Canadian Journalists for Free Expression have called on Rick Bartolucci, our MP in Sudbury and the cabinet minister in charge of the Ontario Provincial Police, to ban the OPP from impersonating reporters, as outline in this media release and this CBC article. SAWO has sent the following letter in support of that call.
Dear Minister Bartolucci
As your constituents, we are writing in support of the recent call by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression that you, as the Ontario Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, direct the Ontario Provincial Police to stop impersonating reporters.
We understand that an OPP officer posed as a reporter while spying on a gathering of members and supporters of the Mohawk Nation in conjunction with the Aboriginal Day of Protest in 2007.
We agree with the CJFE position that police posing as reporters serves to compromise the ability of ordinary people to use the media as one imperfect but important tool to educate ourselves about issues that are shaping our lives and our communities. We feel that it would be the politically responsible thing to ban this practice.
Moreover, we see this issue in the larger context of our grave concerns about government approaches to indigenous struggles against racism and for the land that respond with denial and police instead of with justice.
Sudbury Against War and Occupation is a group of Sudbury residents opposed to all forms and consequences of war and occupation, including the ongoing occupation of the lands of indigenous peoples on Turtle Island.
Sincerely,
OPP back off! Free all First Nations Political Prisoners Now!
Hey Everyone,
So I've been floating this idea in my head for a bit..... I would like
allies, partners, companions in it, or alternatively good critiques of the
idea.
I am very curious to know how many people would be interested in starting
an (un)settler network, that can share and learn collectively, but also
meets up for workshops.
Intercontinental Anti- 2010 Olympics Movement Launched In Mexico
For Immediate Release October 18, 2007
Coast Salish Territory; Vancouver
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Scott Neigh
Telephone: 688-8694
Email: scott.neigh@hwcn.org
SUDBURY RESIDENTS TO PROTEST SECRET TRIALS
SUDBURY, ONTARIO, October 19, 2007 – Many Canadians like to think that we live in a place where governmental authorities cannot lock you up and throw away the key while keeping the charges and the evidence secret.
Many Canadians are wrong.
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The following is a draft of a "who are we" statement by the Sudbury anti-war/anti-occupation group so far known as the March 17th Committee, though that will be changed to a less painful name shortly. All participants in the group are invited to read over the draft so that comments on this document, on a new name, and on other matters related to the focus of the group can be brought to our next meeting:
*Prepared for March 17th 2007 international day against the war and occupation*
The question about presence of the Canadian forces in Afghanistan can't be
viewed separate from the presence of the US in our country, so to understand our point of view, let s explain few points about the US policies in Afghanistan.
We had a critical approach to the US Afghan policies in the past 23 years
