Katalin Lakatos and her daughter Gilda, two Roma woman from Hungary who waged a five year battle to get papers in Canada, surviving three deportation orders, have finally been accepted. After months of waiting in precarity and anxiety, they finally…
Anti-Fascist Alert! The racist Jewish Defence League (JDL) plans to protest in Montreal this week
Anti-Fascist Alert! The racist Jewish Defence League (JDL) plans to protest in Montreal this week Let’s mobilize to stop them! Date & Time: Wednesday, August 10, 12:30pm (sharp!) Location: 255 Ontario East, Cégep Vieux-Montréal (métro St-Laurent or Berri-UQAM)(NOTE: Details about…
Call for Action: Lakatos Family
facebook event #noneistoomany #lakatos UPDATE (5 August 2016): Katalin and Gilda have once again received a last minute reprieve, escaping deportation for a third time. On Thursday last week, the family was told by CBSA that they would need to…
Open Letter from Gilda Lakatos
Also published on rabble. August 2nd is the day to remember the genocide of Roma people in Europe during the Second World War, so that such atrocities would never happen again. But the xenophobic extreme right is again on the…
Rock ‘n Roma III
A Concert in support of the Lakatos Family’s Fight against Deportation Monday, June 20th doors at 7pm Patro Vys, 356 Mont-Royal East Suggested entry: between $10 and $20 (no one will be refused!) Join us to support the Lakatos family…
Canadian Border Services Agency disrupted by Solidarity Across Borders organizers
STATUS NOW! STOP THE VIOLENCE! #StopDeportations #ShutDownCBSA Post-occupation Press Release Over thirty (30) activists from Solidarity Across Borders occupied and disrupted the daily operations of the Canadian Border Services Agency for the entire morning. Montréal, May 3, 2016 – From…