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A CN rail crossing in Saint-Lambert, Quebec is currently being blocked. The track connects Montreal to Eastern Canada as well as to the United States. We are acting in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en who are fighting against Coastal Gas Link’s proposed energy corridor through their territory and whose land was invaded by the RCMP in January.

Since the beginning of the RCMP’s invasion, many different types of solidarity blockades have multiplied across the country. We are inspired by the courageous acts of Indigenous resistance we have witnessed, including the ongoing rail blockades in Kahnawake and Tyendinaga. We have set up this new encampment blocking CN tracks as we believe these land and water defenders should not have to fight alone.

We invite all those who are able to join us at the site of this encampment. The blockade is set up a block south of rue rue Saint-Georges and ave St Charles. You can get there by taking the 2 or 54 bus south from Longueuil metro (bring change for an extra fare). We encourage everyone to bring very warm clothes, water, food, and any winter camping gear you have access to.

We will continue to block the railroad tracks until the RCMP leaves Wet’suwet’en territory. We encourage others to take action in order to force the government to accept the demands of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs.

For more up to date information, follow us on twitter @MTLanticolonial or write us an email at mtl-wetsuweten-solidarity@protonmail.com.

#ShutDownCanada #AllEyesOnWetsuweten #WetsuwetenStrong #Wetsuweten #ShutCanadaDown

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A bit over a hundred people marched through downtown Montreal Thursday night, to show their solidarity with the inhabitants of Wet’suwet’en territory currently facing violence and harrassment from the colonial Canadian state and its police force, the RCMP. Demonstrators marched in the streets of Montreal toward the RCMP offices behind a banner reading “RCMP OFF WET’SUWET’EN LAND”.

The RCMP headquarters was targeted in response to violence against indigenous people and especially the Wet’suwet’en. The car parked in the driveway had its windows broken and tires slashed, and paint bombs and graffiti hit the building. The demonstration occured in the context of a wave of actions currently shutting down so-called Canada. The message is clear: violence committed against indigenous peoples, land defenders and water protectors, on Wet’suwet’en land or elsewhere, will always meet with a response. This response will come from everywhere and it will only get louder.

The oil industry, the Canadian state and its police force can try to force through their pipeline, we can in turn halt the circulation of their commodities. The targets are everywhere. It’s now or never.

Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en and all those stepping up right now against the colonial Canadian state.

#shutdowncanada

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On January 4th, Wet’suwet’en members delivered an eviction notice to the CGL mancamp known as “site 9A” on Unistʼotʼen territory. CGL complied with the eviction notice, and employees and security forces completely withdrew from the territory. Shortly thereafter, there were reports of over 100 felled trees and piles of tires and accelerants blocking Morice West Forest Service Road, effectively protecting the area from industry and RCMP incursion. This unceded Wet’suwet’en land has now been liberated from Canada.

To protect this area, 4 camps extending through two clan territories have been set up along the logging road that traverses this territory. Wet’suwet’en chiefs have been steadfast in their assertion that Canadian law has no jurisdiction over the yintah, and that neither CGL nor RCMP are welcome on their territory. Over the past few weeks, while the RCMP have been gearing up to attempt to invade the territory, camps have been bolstered by a steady stream Wet’suwet’en, Gitxsan, and settler visitors. From railway sabotage, to round dances, a wide diversity of solidarity actions have been popping off all over Turtle Island.

Recently, we have learned that the community halls in Telkwa and Houston, two adjacent communities to the Gidim’ten and Unist’ot’en camps, have been rented out to house approximately 100 RCMP personnel, from January 31st, for 2 and 3 weeks respectively. Please call the community halls to ask why they choose to be complicit in the invasion of unceded Wet’suwet’en territory, and the perpetuation of the colonial relationship that resulted in the 60’s scoop, broken treaties, land theft, and genocide.

If you aren’t sure what to say, you can follow this script:

Hello;
I heard you are renting your community space to the RCMP, to help them try to raid and evict Wet’suwet’en people from their traditional territories. Unless you want your community hall to become synonymous with the same force of colonization that put the residential school system in place, you should cancel the RCMP’s reservation.

Houston Community Hall:
Houston Leisure Services
PO Box 370, Houston BC, V0J 1Z0
Phone: (250) 845 2238
Fax: (250) 845-7434
E-Mail – bookings@houston.ca

Telkwa Community Hall:
Phone: (250) 846-5212

For more information on the Gidimt’en camp: yintahaccess.com
For more information on the Unist’ot’en camp: unistoten.camp