G7/G8/G20
« Nous ne nous tairons pas ! » - Communiqué de presse du Comité des arrêté.e.s du G7
« Nous ne nous tairons pas ! » - Communiqué de presse du Comité des arrêté.e.s du G7
Nous ne nous tairons pas!
Le 27 novembre 2018, à la cour municipale de Québec, ont comparu six personnes qui ont été arrêté.e.s en marge des manifestations contre le G7.
Ces personnes exerçaient pacifiquement leur droit à la libre expression et à la réunion pacifique, droits garantis par les Chartes canadienne et québécoise des droits et libertés. Les personnes arrêtées ont été détenues pendant quatre jours après avoir été arrêtées par les policiers du SPVQ et/ou de la SQ, selon le cas.
Teach-in on protest safety from the Réseau de résistance anti-G7
Teach-in on protest safety from the Réseau de résistance anti-G7
[Official page of the event: https://antig7.org/en/node/80]
The teach-in will take place on Saturday, April 21st, from 9:30AM to 5:00PM at the SCPA, at 2149 Mackay (near the Guy-Concordia subway station). The planned schedule is:
- 9:30AM: Opening of the doors ;
- 10:00AM: Room 1 : Anticapitalism and G7 ;
- 12:00PM: Dinner ;
- 1:00PM: Room 1 : Street medic Introduction Workshop / Room 2 : Legal Self-Defense Introduction Workshop ;
- 3:00PM: Room 1 : Safety in Protest Workshop ;
- 5:00PM: End.
Note that the workshops will take place in French. A self-defense (Muay Thai) workshop will also take place, but you must first confirm your presence at rrag7-legal@antig7.org
Anti-G7 Assembly - November 18th, 2017
Anti-G7 Assembly - November 18th, 2017
Anti-G7 resistance is revving up! The yearly G7 meeting will happen on Friday June 8th and Saturday June 9th at the Manoir Richelieu in La Malbaie. Is there a better place than a casino to welcome the corruption and collusion of the wealthiest powers of the world? The G7 summits are used by these seven presidents and prime ministers for shaping our world, and are therefore followed everywhere by the resistance against them. We won't leave them in peace!
The next organization meeting will be held on Saturday, November 18th from 1PM to 5PM at Comité social Centre-Sud, 1710 Beaudry, near the Beaudry metro station. The room is wheelchair accessible.
G7 at Casino du Manoir Richelieu. We won’t be your croupiers!
G7 at Casino du Manoir Richelieu. We won’t be your croupiers!
Capitalism is not a game, it Is misery! Call for resistance!
- Organization assembly
Saturday, September 23rd at 11AM, 1710 rue Beaudry, Montreal (Beaudry metro)
Proposed agenda: 1.Presentation/introduction/security informations/Medias 2.Latest News and G7/G8 - G20 back-ground 3.Table Turn : groups presentation 4.Strategy plenary (where, how, when) 5.Taking proposition extract from plenary 6.Organizational structure plenary and propositions
In 2018, the leaders of the seven wealthiest country of Western society will meet together for their annual summit at Manoir Richelieu, La Malbaie, in the Charlevoix region of Quebec. With them, a handful of invited countries, 3000 advisors and lobbyists of all kind, and 2500 reporters will pollute the area for two days, 8th and 9th of June 2018
Solidarity with Juan Pablo Lepore: Two and half years later... still caught in the G20 shitshow!
Solidarity with Juan Pablo Lepore: Two and half years later... still caught in the G20 shitshow!
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Solidarity with Juan Pablo Lepore:
Two and half years later... still caught in the G20 shitshow!
Two and half years later... still caught in the G20 shitshow!
Presented by the Legal Support and Self-Defense Committee of the CLAC
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November 24, 2012, from 7pm to 11pm
at DIRA, 2035, St-Laurent Bld.
Montréal
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Whisper translation to French and English will be available.
Alcohol and other drinks will be served.
All proceeds from the event will go towards supporting the legal defense of Juan Pablo Lepore.
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(WEDNESDAY) Press Briefing: End of G20 Conspiracy charges
(WEDNESDAY) Press Briefing: End of G20 Conspiracy charges
CLAC Media Briefing
Wednesday, November 23rd at 10am
QPIRG Concordia, 1500 de Maisonneuve W., #204, Montreal
CLAC (Convergence of anti-capitalist struggles) invites members of the press to a briefing by Patrick Cadorette, the last CLAC organizer facing conspiracy charges related to the G20 protests in Toronto, and a member of the legal support committee.
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Toronto G20: The last CLAC organizer still accused of conspiracy sees his charges withdrawn!
Toronto G20: The last CLAC organizer still accused of conspiracy sees his charges withdrawn!
Toronto G20: The last CLAC organizer still accused of conspiracy sees his charges withdrawn!
