- No Olympics on stolen land!
- Disrupt and abolish the G8 and SPP
- Active support and solidarity for local struggles of self-determination,
justice and dignity*

[August 2008 - OTTAWA]

In the year 2010, three major international events will be taking place in
the Canadian state: the Winter Olympics in Vancouver/Whistler (between
February 12-28); the G8 Leader's Summit in Huntsville, Ontario (most likely
in June or July); and the meeting of the NAFTA leaders as part of the
so-called "Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)" (date and location not
yet known).

Already, groups and individuals on the West Coast have come together under
the banner of "No Olympics on stolen native land." They have been organizing
and raising awareness, from an anti-colonial and anti-capitalist
perspective, against the 2010 Olympics, for several years. [More info
available at www.no2010.com and http://harrietspirit.blogspot.com/]

Inspired by the mobilizing on the West Coast, organizers across "Canada"
have begun awareness-raising efforts. Building on the call from the West
Coast for anti-capitalist and anti-colonial resistance to the Olympics, some
organizers affiliated with the "People's Global Action" Bloc (PGA-Bloc) in
Ontario and Quebec have begun mobilizing around "Resistance2010", linking
anti-Olympics efforts to organizing against the G8 and SPP, and the
day-to-day systems and institutions of power and oppression they represent.

With more than one-year before the Olympics begin, there is a huge
opportunity for coordinated and developed campaigns against the Olympics,
G-8 and SPP: campaigns that are rooted in our every-day mobilizing, and
survival; and campaigns that understand that the institutions of oppression
and power function daily in our own communities.

The PGA-Bloc is organizing within the framework of the People's Global
Action Hallmarks, which are linked at: www.agp.org

The PGA Hallmarks are a common expression of some of our basic politics, and
are linked to a loose international network of grassroots resistance to
capitalism that is directly inspired by the Zapatistas. Over the past
several years, the "PGA-Bloc" has been used in Ontario and Quebec for
various organizing efforts, such as opposing George Bush's visit to Ottawa
(2004) and mobilizing against the SPP meeting in Montebello (2007). The PGA
network is also linked to numerous groups who organized anti-capitalist
resistance to the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City (2001).

Whether groups are organizing within the PGA Hallmarks or not, we would like
to communicate and organize with everyone with shared affinities --
anti-capitalist and anti-colonial analysis; support for direct action;
confrontation of oppressive systems; opposition to all forms of oppression;
autonomous and horizontal organizing; and support of Indigenous sovereignty
and self-determination -- in a spirit of unity, solidarity and mutual aid.

There have so far been two regional organizing meetings in Ottawa (in
January and July 2008) related to the Resistance 2010 campaign, bringing
together activists from Ontario and Quebec. Allies have been meeting in
Halifax as well. A Resistance 2010 information session was held at the
Montreal Anarchist Bookfair this past May, involving participants from
Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes as well as the Northeast USA. To date, there
have been two visits by Indigenous organizers in "British Columbia" to
Ontario and Quebec, and communications between organizers across "Canada".

This callout (our second; the first was made in January 2008) is being made
to again encourage networking and communications between groups and
individuals who support the Resistance 2010 campaign.

We write this in the hopes that we can re-kindle old networks, encourage and
join new ones, and support each other's organizing and struggles towards
2010 and beyond.

In solidarity and in struggle,
Members and supporters of the PGA-Bloc in Ontario and Quebec.

www.resistance2010.net (under construction)
info@resistance2010.net

*GET INVOLVED:*

*ENDORSE RESISTANCE 2010:* We encourage groups and organizations to discuss
the Resistance 2010 campaign. If your group supports the main demands of
Resistance 2010 campaign -- no Olympics on stolen land; disrupt and abolish
the G8 and SPP; and active support and solidarity for local struggles of
self-determination, justice and dignity -- please get in touch to endorse
the campaign at info@resistance2010.net

*SHARE INFORMATION:* Please share any public information about activities
and campaigns that you've already begun or discussed in your area that might
be related to the Resistance2010 effort. We are compiling the public
information at info@resistance2010.net and will send it out on our
announcements list to share with everyone.

*POPULAR EDUCATION:* We are particularly interested in sharing research and
popular education materials. Members of the PGA-Bloc in Ontario and Quebec
are working together in the coming months on a more detailed information
package to share with your group, as well as more informational workshops.
Please e-mail info@resistance2010.net to share any info.

*ANNOUNCEMENTS LIST:* Get on our announcements-only, low-volume, moderated
e-mail list, which will be used to share public information about Resistance
2010 efforts. Just e-mail info@resistance2010.net with your e-mail address,
asking to be on the announcements list.

info@resistance2010.net
www.resistance2010.net (under construction)