From jo_wood at sympatico.ca Fri May 1 00:12:23 2009 From: jo_wood at sympatico.ca (Jo Wood) Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 00:12:23 -0400 Subject: [Nowar-org] Major rally for Abdelrazik -- all out to say BRING HIM HOME! Message-ID: Please distribute widely to your networks. La version fran?aise suit SUPPORT ABOUSFIAN ABDELRAZIK -- DEMAND PRIME MINISTER HARPER BRING HIM HOME! Monday, 4 May, 11:45am Meet outside the PM's office at the corner of Wellington and Elgin We will deliver a personal letter from Abousfian to the Prime Minister, his first direct appeal to Prime Minister Harper. It comes at a critical time, with the foreign affairs committee debating a motion to bring him back to Canada and a court case in which his lawyers are seeking a mandatory order to bring him back by ?any safe means at its disposal.? The trial starts in Ottawa on May 7. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE MUST MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD! Actions are taking place across Canada. See www.peoplescommission.org/abdelrazik.php. Speakers include Roch Tass? - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group Abdullah Almalki - a Canadian citizen who was detained, interrogated and torture in Syria because of information that could have only originated from Canadian government agencies. Yavar Hameed - Lawyer, will speak about the upcoming court case Francine Dumas - Ticket contributor Join us in denouncing Canada's complicity in torture and rendition, and the government's flagrant disregard for justice. Help us show Harper and his government that we will not stand down until they bring Abousfian Abdelarazik home! *Mr. Abdelrazik's case, important in itself, has exposed a broad public to a much deeper problem that concerns every single one of us: from the most vulnerable non-citizens (dozens of whom were rounded up in mass factory raids in early April in southern Ontario and are now facing cruel deportation with no concern for their lives and well-being), to refugee claimants and permanent residents (who, under the draconian secret trial system, can be stripped of the most basic legal rights and forced to live a life of constant state surveillance -- either incarcerated or in their own homes - under the perpetual threat of deportation), to the more privileged in our society. Now, more than ever, a common front is imperative to express our clear opposition to the Harper regime's racist practices, complicity in torture and callous disregard for justice & dignity.* NO MORE RACIST FEAR-MONGERING! NO MORE EXCUSES! JUSTICE FOR ABOUSFIAN ABDELRAZIK! BRING HIM HOME NOW! APPUYEZ ABOUSFIAN ABDELRAZIK DEMANDEZ AU PREMIER MINISTRE HARPER DE LE RAMENER ? LA MAISON! Le lundi 4 mai ? 11 h 45 Rassemblement devant le bureau du Premier Ministre au coin des rues Wellington et Elgin Nous remettrons au PM une lettre personnelle d'Abousfian. Les personnes suivantes prendrons la parole : (pas encore confirm?): -Roch Tass? - Coalition pour la surveillance internationale des libert?s civiles -Abdullah Almalki - Citoyen canadien tortur? en Syrie -Yavar Hameed - Avocat, il nous parlera des prochaines ?tapes ? la Cour f?d?rale -Francine Dumas - Une des personnes qui a contribu? ? l'achat d'un billet d'avion pour son retour Joignez-vous ? nous pour d?noncer la complicit? du Canada dans la torture et dans sa version de la ? ?restitution extraordinaire ? lorsque ce sont ses propres services de s?curit? qui l'ont d?nonc?, ainsi que l'indiff?rence flagrante du gouvernement ? la d?fense de la justice. Aidez-nous ? montrer ? Harper et ? son gouvernement que nous poursuivrons cette lutte jusqu'? ce qu'Abousfian Abdelrazik rentre chez lui! From jo_wood at sympatico.ca Sun May 3 21:12:28 2009 From: jo_wood at sympatico.ca (Jo Wood) Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 21:12:28 -0400 Subject: [Nowar-org] Rminder--Support needed for Abdelrazik delegation Message-ID: TELL HARPER TO BRING ABDELRAZIK HOME Monday, 4 May, 11:45am Meet outside the PM's office at the corner of Wellington and Elgin A delegation will deliver a personal letter from Abousfian to the Prime Minister, his first direct appeal to Prime Minister Harper. It comes at a critical time, with the foreign affairs committee debating a motion to bring him back to Canada and a court case in which his lawyers are seeking a mandatory order to bring him back by ?any safe means at its disposal.? The trial starts in Ottawa on May 7. The delegation includes Roch Tass? - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group Abdullah Almalki - a Canadian citizen who was detained, interrogated and torture in Syria because of information that could