CLAC condemns the legal circus and the criminalization of dissent
Montréal, November 23rd 2011 – Yesterday, in a packed courtroom at the Ontario Court of
Justice in Toronto, the Crown counsel in charge of prosecuting the so-called “Main G20
Conspiracy Group” dropped all conspiracy charges against 17 organizers from Southern
Ontario and Québec.
One of the 17, Patrick Cadorette, an organizer from the Anti-capitalist Convergence of
Montréal (CLAC), had all his charges withdrawn by the Crown after almost 18 months spent
under restrictive conditions, including 11 months under house arrest.
This new development is a result of a plea agreement between Crown and Defense counsel.
Of the 17 charged with conspiracy, six pled guilty to “counseling” mischief, while the 11 others
have had all their charges dropped.
“The public has heard a lot about police brutality and mass arrests at the G20 summit,”
Cadorette says, “but the repression went a lot deeper than pictures of angry policemen beating
on demonstrators. We now know that there was a complex strategy aimed at criminalizing
political dissent and anti-capitalist organizing. This strategy included infiltration by undercover
cops, the surveillance of various movements, the intimidation and harassment of activists, and
hundreds of illegal searches and arbitrary detentions during the summit itself. The legal and
penal system also played a major role in this strategy to criminalize dissent. Through imposing
draconian bail conditions like strict non-association with targeted community organizations, long
term house arrest, and banning organizing or attending public demonstrations, legal authorities
clearly meant to weaken movements working for social and environmental justice and to
discourage people who identify with these movements from getting involved. Add to all this the
serious criminal charges targeting organizers, public defamation, and bail hearings held in the
climate of mass hysteria following the protests, as well as the staggering amounts requested
for cash bail, and you have all the elements of a perfect plan to demonize and criminalize
political activism.”
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Manifestation anticapitaliste contre le G20, l'impérialisme canadien et le gouvernement conservateur
Manifestation anticapitaliste contre le G20, l'impérialisme canadien et le gouvernement conservateur
Jeudi le 3 novembre à 17h30
Rassemblement au Carré Phllips à Montréal
(rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, entre les rues Union et Aylmer, métro McGill)
Montréal, le 1er novembre 2011 - La Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes (CLAC) appelle toute la population à manifester dans les rues de Montréal contre le Sommet du G20 qui se tiendra à Cannes en France les 3 et 4 novembre.
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Anti-capitalist demonstration against the G20, Canadian imperialism, and the Conservative government
Anti-capitalist demonstration against the G20, Canadian imperialism, and the Conservative government
against the G20, Canadian imperialism, and the Conservative government
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 at 5:30pm at PHILLIPS SQUARE
(Ste-Catherine West, between Union & Aylmer, McGill métro)
See you there!
G20: One year later: the judicial circus targeting political opponents persists as police crimes go unpunished
G20: One year later: the judicial circus targeting political opponents persists as police crimes go unpunished
Montreal, June 21, 2011 -- Today, Montrealer Jaggi Singh, a member of the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC), was sentenced for "counselling" people to tear down the G20 security fence in Toronto. Last April 28th, he pleaded guilty to encouraging people to tear down the illegitimate fence that shielded the heads of state of the G20 from popular rage on June 26th and 27th, 2010 in Toronto. The Crown has asked the judge to impose an exemplary sentence of six months' imprisonment, while admitting that no sentence, even the harshest, could make Jaggi change his political views.
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Callout for your support in court for G20 defendant Jaggi Singh
Callout for your support in court for G20 defendant Jaggi Singh
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 9:30AM-4PM
Old City Hall Court, 60 Queen Street West
Courtroom 123
TORONTO
[Note: The hearing will begin at 10am, but there is a security check for everyone who enters the courtroom, so you’re encouraged to arrive at 9:30am. The hearing could continue on Friday, April 29 as well, but that will only be confirmed at the end of Thursday, April 28.]
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"Sometimes you put up walls not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down." - Anonymous
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(Update) CLAC organizer Jaggi Singh unrepentant after suspended sentence
(Update) CLAC organizer Jaggi Singh unrepentant after suspended sentence
"Sometimes you put up walls not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down." - Anonymous
JUNE 2011 UPDATE: Jaggi Singh received a suspended sentence and one year probation for publicly urging people to tear down the G20 Toronto security fence at a press conference. His other charges have been withdrawn. Previous updates are included below, including full details of the plea agreement.
News Articles:
G20 activist Jaggi Singh unrepentant after suspended sentence (Toronto Star):
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/1012501--g20-activist-jaggi-si...
Jaggi Singh set free: "My only regret is that we didn’t succeed in tearing down that fence.” (NOW Magazine):
http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/news/story.cfm?content=181355
Activist Jaggi Singh Given Suspended Sentence for G20 Speech (Toronto Media Co-op):
http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/activist-jaggi-singh-given-suspended-s...
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As a response to the G20 Summit in Seoul, the CLAC is organizing an anti-capitalist demonstration against the G20 on November 12th in Montreal
As a response to the G20 Summit in Seoul, the CLAC is organizing an anti-capitalist demonstration against the G20 on November 12th in Montreal
Montreal, November 11, 2010 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Anti-capitalist Demonstration: Resist the G20!!
