A friendly reminder to you writers, artists, activists, and generally awesome folks that the mental health zine submission deadline is just over a week away! November 15th is the (somewhat flexible) deadline. We would still love for more submissions! So get workin’ on it and/or encourage any of your friends who may be interested.

As a reminder this is what the zine’s about:

The mental health zine is a compliation on experiences of resisting the stigma of mental health/illness. This includes any aspect relating to mental health, including experiences with illness, coping, psychology/psychiatry, mental health institutions, as well as everyday life. We’re especially interested in work that explores topics of politics, identity, speaking out, supporting people, intersections with other oppressions, as well as general areas of agency, power and resistance. Submissions can be in the form of personal stories, essays, poetry, art, photography, or whatever else you fancy.

All submissions will be kept confidential unless you specify a desire to have your name included. We will thoroughly consider everything submitted and we will respond to all of you. However, the zine strives to be as anti-oppressive as possible, so submissions with racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, xenophobic or classist content will not be printed.

If you would like to like submit a piece or want to find out more about what we’re doing, feel free to send us an e-mail at mentalhealthzine@gmail.com If you can’t e-mail your submission to us, let us know and we will sort out other arrangements.

Also, some additional information. The zine format is going to be half of a standard size of paper (8.5″ X 11″) folded in half lengthwise. So about half of a standard size page. This is what most zines hanging around look like these days. It will also be in black and white due to printing costs.

Anyway we look forward to seeing all of your work! Thanks again!

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Pièces de la résistance

Calling all artists and wannabees, midnight glue-fiends and high-noon doodlers:
Ste-Emilie cordially invites you to submit a piece of art for the up-coming art auction in support of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.  This show is a sequel to the highly successful “Shawn Brant Is No Criminal” art auction which took place in Toronto last spring.

We are looking for art that reflects anti-colonial resistance, decolonization as a way-of-life, Indigenous sovereignty and the abolition of the kanadian state.  Yes, children, we are talking real attitude here!  All proceeds from the auctioned art will assist in the reclamation of the Culbertson Tract and the Tyendinaga Legal Defence Fund (see below for more information).

If you have an idea and need help fulfilling it, please get in touch.  The Skillshare is at your disposal, if you need to silkscreen, develop photos, sew or tap into some creative know-how.  All art forms are welcome.  We are also seeking individuals with live, in real-life skills like hair styling, tattooing, making out, etc. who would be interested in donating their time during the night of the auction.

Deadline for submissions is November 2nd, 2008.  The show will take place on November 7th.
 
to contribute, please
surf: steemilieskillshare.com
email: mtlskillshare [at] gmail [dot] com
phone: 514.933.2573
mail to: 3942, rue Ste-Émilie / Montréal, QC / H4C 2A1
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[below is a different call-out that details the siutation in Tyendinaga very well. it's a bit outdated, in that Shawn Brant's legal situation is currently in a state of flux, though the need for funds has not changed in the slightest. please give them money. -ste-em]
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This coming January 2009, Mohawk organizer Shawn Brant will be on trial. If convicted by Canada’s colonial courts, the Crown prosecutor is asking for 12 years in prison. Shawn faces trial and imprisonment for his involvement in defending the sovereignty and self-determination of the Mohawks of Tyendinaga, in eastern Ontario.

The legal system’s attack on Shawn occurs in the context of blockades and actions to bring to public attention the longstanding demands for justice in indigenous communities: unresolved land claims, poverty, suicide, and polluted water. In particular, the Mohawks of Tyendinaga are demanding the return of the Culbertson Tract, where they have reclaimed a quarry and maintain a full-time presence on site. The Culbertson Tract is a piece of land the government has long acknowledged was taken illegally from the Mohawks.

One tangible and important form of support is to donate to the Tyendinaga Legal Defence Fund, which splits funds raised between legal costs and maintaining the quarry.

We are calling on local groups to ask their members to donate $5 in support of indigenous sovereignty and self-determination. We have set a goal of trying to collect $5000 by November 30, 2008, $5 at-a-time. Larger donations won’t be turned away, but we still would like to reach at least 1000 individuals in the Montreal-area, as a way of raising awareness about this important issue. Please take the time to read our flyer (http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2008/09/supporttyendinaga.html), or visit the website, to get acquainted with the issues.

 
There are three ways you can contribute to the $5 x 1000 Montreal Fundraising Campaign:

1. Contact the Montreal Tyendinaga Support Committee directly – indigenoussolidaritymontreal@gmail.com or 514-848-7583 – to arrange to make a donation.

 2. Organize a collection of $5 each from individuals within your group or network at your next meeting, or at an event. When collecting $5, please be sure to acquaint people with issues surrounding the court attack on Shawn Brant. After you have collected the money, please contact the Montreal Tyendinaga Support Committee directly to pass on the money and information about how many people donated (again, we’d like to raise $5000, $5 at-a-time).

