April 29, 2008
5:00PM - Meet at the Sleepless Goat (91 Princess St., Kingston)
There will be a march to call on the OPP to back off in Tyendinaga and for the governments of Ontario and Canada to return the stolen land.
For more information, contact the Kingston Indigenous Solidarity Network at mohawksupport (at) riseup.net
Behind the Microphone: Taking a Critical Look at Media and Building Alternatives
Presented by FreeSchool
Wednesday, April 23, 6:30-9pm
Wilson Room, Downtown Public Library (130 Johnson St.)
Participate in a critical discussion about the media you consume and in a hands on component of producing your own media. FreeSchool is a new alternative education project in Kingston, which strives to address how traditional classroom situations can marginalize some students. For more information about the project or this event please email freeschool[at]riseup.net
Update: We have received word that the barricades came down this morning. Stay tuned.
From the Belleville Intelligencer
DESERONTO, ON — Mohawks blocking a highway near here with trucks and banners that warn “Deseronto is Closed” warned Monday they plan to stay in place for a week.
Roads leading into Deseronto remain closed after native protesters set up blockades on the east side of the town in protest of a development. The blockade is near the site where Mohawks have occupied a gravel pit for almost a year.
Demonstrators set up blockades overnight on County Road 2 and the intersections of Bridge Street West and Deseronto Road. Later in the morning, protest leaders said they intend to keep the blockade up for a week.
The blockades were set up after Nibourg Developments announced the development company would proceed with work to clear brush on land it owns on the Culbertson Tract — a swath of land currently under negotiation between the federal government and the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte.
The Ontario Provincial Police are standing by, monitoring the situation and motorists have been asked to seek alternative routes near the town.
The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte band council issued a statement today disavowing itself of the actions by a group the band considers dissidents.
Click here for background info to this issue.
The so-called Voice of Canada announced that the National Post has extended a special Friends of National Post offer to members of their website, as well as members of Gary McHale’s site Caledonia Wakeup Call. Both sites host consistent law and order conservative viewpoints on the situations regarding land claims and indigenous resistance in Ontario and Quebec. They are hiding under a new facade, called ‘Canadian Advocates for Charter Equality.’ Gary McHale, who actually picked up and moved to Caledonia to cause shit, likes to rant about ‘native terrorism’ in particular and how white people are so oppressed. See for yourself. There also exist many anti-McHale sites…
What does this say about the National Post?
Germinations is selling sunflower seeds (for planting) as a fundraiser for a social centre that is to open soon in downtown Kingston. Each package has a mix of ornamental sunflowers of different colours, sizes and shapes for borders, cutting and endless summer bouquets. The seeds are certified organic, open-pollinated and untreated. All the proceeds go to the social centre. $5 per package available at the OPIRG Office, 51 Bader Lane.
The seeds are from Urban Harvest: < http://www.uharvest.ca/>
For more information about the social centre, please contact germinations (at) riseup.net