SUPPORT 6 NATIONS - Bus Leaves Toronto this Sat. night
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SUPPORT THE SIX NATIONS BLOCKADE!!
BUS TO SIX NATIONS FROM TORONTO
This Saturday, April 22
Meet @ 8:30pm - leaving 9 PM sharp!
Dominion parking lot on Bloor west of Spadina
Returning Sunday (leaving Six Nations @ 12 noon)
For 55 days now, the community of the Six Nations Haudensaunee Confederacy has held a blockade to defend land that is rightfully theirs from further encroachment by real estate developers and the Canadian government. Early Thursday morning, the OPP tried to break the blockade in a pre-dawn raid by sending cops with guns drawn to pepper spray, beat and arrest community members. The government hoped to remove resistance to the development of Six Nations land by Henco Industries Ltd. The Six Nations community mobilized in response and drove the OPP out, restoring the blockade.
A bus is being organized to take people from Toronto to support this ongoing effort, and will be filled on a first-come/first-serve basis. The community has asked for outside support, as they know that the OPP/Military could seize upon any sign of weakness to move against the blockade again--night times are particularly vulnerable.
The bus will leave Toronto this Saturday evening, stay the night, and leave Six Nations early Sunday. People should bring whatever they need, possibly including tents and sleeping bags. Anyone with access to rain gear should bring it. Every night for some time, Six Nations community members have been on alert against the possibility of police attack.
Forecasts suggest it might be raining, and people from Toronto are going to provide support through the night to those who have been defending this blockade for several weeks.
Forecasts suggest it might be raining, and people from Toronto are going to provide support through the night to those who have been defending this blockade for several weeks.
For more information, call 416-997-1562 or email ocap @ ocap@tao.ca
If people want to leave at other times or are leaving at other times and have space in their cars, and to check what supplies are useful to bring, update and check out the Rides and Supplies message board at:
http://excoboard.com/exco/forum.php?forumid=91715 - it's also available through the Coalition in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty website. You need to register and can then post at will.
People are meeting at 8:30pm for the bus so they have the opportunity to attend an important event in Toronto earlier Saturday evening, also regarding theft of indigenous land and attacks on resistance.
posted by Annamarie at
6:29 PM
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You may also wish to bring your gasmasks (great for scaring kids) and bandanas.
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