The Coalition Against Police Repression and Abuse, Montréal-Nord Républik, No One Is Illegal-Montreal and Solidarity Across Borders are calling for a campaign of support for Dany Villanueva, a key witness in the public inquest in Fredy Villanueva’s death threatened with expulsion by the Canada Border Services Agency.

Montreal, 21 August 2009 – The Federal government has admitted that there is insufficient evidence in Adil Charkaoui’s file to uphold the security certificate against him. The startling admission was filed with the Federal Court on July 31st.

A powerful exposé of the politics swirling about mold, safe housing questions and public health, highlighting the human costs this politics has meant. Assorted illnesses, disability, and even cancer have all now proved among the consequences - before us remains the question of solutions. The links at the article's end provide an excellent resource - knowledge is indeed power!

In terms of organisation, wildcat strikes are a way forward. Strikes that really do go beyond union control and which instead are run by mass meetings who elect coordinating committees that can be recalled are a model for workers elsewhere. But it will take more than a fight in one sector to hold back the tide of attacks

Relegating the world’s future to the hands of same leaders who created the current global economic crisis is a recipe to further disaster, according to Partido ng Manggagawa (Workers Party), a militant labor party in the Philippines which joined hundreds of other protesters in a march to the US embassy this morning in time for the G20 Summit in Washington DC.

MANILA, Philippines – The country should not take pride in being the model in terms of labor migration, according to women’s groups who are engaging the Second Global Forum on Migration on Development (GFMD).

Update: Ivan remains in prison in Madrid after a brutal deportation. He now faces up to four years of detention before trial, which will then take place under the Audiencia Nacional, Spain's national security court which was established by Franco.

As the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) opened today in Manila, at least 5000 workers from the Philippines and other countries in every region of the world came together in one of the broadest labor mobilizations ever organized in the entire history of the global trade union movement.

New picture album

Update from the Freedom for Ivan Committee

Thursday, 17 April, is political prisoner's day. In Montreal, Ivan Apaolaza Sancho - a 36 year old Basque refugee claimant and political prisoner - has been in detention for over ten months.

A march for immigrant justice,
and against poverty, racism & racial profiling

SUNDAY, MAY 4th, 12:30pm
Starting Point: Corner of Victoria & Van Horne
in COTE-DES-NEIGES
(metro Plamondon, sortie Van Horne)

This is a child-friendly demonstration.
Food and drinks will be available.
There will be vehicles on-hand for those with reduced mobility.

As part of a National Day of Action for immigrant rights, Solidarity Across Borders is again taking to the streets, with our allies, to demand justice and dignity for all migrants. In opposition to deportations and detentions, we demand STATUS FOR ALL! There is no such thing as an "illegal" human being, only illegitimate laws and governments.

No One Is Illegal Radio broadcasts live on the first Thursday of every month, from 5-6pm (EST), as part of “Off the Hour", produced in collaboration with the commnunity news collective at CKUT. We're at 90.3 FM in Montreal, and www.ckut.ca on the web. Our show is also uploaded every month, with bonus audio and extended interviews; updates at http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com

With her proposed Québécois Identity Bill, the new Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois has shown that there is no limit to how low she will stoop to get back in power--even hunting for support on the ADQ's terrain and leaping into racist and xenophobic manure. After several days of debate in which she did her best to defend her infamous Bill, the Lady of Île Bizard [1] once again tried to justify herself during the November 4 PQ commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the death of its former leader René Lévesque.