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Joint Declaration for inclusive and antiracist community in Saguenay

The IWW / SITT Montreal resolved at its last general meeting to sign and distribute this joint declaration written by the Emma Goldman Collective of Saguenay. If you also want to sign the declaration, you can contact them at [email protected] from here to 18 September.

stopracism Horror and stupor are insufficient words to express our disgust at the hate crime perpetrated on Saturday afternoon at the location of the Chicoutimi Mosque. We who campaign daily to break down these prejudiced borders, of violence, d’oppression, of privilege and ignorance, we are saddened by this new manifestation of a system of oppression - racism - which is very present in our country. While we see in this act the continuation of a hate propaganda campaign by a racist group in the region, we also protest against much more widespread and trivialized forms of racism in our environment. In the shadow of the stupid "welcoming city" marketing ideas (without action) and vain quests for police journalism from our mainstream media, we issue this statement to share : courage is born hope, the hope of defeating and defeating all forms of oppression. It's a call to action.

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Autonomous action in Saguenay for locked out-e-s

Here is the press release of an autonomous action that took place yesterday in Saguenay supports more than 300 Locked-out workers at various car dealerships and garages in Saguenay / Lac-St-Jean. The lockout has been going on since February 2013.

lock-outSAGUENAY, 22 July 2013 // In the early afternoon, of citizens of Saguenay have carried out an action in solidarity with the workers locked out at dealerships in the region, there is more than that 4 month. After going inside to pass the message to customers to delay their purchases, demonstrators blocked the entrance to one of the concessionaires until the police arrived. By this lockout, the employers try to impose a cut of almost 100 jobs, a decrease in working conditions and more and more subcontracting - a decrease in the quality of service. In this conflict which is getting bogged down with judicialization, we will not stand idly by the injustice that strikes them.

While 450 families are thrown to the sidewalk, dealers continue to make a profit. Lockouts have their hands tied by dozens of injunctions, contempt and tickets - the balance of power is clearly on the employers' side. Each client who crosses a picket line is complicit in the bad faith of this party who refuses any negotiation. As our banner said : Our lives are worth more than their profits!

We are determined to stay by their side, no matter the cost, until victory. in parallel, downstream, this morning, an autonomous group of several dozen people made a hard block in solidarity with the workers of Mapei on strike for more than a year. Against all these attacks on the conditions of our social class, we will be beasts of hope!

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