Sudbury Social Justice News - September 22, 2013

EVENTS & MEETINGS:

1) Monday, September 23: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
2) Monday, September 23: Meeting of Raise the Rates Campaign
3) Tuesday, September 24: Sudbury Needs Compassionate Animal Control
Rally
4) Thursday, September 26: The Case for Political Art with Stephanie
McMillan
5) Thursday, September 26: Capitalism Must Die!
6) Thursday, September 26: Sudbury Launch of Labour Film "Made in the USA"
7) Friday, September 27: Stop the Ring of Fire Presents: Intermediate
Level organizing for Activists
8) Thursday, October 3: Friends of Sudbury Transit Meeting
9) Monday, October 7: Cinema Politica -- The Hole Story
10) Wednesday, October 9: *Our Town* -- A Play in Honour of Mental Illness Awareness Week
11) Thursday, October 10: LEAF Sudbury Person's Day Event
12) Saturday, October 12: March Against Monsanto in Sudbury
13) Friday, October 18: Restore the CSUMB Anti-Poverty March
14) Saturday, October 19: Province-wide Raise the Rates Rally in Sudbury

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

1) "Quebec bans symbols but all of Canada bans migrants" by Syed Hussan

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Monday, September 23: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty

Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: Offices of the Sudbury and District Labour Council (Suite 209 upstairs in 109 Elm Street, which is across the street from the Native Friendship Centre)

Matters to be discussed include the province-wide week of action called by the Raise the Rates campaign in October; our continuing direct action support work; and our drop-in space at APANO. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Children are welcome to attend, or childcare support is available upon request.

S-CAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. We provide direct-action support work assisting individuals in their struggles with welfare and ODSP, housing, employers, and others who deny people what they are entitled to in order to meet their needs. In addition, we mount campaigns against and support educational work about regressive government policies as they effect working people and people living in poverty. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves. We believe in the power of resistance!

La coalition contre la pauvreté de Sudbury (S-CAP) est un organisme d’action directe luttant contre la pauvreté. Elle se trouve à Sudbury en Ontario.

Le travail de la coalition se base dans l’action directe et consiste à apporter de l’aide aux individus dans leurs luttes pour l’assistance sociale, l’invalidité, le logement, l’emploi et à les aider à faire face aux gens qui leur refusent ce à quoi ils ont droit pour rencontrer leurs besoins. De plus, la coalition fait des compagnes de sensibilisation et de dénonciation par rapport aux politiques gouvernementales régressives quant à leurs effets sur les travailleurs et travailleuses et les personnes vivant dans la pauvreté.

La coalition croit au pouvoir des personnes de s’organiser elles-mêmes; elle croit au pouvoir de la résistance!

Please call us (249-878-7227)

Email us at sudburyCAP@gmail.com

S-CAP on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/257339454351403/

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Monday, September 23: Meeting of Raise the Rates Campaign

Time: 7:30pm
Location: Offices of the Sudbury and District Labour Council (Suite 209 upstairs in 109 Elm Street, which is across the street from the Native Friendship Centre)

Matters to be discussed at the Raise the Rates meeting include the October week of anti-poverty action and the events on Friday Oct. 18th focussing on restoring the CSUMB and the Oct. 19th province-wide action here in Sudbury focussing on defence of people on ODSP.

The venue is wheelchair accessible. Children are welcome to attend, or childcare support is available upon request.

For more information contact S-CAP at:

Please call us 249-878-7227.

Email us at sudburyCAP@gmail.com

Our website is sudburycap.com

S-CAP on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/257339454351403/

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Tuesday, September 24: Sudbury Needs Compassionate Animal Control
Rally

Time: 4pm
Location: Tom Davies Square (200 Brady Street, Sudbury)

This rally is to expose what is happening at the Rainbow District Animal Shelter in Azilda.
We have received several witness letters that reveal a lot of really disturbing things that are going on there.
We as tax payers want change and a new contract holder.
- Lynne Regimbal

