UNITED FOR STUDENT RIGHTS (U4SR) PRESENTS

A Public Forum

Rights & Responsibilities in Political Discussion on Campus:
Who Speaks for McMaster?

Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 12:00pm
Details to be determined

United for Student Rights (U4SR) is holding a Public Forum to discuss
the recent shocking decision by McMaster Student Union (MSU) and
administration to unequivocally ban on campus the usage of the
phrase "Israeli Apartheid". This decision was first passed by the
McMaster Provost office, which is second in authority only to that of
the President's office. It has been accepted by McMaster Human Rights
& Equity Services (HRES) and, in turn, the MSU. This information was
communicated to Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) and
McMaster Muslims for Peace & Justice (MMPJ) early in February 2008 by
the MSU and HRES. Due to this decision, these MSU approved clubs have not been able to get approval for various initiatives related to

Upping the Anti is pleased to bring you a roundtable discussing the important land reclamation being carried out by the Six Nations people of the Grand River Territory and the role of non-native solidarity work in that struggle. To begin with, Tom K. provides a brief overview of recent events surrounding the reclamation to provide some context for the discussion. Brian Skye of Six Nations, who has been heavily involved in the activities of the site, then provides his perspective on the significance of the reclamation and the place for external support. Jan Watson, a local Caledonia resident and founding member of Community Friends For Peace and Understanding with Six Nations, then talks about the work she has been involved to build support in her community for the Six Nations reclamation. Finally, we interview three longtime members of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty – AJ Withers, Josh Zucker and Stefanie Gude – to ask for their thoughts about organizing support as non-native activists.

Information about registering is at the end of the message. If you are
planning to come you need to register. Please bring snacks for the
potluck lunch/snack break. Contact tom@tao.ca or call 416-526-4255 for
more information.

DATE: 11:30AM – 5:00 PM Saturday, March 31st, 2007
LOCATION: Hamilton Horseshoe Club - 170 Brockley Dr
DIRECTIONS:http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=170+Brockley+Dr.,+Hamilton,+ON&ie=UTF8&z=13&ll=43.23895,-79.739799&spn=0.057526,0.215263&om=1

Taiga News

March 23, 2007 - by Joseph Quesnel and Heather Stevenson

A peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict near Caledonia can only be achieved if the federal government lives up to its obligations and negotiates in good faith with Six Nations, said organizers at a recent informational demonstration held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

"The Federal Government can't try to pass the buck by pretending that the Provincial or other levels of Government, or the Band Council, are responsible for negotiations." says Dr. George Sorger, a spokesperson for the group. "We believe the authorized representatives of the Federal Government and the Six Nations Confederacy are the ones who will make the critical decisions and have to be at the negotiating table, because they are the ones who inherited the authority from those who made the treaties and agreements in the first place."

UNION EDUCATIONAL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF SIX NATIONS

DATE: 11:30AM – 5:00 PM Saturday, March 31st, 2007
LOCATION: Hamilton Horseshoe Club - 170 Brockley Dr

Community Friends for Peace and Understanding with Six Nations, a
grass-roots coalition of community and labour activists is hosting this
meeting in order to create a place for trade union activists in southern
Ontario to come together to build union support for the Six Nations
reclamation. From the beginning of the reclamation, the trade union
movement has issued statements of support and made financial donations.
However, this support needs to be sustained as well as extended into the
rank-and-file of the union movement, as we at the grassroots work
consistently to build bridges between the common values and interests of
the trade union movement and those of indigenous peoples.

Dear friends,

We are writing to let you know of a number of important upcoming events
that will be happening in the course of the next week to build support
for Six Nations political prisoner Trevor Miller. Trevor is a Six
Nations Mohawk of the Turtle Clan who has spent more than four months in
jail after being arrested for his involvement in supporting the
reclamation site. Trevor has been politically targeted and faced

The Hamilton Spectator
November 21, 2006 Tuesday
Pg. A09
Police arrest protesters; Allege L-3 Wescam makes 'tools for mass murder'
Christine Cox, The Hamilton Spectator
DATELINE: BURLINGTON
Eleven peace activists who refused to leave the property of a local high-tech company were arrested by Halton police yesterday and charged with trespassing.
The arrests came after a peaceful demonstration by about 40 protesters who allege that L-3 Wescam on the North Service Road makes targeting equipment for some of the world's deadliest weapons systems.

BCTGM, Local 264 has been on strike for over a week and could use some moral support on the line. They are the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers.

They are asking for better wages, they currently make about $14/hour as line workers for Voortman's Cookies. And of course automation is taking away their jobs.

Voortman's is located on the North Service Road in Burlington between Appleby and Walker's Line. It's north of the QEW (away from the lake) and you can see it from the highway. They have 3 pickets set up.