Past Events
BLACKlisted Then and Now: Linking Histories of Racism and National Security in Montreal
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 7pm
Dawson College, Rm 4C1, 3040 Sherbrooke W (Atwater Metro)
February is Black History Month. Join Project Fly Home and the Alfie Roberts Institute in a panel discussion about state surveillance and repression of
members of Montreal's black community in the name of national security in the 1960s and today.
* DAVID AUSTIN, Black Community Organizing and Internationalism and Canadian State Security: Lessons from the 1960s.
David Austin is founder and trustee of the Alfie Roberts Institute, an
independent research institute based in Montreal. He is editor of "You Don't Play with Revolution: C.L.R. James's Montreal Lectures," a series of talks delivered by C.L.R. James in Montreal in the 1960s (AK Press, 2009).
* KHALID ELGAZZAR, The United Nations 1267 "terrorist blacklist" and the case of Abousfian Abdelrazik
Khalid Elgazzar is an Ottawa-based lawyer who specializes in the areas of civil litigation and civil liberties law. Khalid was part of the legal team that represented Abousfian Abdelrazik in the matter of Abdelrazik v. Minster of Foreign Affairs which eventually led to Mr. Abdelrazik's repatriation from Sudan.
* PROJECT FLY HOME, Getting Listed: Connections Between Racism and National Security
Project Fly Home is a support committee for Abousfian Abdelrazik, as well as an initiative of the People's Commission Network. While fighting to get Abdelrazik off the UN's 1267 List, Project Fly Home recognizes that Abdelrazik's struggle is not an isolated case. We oppose the national security agenda and the mechanisms of control that target different communities and groups.
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This panel is part of a six-month campaign launched by Project Fly Home to demand that Canada immediately free Abdelrazik from the sanctions he is subject to under the "1267" regime, that Canada put pressure on members of the 1267 committee to delist Abdelrazik, and that the 1267 regime be scrapped. For more information or to get involved:
www.peoplescommission.org/en/abdelrazik.
Project Fly Home
(an initiative of the People's Commission Network)
projectflyhome@gmail.com
www.peoplescommission.org/en/abdelrazik
To add your organization to the list of groups endorsing Project Fly Home's six demands, please read the sign-on statement
Voices from Outside: Artists Against the Prison Industrial Complex
at Ste-Emilie SkillShare * 3942 Ste. Emilie * metro Place St. Henri
Vernissage Friday December 5th, 7pm-midnight
Exhibit December 5th – 14th inclusive
In connection with the historic Critical Resistance 10th anniversary conference Just Seeds Artists Cooperative has produced a print portfolio project that they are donating to prisoner justice organizations across North America. The portfolio consists of 20 prints, each by a different artist, that all either critique the prison-industrial complex or address alternatives to incarceration.
The vernissage will feature:
* a presentation on prison art
* letter-writing to political prisoners
* Certain Days 2009 Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar available for purchase
Presented by the Certain Days collective
& the Ste-Emilie SkillShare – both working groups of QPIRG Concordia
--> how to get to St Emilie Skillshare:
www.mapquest.com/maps/3942+Ste.+Emilie+Montreal+qc
Les voix de l'extérieur : artistes contre le complexe de prison-industriel
Au Sainte-Émilie Skillshare * 3942 Sainte-Émilie * métro Place St. Henri
Vernissage vendredi le 5 Décembre de 19h à minuit
Exposition du 5 au 14 Décembre inclusivement.
C'est en lien avec le 10e anniversaire de Critical Resistance en Californie que JustSeeds Artists Cooperative a rassemblé cette collection d'oeuvres sérigraphiées. Cette exposition est donnée aux organisations de défense des droits des prisonniers et ce à travers tout l'Amérique du Nord.
Cette exposition est constituée de 20 sérigraphies. Chacune d'entre elles a été créée par un artiste différent. Toutes les sérigraphies critiquent le complexe de prison-industriel ou aborde les alternatives à l'emprisonnement.