have only originated from Canadian government agencies. Yavar Hameed -Lawyer, will speak about the upcoming court case Audrey Brousseau -Lawyer, who communicates regularly with Abousfian and who will read the letter Francine Dumas - Ticket contributor Join the delegation in denouncing Canada's complicity in torture and rendition, and the government's flagrant disregard for justice. Let Harper and his government know that we are outraged that Abdelrazik was not brought home on April 3, as promised, and we will not stand down until they bring Abousfian Abdelarazik home! From abla_a76 at hotmail.com Fri May 8 23:29:28 2009 From: abla_a76 at hotmail.com (abla abdelhadi) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 03:29:28 +0000 Subject: [Nowar-org] FW: Please come !!! In-Reply-To: References: <4A040151.9030103@chebucto.ns.ca> <20090508122712.dutf82jv48cc00o8@webmail.chebucto.ns.ca> Message-ID: --_876fbfab-aede-4820-91c2-f8dd4e8e3f3d_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: sophielamarche at hotmail.com Subject: Please come !!! Date: Sat=2C 9 May 2009 00:37:28 +0000 Please forward to your Ottawa contacts=20 =20 Please join us tomorrow. Moe could really use a pick me up on the eve of hi= s trial ! Thanks for your continued support.=20 Hope to see you then.=20 Sophie Harkat =20 This Saturday=2C May 9=2C supporters will gather to hear Mohamed Harkat spe= ak at his first ever public rally=2C after a recent bail decision allowing = him to attend political events/gatherings=2C since his detention under a se= curity certificate on Human Rights Day=2C December 10=2C 2002. The rally=2C at 1 pm at the Human Rights Monument on Elgin St. in Ottawa=2C= will highlight the failure of bill C-3 to address the human rights violati= ons identified by the supreme court=2C and the danger of torture or death if de= tainees are deported. Speakers will include: =20 Jessica Squires - Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee Mohamed Harkat - Security Certificate detainee and refugee from Algeria Michael Bossin - chair of the board of Amnesty International Canada. Interv= ener at the Supreme Court Canada challenge in Mohamed=92s case Francine Dumas - rassemblement Outaouais contre la guerre Marion Pollack - National Union Representative=2C Canadian Union of Postal = Workers Taiva Tegler - Canadian Peace Alliance =20 Supporters will voluntarily give up sight and speech=2C hands tied=2C for t= he duration of the rally through the use of blindfolds and gags=2C to signi= fy the negative impact of secret trials on both dissent and accountability. The su= pporters will be in the dark - just as Mohamed Harkat is because of the use of secret evidence. =20 Mohamed Harkat was arrested on December 10th=2C 2002 (International Human R= ights Day) under a security certificate and spent 43 months in jail without= ever being charged or having access to the evidence after the Canadian Sec= urity Intelligence Service (CSIS) claimed he was a threat to ''national sec= urity''. After one year in solitary confinement and 3.5 years in jail=2C he= was released on bail in June of 2006 under the toughest bail conditions in= Canadian history. Mohamed and his wife Sophie who has been his full time j= ailer have since been prisoners in their home. Although security certificat= es were found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada in February o= f 2007=2C secret trials continue under the new process. Special Advocates = cannot cross examine human sources and access a CSIS agent files who worked= on the case. =20 Mohamed Harkat is determined to fight until justice prevails and until he c= lears his name of all allegations. He is set to testify during his trial st= arting on June 1st. =20 = =20 =20 Contact: Sophie and Mohamed Harkat=2C 613-521-5048 or sophielamarche at hotmai= l.com Christian Legeais=2C Spokesperson for the Justice for Mohamed H= arkat Committee=2C 613-276-9102 or justicepourmohamedharkat at yahoo.ca =20 For more info.: www.justiceforharkat.com=20 Create a cool=2C new character for your Windows Live=99 Messenger. Check it= out Help keep personal info safe. Get Internet Explorer 8 today! One at a time or all at once? Get updates from your friends in one place. Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends=2C in one place. _________________________________________________________________ Create a cool=2C new character for your Windows Live=99 Messenger.=20 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9656621= --_876fbfab-aede-4820-91c2-f8dd4e8e3f3d_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: sophielamarche at hotmail.com
Subject: Please come !!!
Date: Sat= =2C 9 May 2009 00:37:28 +0000


