[Imc-london-audio] CKUT Radio: Accomodate This!

[aaron at resist.ca]

http://aaron.resist.ca/node/139

CKUT Radio: Accomodate This!

Listen to an audio collage recorded at a demonstration and speak-out
against the Bouchard-Taylor Commission on Reasonable Accomodaations in
Montreal, November 29, 2007.


-->To download or listen to this report, visit:
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=25771

Music courtesy of: Mile End Ladies String Auxiliary, Exhaust, Dead Prez,
and K'naan

On November 27, 2007, the No One Is Illegal collective and its allies
organised a picket and speak-out denouncing the Bouchard-Taylor Commission
on "reasonable accommodations" as racist, sexist and xenophobic.
Demonstrators addressed important issues like poverty, police brutality,
sexism, racism, immigration status and more, through speeches, music and
spoken word.

After several hours of protest and speaking out, at least 25 police
officers entered to remove the demonstrators, a great many of whom were
from racialised and migrant communities. The protestors promptly complied
with an eviction order from the security officers at the Montreal Congress
Center. As the protestors were approaching the exits, the police began
targeting individuals for arrest without provocation. During the police
attack, uniformed officers pushed and punched protesters, making use of
their batons and also drawing their Taser guns. The protesters included
young children (including an infant), as well as elders, one of whom was
violently pushed to the ground by the police. Poya Saffari, from the No
One Is Illegal collective in Montreal states: "The police assault was
uncalled for, brutal and disgusting. The completely unjustified violence
used and the degrading attitude and language of the officers were
shameful."

This audio report was recorded at the protest on November 29, 2 nights
after the police attack. Here protestors speak out against the racism and
sexism of the Bouchard Taylor Comission, police brutality, and attempt to
bring light to the everyday realities faced by migrant people in Montreal.

For background info on the "Reasonable Accomodation" debate in Quebec, see:
http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/11/reasonable-accomodation.html

Other info:
www.nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com
www.solidarityacrossborders.blogspot.com
www.ckut.ca