We are asking the city to provide a better shelter that rightfully includes compassionate care, integrity, and repect for our region’s most vulnerable animals by choosing a new, fiscally responsible, ethical and moral contractor to manage the 2014 Animal Control Contract. Compassionate Animal Control believes that this contract should include requirements for the HIGHEST STANDARD OF CARE POSSIBLE, within the GCS’s budget allocations.
- Heather Regimbal

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/503803476361160/

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Thursday, September 26: The Case for Political Art with Stephanie
McMillan

Time: 1pm
Location: The ParkSide Centre, 140 Durham Street, Sudbury, Kinsmen Room
A

A slideshow presentation exploring the relationship between art and politics in Stephanie’s own development as an artist and activist. She will also read her essay, “Artists Raise Your Weapons” in preparation for a group discussion of the role of art in political struggles.

For those of you who know Stephanie’s work, you’ll be familiar with her comic, Minimum Security (which in its current phase is titled Proletarian Theory is a Revolutionary Social Force), as well as her cartoon, Code Green. Stephanie recently wrote The Beginning of the American Fall: A Comics Journalist Inside the Occupy Wall Street Movement, and co-wrote the graphic novel, As The World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial with Derrick Jensen. She has another graphic novel coming out this fall, The Minimum Security Chronicles: Resistance to Ecocide. This is a “story of a group of friends who try different strategies and tactics to stop ecocide. During this process, they hear of a particular geo-engineering project being planned, and focus their efforts on preventing that. It’s not only a thrilling story of trying to save the world, but also a thought experiment gaming out different revolutionary strategies.”

If you’d like to read more about Stephanie, browse through her cartoons, or check out the endorsements of her work (including Vandana Shiva, Howard Zinn and Derrick Jensen); you can do so here: http://stephaniemcmillan.org/sample-page/. You can also check out One Struggle, the anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist organization she works with: http://onestruggle.net/.  

This event is free but I would appreciate your help to spread the word.

For more information, please contact Rachael Charbonneau at rachaelcharbonneau@vianet.ca or 670-1982.

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/420470464741205/

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Thursday, September 26: Capitalism Must Die!

Time: 6pm
Location: The ParkSide Centre, 140 Durham Street, Kinsmen Room A

Cartoonist Stephanie McMillan is coming to Sudbury to promote her upcoming book, Capitalism Must Die!  Stephanie’s presentation will explain how capitalism works, why it has to be stopped and how to stop it. Her presentation will feature cartoons, diagrams and live drawings.

For those of you who know Stephanie’s work, you’ll be familiar with her comic, Minimum Security (which in its current phase is titled Proletarian Theory is a Revolutionary Social Force), as well as her cartoon, Code Green. Stephanie recently wrote The Beginning of the American Fall: A Comics Journalist Inside the Occupy Wall Street Movement, and co-wrote the graphic novel, As The World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial with Derrick Jensen. She has another graphic novel coming out this fall, The Minimum Security Chronicles: Resistance to Ecocide. This is a “story of a group of friends who try different strategies and tactics to stop ecocide. During this process, they hear of a particular geo-engineering project being planned, and focus their efforts on preventing that. It’s not only a thrilling story of trying to save the world, but also a thought experiment gaming out different revolutionary strategies.”

If you’d like to read more about Stephanie, browse through her cartoons, or check out the endorsements of her work (including Vandana Shiva, Howard Zinn and Derrick Jensen); you can do so here: http://stephaniemcmillan.org/sample-page/. You can also check out One Struggle, the anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist organization she works with: http://onestruggle.net/.  

This event is free but I would appreciate your help to spread the word. You can share and join this event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/209430909181199/.

For more information, please contact Rachael Charbonneau at rachaelcharbonneau@vianet.ca or 670-1982.

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Thursday, September 26: Sudbury Launch of Labour Film "Made in the USA"

Time: 6pm
Location: OPSEU Union Hall, 866 Newgate, Sudbury

Dear friends,

As you know, Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak has vowed that, if elected, he will demolish the foundation stone of union security in this province: the Rand formula. His plan, to allow some workers to receive the benefits of union representation without paying the dues that make those benefits possible, is a direct and hostile attack designed to weaken all unions and drive down wages right across our economy.