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This Saturday=2C May 9=2C supporter= s will gather to hear Mohamed Harkat speak at his first ever public rall= y=2C after a recent bail decision allowing him to attend political even= ts/gatherings=2C since his detention under a security certificate on Human = Rights Day=2C December 10=2C 2002.

The rally=2C at 1 pm at the Human Rights Monument on Elgin = St. in Ottawa=2C will highlight the failure of bill C-3 to = address the human rights violations
identified by the supreme court=2C a= nd the danger of torture or death if detainees are deported.

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Michael Bossin - chair of the board of = Amnesty International Canada. =3BIntervener at the Supreme Court = =3BCanada =3Bchallenge =3Bin Mohamed=92s case
Francine Dumas - rassemblement Outaouais contre la guerre
Mar= ion Pollack - National Union Representative=2C Canadian Union of Postal Wor= kers
Taiva Tegler - Canadian Peace Alliance
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negative impact of secret trials on both dissent and accountabi= lity. The supporters will be in the dark - just as Mohamed Harkat is becaus= e of the use
of secret evidence.
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Create a co= ol=2C new character for your Windows Live=99 Messenger. Check it out = --_876fbfab-aede-4820-91c2-f8dd4e8e3f3d_-- From abla_a76 at hotmail.com Sat May 9 11:34:08 2009 From: abla_a76 at hotmail.com (abla abdelhadi) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 15:34:08 +0000 Subject: [Nowar-org] SAIA Carleton videos online In-Reply-To: References: <5a4eeb5f0905071829t3d6f981cr711b8435b63240cb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: --_6dd56d73-5592-4dc3-b578-ee945cd92eb2_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: SAIA Carleton Dear SAIA allies=2C Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to our protest of the Israel@= 61 celebration. Our message that ethnic cleansing and apartheid are nothing= to celebrate was loud and clear. Here is a video from the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DIMAtTetIb0k As well=2C during Israeli Apartheid Week 2009=2C a member of SAIA Carleton = joined two Carleton professors on TalkOttawa to discuss the poster banning = and its ramifications on academic freedom.=20 We recorded the session=2C and it can be seen here: http://vimeo.com/4342852 SAIA Carleton will continue to organize throughout the summer=2C and will k= eep you informed of all upcoming events and actions. Be sure to check our w= ebsite www.carleton.saia.ca for up-to-date information. Thank you for your continued support of SAIA Carleton and the movement agai= nst Israeli apartheid.=20 In solidarity=2C SAIA Carleton _________________________________________________________________ One at a time or all at once? Get updates from your friends in one place. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9660827= --_6dd56d73-5592-4dc3-b578-ee945cd92eb2_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: SAIA Carleton <= =3Bsaia.carleton at gmail.com&g= t=3B

Dear SAIA allies=2C

Thank you to everyone who was able to make = it to our protest of the Israel at 61 celebration. Our message that ethnic cle= ansing and apartheid are nothing to celebrate was loud and clear.

He= re is a video from the event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DIMAtTetIb0k

As = well=2C during Israeli Apartheid Week 2009=2C a member of SAIA Carleton joi= ned two Carleton professors on TalkOttawa to discuss the poster banning and= its ramifications on academic freedom.

