Montréal –September 20th 2011Together against political repression
We strongly condemn the most recent repressive offensive by the Montreal police (SPVM) whose aim is to criminalize, intimidate and isolate several political organizations. We also condemn the formation of a political police squad (entitled “GAMMA”) which is a unit of the SPVM’s organized crime division.
We are not preoccupied about whether the formation of GAMMA (Guet des activités et des mouvements marginaux et anarchistes) was planned long in advance, or whether it’s just another police blunder. We know very well that political profiling did not begin with the GAMMA squad, and it won’t end with its abolition; just as we know that the Eclipse squad does not target “street gangs” as much as youth of colour.
In a context of the tightening grip of capitalism and the deepening marginalization of social movements and political groups, it’s essential to take action against all attacks against our communities. If we let them attack one community, they will have free reign to target all social movements. Against the strategy of divide-and-rule, we must unite!
Our freedom of association, demonstration and speech is not only legal, but legitimate. Our freedom to dissent is not something we beg for, but something we assert daily.
Whereas:
* the economic and political elites hide behind a bankrupt pseudo-democratic system to profit themselves at exponential speed;
* this parasitic elite must justify its antisocial policies by increasing repression;
* that the various police agencies act as barrier to the mobilization and revolt of people against an unjust system;
* that the various police agencies not only protect their own abuses, but are political actors in destabilizing social movements;
– We denounce any political role by the SPVM and other police agencies.
– We denounce the criminalization and stigmatization of political dissidence and our opinions.
– We denounce all forms of political, racial or social profiling.
– We denounce all efforts to smear our movements.
By signing this statement, we are also engaging not to collaborate, in any way whatsoever, with police agencies in their tactics of division, profiling, snitching and dividing political movements.
- Association de défense des droits sociaux du Montréal-métropolitain (ADDS-MM)
- Association Facultaire Étudiante de Science Politique Et Droit de l’UQAM (AFESPED-UQAM)
- BASICS Community News Service-Toronto
- Centre d’appui aux Philippines / Centre for Philippine Concerns (CAP-CPC)
- Centre de ressources éducatives et communautaires pour adultes (CRÉCA)
- Centre des femmes d’ici et d’ailleurs (CFIA)
- la Coalition Justice pour Anas
- Collectif opposé à la brutalité policière (COBP)
- Comité des sans-emploi (CSE)
- Comité pour un Secours rouge canadien
- L’En-Droit de Laval
- Fédération de l’Union Communiste Libertaire (UCL)
- Fédération des locataires d’habitations à loyer modique du Québec (FLHLMQ)
- Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU)
- Groupe de recherche et d’intérêt public (GRIP-UQAM)
- Illusion-Emploi-Sherbrooke
- Immigrant Workers Center(IWC-CTI)
- Librairie anarchiste l’Insoumise
- Ligue internationale de lutte des peuples – Canada
- Mouvement action-chômage (MAC-Montréal)
- Mouvement autonome et solidaire des sans-emploi (MASSE)
- Mouvement d’éducation populaire autonome et d’action communautaire du Québec (MÉPACQ)
- Personne n’est illégal-Montréal (NOII)
- Parti communiste révolutionnaire (PCR)
- Pointe libertaire
- POPIR Comité logement
- Projet accompagnement et solidarité Colombie (PASC)
- Red and Anarchists Skinheads – Montréal (RASH Montréal)
- Réseau de la Commission populaire (RCP)
- Réseau du Forum social de Québec Chaudière-Appalaches
- Réseau québécois des groupes écologistes (RQGE)
- Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia
- Société bolivarienne du Québec
- Solidarité populaire Estrie
- Solidarité sans frontières (SSF)
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