I would like to move to Canada without any of the red tape hindrances established by the racist Canadian state to keep the impoverished masses of the world out of rich, prosperous Canada.
Can I expect CUPE to undertake measures against the Canadian Apartheid State sometime in the near future?
"Der Hauptfeind steht im eigenen Land." - Karl Liebknecht
--- Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:
> Canadian Union Takes Important Step against Israeli
> Apartheid
> by Adam Hanieh
>
> At the annual convention of the Canadian Union of
> Public Employees
> (CUPE) Ontario, held 24-27 May 2006 in Ottawa, the
> union passed a
> resolution of historic importance. Resolution 50 --
> adopted
> unanimously by the 900 delegates at the largest
> convention in the
> union's history -- expressed support for the global
> campaign against
> Israeli apartheid. The union stated that it would
> educate its members
> on the apartheid nature of the Israeli state and
> Canadian political
> and economic support for these practices. It also
> declared that CUPE
> Ontario would participate in the international
> campaign of boycott,
> divestment, and sanctions against Israel until the
> realization of
> Palestinian self-determination. Most importantly,
> the union
> highlighted the significance of the right of return
> of Palestinian
> refugees as a critical component of Palestinian
> self-determination.
>
> Resolution 50 is a vital step for both Palestinian
> rights and the
> North American labor movement. CUPE Ontario is the
> largest public
> sector union in Ontario and represents over 200,000
> workers in the
> most highly populated province of Canada. The
> resolution represents
> the most powerful statement in support of
> Palestinian rights ever made
> by a North American trade union.
>
> FULL TEXT:
> <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/hanieh310506.html>
>
> --
> Yoshie
> <http://montages.blogspot.com/>
> <http://mrzine.org>
> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
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