We recorded the session=2C = and it can be seen here:
http://vim= eo.com/4342852

SAIA Carleton will continue to organize throughou= t the summer=2C and will keep you informed of all upcoming events and actio= ns. Be sure to check our website w= ww.carleton.saia.ca for up-to-date information.

Thank you for yo= ur continued support of SAIA Carleton and the movement against Israeli apar= theid.

In solidarity=2C

SAIA Carleton





One at a time or all at once? Get updates from y= our friends in one place. = --_6dd56d73-5592-4dc3-b578-ee945cd92eb2_-- From jsquires at chebucto.ns.ca Thu May 21 19:12:06 2009 From: jsquires at chebucto.ns.ca (Jessica Squires) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 19:12:06 -0400 Subject: [Nowar-org] [Fwd: Hassan Diab] Message-ID: <4A15DFC6.6060208@chebucto.ns.ca> Hi all, can we get a funding appeal up on the web site? I will send this to the nowar list. Jess -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Hassan Diab Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 13:26:17 -0400 From: Rania Tfaily To: Jessica Squires Dear Jessica, I hope that you do not mind my sending this email. I am writing to ask for your help regarding the case of Hassan Diab. I would really appreciate if you (and people you know) could publicize the case of Hassan Diab - as widely as possible - and our request for donations to help in his legal defense fund. As you know, Hassan Diab, a Lebanese-Canadian university professor living in Ottawa, is wrongly accused by France (based on "intelligence" information from the 1999) that he is responsible for an attack against a synagogue in Paris in 1980. After winning two straight legal actions lately (quashing the previous no-bail and winning a bail), Hassan is out though with limited freedom. However, our financially resourceful foes (the prosecutor team) insist on exhausting our limited financial resources through dragging legal matters (and appealing them when they lose). They want us to fight an uphill battlewith little resources when we reach the extradition hearing in a few months time. The legal fees to fight this unjust request for extradiation are very expensive, and we have already exhausted our resources. I am appealing to the community for financial assistance in every way possible. Such assistance will ensure that the legal team can continue doing its successful work in defending Hassan against extradition. The following is the link to Hassan's website: http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/ Hassan's support committee opened a bank account to collect donations (the Canadian mailing address is that of the law firm representing Hassan Diab). This is the information which is also posted on the website: ----- Mail Canadian Dollar checks or money orders to: Ottawa Legal Defence Donations Bayne Sellar Boxal Suite 500, 200 Elgin St. Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1L5, Canada Make checks or money orders payable to: ?Ottawa Legal Defence Donations ---- Mail United States Dollar checks or money orders to: Ottawa Legal Defense Donations 123 Snappy Lane Liverpool, NY 13090 USA Make checks or money orders payable to: ?Ottawa Legal Defense Donations? Thank you, Rania From jo_wood at sympatico.ca Thu May 21 20:43:45 2009 From: jo_wood at sympatico.ca (Jo Wood) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 20:43:45 -0400 Subject: [Nowar-org] CANSEC activities Message-ID: On May 27, CANSEC, Canada’s largest arms trade show, will open for business, but not for the general public.  Lansdowne Park is closed to everyone not in the arms and security (surveillance) game, violating a 20 year ban on holding arms shows on city property.  A list of activities planned by OATS (Oppose Arms Trade Shows) is given below.  Different groups are adopting an hour during the day to come out with banners and signs to show opposition.  The time from 11:30 to 12:30 is available for nowar-paix.  Please let me know if you could drop in during that time. Here is a list of family-friendly events in opposition on May 27.  Please join us. 

Please distribute widely--

STAND FOR PEACE
AGAINST CANSEC

(Canada’s Largest Arms Trade Show--

May 27, 28 at Lansdowne Park)

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EVENTS ON MAY 27th

 

DROP-IN AT THE BANK STREET GATES

7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Visit the Raging Grannies Peace Garden

Be part of a continuous presence throughout the day.

 

STAND FOR PEACE

4:30-6:30 (Bank Street Gates)

Join us for poetry, songs, and speeches as
war profiteers arrive for their black-tie reception.

