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Idle No More!

“Stephen Harper has awoken a sleeping giant”

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Don’t Fence Me In

Been thinking about the people in Fort Chipewan today, and everyone who lives in Northern Alberta near the Tar Sands. Stumbled on this song and thought it seemed like a pretty good way of positively saying no to all the powers that are destroying everything in the name of greed.  It sounds good now matter how it’s done. And there is a version for almost everyone here.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Dont+fence+me+in&view=detail&mid=B160E7CB3DDECA21ABD7B160E7CB3DDECA21ABD7&first=421&FORM=NVPFVR

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Dont+fence+me+in&view=detail&mid=66A8ACC3110122756A3E66A8ACC3110122756A3E&first=261&FORM=NVPFVR

Guess that’s it for now.

 

 

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Idle No More This Sunday In Montreal

Idle No More Quebec is launching this call for solidarity to invite you to publicly demonstrate and to join us!

WHEN: Idle No More Demonstration in Montreal – Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 1:00 pm
WHERE: Phillips Square, 585 Ste-Catherine Street West, Montreal (in front of the store The Bay) (nearest metro station: McGill)
HOW: Come with friends and family and bring drums, rattles, jingle dresses, red feathers!
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Idle No More Québec (Fini l’inertie) lance cet appel à la solidarité pour vous inviter à manifester publiquement et à vous joindre à nous!

QUAND : Manifestation Idle No More à Montréal – Le dimanche 10 février 2013 à 13h
OÙ : Square Phillips, 585 rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montréal (en face du magasin La Baie) (près de la station de métro McGill)
COMMENT : Venez avec amis et famille et apportez tambours, hochets, jingle dress, plumes rouges!
RASSEMBLEMENT & MANIF *IDLE NO MORE (FINI L’INERTIE) – MTL* RALLY & MARCH
February 10 at 1:00pm
Square Phillips in Montreal, Quebec

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Idlenomore.official/

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Solidarity with IDLE NO MORE and Chief Theresa Spence

Solidarité avec Chief Theresa Spence & Idle No More / Solidarity with IDLE NO MORE and Chief Theresa Spence *BRING DRUMS AND PERCUSSION*

On Friday January 11th, 2013, stand in solidarity with Chief Theresa Spence and all First Nations.

January 11, 2013 1-3pm

1001 Place Jean Paul Riopelle

Between Square Victoria and Place d’Armes Metros

I think it is worth mentioning that it is the most disenfranchised portion of Canadians, who are idle no more.

They are leading the way. Is it not ironic, that they are cherishing this land more then us? Or perhaps its not ironic. Perhaps it is logic, after all the First Nations have been on this land for up to 50 000 years, and such time come a cultural bond with the land.
It is HIGH TIME that non-Aboriginal Canadians woke up, and began to shake off the shackles of apathy.
Apathy is destroying this country. The apathy of the masses is eating this great nation from the inside out.

We as CANADIANS must be united. We must stand as one.
Bring signs, and express your outrage PEACEFULLY and NON VIOLENTLY.
However let your outrage be known **loud** and clear.
It’s time we took back our country from this out of control government. We must make our concerns heard. We must spread the word. It IS our duty.

From this page.

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Idle No More

I wanna round dance
neath the stars tonight
I wanna stand up
for what I believe tonight
I wanna see peace
in the skies tonight
I wanna be love
neath the stars tonight

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Idle No More – Montreal, Friday at Noon

****An English version will follow****

FRANÇAIS:

17/12/2012 – Mouvement historique – Les autochtones se réunissent sous la bannière Idle No More pour dénoncer les politiques du gouvernement Harper – Joignez-vous à eux le 21 décembre à Montréal.

