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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.

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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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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.

Full audio of Kim Keyer's talk on prefigurative organizing in Hamilton, Ontario on Friday, July 18th is now available through this link.

Information Picket!!
Sunday July 27, 3:00pm

Information Picket!!

Sunday July 20, 1:00pm
In front of the De Serres (called Loomis in English Canada) art store at 130 Spadina Ave. (Just South of Richmond)

We are circulating the below call for solidarity with two reporters from the Mohawk Nation News whom Common Cause worked with on the cover story in the last issue of our newspaper Linchpin.

A review of Kim Keyser's "Prefigurative Organizaiton" speaking tour, by Jeremy of the Richmond Left Libertarian Alliance, courtesy of www.nefac.net

FAQ stands for “Frequently Asked Questions” and An Anarchist FAQ is a collection of answers to questions related to anarchism, hosted in different places on the Internet. Its aim is to present what anarchism really stands for and indicate why you should become an anarchist.

n recent months, Native leaders in both eastern and northern Ontario have been jailed for standing up for their rights to due consultation and consent, with respect to prospecting and mining on their traditional territory. The ongoing “Six Nations” Haudenosaunee land dispute continues (where Caledonia `squats`, near Brantford).

The state can’t stop rape
by Rev (Sudbury)

(Road)Block Capitalism!

By the Disgruntled Crossing-Guards Collective

How do we resist? How do we resist capitalism, this system based on a logic that reduces human bodies, nature and life itself to mere economic inputs to be bought, put to work and then sold for profit? How do we resist its exploitation in our homes, in our workplaces, in our schools, in our communities?

Here is the policy document based on a discussion we had in Hamilton a few months ago. Additions and amendments are welcome. However, keep in mind I want to keep the policy paper to under a page.

1. Common Cause calls this continent Turtle Island