Participants include: Qais Ganhem, Physicians for Global Survival
*Karen Raddon, Peace Studies, John Abbott College, Cofounder Poets Against War
Bud Hall, Victoria, Poets Against War
Diana Ralph, Independent Jewish Voices
Evelyn Voigt, Spoken Word poem, accompanied by the Grateful We're Not Dead
Mike Buckthought, Ottawa Poet
Raging Grannies

 

RALLY & CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

7:00 p.m. Southminster United Church

(15 Aylmer at Bank)

Songs, Information, Inspiration

Sing-along for Peace

Participants include: Richard Sanders, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
Paul Dewar, MP
Clive Doucet, City Councillor
Wakil Zazai, Past President of the Ottawa Afghan Association
Skyler James, U.S. war resister
Just Voices, Ottawa's Activist Choir
The Grateful We're Not Dead
Raging Grannies



 

Endorsed by:  Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT), Ottawa Presbytery (United Church of Canada), Nowar/Paix,  Ottawa Peace Assembly,  Project Ploughshares, Raging Grannies, Oppose Arms Trade Shows, Ottawa Friends (Quakers), Anglican Church of the Ascension, Ottawa Pagoda Sangha, Sangha Arana,  Ottawa White Poppy Collective, Physicians for Global Survival, War Resistors,Humanist Association of Ottawa, Educating for Peace, OPIRG Ottawa.                              

For more information, see http://coat.ncf.ca



From abla_a76 at hotmail.com Fri May 22 15:42:40 2009 From: abla_a76 at hotmail.com (abla abdelhadi) Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 19:42:40 +0000 Subject: [Nowar-org] =?windows-1256?q?SHUT_DOWN_CANSEC_2009!_JOIN_US_FOR_A?= =?windows-1256?q?_RALLY_MAY_27th_at_4PM=FE?= Message-ID: --_a9184135-839c-4ed2-a5fe-eaab46aae36d_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1256" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ****Please circulate widely**** The weapons used by governments to perpetuate occupation and genocide in Afghanistan and Palestine, in Haiti, Sri Lanka and here on Turtle Island, will be bought and sold in Ottawa at Canada's largest Weapons Fair on May 27th and 28th, 2009. Join the call to: SHUT DOWN CANSEC 2009! Confront those who profit from War and Genocide! +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ 4:00pm Wednesday, May 27th Central Park (Bank @ Patterson) +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ Peoples Global Action Ottawa invites all individuals and groups opposed to genocide, occupation and war profiteering to join us in organizing opposition to CANSEC 2009. We will gather and march from Central Park to Lansdowne Park, site of this year's Arms Fair, to confront war profiteers as they arrive for the CANSEC Evening Reception, which runs from 5:00pm-7:00pm. The Evening Reception is a black-tie affair, where war profiteers and government representatives from around the world cut deals on cluster bomb purchases and discuss the latest developments in white phosphorus munitions. WHAT IS CANSEC? CANSEC is Canada's largest Arms Fair, this year featuring nearly 300 companies displaying the latest in weapons, surveillance, and 'security' technology. It brings together weapons manufacturers and government representatives from around the world, with the aim of increasing sales of the newest methods of raining death and despair on civilian populations. In particular, companies that directly profited from the recent invasion of Gaza will be present and proudly displaying the technologies that killed 1,400 Palestinian men, women, and children. These companies include Israeli weapons manufacturers such as Soltam, makers of white phosphorous munitions, and Elbit Inc., there to sell their "Lizard system" which "provides munitions guidance towards laser designated targets". Other Israeli corporations that are members of CANSEC include Elisra, Israeli Aircraft Industries, Israeli Military Industries, Rafael, and Simigon. Of course, the CANSEC's perennially blood-soaked North American corporate members will be present again this year, including Boeing, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, General Electric and Blackwater. Just as significant are the dozens of smaller corporations that produce systems and parts for assembly by the larger, more well-known war profiteers. Many of these smaller companies are based here in Canada. For example, there are more than 50 Canadian companies contributing to the construction of 3 major weapons systems used by the Israel Airforce: the F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, and the AH-64 attack helicopter. It is these weapons, many of whose parts are manufactured here in Canada, that the Israeli military used when committing possible war crimes in Gaza, such as the death of more than 50 civilians during the aerial bombardment of two UN schools. Further, while CANSEC has taken place in Ottawa for the past 8 years, the relocation of this event from the provincially-owned Ottawa Congress Centre to the city-owned Lansdowne Park, is particularly problematic. This event violates a 20 year-old municipal bylaw prohibiting arms shows from being held on city-owned property. In preparation for CANSEC 2009, this bylaw was sidestepped by City managers, who claimed that, due to Ottawa's amalgamation, the bylaw no longer applies. The most notable proponent of the relocation was Mayor Larry O'Brien, founder and current Board Member of Calian, an exhibitor at CANSEC 2009. For all these reasons, we invite all groups, organizations and individuals to join us in opposing CANSEC 2009. Bring your noisemakers, placards, photographs and props as we march to confront those who profit from genocide, war, and death. OCCUPATION ANYWHERE, RESISTANCE EVERYWHERE! To get involved in organizing, or for more information, contact: stopcansec at gmail.com If your organization would like to endorse this callout, please contact us! This action is endorsed by: Exile Infoshop Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement of Ottawa OPIRG-GRIPO NoWar Paix Students Against Israeli Apartheid - Carleton _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660826 --_a9184135-839c-4ed2-a5fe-eaab46aae36d_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1256" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ****Please circulate widely****
 

