario's annual Gay Pride Parade was foiled when anti-racists from around Southern Ontario converged to block the fascists from the parade.

CBC News - Thursday, July 24, 2008

An OPP officer pretended to be a news reporter at a Mohawk protest that prompted the closure of a major rail line and Highway 401 in eastern Ontario during last year's Aboriginal Day of Action, CBC News has learned...Observers and media organizations, including the CBC, are protesting the tactic of police posing as journalists, saying it makes reporters' jobs more difficult and more dangerous.