WOMBLES - SPP Summits

An invitation: from Copenhagen to Toronto 2010

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:53:58 +0000

via afj, 24 December 2009: "The Group of 8 Leaders (G8) and the Group of 20 (G20) leaders are meeting in Ontario, from the 25th to the 27th of June, 2010. Following the collapse of the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit, they will be discussing the global economy, development and climate change. These gatherings are about trying to fix capitalism, a system that cannot be fixed; about creating unsustainable market responses to ecological catastrophe that reinforce systems of oppressions; about ensuring the continued exploitation of people of color and the South and about celebrating war as a means to create puppet allies to maintain imperialist power..." more

Resistance 2010! The links between the G8, SPP, the Olympics and local struggles

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:32:56 +0000

from email, 25 November 2008: People's Global Action (Montreal) & the Popular Education Committee of the Autonomous Social Center presents: Popular Education Workshops and Discussions, October-December 2008 ++++ Monday, DECEMBER 1st at 7pm - Resistance 2010!: The links between the G8, SPP, the Olympics and local struggles... more

Canada: Call Out from Resistance 2010! August 2008

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:04:27 +0000

from email, 21 August 2008: In the year 2010, three major international events will be taking place in the Canadian state: the Winter Olympics in Vancouver/Whistler (between February 12-28); the G8 Leader's Summit in Huntsville, Ontario (most likely in June or July); and the meeting of the NAFTA leaders as part of the so-called "Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)" (date and location not yet known). Already, groups and individuals on the West Coast have come together under the banner of "No Olympics on stolen native land." They have been organizing and raising awareness, from an anti-colonial and anti-capitalist perspective, against the 2010 Olympics, for several years. more

Common Cause interviews Pete St-Antoine of Peoples Global Action (PGA) Bloc Ottawa

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:20:00 +0000

from roadnetwork, 19 March 2008: There are lots of reasons we’re opposing the Olympics. One of the main ones is that they’re happening on stolen (aboriginal) land... There’s also the gentrification aspect that’s going on in the city of Vancouver. Poor people are being pushed out of the city. Low-income housing is being torn down... People are dying in the streets to so it seems foolish to be wasting so much money on some games. We’re resisting the games for issues of environment; for issues of race; for issues of class; and all of those things interacting. more

An appeal for support: protester arrested at Montebello facing trial

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:49:34 +0000

from mw, 15 February 2008: "As you all probably remember, back on August 20, 2007, several hundred protesters gathered in Montebello (Quebec) to protest the Leader's Meeting of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). The use of masked, rock-wielding police infiltrators was exposed later in the mainstream media. BUT, several actual protesters who were attacked by the riot police were arrested. One of those protesters -- Leila -- chose to defend herself and take the charges against her to trial. Her trial will be this JUNE 12, 2008 at the "Palais de Justice" in Hull, Quebec. more

Countdown To 2010: Night march against the 2010 Olympics, the G8 and the SPP

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:00:35 +0000

from ROAD Network, 5 February 2008: "For years people have been resisting the G8 and the Olympics, and last year saw a major convergence against the SPP. On February 12th 2008 PGA Ottawa is launching its “Capital Punishment 2010" campaign, aimed at disrupting business as usual for the corporations profiting from the Olympics, the SPP and the G8 summit..." more

Ottawa: Regional People's Global Action strategy meeting

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:34:31 +0000

from ROAD, Canada, 9 January 2008: In 2010, Canada will host the Winter Olympics, the G8 meetings, and will participate in a major Security and Prosperity Partnership summit. PGA Bloc Ottawa invites all anti-imperialist, anti-authoritarian, and anti-oppression groups to join us in Ottawa on January 19th-20th to build a collective strategy for confronting the agenda of capitalist war and occupation, both at home and abroad, that these three institutions represent. more

SPP: Press Release from PGA Bloc-Montreal

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:06:36 +0000

from PGA-Bloc Montreal, via email, 21 Aug: The visible and audible presence of hundreds of protesters near the Château gates -- who refused protest pens and insisted on pushing the riot-police line to try to scream their rage in the ears of Bush, Harper and Calderon - is a contribution to the global anti-capitalist and anti-colonial movement that we are a part of. more

Canada: Call-out for 5 days of decentralized direct action & economic sabotage against the SPP

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:15:54 +0000

from infoshop.org, 22 July 2007: "This is a call to action against the companies and governments who govern our lives through law and capital. Since the beginning of the invasion process, capitalism and state governance have perpetuated colonization on the lands of Turtle Island. This process has not stopped. Instead, it takes new forms through the neo-liberal agenda and continues under the authority of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)..." more

Against SPP: Saturday, July 21 - PGA Bloc Anti-Capitalist Consulta

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:36:13 +0000

A Consulta (ie. preparation and organizing meeting) -- open to all delegates of groups who are interested in actively mobilizing against Bush, Harper, Calderon and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) -- will be held in MONTREAL on SATURDAY, JULY 21 from NOON to 5pm. more

Canada: Mobilize against the Security & Prosperity Partnership (SPP) meeting, Montebello, August 2007

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:29:27 +0000

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)

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

Activists scout Montebello as leaders of Canada, U.S., Mexico set to meet

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:24:35 +0000

from infoshop, Sunday, July 15 2007: Ottawa's anarchists have their sights set on Montebello, where North America's three leaders will meet for two days next month [August].

Dan Sawyer with PGA Bloc Ottawa said activists have been scouting Montebello, about 80 km east of Ottawa, in preparation for various demonstrations during Security and Prosperity Partnership meetings. "I hope during the summit we're able to show there's militant resistance to the SPP," Sawyer said. more