The weapons used by governments to perpetuate occupation and genocide in Afghanistan and Palestine, in Haiti, Sri Lanka and here on Turtle Island, will be bought and sold in Ottawa at Canada's largest Weapons Fair on May 27th and 28th, 2009.

Join the call to:

SHUT DOWN CANSEC 2009!
Confront those who profit from War and Genocide!

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4:00pm
Wednesday, May 27th
Central Park (Bank @ Patterson)
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Peoples Global Action Ottawa invites all individuals and groups opposed to
genocide, occupation and war profiteering to join us in
organizing opposition to CANSEC 2009.

We will gather and march from Central Park to Lansdowne Park, site of this
year's Arms Fair, to confront war profiteers as they arrive for the CANSEC
Evening Reception, which runs from 5:00pm-7:00pm. The Evening
Reception is a black-tie affair, where war profiteers and government
representatives from around the world cut deals on cluster bomb
purchases and discuss the latest developments in white phosphorus 
munitions.

WHAT IS CANSEC?

CANSEC is Canada's largest Arms Fair, this year featuring nearly 300
companies displaying the latest in weapons, surveillance, and 'security'
technology. It brings together weapons manufacturers and
government representatives from around the world, with the aim of
increasing sales of the newest methods of raining death and despair on
civilian populations.

In particular, companies that directly profited from the recent invasion
of Gaza will be present and proudly displaying the technologies that
killed 1,400 Palestinian men, women, and children.

These companies include Israeli weapons manufacturers such as Soltam,
makers of white phosphorous munitions, and Elbit Inc., there to sell their
"Lizard system" which "provides munitions guidance towards laser
designated targets". Other Israeli corporations that are members of CANSEC
include Elisra, Israeli Aircraft Industries, Israeli Military Industries,
Rafael, and Simigon.

Of course, the CANSEC's perennially blood-soaked North American
corporate members will be present again this year, including Boeing,
Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, General Electric and Blackwater.

Just as significant are the dozens of smaller corporations that
produce systems and parts for assembly by the larger, more well-known
war profiteers. Many of these smaller companies are based here in
Canada. For example, there are more than 50 Canadian companies
contributing to the construction of 3 major weapons systems used by
the Israel Airforce: the F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, and the AH-64
attack helicopter. It is these weapons, many of whose parts are
manufactured here in Canada, that the Israeli military used when
committing possible war crimes in Gaza, such as the death of more than
50 civilians during the aerial bombardment of two UN schools.

