ANARCHIST EVENTS:

ANARCHY IN OTTAWA

EVENTS FOR MARCH 2008:

If you're planning on visiting the nation's capital this month you don't have to watch the Dion and Harper comedy hour in the House (now if only they would moon each other it might be interesting)to get your fill of entertainment. There is a slew of anarchist and radical events happening about that burg in the coming month. Here's a list compiled by Common Cause Ottawa, the Ottawa branch of Ontario's Common Cause organization. What's happening...

This listing is compiled by Common Cause Ottawa* - for background, see http://ottawa.indymedia.org/en/2008/03/7027.shtml To have your event(s) included in future listings, email a_ottawa@mutualaid.org <mailto:a_ottawa@mutualaid.org> when the details are finalized, or by the end of the month.

----- Here are the events as listed in the PDF, in order by date with movies at the end:

*Monday March 3, 9:30am -- Native human rights

Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12 Stirling Ave.

Please RSVP 613-744-7667, cbenjami@amnesty.ca <mailto:cbenjami@amnesty.ca>

*Monday March 3, 7:00pm -- Public Forum - Stopping Terminator Seeds

Ottawa Public Library Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe St.

Featuring Dr. Ricarda Steinbrecher; Colleen Ross; Susan Walsh; Lucy Sharratt. www.cban.ca/events <http://www.cban.ca/events>, info@cban.ca <mailto:info@cban.ca> or 613-241-2287

* Wednesday March 5, 7:00pm -- Women and War panel

Room 236 Tory, Carleton Univ

scaw.ottawa@gmail.com <mailto:scaw.ottawa@gmail.com>

*Thursday March 6, 11:30am Canadian Complicity in Torture: Almalki’s Struggle

147 Fauteux Building, Univ of Ottawa

muslimlaw@gmail.com <mailto:muslimlaw@gmail.com>

*Thursday March 6, 7:00pm Own Your Media: Building a Grassroots News Cooperative

Jack Purcell Community Centre (Elgin & Gilmour)

Featuring Dominion editors Dru Oja Jay and Stuart Neatby, as part of a cross-Canada tour. www.dominionpaper.ca <http://www.dominionpaper.ca/>,dru@dominionpaper.ca <mailto:dru@dominionpaper.ca>

*Friday March 7, 4:00pmTaking on the Big Boys: Women in the Global Workforce

Sheraton Hotel, O’Connor Rm, 150 Albert St.

Featuring activists Ellen Bravo and Salimah Valiani. 613-232-9505, info@fafia-afai.org <mailto:info@fafia-afai.org>

*Saturday March 8 International Women’s Day

9:00am - 3:00pm

Strong Women, Strong World

Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St.

Aboriginal Women and Government; Women and Canadian Democracy. Panel discussions, fiddler, film, lunch. rsvp@lac-bac.gc.ca <mailto:rsvp@lac-bac.gc.ca>4:00pm (panel & vernissage)

*March 8 - 15: art exhibition

Corrective Lenses - Challenging Representations of Women of Colour in Art

Agora & Student Lounge, University Centre, Univ of Ottawa

Panel featuring speakers Charmaine Nelson, Rosalie Favell, Dipna Horra, Joanne St. Lewis. Exhibition also featuring Anita Agrawal, Sundus Abdul Hadi, Ilknur Demirkoparan, Radha Jhappan, Meera Karunananthan, and Helina Tadesse.correctivelenses@gmail.com <mailto:correctivelenses@gmail.com>

*5:30pm rally,

*6:00pm march

Break the Silence!!!

Minto Park (Elgin & Gilmour)

Speakers: Francoise Roy , Mreama Abdul, Soheila Delvid, Bahija Reghai. Then, march to The Well / La Source.

*6:30pm - 8:30pm

Celebrating Women’s Activism around the World!

The Well / La Source, 154 Somerset W. (at Elgin)

Learn to dance, taste international cuisine; bring examples of fantastic women’s activism! CD launch by Minwaashin Lodge and appearance by Oni the Haitian Sensation!

