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Die-in Held to Protest Attack on the City of Fallujah
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A group of about 40-50 people participated in a die-in on Tuessday, November 9th, in front of Portage Place. The action was called by the Applecart Collective to show solidarity with the residents of Fallujah who are currently under siege by coalition forces.
The US military has been bombing the city for the last few weeks to "soften" the resistance fighters who are embedded deep within the Sunni city. The activists and students laid down on the filth-ridden cold pavement to symbolically "die" at the start of rush hour.
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Ammar Khatib receives deportation letter, faces torture in Syria
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The latest deportation order has arrived. After pursuing various legal avenues over the last few years, Syrian-born Ammar Khatib received a letter at the end of October stating that he must present himself at the Winnipeg International Airport on Monday, November 15th at 9:00 A.M. sharp. Unless there is a groundswell of community support, and a reversal of the deportation order, Ammar will be deported back to Syria, a country he has not seen for almost a quarter century, a country where he fears imprisonment, torture, conscription into the army, or worse. Ammar’s family fled Syria in 1981 when he was a small boy, due in part to the political beliefs and activities of his father, who was involved in the banned Muslim Brotherhood. Not long before (in 1980), Syrian law was formally changed to make membership in the Muslim Brotherhood punishable by death, which precipitated the flight of Ammar’s family. At age four, a false passport was prepared for Ammar, necessary for his escape from the country, and Ammar’s family fled first to Jordan and then to Saudi Arabia, where they lived for many years as expatriates. But it was a stateless and uncertain existence, a life of exile, and despite living there for twenty years, Ammar was not entitled to become a citizen of Saudi Arabia. He was not entitled to simultaneously work and pursue an education like ordinary Saudi citizens, without fear of deportation back to Syria. As Ammar grew older he came to want what everyone wants: a place to call home, free from persecution, the right to an education, and the right to start a family.
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What is Policy?
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As IMCs around the world struggle with abuse of their open-posting sections -- including personal attacks, efforts by neo-Nazis to disrupt operations, etc.. -- they have begun to adapt policy and functionality of their websites to better serve activists. Here, in a series of postings, I'll look at how some IMCs have moved away from the 'old' Indymedia policies and towards more hands-on control of the open-posting section. First up, the policy developed by IMC-Victoria.
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Citizens Unite: to Take Back the Night!
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This year's Take Back the Night march made it's presence heard when it took to the streets September 30th, 2004. Read up about Taking Back the Night in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg Protestors Face Off With Delta Manager
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40 people demonstrated in front of the Delta Hotel in
Winnipeg on Thursday, September 23rd to demand justice for
the Secwepemc, whose
land is being clearcut and overrun by
the British Columbia tourism industry.
The protest was part of a national day of action against the
hotel chain, which has a strong presence in Skwelkwek'welt,
that included events in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto,
Victoria, and Calgary.
A dozen of the protestors forced their way into the
building and demanded a meeting with General Manager
Helen Halliday. The Delta employees refused until the
protestors made it clear that their position was not
negotiable, at which point they allowed a delegation of
five people to discuss their three demands.
They called on Ms. Halliday to publicly demand of
her superiors at Delta to (1) drop the charges laid
against three demonstrators in Skwelkwek'welt the
previous day, (2) reverse the injunction preventing
First Nations from occupying their own land, and (3)
end the expansion of the Sun Peaks resort. Ms. Halliday
refused, and the protestors promised to take future action
against the company.
Listen to
audio coverage of the demonstration on Wednesday, September
29th at 8am on the Beat, on CKUW
95.9 in Winnipeg, or over
the internet.
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IMC Winnipeg Call-out for Independent Journalists & Volunteers
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Spread the word!
The Winnipeg Independent Media Centre is a local community news website that's part of a group of about 75 local sites around the world. If you're interested in writing local or international news stories, in putting together audio pieces, or in helping maintain the site in any number of other ways, IMC-Winnipeg is looking for new collective members interested in everything from feminism to free trade, immigration to indigenous struggles, education to the environment, food security to foreign policy, corporate concentration to class struggle, malathion to Makhno, and beyond.