 3. Visit any one of the eight donation drop-off sites below, and make your donation (at the same time, pick up an information flyer). There is an envelope where you can leave your donation behind the main cash at each location:

 La Librairie L’Insoumise
2033 boulevard Saint-Laurent
(métro St-Laurent)
tel: 514-313-3489

DIRA Anarchist Library
2035 boulevard Saint-Laurent
(métro St-Laurent)
tel: 514-843-2018

Le Cagibi
5490 boulevard Saint-Laurent
(métro Rosemont)
tel: 514-509-1199

QPIRG-Concordia
1455 de Maisonneuve ouest
(métro Guy-Concordia)
tel: 514-848-7585

Le Frigo Vert
2130 MacKay
(métro Guy-Concordia)
tel: 514-848-7586

Café Co-op Touski
2361 Ontario est
(métro Frontenac)
tel: 514-524-3113

Revolution Montreal Bike Store
1757 rue Amherst
(métro Beaudry)
tel: 514-313-7521

L’Escalier
552 Ste-Catherine est
(métro Berri-Uqam)
tel: 514-670-5812

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INFO:
indigenoussolidaritymontreal@gmail.com
514-848-7583 – www.amp-montreal.net (under construction)

http://photos.cmaq.net/v/IvanTortureCanada2/

Justice Suffoquée: Action en appui à Ivan Apaolaza Sancho

Justice suffoquée

Ivan Apaolaza Sancho fait face à une déportation vers l’Espagne par le Canada. Là-bas, il risque une détention « incommunicado », la torture et un procès injuste. On lui refuse le droit d’asile au Canada. Pendant sa lutte contre la déportation, Ivan a été détenu sans procès au Centre de détention de Rivière-des-Prairies à Montréal, et ce, depuis le mois de juin 2007. Et tout ceci justifié sur la base d’informations elles-mêmes obtenues par la torture.

Le 24 septembre, ses avocats étaient en cour pour demander qu’il soit libéré de prison et le défendre contre cette menace de déportation. Dehors, un action en appui …

Ceci était la deuxième action créative à se tenir à Montréal à l’automne 2008 pour mettre sur la place publique la complicité canadienne dans la torture, et ce, au nom de la soi-disant sécurité nationale. Chaque action fait la lumière sur différents cas de torture dans lesquels le Canada est complice.

Plus d’information sur Ivan : www.peoplescommission.org/ivan.php

The Ste Emilie Skillshare has incredible news! We’ve totally revolutionized our volunteer structure and we would love to find the right position for YOU!!!

You see, at Ste Em we’re constantly in need of others to work with us in fixing up our space whether that means:
-a variety of carpentry and building jobs
-electrical work
-plumbing
-making beautiful artwork to cover walls

We also are always looking for folks who are interested in DIY culture to work on projects such as:
-silk screening t-shirts & posters for community groups
-creating zines to raise public awareness
-organizing and holding fun, political events for the community

Don’t worry if you don’t know how to do any of these things-this is the perfect way to learn in the most hands on way possible! Volunteering at Ste Emilie is a fabulous way to get involved in the Skillshare as well as social justice work in Montreal.

The call outs will be short and infrequent and only for volunteer opportunities. We promise not to overload your inboxes!

To join this list and win the grand prize simply click this link & press subscribe!  https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/stemvolunteers

LOVELOVELOVE The Ste Emilie Skillshare

are you…… -interested in making/promoting art in the sprit of revolution and anti opression?-want to help run an art studio for people to learn new skills?-want to shake shit up and knock shit down?
-have all hours access to a silkscreen studio, darkroom, sewing studio, distro etc…? then join us!!! the ste emilie skillshare is looking for new members to join our collective! we particularly encourage queers, people of color/indigenous, and those who live in the
south west to join us but everyone is welcome. Who we are: The Ste. Emilie SkillShare is a group of artists and activists,primarily people of colour and queer people, committed to promotingartistic expression and self-representation in our communities. We are
building and running an art studio for people to learn new skills,share their skills, and create art in the spirit of revolution andanti-oppression (anti-racism/sexism/classism/ homophobia/transphobia/ableism/sizeism/etc). Long live skill-sharing!
 commitment to the collective entails: -biweekly collective meeting-an open studios shift every 4-8 weeks-50$ a month in rent for the space (can be fundraised also) -you can help be involved or create a new project at the skillshare. we are kicking off a
new teen art club, we regularily host workshops series, courses, zine launches, filmscreening etc…

MTL: Walking tour of feminist art galleries

Whisper translation will be available. We will navigate the tour by bus/metro/walk/bike.

Organized as part of La Centrale’s GENDER ALARM! exhibition programming.
GENDER ALARM! Nouveaux féminismes en art actuel is an event series organized by La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse in celebration of the launch of our new mandate. GENDER ALARM! will feature a group exhibition and performance night, a film and video screening, as well as a round-table panel discussion. GENDER ALARM! will focus on the role of emerging feminist discourses within contemporary art and will mark the beginning of La Centrale’s 2008-2009 programming season featuring bold exhibitions and performances that specifically address the new mandate.