All over Ontario, unions are waking up to the threat posed by Hudak’s call for “more flexible” labour markets based on American-style “right to work” legislation. A number of unions and central labour bodies have compiled some great research and materials to help defend against this threat. At OPSEU, we wanted to find a way to communicate this information in a way that was as accessible as possible. So in June, we hired veteran journalist Bill Gillespie to take a camera crew to South Carolina, which has been a right-to-work state since 1954 and now has the third-lowest union density in the U.S. The interviews Bill conducted, and the documentary video he put together, tell a compelling story in a way that facts and figures seldom do. The video is deliberately designed for use by all unions and all citizens as an educational tool in this crucial battle.

Please come down for the showing of the video and the discussion afterwards. Refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you!

In solidarity,

Felicia Fahey
Executive Board Member Region 6, Ontario Public Service Employees Union

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Friday, September 27: Stop the Ring of Fire Presents: Intermediate
Level organizing for Activists

Time: 11am
Location: Main branch of the Greater Sudbury Public Library, Mackenzie Street, meeting room #1, downstairs

A presentation by Stephanie McMillan of One Struggle and discussion about intermediate level organizing and the differences between mobilizations and movements.

If you’d like to read more about Stephanie, browse through her cartoons, or check out the endorsements of her work (including Vandana Shiva, Howard Zinn and Derrick Jensen); you can do so here: http://stephaniemcmillan.org/sample-page/. You can also check out One Struggle, the anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist organization she works with: http://onestruggle.net/.  

You can share and join this event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1417308908481723/?context=create.

For more information, please contact Rachael Charbonneau at rachaelcharbonneau@vianet.ca or 670-1982.

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Thursday, October 3: Friends of Sudbury Transit Meeting

Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Meeting room #2 (the smaller one), downstairs, Greater Sudbury Public Library, 74 Mackenzie Street, Sudbury

Agenda TBA.

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/511723338909607/

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Monday, October 7: Cinema Politica -- The Hole Story

Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: Classroom Building room C203, Laurentian University, Sudbury
        
To kick off the Cinema Politica Sudbury/GSA|AÉÉS 2013-2014 political film series, join us for a screening of THE HOLE STORY!

http://www.facebook.com/gsaaees
http://www.cinemapolitica.org/sudbury

THE HOLE STORY presents a skewering analysis of the the ways in which Canadian mining companies have put profit before people and the environment (and Sudbury's in it!).

Monday, October 7th @ 7PM, on campus at Laurentian University. In the Classroom building, room C203.

Engaging and inclusive discussions to follow the film! Snacks and popcorn included!

Bus routes:
500 - University via Paris
501 - Regent University

Parking is available (lot P4).

SYNOPSIS

"Don't know much about mines? Not many people do. Mines don't talk. Especially about their history."

Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie relate this history in their latest documentary, THE HOLE STORY, a documentary which continues in the same provocative vein as their earlier FOREST ALERT.

The history of mining in Canada is the story of astronomical profits made with disregard for the environment and human health. The story of nickel in Sudbury, silver in Cobalt, gold in Timmins, copper in Rouyn...Using striking images, rare archival footage, interviews and their trademark humorous social commentary, Desjardin and Monderie make their case against the way mining has been done in Canada with clarity and conviction.

THE HOLE STORY is a film that sounds the alarm about mining. In a country rich in mineral resources, mining companies have historically paid little tax, while local municipalities bear the financial burden of building and maintaining the roads they use to truck their wealth out to other countries. Some films are essential viewing - THE HOLE STORY is one of them.

Official website: http://theholestory.nfb.ca/#/theholestory

Join us!

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/432070603569461/

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Wednesday, October 9: *Our Town* -- A Play in Honour of Mental Illness Awareness Week

Time: 7:30pm
Location: Sudbury Theatre Centre, 170 Shaughnessy Street, Sudbury

In honour of Mental Illness Awareness Week, NISA will be hosting a fundraiser on Wednesday, October 9th at the Sudbury Theatre Centre.

The classic play, Our Town will be showcased this evening, bringing to life the story of Grovers Corners, a small town in early 20th Century New England. The evening will feature a silent auction, a selection of local desserts and some brief speeches from community members.

