Through this solidarity struggle, it has become clear that as a radical community, we need to stand in solidarity with the kanien'kehá:ka kahnistensera.
Because these traditionalist activists from Kahnawa:ke have been fighting for the last fifty years for the sovereignty of their people.
A message from CLAC-allies.
Respect Kanien'kehà:ka sovereignty, support the search for unmarked graves
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Sunday September 11 at noon at the A-M050 of 'Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). While the attacks of the various police forces against indigenous peoples who defend the last inches of their territories continue, our governments are announcing with great fanfare the hosting of the COP15 on biodiversity from December 7 to 19 in Tio'tia:ke (Montreal), a conference where UN member states discuss their environmental policies. The hypocrisy is at its peak as the crisis is upon us.
On November 27th, at 2PM, at the corner of Dorchester/Greene (Atwater metro), the Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes (CLAC) is calling for a demonstration in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en people of British Columbia, who are fighting the canadian colonial state.
Toutes les dernières infos pour la manif ! Les contingents, les autres événements le premier mai, les endossements et plus encore !
Allow me to express my gratitude to you for your openness to have conversations on this sensitive topic. I invite you to read what follows at your own pace, thinking about your own wellbeing first. Feel free to take a break, have a sip of water, go outside and resume this article later – the content of which might trigger unpleasant emotions and memories.
Canada is recognized as one of the nation-state with the worst per capita greenhouse gas emissions on record. This is an unfortunate distinction since it is the main index used to document the human impact on climate change. While attempts are made to present the fight against climate change as a responsibility shared equally by everyone, the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions are the result of a handful of multinational corporations whose profits are concentrated in the hands of a very small number of individuals.
People who oppose the Wet’suwet’s struggle often bring back the same opinions, which do not always reflect reality. The purpose of this article is to provide a rationale for addressing these opinions.
The royal Bank of Canada is at the head of a group of 27 banks who lend the 6.8 billions that are needed for the construction of Coastal Gaslink.. In Canada, the banks taking part in the agreement are ATB Financial, Bank of Montreal, Scotia Bank, CIBC, the Canadian Western Bank, Export Developpement Canada, the National bank and the Toronto Dominion. In short, the whole banking sector is supporting pipelines.
The struggle for self-determination of the Wetsu’wet’en people is not a new one. Since the late 1990s, the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan peoples have been waging a legal and political battle for recognition of their territorial rights. In 1997, these two peoples obtained recognition from the colonial legal system that their territory had never been ceded, and that their hereditary system of governance had never been extinguished.
The spring of 2020 saw one of the largest Indigenous mobilizations since the Kanehsatà:ke resistance in 1990. The Wet’suwet’en nation’s opposition to the Coastal GasLink project currently being built on their territory has inspired many other communities, both Indigenous and non- Indigenous, to take direct action across Canada, thereby blocking the national rail system, the backbone of Canadian colonial capitalism.