Le vernissage inclura:
*Une présentation sur l'art fait en prison
*Écriture de lettres aux prisionniers/prisonnières politiques
*Calendrier Certain Days 2009 Freedom for Political Prisoners disponible à l'achat
Présenté par le collectif Certain Days
& Le Sainte-Émilie SkillShare – tous deux des groupes de travail du GRIP Concordia
--> Comment se rendre au Ste Emilie Skillshare:
www.mapquest.com/maps/3942+Ste.+Emilie+Montreal+qc
LET FREEDOM RING
Calendar launch - book launch - panel discussion - art show
Saturday, December 6
Join us for an evening of political prisoner support, prisoner justice, and prison abolition.
6pm - Panel discussion
9pm - Launch party, with bar, snacks, and local DJs
(art will be up all evening)
$5/$15 with calendar
Whippersnapper Gallery
587A College Street, Toronto, ON
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PANEL DISCUSSION - 6pm
A discussion on political prisoners, prisoner justice and prison abolition, featuring local organizers and statements from U.S. and Canadian prisoners
Including speakers from:
Kersplebedeb, co-plublisher of Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners
Prison Book Access Project (PBAP) / 81 Reasons Campaign
Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
The Women's Coordinating Committee Chile-Canada
Tyendinaga Support Committee
Facilitated by the Toronto Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF)
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CALENDAR LAUNCH
Certain Days 2009 Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar
42 gorgeous full-colour pages of art & writings, featuring DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), Philly's Pissed, Incite!, Sumoud, Alvaro Luna Hernandez, Inside Books Project, Laura Whitehorn, Robert Seth Hayes, David Gilbert, Herman Bell, Peter Collins, The Cuban Five, Victory Gardens, Common Ground, Native Youth Movement and more!
The calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between organizers in Montreal and Toronto, and three New York state Political Prisoners: Herman Bell, David Gilbert and Robert Seth Hayes.
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BOOK LAUNCH
Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners / Edited by Matt Meyer
Let Freedom Ring presents a two-decade sweep of essays, analyses, histories, interviews, resolutions, People's Tribunal verdicts, and poems by and about the scores of U.S. political prisoners and the campaigns to safeguard their rights and secure their freedom.
www.kersplebedeb.com
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ART SHOW
"Voices from Outside: Artists Against the Prison Industrial Complex"
In connection with the historic Critical Resistance 10th anniversary conference Just Seeds Artists Cooperative has produced a print portfolio project that they are donating to prisoner justice organizations across North America. The portfolio consists of 20 prints, each by a different artist, that all either critique the prison-industrial complex or address
alternatives to incarceration. One copy of the portfolio is currently touring Canada.
TORONTO INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY EVENT - MAY 10TH
Building Solidarity Across Struggles: a half day conference on supporting the struggles of the people of Six Nations
This event is being jointly organized by CUPE 3903 First Nations Solidarity Working Group, the Black Action Defense Committee, and the Anarchist Black Cross Federation – Toronto Chapter.
Saturday May 10th, 2008 1pm to 8pm at the Concorde Café 937 Bloor St.
1pm – 2:30pm Movie Screenings: Viewing of several short films by Tracy Bomberry and Tom Keefer on the Six Nations reclamation.
2:30pm – 4:00pm UPDATE AND BACKGROUNDER ON THE STRUGGLE AT SIX NATIONS. Bryan Skye on the current status of negotiations, the history of the Haldimand tract, and the connection between indigenous and environmental struggles. Ruby Monture on the status of ongoing land rights struggles in Brantford. Adam Hill on the historic links between indigenous and anti-racist struggles, the upcoming solidarity festival in Six Nations, and his experiences at the reclamation site.
4:00pm – 5:30pm: HOW CAN NON-NATIVES BUILD SUPPORT FOR SIX NATIONS? Chris Harris from BADC on the relationship between Black and indigenous struggles. Joanne Webb (CUPE National Aboriginal Council) on how to build trade union support for indigenous sovereignty. Jan Watson, Caledonia resident, on building solidarity for indigenous struggles in Caledonia and other non-native towns in the Haldimand tract. Tom Keefer on strategies for overcoming far right organizing against indigenous struggles.