Further, while CANSEC has taken place in Ottawa for the past 8 years,
the relocation of this event from the provincially-owned Ottawa
Congress Centre to the city-owned Lansdowne Park, is particularly
problematic. This event violates a 20 year-old municipal bylaw
prohibiting arms shows from being held on city-owned property. In
preparation for CANSEC 2009, this bylaw was sidestepped by City
managers, who claimed that, due to Ottawa's amalgamation, the bylaw no
longer applies. The most notable proponent of the relocation was Mayor
Larry O'Brien, founder and current Board Member of Calian, an
exhibitor at CANSEC 2009.

For all these reasons, we invite all groups, organizations and individuals
to join us in opposing CANSEC 2009. Bring your noisemakers, placards,
photographs and props as we march to confront those who profit from
genocide, war, and death.

OCCUPATION ANYWHERE, RESISTANCE EVERYWHERE!

To get involved in organizing, or for more information, contact:
stopcansec at gmail.com

If your organization would like to endorse this callout, please contact us!
 
This action is endorsed by:
 
Exile Infoshop 
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement of Ottawa
OPIRG-GRIPO
NoWar Paix
Students Against Israeli Apartheid - Carleton

Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. --_a9184135-839c-4ed2-a5fe-eaab46aae36d_-- From abla_a76 at hotmail.com Sat May 23 06:56:02 2009 From: abla_a76 at hotmail.com (abla abdelhadi) Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 10:56:02 +0000 Subject: [Nowar-org] Join us Monday May 25th in telling Leonard Cohen: "Support the call for boycott. Don't play Israel" Message-ID: --_cd0ca629-460d-46d9-bff6-1e937879be02_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *************************PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY************************* Join us in telling Leonard Cohen "Support the call for boycott. Don't play= Israel." =20 When: Meet at 6:00pm on Monday May 25th We will meet in front of the War Memorial on Elgin Street near Sparks. =20 We will proceed to the National Arts Centre where the concert is taking pla= ce. Leaflets will be provided for distribution to the concert-goers.=20 Please feel free to bring signs and banners. To view a video of a similar action at Leonard Cohen=92s concert in New Yor= k City=2C click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DGjU_zdfX9Eg Leonard Cohen will be performing in Ottawa on May 25th and 26th. As part o= f his global tour=2C and in the wake of the brutal assault on the people of= Gaza=2C Mr. Cohen is planning a tour date in Tel Aviv=2C Israel on Septemb= er 24th. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of= Israel (PACBI)=2C an organization representing over 170 Palestinian organi= zations=2C has called for a cultural boycott of Israel as part of a wider c= ampaign of Boycotts=2C Divestments and Sanctions against Israel until it fu= lfills its obligations under international law. As a part of the cultural = boycott of Israel and in solidarity with the Palestinian people=2C PACBI ha= s asked Mr. Cohen to cancel his concert in Tel Aviv. =20 The open letter from PACBI to Mr. Cohen can be viewed here: http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=3D1006. =20 =20 Palestinian civil society has asked us to take very specific actions in the= fight against Israeli apartheid in light of the failure of governments to = advocate for a just peace. PACBI has asked the international community to = mount pressure on public figures like Leonard Cohen to boycott Israel until= basic human rights are restored to the Palestinian people Let us take par= t in the struggle. =20 =20 Join us on May 25th at the National Arts Centre. =20 For more information=2C contact: saia.carleton at gmail.com =20 This event is supported by: =20 Students Against Israeli Apartheid-Carleton Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights-Ottawa Not in Our Name-Jewish Voiced Opposing Zionism =20 _________________________________________________________________ Create a cool=2C new character for your Windows Live=99 Messenger.=20 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9656621= --_cd0ca629-460d-46d9-bff6-1e937879be02_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Join us in telling Leonard Cohen "Support the call for boycott. =3B= Don't play Israel."

 =3B
When: Meet at 6:00pm on Monday May 25th
We will meet in front of the War Memorial on Elgin Street near Spar= ks. =3B
We will proceed to the National Arts Centre where th= e concert is taking place.
Leaflets will be provided for distribu= tion to the concert-goers. =3B
Please feel free to bring sign= s and banners.


