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SPP Protests August 19-21

Posted on Wednesday, August 08 at 16:58 by sthompson
NEW: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ONLINE LETTER CAMPAIGN Amnesty International is asking people to join their campaign to put Human Rights on the table at Montebello. Just fill out the easy to use form. Visit: https://www.amnesty.ca/urgentappeal/mexico_parota/parota_montebello.php SPP PETITION: NDP MP Peter Julian is sponsoring a petition to stop the SPP. It is now available on Vive as a PDF download. Just follow the links in our "Featured Actions" box at left or click: English version: http://www.vivelecanada.ca/downloads/Petition_re%20SPP_%20July%202007_eng.pdf French version: http://www.vivelecanada.ca/downloads/P%e9tition_au%20sujet%20du%20PSP_2007_fra.pdf COUNCIL OF CANADIANS ACTIONS: The Council of Canadians is sponsoring a range of actions in Montebello. Details and resources can be found on their Integrate This! website. See: http://www.canadians.org/integratethis/ Council of Canadians protest: Sunday August 19, starting at 1:00 pm at Ottawa City Hall, going past the U.S. and Mexican embassies, and then gathering on Parliament Hill. Public Forum on the SPP: Sunday, August 19, 4:00 pm, free admission, Marion Hall, 140 Louis Pasteur, University of Ottawa The Council of Canadians is also asking that everyone take part in the National Day of Action to Oppose the Security and Prosperity Partnership on Monday August 20, to coincide with the so-called Security and Prosperity Leaders Summit taking place on August 20-21 in Montebello, Quebec. CoC will also be posting information on every chapter-organized action taking place on that day to their website. PROTESTS ACROSS CANADA: ALBERTA Edmonton: NOTE CHANGE IN TIME: Sunday, August 19, 2007, 12 PM - 2 PM, Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Edmonton Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4251616865 Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5199560623 MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/protestthespp Contact: Aaron Skaley, aaron@trinitywoodworks.com, 708-0456 or 444-7064 for more info Calgary: Sunday, August 19, 2007, 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Calgary City Hall, Calgary, 800 Macleod Trail SE Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4170974897 Also see: http://canadianactionparty.ca/nau.html http://www.stopspp.ca/stopspp/index.php Participants are encouraged to wear red and white and bring placards or banners. We will gather at City Hall at noon, speeches are at 12:30 and at 1 we will march to the US Consulate for more speeches. B.C. Kelowna: Monday, Aug 19th at 2 PM (Vive double-checked with Daniel and it is still the 19th) Kerry Park (by the sails), Kelowna, B.C. Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17208823656 For more info go to www.sppisnotokintheok.com (WEBSITE IS NOW UP!) Contact: Daniel Merchant, tre_merchant@hotmail.com Vancouver: Panel on resisting the SPP August 16, 2007, 7:00 pm Rhizome Cafe 317 East Broadway hosted by No One is Illegal, Vancouver http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=459 Monday, Aug 20th, 3 pm PDT 3 pm at Canada Place: Meet at Waterfront Station entrance on Howe Street, corner Cordova. * 5 pm at Burrard Skytrain Station: Meet in open park area just north of Skytrain entrance on Burrard Street, corner Dunsmuir. [for those unable to make it earlier] * This march will later converge with the antiwar/anti spp demo being organized at the Vancouver Art Gallery. CONTINENTAL DAY OF ACTION TO OPPOSE THE SPP! Host: No One Is Illegal, Vancouver Contact: 778.885.0040 or email scrapspp@gmail.com Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4208648818 Victoria: Monday, August 20, 2007, 12:00-3:30 p.m.: We are going to our media on our bicycles and on foot to ask them to bring the facts about the SPP to the Canadian public for a full debate. Join us at any or all of the six venues! More information: http://www.victoriacouncilofcanadians.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76 MANITOBA: Winnipeg: Monday, August 20, 4:00 pm -6:00 pm Federal building, main street, Winnipeg Host: SPP Winnipeg Action Group Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2869182447 ONTARIO: Ottawa: Environmental SPP Demonstration in Ottawa Sunday, August 19, 7:00 am-10:00 pm Buses are being arranges from Toronto to Ottawa Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4262593898 Windsor: Monday, August 20, 2007, 5:00pm - 10:00pm Meeting place: Corner of COLLEGE AVE. and HURON LINE, Windsor, ON Council of Canadians - Windsor Chapter Contact: 519.566.3505 or baby_seahorsey@hotmail.com Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4070329366&ref=mf More will be added as we receive updates and information...

Note: http://www.vivelecanada... https://www.amnesty.ca/... http://www.vivelecanada... http://www.vivelecanada... http://www.canadians.or... http://www.facebook.com... http://www.facebook.com... http://www.myspace.com/... http://www.facebook.com... http://canadianactionpa... http://www.stopspp.ca/s... http://www.facebook.com... www.sppisnotokintheok.com http://noii-van.resist.... http://www.facebook.com... http://www.victoriacoun... http://www.facebook.com... http://www.facebook.com... http://www.facebook.com...