*Sunday March 9, 1:30pm

Anarchist Discussion Group:

Prison-Industrial Complex Jack Purcell Community Centre (Elgin & Gilmour)

A talk by a member of Books2Prisoners Ottawa. a_ottawa@mutualaid.org <mailto:a_ottawa@mutualaid.org>, http://adg.roadnetwork.org <http://adg.roadnetwork.org/>

*Thursday March 13, 7:00pm

War and Racism panel125 Simard, Univ of Ottawa

scaw.ottawa@gmail.com <mailto:scaw.ottawa@gmail.com>

*Saturday March 15, 1:00pm

Day of Action Rally Against War in Iraq & Afghanistan

At the giant spider, outside the National Art Gallery

www.nowar-paix.ca <http://www.nowar-paix.ca/>

*Monday March 17, 5:00pm

Living on Earth as if we want to stay:

Mike Nickerson & Donna Dillman Room TBA, Carleton Univ The kick-off event of Carleton University’s Environmental Awareness Week (March 17-20), which also features a two-day eco-fair. For room info donna54@superaje.com <mailto:donna54@superaje.com> or 613-259-9988, also carleton.environment@gmail.com <mailto:carleton.environment@gmail.com>

*Wednesday March 19, 7:00pm

ACT9: Charles Ficner - Natural Law vs Human Law

Hintonburg Community Centre, 1064 Wellington St.

ato.smartcapital.ca/actcity, actcityottawa@gmail.com <mailto:actcityottawa@gmail.com>

*Saturday March 22, 1:00pm-3:00pm:

Picket in front of Chapters/Indigo Corner of Rideau & Sussex

No more support of Israeli Militarism! nion.ottawa@gmail.com <mailto:nion.ottawa@gmail.com>

*Sunday March 23, 1:30pm

Anarchist Discussion Group: Free Voice of Labor (film)

Jack Purcell Community Centre (Elgin & Gilmour)a_ottawa@mutualaid.org <mailto:a_ottawa@mutualaid.org>

*Saturday March 29 all day

Teach-In against war, more

Location TBAA

series of educational sessions and workshops on a range of topics from Canada’s military-industrial complex (building for CANSEC), racist security certificate legislation, the environmental impacts of war (build for Earth Day demos April 22), and anti-oppression training. Lunch will be provided, possibly childcare, followed by a social or cultural event.scaw.ottawa@gmail.com <mailto:scaw.ottawa@gmail.com> or OPIRG-Ottawa 613-230-3076

MOVIES

*Fridays, 7:30pm Ottawa Cinema Politica

MacDonald Hall Auditorium (MCD 146), Univ of Ottawa

www.cinemapolitica.org/ottawa <http://www.cinemapolitica.org/ottawa>, dgr@uottawa.org <mailto:dgr@uottawa.org>

*March 7: Bhopal – The Search for Justice;

*March 14: The Panama Deception;

*March 21: The World Stopped Watching;

*March 28: TBA

*Thursdays March 6, 13, 27 @ 7:00pm and also Wednesday, March 12 matinee @ 1:00pm

*The Reel Food Film Festival

www.justfood.ca <http://www.justfood.ca/>

*Thursdays: Saint Paul’s University Auditorium, 223 Main St.

*March 6: Farmer’s Requiem; In Search of Good Food; ASPARAGUS! (A Stalk-umentary); *March 13: Mouth Revolution; Surfing the Waste: A Musical Documentary About Dumpster Diving; We Feed the World

*March 27: Shit and Chicks; Ethiopia: Feeding the Future; BULLSH*T (re: Vandana Shiva)*Wednesday, March 12, 1:00pmOttawa Public Library Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe St.Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the WereRabbit (for children)---------------------------------------------------Here is a link to a PDF file of March activist events: http://ottawa.indymedia.org/media/2008/03//7030.pdf