They Are Making A Killing!

Community activists and organizers from Ottawa have come together to form Catapult! This collective is organized under the People’s Global Action (PGA) hallmarks. Together with other groups who have accepted the PGA hallmarks, including June 30th in Toronto and Block the Empire in Montreal, we plan to extend a broad-based education and action campaign that exposes Canadian involvement in war, (neo)colonialism, displacement, racism, privatization, the reconfiguration of civil liberties and other forms of domination. We will map the links between government and corporate actions and the devastation of communities and the environment. For these and countless other reasons we have chosen to “Take Down SNC-Lavalin” - one of Canada’s largest arms manufacturer and a provider of ammunition to the American occupation in Iraq. SNC’s slogan of “health, safety, the environment” covers-up the harm they do to all three in the name of profit. From oil, dams, and mining projects in Cree and Innu territority in Quebec - including a contested aluminum mine in Voisey’s Bay and a hydro-electric project that flooded vast tracts of Cree territory - to biotech and building nuclear reactors in China and South Korea, SNC-Lavalin is one of the engines that feeds indigenous peoples, workers, and all aspects of the environment into the Capitalist machine. In addition to disrupting the operation of those who benefit from and perpetuate the existing system, we are also working to build links between diverse activist organizations and create an effective network to educate and mobilize our communities. We call on all groups working for Justice to support and join our campaign against this war-profiteer. Among the actions you can pursue to support this campaign: • research and disseminate information about SNC and other war-profiteers, as it relates to your issues of interest, • make a map of locations where war-profiteers, corporate criminals, political elites, and police and military institutions converge in your community - see www.fortressnorthamerica.net, • form an affinity group and do an autonomous actions to shut-down SNC’s day-to-day exploitation, • join groups actively participating in this campaign, CATAPULT!, June 30th, Block the Empire. For more information contact: CATAPULT!: www.catapultcollective.org, catapult@resist.ca June 30th: june30th@riseup.net Block the Empire: http://clac.taktic.org, bloquezlempiremontreal@resist.ca

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