Join us at Mondragon (91 Albert Street) on Wednesday, September 29th at 7PM.
[See full poster below]
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Canada Palestine Film Festival, Sept.24-26
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CanPalNet-Winnipeg presents "Images of Occupation & Resistance in Israel-Palestine" at Cinematheque (100 Arthur Street in Winnipeg's Exchange District), Friday, September 24th to Sunday, September 26th.
The people of Palestine have lived under foreign military occupation for more than 36 years. Despite these conditions, they remain defiant and proud. Palestinians continue to resist this occupation in ways both violent and non-violent. Unfortunately, we only hear about the violent acts, and our media is filled with stereotypical images of chanting militants, or the aftermaths of terrible suicide bomb blasts. But Palestinian resistance to Israel's illegal and brutal occupation is primarily non-violent: going outside to buy food during curfew, crossing checkpoints to go to school, or violating military decrees which prohibit a family from building homes or harvesting crops on land they have owned for centuries. These are all forms of everyday resistance, non-violent acts that rarely make the news. "Images of Occupation & Resistance" offers Canadians a rare opportunity to witness another side to the Israel-Palestine conflict, to hear ordinary Palestinians speak for themselves, and to see first-hand the humanity of a people falsely-equated with "terrorism."
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La Salle Workers Striking for a Living Wage
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WINNIPEG, MB, July 25
Most of the La Salle Hotel employees, members of UFCW 832 in Winnipeg, Manitoba are walking a picket line in front of the La Salle Hotel at 346 Nairn Avenue, near the Louise bridge. A few workers however chose for unknown reasons to cross the picket line and support the employer rather than their fellow union workers on the line.
Talks broke down because the employer wanted to rollback wages, and then freeze them at the lower level indefinitely. The La Salle Hotel also wants to cut their contributions to the worker health care plan, according to a release on the UFCW 832 website.
The strike began on June 29, 2004 following a membership vote in which 88 per cent of the workers voted to reject the La Salle’s latest offer. When all the smoke clears though, the strike may turn out to have been more about union busting than anything else. Thankfully union members are slowly coming to the aid of these striking workers.
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Welcome to Waverley West
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In a few months Winnipegers will learn through the media and in public meetings about Waverley West, the new housing development that the Province of Manitoba and Ladco have planned for them in Fort Garry. Waverley West will be announced as being the most progressive development in Winnipeg history. We will be told about the use of alternative heating sources in house construction. We will be told about the use of Smart Growth principles in its design. We will be told that as much as possible of the four major tree stands currently existing in Waverley West will be preserved. Should we believe what we will hear?
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Nerve Toxin Blockaders Hauled Away By Winnipeg Police
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Winnipeg residents, frustrated by city-wide fogging of the nerve toxin malathion,
took direct action by blockading fogging trucks inside the headquarters of
the City of Winnipeg Insect Control Branch on Saturday, July 17th, and again on Monday the 19th.
On Saturday, dozens of people danced, drummed, and chanted in front of the building, delaying the fogging crew for two hours, until they attempted to leave at 12:30am. People then sat down in front of the trucks, physically blocking their exit. They were threatened by police, but the city quickly backed down, cancelling fogging for the night. With a front page Winnipeg Free Press article declaring that "mosquito counts dropped as dramatically in Winnipeg neighbourhoods not fogged with malathion as in those that were sprayed with the controversial chemical early this month," on July 17th, and an automated message from Insect Control the following day announcing that there would be no more fogging until further notice, things looked hopeful for folks who don't like being sprayed with nerve chemicals.
"Here's to the end of fogging forever," hoped Sarah Peloquin, one of the blockaders.
On Monday the 19th, two days after the initial blockade, the city's automated annoucement declared that the areas that had not been fogged on Saturday would be sprayed that night. The crowd returned and resumed their protest. Marked and unmarked police vehicles slowly increased in number throughout the night, with seven additional units arriving just before 2am, when the malathion-spraying trucks finally attempted to roll out. They were blocked again, but this time, police dragged off anyone who was in the way.
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