5:30PM: CATERED DINNER PROVIDED BY THE CONCORDE CAFE
6:30pm – 8:00pm: INCARCERATION AND RESISTANCE. Movie showing of Robert Seth Hayes' Video Statement on Black Liberation, Political Prisoners and the Six Nations Struggle. Skyler Williams, Six Nations political prisoner on resisting state repression. Sarah Dover, lawyer for Six Nations political prisoners on the historical and political context of state repression against indigenous peoples. Sara Falconer on the work of the Anarchist Black Cross and how to build a long-term movement in support of political prisoners.
Due to space considerations, attendance to this event is limited. We want to prioritize the attendance at this meeting of people committed to doing ongoing work in support of indigenous sovereignty. If you are interested in attending the event please send an email to 3903fnswg@gmail.com to register.
MONTREAL LAUNCH
Mardi, 11 décembre 2007
Le Cagibi
5490 boul. St. Laurent
don volontaire
18h00 à 20h00
avec:
clip audio de Seth Hayes
musique par Alden Penner
Apportez des livres pour faire un don à Livres Accès Montréal:
dictionnaires, livres de langues, romans, etc. Les livres doivent avoir
une couverture souple.
info@certaindays.org
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Tuesday, Dec 11th 2007
Le Cagibi
5490 boul. St. Laurent
Admission by donation
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
with: audio from Seth Hayes
music by Alden Penner
BRING BOOKS for Open Door Books: dictionaries, language
books, general fiction, and popular/pulp fiction. Books should be softcover.
info@certaindays.org
NOV. 9: Certain Days Political Prisoners Calendar LAUNCH/Prison Book Access Project PARTY
Friday, November 9, 2007
The Concord Cafe
937 Bloor Street West, Toronto
$5 or $15 with a calendar
doors at 8 p.m.
with DJs
Nik Red (Afrotransit, CKLN 88.1FM)
Syrus Marcus Ware (Resistance on the Sounddial, CIUT 89.5FM)
Saira Chhibber (Superfly, CHRY 105.5FM)
Haque (Rose from Lal!)
Brought to you by Certain Days, CKLN, and the Prison Book Access Project
BRING BOOKS for the Prison Book Access Project: dictionaries, language books, general fiction, and popular/pulp fiction. Books should be softcover, newer than 1995 and in good condition.
WARD CHURCHILL IN TORONTO
(please post and forward!)
HOLOCAUST DENIAL AS ACADEMIC ORTHODOXY
A talk by Keetowah Cherokee Scholar and Activist WARD CHURCHILL
Wednesday October 17th
7pm
Room 3154 of the Medical Science Building at U of T
1 King's College Circle near the Queen's Park Subway stop
$5-20 Sliding Scale (No one will be turned away)
WHO IS WARD CHURCHILL?
Ward Churchill (Keetoowah Band Cherokee) is one of the most outspoken of Native American activists and scholars in North America and a leading analyst of indigenous issues. He was, until recently, a Professor of Ethnic Studies and Coordinator of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado. Churchill served as Associate Director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America at the institution. He is also co-director of the Colorado chapter of the American Indian Movement and vice chair of the American Indian Anti-Defamation Council.
Churchill's many books include Pacifism as Pathology, Marxism and Native Americans, Fantasies of the Master Race, Struggle for the Land, On the Justice of Roosting Chickens, From A Native Son, Critical Issues in Native North America, The COINTELPRO Papers, Indians R Us?, Agents of Repression, Since Predator Came, and A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas.
In his lectures and numerous published works, Churchill explores the themes of genocide in the Americas, racism, historical and legal (re)interpretation of conquest and colonization, environmental destruction of Indian lands, government repression of political movements, literary and cinematic criticism, and indigenist alternatives to the status quo.