To view a video of a similar action at= Leonard Cohen=92s concert in New York City=2C click here: http://www.youtube.com= /watch?v=3DGjU_zdfX9Eg


Leonard Cohen will be p= erforming in Ottawa on May 25th and 26th. =3B As part of his global tou= r=2C and in the wake of the brutal assault on the people of Gaza=2C Mr. Coh= en is planning a tour date in Tel Aviv=2C Israel on September 24th. =3B= The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (= PACBI)=2C an organization representing over 170 Palestinian organizations= =2C has called for a cultural boycott of Israel as part of a wider campaign= of Boycotts=2C Divestments and Sanctions against Israel until it fulfills = its obligations under international law. =3B As a part of the cultural = boycott of Israel and in solidarity with the Palestinian people=2C PACBI ha= s asked Mr. Cohen to cancel his concert in Tel Aviv. =3B

The open letter from PACBI to Mr. Cohen can be viewed here:
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id= =3D1006. =3B <= BR> =3B
Palestinian civil society has asked us to take very specific= actions in the fight against Israeli apartheid in light of the failure of = governments to advocate for a just peace. =3B PACBI has asked the inter= national community to mount pressure on public figures like Leonard Cohen t= o boycott Israel until basic human rights are restored to the Palestinian p= eople =3B Let us take part in the struggle. =3B  =3B
Join us on May 25th at the National Arts Centre. =3B=
For more information=2C contact:  =3Bsaia.carleton@= gmail.com

 =3B
This event is supported by:  =3B
Students Agains= t Israeli Apartheid-Carleton
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights-Ott= awa
Not in Our Name-Jewish Voiced Opposing Zionism


 =3B

Create a cool=2C new character for your Wind= ows Live=99 Messenger. Check it out = --_cd0ca629-460d-46d9-bff6-1e937879be02_-- From jo_wood at sympatico.ca Wed May 27 13:28:11 2009 From: jo_wood at sympatico.ca (Jo Wood) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 13:28:11 -0400 Subject: [Nowar-org] [Fwd: [Harkatjustice] Important - WOW] Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070401090104080908040402 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There has been a VERY significant development in the Harkat case.  Judge Noel is very upset about the fact that the government withheld crucial evidence from the court and has ordered the release release of evidence formerly withheld to special advocates, especially relating to the credibility of informants,  and is postponing the reasonableness hearing.  Important -- pack the federal court at 9:30 on June 2 to learn about the legality of the search and siezure at the Harkat residence on May 12.  The judge appears to be very unhappy (judicially of course).

http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/rss/DES-5-08%20Decision%2027-05-2009.pdf

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Harkatjustice] Important - WOW
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:32 +0000
From: Sophie Lamarche <sophielamarche at hotmail.com>
To: HARKAT List <harkatjustice at lists.cupe.ca>


Hello Guys,
 
Read recent ruling on Federal Court website....judge is pissed ! Hearing delayed for reasonableness. Hearing on raid starting this Tueday at 9:30am. We NEED to fill the courtroom.
 
We really need to update the website. We need to start from cover from rally...I forget the date since CBSA has my agenda ! Include all coverage possible on the raid on May 12th and that same week and recent Fed. Court decision. Many have complained the website is not updated, especially media that often use it as a major source of information.
 
Paul, I know this is the craziest time of year for you so someone else can do it for now until Paul puts something else in place ?
 
 
Thanks
Sophie

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JAIL SOLIDARITY WILL GO ON TILL O= UR FRIEND IS RELEASED.

HE'S BEING HELD AT 474 ELGIN STREET AT THE PO= LICE STATION.

POLICE PEPPER SPRAYED US AND AGRESSIVELY PUSHED AND HU= RT MANY PEOPLE=2C SPECIFICALLY TARGETTING A GROUP OF 4 WOMYN WITH PEPPER SP= RAY DIRECTLY IN OUR FACES=2C A COUPLE OF OFFICERS UTTERED RACIST AND SEXIST= SLURS AT US AS WELL.

SOLIDARITY!!!!
 =3B
Abla

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