Suivant l’impulsion d’un mouvement spontané, lancé par le mot-clic #IdleNoMore sur Twitter, des manifestants se sont rassemblés à travers le Canada le 10 décembre dernier pour protester contre l’adoption du projet de loi omnibus C-45 et contre l’indifférence du gouvernement du Canada à l’égard des Premières Nations. Le slogan, véritable appel à la mobilisation autochtone, a depuis fait boule de neige et motivé des dizaines de manifestations allant de Vancouver à Halifax, et maintenant Montréal.

Afin de faire écho à la grande manifestation prévue le 21 décembre à Ottawa, des membres des Premières Nations du Québec et leurs sympathisants se réuniront pacifiquement à Montréal ce vendredi. Ils témoigneront par le fait même de leur appui à la chef d’Attawapiskat Theresa Spence qui a débuté une grève de la faim le 11 décembre dernier, afin de réclamer une rencontre avec le Premier Ministre Harper et la Reine. Au cours de la dernière semaine, l’Assemblée des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador (APNQL) et l’Assemblée des Premières Nations du Canada (AFN) ont donné leur appui officiel à Theresa Spence et réclamé que le Premier Ministre accepte de la rencontrer.

La manifestation du 21 décembre se veut un premier effort de mobilisation au Québec et les membres du mouvement entendent poursuivre leurs actions jusqu’à l’établissement d’un réel dialogue de nation à nation entre le gouvernement du Canada et les Premières Nations. Ils invitent également toutes les organisations sympathiques à leur cause à le manifester publiquement et à se joindre à eux le 21 décembre.

Contacts
Mélissa Mollen Dupuis, Widia Larivière,
Amanda Tap’we IronStar, Marie-Celine Charron idlenomoreqc@gmail.com

Pour plus d’informations sur le mouvement Idle No More:
Le site web officiel: http://www.idlenomore.ca/

La page Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/IdleNoMoreCommunity?ref=ts&fref=ts
Les comptes Twitter canadien et québécois: @IdleNoMore / @IdleNoMoreQC
Groupe Facebook Idle No More – Québec: http://www.facebook.com/groups/466954116690346/
Un site web regroupant les faits saillants du mouvement: http://peuplesvisibles.tumblr.com/

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ENGLISH:

Historic movement – Indigenous people unite under the Idle No More banner to denounce Harper government policies – Join them on December 21 in Montréal.

17/12/2012 – Under the impulse of a spontaneous movement launched with the #IdleNoMore hashtag on Twitter, protesters joined across Canada on this past December 10 to protest against the adoption of omnibus bill C-45 and the Canadian government’s indifference regarding First Nations. Truly appealing to indigenous people to rally, the slogan has since gathered momentum and motivated dozens of protests from Vancouver to Halifax, and now in Montréal. To echo the big demonstration planned in Ottawa on December 21, members of Québec’s First Nations and those who support them will meet peacefully in Montréal on Friday. They will express their support to Chief of Attawapiskat, Theresa Spence, who has undertaken a hunger strike since December 11, demanding a meeting with Prime Minister Harper and the Queen. This last week, the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) have officially given their support to Theresa Spence and demanded that the Prime Minister accept to meet her. The demonstration on 21 December is meant as a first mobilization drive in Québec. The movement’s members intend on continuing their efforts until a true nation-to-nation dialogue is established between the government of Canada and the First Nations. They also invite all organizations who are sympathetic to their cause to express it publicly and to join Friday’s demonstration.

Idle No More Demonstration in Montréal
21 December at noon Cabot Square (Atwater / Sainte-Catherine)

Contact
Mélissa Mollen Dupuis, Widia Larivière
Amanda Tap’we IronStar, Marie-Celine Charron
idlenomoreqc@gmail.com

For more information on the Idle No More movement:
The official website: http://www.idlenomore.ca/

The Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/IdleNoMoreCommunity?ref=ts&fref=ts
The Canadian and Québec Twitter accounts: @IdleNoMore4 / @IdleNoMoreQC
The Idle No More – Québec Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/466954116690346/
A website documenting the movement’s main events: http://peuplesvisibles.tumblr.com/

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