Ottawa Platformist Group Posts Event Calender

Common Cause has published a listing of interesting events taking place over the summer in Ontario. I was a little late in posting this notice. CC publishes the Linchpin a journal of social anarchism. Issue number four is now available and can be downloaded in PDF format at the above link. Below is a short description of their history and interests.

Common Cause is an Ontario anarchist organization that wants to see anarchists active in every town, neighborhood and workplace across Ontario.

A major focus of our activity is work at those crucial points where working class people are organizing together for control over their lives, the decisions affecting them and against oppression Our general approach is to involve ourselves with mass movements and work within these movements, in order to promote anarchist methods of organization involving direct democracy and direct action.

The methods of struggle that we promote are a preparation for the running of society along anarchist and communist lines after the revolution.

Common Cause was founded last September in Toronto by anarchists from several Ontario cities. Since then we have constructed our website at linchpin.ca, taken part in demonstrations and held public discussion about topics of interest to anarchism. We'd like to hear from any anarchist in Ontario, or moving to Ontario who wants to work with us.

Please post in public locations. Also print, copy & distribute!
Produced by Common Cause Ottawa.

To receive a PDF of future listings, or to submit an event, email us at: a_ottawa@mutualaid.org

Anarchist Discussion Group focus:
Two important discussions
please consider coming with your input!

Sunday June 8:
Anarchists Get Organized
We will discuss the question, "What does a successful organization and/or movement look like?" We will address theoretical considerations while also looking at their application to the groups we are personally involved with. We will be discussing vision, strategy, and the tools required for us to be effective in radical community organizing.

Resources: http://leftspot.com/blog/?q=afterwinter

Sunday June 22:
Building Community Through Conferences, More this discussion will look at developing community organizing, specifically through conferences and other processes. We will examine some conferences we have personally been involved with for what worked, what didn't, and what we'd like to see in a conference of our own, which we are planning for the fall.
Resources:
http://waterlooregion.org/healthy/2003/

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Wednesday May 28, 4:30pm
Toxic Trespass movie & panel, 147 Fauteux Hall, Univ of Ottawa
Featuring panelists Dorothy-Goldin Rosenberg (movie producer),
Scott Findlay, & Linda McCaffrey.
cecilia.tolley@elf.mcgill.ca

Thursday May 29
Nat'l First Nations Day of Action 10:00am: Rally on Victoria Island, then march to Parliament Hill 12:30pm: Rally on Parliament Hill Other events across the country.
613-241-6789 ext.220
dwilson@afn.ca

Thursday May 29, 9pm
LAL solidarity / benefit show, The Mercury Lounge, 56 Byward. Featuring musical group LAL (celebrating the release of their new CD, Deportation) and also guests QR5 & DJ Trevor Walker. In support of Agitate (Ottawa Network of Queer Women of Colour),
Common Cause Ottawa, No One Is Illegal Ottawa, & Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture. $8
http://www.lalforest.com/,
http://www.qr5.com/

Sunday June 1, 2:00 pm
Book Launch: Damning the Flood, Ottawa Public Library Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe St. (at Laurier) Peter Hallward's searing new book Damming the Flood: Aristide, Haiti, and the Politics of Containment (Verso Books). Hallward will share the podium with Paul "Loulou" Chery, the director of the Haitian Workers Confederation, Haiti's biggest trade union federation. Organized by Ottawa Haiti Solidarity Committee / Kozayiti: 613-864-1590,
http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca/

Sun June 1 - Sat June 7
Commuter Challenge. Takes place across the country, encourages sustainable transporta-
tion during Environment Week.
http://www.commuterchallenge.ca/

Monday June 2, 7:00­8:00pm
Safe Cycling Workshop, Ottawa City Hall Festival Plaza room 110 Laurier Ave W.
613-580-2582 ext.1
elyse.mccann@ottawa.ca

Wednesday June 4, 6:30pm
No One Is Illegal - Ottawa founding / strategy meeting, Jack Purcell Community Centre
(near Elgin & Gilmour). We want to challenge racist, neo-imperialist immigrant and refuge
policies, as well as linking these to ongoing forms of colonialism. We invite all community memberto join us for a potluck dinner to strategize what a viable NOII-Ottawa would look like, and how it could connect with and support local issues and needs faced by communities in Ottawa.
noiiottawa@gmail.com,
http://www.noii-ottawa.blogspot.com/

Thursday June 5, 6:30/7:00pm, Tibet: The Past, Present & Future, Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Ave. Featuring speakers Dr. Brian J. Given, Pema Namgyal, Jurme Wangda, and the documentary:
"Dispatches: Undercover in Tibet"
wipbala@gmail.com

Saturday June 7, 9am-2pm
UUFO Sustainability Fair, École Séraphin-Marion, 2147 Loyola Avenue, at Eastvale Drive
(near Montreal Road & Ogilvie). Sponsored by The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa (UUFO).
information@uufo.org,
http://www.uufo.org/

Sat June 7 & Sun June 8
Doors Open Ottawa, various locations
613-580-9674, doorsopen@ottawa.ca,
http://ottawa.ca/residents/heritage/doorsopen/

Sat June 7 & Sun June 8, Art in the Park, Central Park in the Globe (Bank St. at Clemow Ave.), Ottawa's largest non-profit, non-commercial, outdoor arts festival.
613-230-1471
http://www.artinfoboy.org/

Sunday June 8, 1:30pm
Anarchist Discussion Group, Jack Purcell Community Centre (near Elgin & Gilmour)
Topic: Anarchists Get Organized
a_ottawa@mutualaid.org

Monday June 9, 7:30pm
Play: "From Wharf Rats to Lord of the Docks", Cube Gallery, 7 Hamilton Ave N
Ian Ruskin's play about the life and times of Harry Bridges, first president of the International
Longshore and Warehouse Union. Tickets are $20, ($15 low income)
613-728-1750

Tuesday June 10, 7:00-9:00pm, Free Seminar on Solar Hot Water, Room 228 Normandin, Laframboise Hall, Univ of St. Paul 223 Main St
http://www.sustainableottawa.ca/page.php?27
http://www.seventhgeneration.ca/

Wed June 11 - Sun June 15
Hip Hop 360: A Street/Stage Bboy/Bgirl Event Various downtown locations. A Canada Dance Festival/House of PainT Project: Break dancers from across Canada come together for workshops, discussion panels, free outdoor demos and a main stage performance, culminating in the House of PainT.
http://www.canadadance.ca/

Sunday June 15, 1:00-9:00pm
House of PainT festival, Dunbar Bridge (Bronson at Rideau River, between Brewer Park & Carleton U), An ol' school, 4 elements of hip hop summer block party: Breakdancers. DJs. Graffiti Writers.
MCs. Free. http://houseofpaint.wordpress.com/
houseofpaintfestival@hotmail.com

Wednesday June 18, 7:15pm
Celebrating Indigenous First-Nations Spirituality Ottawa Citizen building, 1101 Baxter Rd. (exit at Pinecrest) Featuring speakers Dr. William Commanda, Romola Trebilcock,
and the Women of Wabano.
819-684-3099,
http://www.spiritualfrontiers.ca/

Sunday June 22, 1:30pm, Anarchist Discussion Group, Jack Purcell Community Centre
(near Elgin & Gilmour) Topic: The Process of Building Community: Conferences & More
(see feature box below)
a_ottawa@mutualaid.org