Join us on October 9th to see our town come out to support mental health awareness and enjoy a great night of theatre!

For more information or to purchase tickets, call Krista at 705-222-NISA (6472). You can also buy tickets online here: http://nisa.on.ca/2013_stc_event_96.html

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1418705398350318/

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Thursday, October 10: LEAF Sudbury Person's Day Event

Time: 7pm
Location: Rainbow Cinemas, 40 Elm Street, Sudbury

Here we are again, for the 24th consecutive time, celebrating in Sudbury the anniversary of the day on which Canadian women were deemed “persons” by the court. For the third consecutive year we will be hosting a film event. We are pleased to present Still Mine, a film starring Genevieve Bujold and James Cromwell This Canadian movie, filmed partly in North Bay, offers an insightful exploration of the dilemmas older people face from a bureaucracy that has lost sight of basic common sense. Dr Jo-Anne Clarke, a local geriatrician, will answer questions after the movie with a reception to follow.

Our event will be at the Rainbow Cinemas, on Thursday, October 10th, at 7 pm (Doors open at 6:30pm).

Consider joining us once again, with your purchase of a sponsorship banner ad ($150) and/or tickets ($30 each). To purchase tickets, a sponsorship or to make a donation, please fill in the form (on the back of this letter) and send it to the address at the bottom of the form. Sponsors are named in our programme, and the banner ads will be featured prominently on the screen prior to the film.

Sudbury LEAF has had continuous, outstanding, and relevant events since 1989, bringing speakers and movies on wide ranging topics to enlighten and challenge us. With the funds raised, we will again give a portion to LEAF to support their equality cases through the courts, and we will continue to give a portion to the Greater Sudbury Public Libraries for the purchase of books/videos/subscriptions to journals that focus on women’s issues.

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/623003257732098/

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Saturday, October 12: March Against Monsanto in Sudbury

Time: 2pm to 4pm
Location: TBA

This will be a solidarity march for the event "March Against Monsanto" (https://www.facebook.com/MarchAgainstMonsanto)

This event is still in the process of being organized. It WILL go forward and details WILL follow. I'm looking for other organizers and free-thinkers to help though. If you're interested in stepping up and stomping out toxic GMOs, please message me! :D

****♥ In this march, we advocate that everyone be non-violent and kind as well. We recommend non-violent and friendly communication towards any and all police and law enforcement officers.

We have many important messages about Monsanto (and other things like fluoride, big Pharma, etc) with which to inform the public, and we are committed that these important messages be given priority. We want as many posters and as much video camera footage as possible to be posted all over the Internet. We are also committed that as few of our fellows marching as possible get hurt, none if possible.

Thus, we are peaceful and accused of being polite even. We are non-violent, and yet we are also non-compliant in leaving the march until our message has made the front page of major newspapers, N.Y. Times & L.A. Times. Our message will be heard on ABC, CBS, NBC, CTV, CBC, and CNN. ♥****

I'm looking for people to collaborate with: speakers, demonstrators for workshops, strong leaders in our community. Let's take a stand and fight for our Earth! ♥

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/358752937575346/

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Friday, October 18: Restore the CSUMB Anti-Poverty March

Time: 2pm
Location: Starting from Memorial Park in downtown Sudbury

Free meal and anti-poverty march starting at Memorial Park with a focus on restoring the CSUMB benefit for people on social assistance, and ensuring in the meantime that the replacement CHPI benefit maintains at least CSUMB rates and policies.

More details to follow.

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Saturday, October 19: Province-wide Raise the Rates Rally in Sudbury

Time: 2pm
Location: TBA

People from across the province will be coming to Sudbury for a large Raise the Rates rally and march. The focus will be on defence of Disability Benefits from attack. Location TBA. We are hoping to arrange bus and van subsidization to get people to this event.

More details to follow.

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

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"Quebec bans symbols but all of Canada bans migrants"
by Syed Hussan
(Originally published with many links to sources at Rabble.ca:
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/hussan/2013/09/quebec-bans-symbols-all-c...)