Churchill is also a past national spokesperson for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, has served as a delegate to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations (as a Justice/Rapporteur for the for the 1993 International People's Tribunal on the Rights of Indigenous Hawaiians), and as an advocate/prosecutor of the First Nations International Tribunal for the Chiefs of Ontario.
FOR A MAP TO THE MEDICAL SCIENCE BUILDING
FOR MORE INFORMATION about Ward Churchill
Organised by:
CERTAIN DAYS calendar committee - www.certaindays.org
EXILE INFOSHOP – exilebooks.org
York GSA - www.yugsa.ca
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>>Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black Liberation Movement
MONTREAL - MONDAY APRIL 2nd 7:30pm<<
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Monday April 2nd, 7:30pm
1395 Rene Levesque West, Room VA-114
VA Building, Concordia University
Wheelchair accessible. Traduction vers le français disponible. Childcare provided with 24hr advance notice. Metro/bus tickets available if needed. For more info, contact: info@certaindays.org or 514-848-2424 ext. 7431.
Eight former Black Panthers were arrested January 23rd in California, New York and Florida on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Similar charges were thrown out after it was revealed that police used torture to extract confessions when some of these same men were arrested in New Orleans in 1973.
A short documentary, Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black Liberation Movement, as well as a film featuring former Black Panther political prisoner Herman Bell, will be screened, followed by presentations and discussion.
Donations will be accepted for legal defense funds.
Presented by Certain Days, Kersplebedeb, 2110 Centre, Montreal ABCF, and COBP.
Certain Days - a QPIRG Concordia working group
QPIRG Concordia
1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, suite 204
514-848-7583 fax: 514-848-7584
qpirgconcordia.org – qpirg@qpirgconcordia.org
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WHEN: Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 7pm
WHERE: Cafe Toc Toc, 6091 Parc (near Van Horne), MONTREAL
$FREE!
This event is bringing together prisoner support groups in Montreal. Community radio and letter-writing workshops will start at 7pm, followed by music and an open mic at 9pm. The Certain Days Calender for Political Prisoners and 4strugglemag will be available by donation.
ckutnews.wordpress.com/ / www.certaindays.org / www.4strugglemag.org
7pm->9pm -=- WORKSHOPS on Prisoner Support -=-
- Write to prisoners! -
Various prisoner support groups in Montreal will set up a letter-writing table, with information about different prisoners, addresses, and writing materials.
- Making Waves: Community News on CKUT 90.3fm -
Volunteers from Prison Radio and the Community News Collective at CKUT 90.3fm will offer a workshop on producing interviews for independent news reports. Participants will will be able to interview each other for the next broadcast of prison radio.
- Words for Justice: Literature Distro Table -
Everyone is invited to bring literature, 'zines, flyers, etc. to distribute. Volunteers with the Certain Days Calender Commitee will be there with the 2007 Calander, produced with and for political prisoners. Also, pick up the latest copy of 4strugglemag, edited by political prisoner Jaan Laaman.
9pm->11pm -=- Open Mic -=-
Volunteers: speak out about experiences with prisoner support;
Poets and rappers: give voice to the politics of oppression;
Musicians and Singers: hope that certain days will come...
performers can r.s.v.p. by e-mail -> turnthetide@ckut.ca
or phone -> 514 524 3452
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-----------! Certain Days for political prisoners !-------
made possible with the help and support of various volunteer-based organizations in Montreal.
For more information about Prison Radio and the Community News Collective at CKUT 90.3fm:
e-mail: news(AT)ckut.ca,
phone: 448 4041 x 6788
on-line: http://ckutnews.wordpress.com/, http://ckut.ca
About the Certain Days Calender Collective:
e-mail: info@certaindays.org
on-line: www.certaindays.org
mail: Certain Days c/o QPIRG Concordia /
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. O. / Montreal, QC H3G 1M8 / CANADA
About 4strugglemag:
e-mail: jaanlaaman@gmail.com
on-line: www.4strugglemag.org
mail: 4strugglemag / P.O. Box 42053 / Succ. Jeanne Mance /
Montreal QC CANADA / H2W 2T3
NYC Release Party for
Certain Days: the 2007 Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar
Saturday, November 11th in NYC
Print invitations (PDF)
Thank you!