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  1. by Chris Harder
    Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:45 pm
    Link not working for Kelowna/Okanagan event. Any additional contact info such as a phone number or email? Thank You.

  2. by sthompson
    Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:36 pm
    Yeah I had already written to the contact I have about that and the website will be done and accessible within a couple of days. Meanwhile Facebook.com is the best way to get in touch with the group organizing the protest.

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    Don't want to be an American idiot / One nation controlled by the media / Information age of hysteria / It's calling out to idiot America.--Green Day

  3. by Chris Harder
    Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:39 pm
    I'm not logging into that site so I'll just show up at that location and raise hell.

  4. by sthompson
    Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:40 pm
    Chris (and anyone else in that area), I had an email this morning from someone who is involved in organizing the Kelowna protests, just trying to find out if the date was actually changed or not because I am getting conflicting info. Anyway the email contact is Daniel Merchant at: tre_merchant@hotmail.com

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    Don't want to be an American idiot / One nation controlled by the media / Information age of hysteria / It's calling out to idiot America.--Green Day

  5. by BCCLA
    Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:06 pm
    The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is looking for individuals with legal backgrounds to act as Legal Observers at the protests anticipated on August 20th. <br />
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    Legal Observers will be asked to attend the protests in teams of two, to document arrests, use of force, intimidating displays of force, denial of access to public spaces like parks and sidewalks, and any other behaviour on the part of law enforcement that appears to restrict demonstrators' ability to express their political views. <br />
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    Transportation can be arranged through local organizations. <br />
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    If you are interested in volunteering your time at this event, please contact Christina Godlewska, Articled Student at the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (<a href="http://www.bccla.org">www.bccla.org</a>).<br />

  6. by RPW
    Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:02 am
    <a href="http://www.greenparty.ca/">http://www.greenparty.ca/</a><br />
    <br />
    Heard today on the news that the cops are going to hassle this as well.................<p>---<br>"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." <br />
    -Max Planck<br />
    <br />

  7. by sthompson
    Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:02 pm
    Vive le Canada.ca is seeking indymedia style, eyewitness reports from anyone attending protests against the SPP. It's easy to post to Vive--just click on "contribute" in the top menu and fill out the form. Once our editors approve your submission (which we do only to weed out potential spam or hate speech) they will be posted to the front page. Vive will be updated several times a day until the SPP protests end on August 21.

    Alternatively you can simply email reports to susan.thompson@vivelecanada.ca and we'll post them for you.

    We can offer a huge amount of exposure for these reports, since Vive is well-established (having been around since 2003) and is consistently one of the top or the top Google result for search terms like "deep integration" and "SPP protests". We receive averages of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of hits a day. We are read by people across Canada and the U.S., including politicians and mainstream media reporters, and have received national media attention frequently in the past.

    We hope that during the SPP protests, we can be a vehicle to help counter the bias the mainstream media is likely to show and give a voice to those who are on the ground and witness to the events that take place, including everything from protest activities to turnout to police response.

    But it all depends on you! Post those reports to Vive, and let your voice be heard!

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    Don't want to be an American idiot / One nation controlled by the media / Information age of hysteria / It's calling out to idiot America.--Green Day

  8. by sthompson
    Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:08 pm
    FYI, the date for the Kelowna protest is the 19th and the link is now working: <a href="http://www.sppisnotokintheok.com/">http://www.sppisnotokintheok.com/</a><p>---<br>Don't want to be an American idiot / One nation controlled by the media / Information age of hysteria / It's calling out to idiot America.--Green Day<br />

  9. by avatar Dr Caleb
    Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:16 pm
    Pics of the Edmonton protest are up on the Vive Facebook group.<br />
    <br />
    <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=2317342939&view=all">http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=2317342939&view=all</a><br />
    <p>---<br>The preceding comment deals with mature subject matter, however immaturely presented. Viewer discretion is advised.<br />

  10. by rob
    Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:59 am
    http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ Good movie, approx 2hrs long. Tells what this summit is realy all about. Pass it along.....

  11. by ouhite
    Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:45 am
    theres an article on this <br />
    <a href="http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/248116">http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/248116</a><br />
    <br />
    haven't read much yet but this is the intro -<br />
    <br />
    Big business slams summit secrecy<br />
    <br />
    OTTAWA – A leading North American business group fears Canadian-<br />
    American relations have been hijacked by the U.S. Department of Homeland <br />
    Security, with security concerns trumping efforts to enhance trade and <br />
    economic prosperity.<br />
    <br />
    The Canadian American Business Council also believes that non-<br />
    governmental organizations and so-called civil society groups – not just blue <br />
    chip corporate CEOs – should be invited to participate in the Security and <br />
    Prosperity Partnership.



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