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(April 15) Activist for migrant rights faces deportation tomorrow despite risk to his life

For immediate release “This is not human” : Activist for migrant rights faces deportation tomorrow despite risk to his life MONTREAL, April 15 2014 – A Montreal man is facing deportation to South Korea early tomorrow morning, a country where…

(Updates) Solidarity with Carlos, Amelie and Fallon !

UPDATE – February 24, 2014 From friends of Amelie, Carlos and Fallon On Sunday, January 5th, two groups of people threw rocks and molotov cocktails at the offices of the Ministry of Communications and Transport and at the vehicles of…

Solidarity against police repression in Montreal: We will not submit to municipal by-law P-6 (Updated)

(This public statement is endorsed by Solidarity Across Borders.) It’s not at City Hall that P-6 will be defeated, but on the streets! We will not submit to municipal by-law P-6 On April 23, 2013, Montreal City Council voted to…

(October 25) Demonstrators confront Pauline Marois and the PQ government at isolated cabinet retreat

Updates (Media Articles) – Le Soleil: www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/politique/201310/25/01-4703720-la-contestation-de-la-charte-des-valeurs-rattrape-le-cabinet-marois.php – Global News (with video): http://globalnews.ca/news/925899/pq-cabinet-retreat-interrupted-by-protesters/ – Radio-Canada: http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2013/10/25/001-ministres-reunion-pq-lac-taureau-elections-discussions.shtml – TVA: http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/national/archives/2013/10/20131025-121226.html – Métro: http://journalmetro.com/actualites/national/392990/elections-le-pq-fait-durer-le-suspense/ – Canoe: http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/quebeccanada/politiqueprovinciale/archives/2013/10/20131025-120600.html – Le Devoir: http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/390962/rumeurs-d-elections-le-gouvernement-marois-entretient-le-mystere – Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Unspoken+question+cabinet+meets+Timing+next+election/9083050/story.html —– Demonstrators directly confronting Pauline Marois and…

Support Striking Immigration Detainees! (Lindsay, Ontario)

Support Striking Immigration Detainees! Soutenons les immigrants détenus en grève! More info: http://endimmigrationdetention.wordpress.com Joint statement by Books to Bars Hamilton, Dignidad Migrante, Fuerza/Puwersa, No One Is Illegal-Montreal / Personne n’est illégal, No One Is Illegal Toronto, No One Is Illegal Vancouver, Solidarity Across…

(October 5) Benefit Dance Party for Solidarity Across Borders & Immigrant Workers Center

THE UNION FOR GENDER EMPOWERMENT PRESENTS: the much-awaited return of the Librarian Dance Party!! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 10pm IL Motore (170 Jean-Talon Ouest) Getting there: Il Motore is located between the Du Parc et De Castelneau metro stations on the…

Solidarity City Campaign on facebook & twitter

Dear friends and allies of Solidarity Across Borders — Solidarity Across Borders is now on facebook and twitter. We are managing a facebook page for the Solidarity City campaign, as well as a twitter account. This will allow us to…

(August 21) Stop the deportation of the Alvarez Rivera family (Wednesday 11am)

The friends and allies of the Alvarez Rivera Family are coming together to demand the suspension of their removal order to El Salvador [full English version forthcoming] Rassemblement / Gathering MERCREDI 21 AOÛT à 11h (pile) Complexe Guy-Favreau 200 René-Lévesque…

(August 9) Vigil: Fredy Villanueva’s Death, Five Years Later

Fredy Villanueva’s Death – Five Years Later It has been almost five years since the shooting death of 18 year old Fredy Villanueva in the parking lot of Montreal North’s Henri-Bourassa Arena, at the hands of Jean-Loup Lapointe of the…

Whose City? Our City! (Villeray) … For a Solidarity City

WHOSE CITY? OUR CITY! (Villeray) For a Solidarity City 1 year after we started the casseroles, we still refuse to share our demo routes SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 (on the anniversary of the 1st public assembly of APAQ-Villeray) -> 1pm:…

The Ghotra Singh family, in Canada for more than 10 years, calls on the Minister of Immigration to stop their deportation

update : On Tuesday January 15, the family got a stay of deportation ! The Ghotra Singh family and their two Canadian children face deportation to India tomorrow after more than ten years in Canada. A motion to suspend the…