Anti-capitalist Demonstration: Resist the G20!!
Anti-capitalist demonstration against the G-20
Friday, November 12th, 2010
Meeting point at 5:00 PM, Cabot Square, Montréal
(Atwater & St-Catherine west)
On the heels of Toronto, the world’s biggest capitalists will meet again in Seoul on November 11th and 12th for another G20 summit. Rallies will be held all over the world to denounce capitalism, misery and poverty.
While we face an economic, social and environmental crisis, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promotes the « stabilization of financial markets », imposing austerity measures that go against the interests of workers, the unemployed and the poorest of the planet. In response, we take to the streets to demonstrate our rage against the capitalist system and show our refusal to submit to those who enrich themselves on our backs through theft, exploitation and repression!
This march will also underline our solidarity with the dozens of people still facing charges from the demonstrations held in Toronto against the G20 summit last June. Months later, the Canadian State continues to criminalize and suppress the voices of dissent. We invite all people, families and communities who believe in a better future, to join us in denouncing capitalism, the G20 and political repression!
In addition to this child-friendly event, we invite groups to join the resistance to the G20 by organizing autonomous actions during the G20 Summit in Seoul taking place from November 11th to the 12th.
Spread the word!
An invitation from the
Convergence des luttes anti-capitalistes 2010 (CLAC2010)
WWW.CLAC2010.NET – blocampmontreal@gmail.com
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G20 : The Crown Drops its Charges Against the Gym Arrestees!
G20 : The Crown Drops its Charges Against the Gym Arrestees!
The Crown’s Crackdown Can’t Stand Up to the Facts
Montreal, October 14th, 2010 -- The Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC) is overjoyed at the Crown’s decision to drop its charges against the almost one hundred demonstrators who were arrested this past June during the people’s protests against the G20 Summit in Toronto.
Remember that several dozen people from Montreal who had taken advantage of transportation and lodging organized by the CLAC, found themselves arrested, detained and facing conspiracy charges following a brutal police raid on the University of Toronto gymnasium on June 27th. Lacking any evidence to back up its case, today the Crown Prosecutor announced that the conspiracy charges would be dropped against these people who were arrested at the gymnasium.
The CLAC is also pleased to announce that charges have been dropped against three of its members, who were “preventatively” arrested on the morning of June 26 and detained for over 72 hours on the basis of these makeshift charges.
This latest about-face by the Crown constitutes an implicit admission of defeat; it shows how flimsy the charges are and how scandalously the police behaved during the security operations around the Summit. It is now clear that the mass arrests at the gymnasium, like the vast majority of the arrests during the Summit, were arbitrary and uncalled for, and were intended to terrorize the demonstrators and to discourage them from exercising their right to protest in the future.
In that vein, the CLAC would like to remind people that the Crown is persisting in its prosecution of twenty organizers that it is wrongly accusing of being the “ringleaders” behind the events of June 26th. There are two CLAC members amongst these scapegoats; they are facing three charges of conspiracy and are currently subject to draconian bail conditions including house arrest.
Alex Hundert of Toronto is one of the twenty people facing conspiracy charges. He was arrested for a second time at his sureties’ home on September 17th for having, according to the Crown Prosecutor, breached his bail condition of “not organizing or attending any public demonstrations.” Earlier that day, Hundert had taken part in a panel discussion at Ryerson University about resistance to the G20. During a second bail hearing that took place on October 6th and 7th, an Ontario Justice of the Peace ruled that by displaying “the same kind of behaviour as he did in meetings prior to the G20,” Hundert had indeed breached one of his bail conditions. It seems that speaking at a university talk in Canada is now to be considered a “public demonstration.” This is a total aberration, a direct attack on the most basic form of freedom of expression: someone is being held in prison for having simply expressed his ideas in public! Recently, at Alex’s last bail hearing, the crown tried to impose harsher conditions, attempting to stop him from expressing his political opinions in public, or in the media. He refused these conditions and remains behind bars until he can appeal them. Besides Alex Hundert, four other people remain behind bars on charges stemming from the G20.
More than three months after the events in question, the police continue to carry out targeted arrests and to issue warrants, and all this is of course being done at the taxpayers’ expense. It is obvious that this judicial and police crackdown, like the strict bail conditions imposed on the accused, are on a completely different scale than the actual crimes observed. Given this pathetic and merciless witchhunt, we can only conclude that the State’s real goal is to criminalize and freeze dissent.
But we refuse to be silenced! In solidarity with the popular mobilizations against the next G20 Summit in Seoul this coming November 11 and 12, the CLAC is organizing an anti-capitalist family-friendly demonstration at Cabot Square, on November 12th at 5pm.
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Here is a live report of the gymnasium arrest from CBC : http://bit.ly/9z7uD2
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