ANTI-AUSTERITY MEANS ANTI-STATE “Beneath the paving stones, the beach”. - graffiti from Paris, May ‘68 aus·ter·ity Government policies that systematically cut welfare, healthcare, student loans, and other social services. It’s obvious why we should be against austerity measures. Some of us are students, some of us are on welfare, and a lot of us are dependent on the provincial healthcare system. In one way or another, most of us are dependent upon the welfare state; its destruction threatens our survival. But that is only because capitalism and colonialism have ripped away our collective knowledge of how to feed and care for ourselves, our connections to the land we live on, our connections to each other. The welfare state was created at a time when the capitalist mode of production needed obedient and loyal workers to produce goods, construct buildings, die in wars, and provide intellectual labour. But in a world of dwindling resources, growing populations, and increasingly efficient machines, we become less necessary to the maintenance of this system every day. We are, in fact, a threat to it – at least potentially. ...

Cops-Pigs-Murderers No State ‘Justice’ Rage is our best weapon. Ⓐ NEVER FORGIVE, NEVER FORGET In Montreal, a banner against police was dropped from a highway above rue Atwater in the early morning. Two thousand fliers were thrown and the banner stayed up for over 30 hours on a main artery into downtown. We did this over a month after pigs murdered Mario Hamel and Patrick Limoges on June 7, which was followed by a small riot on the night of June 8 targeting police and the world of capital and domination that they defend.

A flyer distributed on Sept.11th, 2011 at an anti-capitalist demonstration against imperialism.

Two flyers distributed after Montreal police and screws at Millhaven prison in Ontario murdered yet again.

On Monday, May 16th, 2011 a dozen people created a disruption at the Greek consulate in downtown Montreal located at 1002 Sherbrooke West on the 26th floor. We entered the office chanting slogans of solidarity to anarchists and immigrants facing heavy repression at the hands of the Greek state and organized fascists. Furniture and plants were overturned and hundreds of fliers were scattered. One office employee attempted to detain a comrade but failed. Outside people displayed a banner stating “(A) Flics-Porcs-Assassins, Solidarité contre la reprèssion d’État en Grèce” and handed out fliers. The call for international solidarity.

A flyer distributed after a pre-emptive arrest of several anarchists on March 12th, 2011 during an anti-austerity demonstration.

A flyer distributed in the metro while the insurrection in Egypt raged.

A flyer that was thrown and handed out in the metro during January, 2011 in solidarity with inmates who rioted at Millhaven prison in Ontario.

A flyer distributed in the metro in solidarity with Roger Clement, sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday, December 7, 2010, for his role in firebombing an Ottawa RBC in May, 2010. More information on Roger, his co-accused, and the case against them.