Thank you so much to the incredible host committee and helpers who made the 11/11/06 event such a success! Thanks to Mickey, Will, Ananda, KayCee, Jey, Kate, Em, Jamie, Sonja, Dean, Sonny, Cindra, Franklin, Chelsea, Cayden, Craig, and Allison! Thank you to all who attended the event and supported the Certain Days project!
Please mark your calendars and join us on November 11th for the 2007 Certain Days release party in Brooklyn, NY. Mix and mingle with old and new friends, shake it on the dancefloor, and learn more about the organizations that Certain Days benefits this year: The New York State Task Force on Political Prisoners, No One Is Illegal-Kingston, and Addameer, a Palestinian prisoner solidarity group.
The release party is also your chance to purchase copies of the 2007 Certain Days wall calendar. Like every year, the 2007 calendar features 12 amazing pages of beautiful full-color artwork, as well as over a dozen pages of writing created by and about former and current political prisoners and prisoners of war.
Saturday, November 11th
8pm - 2am
136 Cambridge Place #1, Brooklyn, NY (street map) (subway map)
Directions:
C (F) train: The F is running on the C line between Hoyt-Schermerhorn and Euclid, so take the F train to Clinton-Washington. Walk a couple blocks down Fulton away from the clock tower in downtown Brooklyn, take a left on Cambridge Place. (MTA Service Advisory)
G train: Take the G to Clinton-Washington and walk south on Washington (if you come to Dekalb, you have walked the wrong way on Washington), take a left on Gates, and take a right on Cambridge Place.
Print double sided invitations (PDF) and spread the word!
Sliding-scale donation at the door, $15 gets you a copy of Certain Days 2007
Event hosted by Revolting in Pink
NYC Certain Days Launch Party Fri., Dec. 2, 2005
Friday, December 2nd, 2005 in NYC
Celebrate the release of Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners 2006 Wall Calendar
http://www.certaindays.org
The NYC Certain Days team would like to thank the Certain Days Party Host Committee and other helpers who made the party so fabulous: Mickey, Sonja, Ananda, KayCee, Sonny, Trishala and Will
Please mark your calendars and join us on December 2nd for the 2006 Certain Days release party in Brooklyn, NY. This is your chance to mix and mingle with old and new friends and learn more about the organizations that this year's proceeds will go to. It's also your chance to purchase copies of the Certain Days wall calendar, which features 12 full color images - including collages, murals, paintings and more - and over a dozen pages of writing created by and about former and current political prisoners and prisoners of war. Sliding scale contribution at the door (at least $5 suggested). Contributions over $15 get you a Certain Days calendar! Certain Days will also be available for bulk distribution.
Friday, December 2nd, 2005
8pm - 2am
Download the flier in PDF, print it and give it to all of your friends!
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NYC Calendar Release Party in Brooklyn
Saturday, November 13, 2004, 9 pm (directions below)
Sliding scale contribution at the door (at least $5 suggested).
Contributions over $15 get you a calendar! Calendars will also be available for bulk distribution.
Proceeds will be divided between: Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), the New York State Task Force on Political Prisoners, and a variety of smaller groups that do direct support work for political prisoners,
refugees and immigrants facing detention and deportation in the Montreal area.
The calendar features 12 full color images - including collage, murals, woodcuts, and more - and over a dozen pages of writing created by and about former and current political prisoners and prisoners of war. Some examples include writing by Puerto Rican prisoner of war Oscar Lopez Rivera, poetry by Assata Shakur, writing on Abu Ghraib by
political prisoner Tom Manning, writing by Leonard Peltier and Angela Davis, collage by recently-released political prisoner Laura Whitehorn, and much more.
If you are unable to attend the release party, but you would like to order a calendar for yourself, for a friend, or in bulk, visit our website at: http://www.certaindays.org
The calendar release party is being organized by the Revolting in Pink affinity group and will be hosted at the home of Emily and Franklin (thanks!).