love this clarity, this naming of names (without any euphemistic “catch-all” phrasing\/evasion of truth) and love that this march is supported by black lives matter, idle no more, kashmir solidarity group and other terrific organizations.
\n…<\/p>\n
Saturday, February 4 at 12 PM – 3:15 PM
\nUS consulate in Toronto and other locations across Canada<\/p>\n
OUR DEMANDS<\/p>\n
1) The Canadian government must make an immediate public condemnation of the executive order by President Trump that bans Muslim visa-holders from seven countries and also bans all refugees from entering the US. <\/p>\n
2) Canada must immediately open the Canada-USA border. <\/p>\n
This includes revocation of the Safe Third Country Agreement which bars most refugee claimants entering from the United States over land to claim asylum in Canada. The Designated Country of Origin list, which makes it almost impossible for US citizens and citizens of forty other countries to claim asylum in Canada, must be eliminated.<\/p>\n
3) Canada must end racist, anti-refugee, anti-Black, Islamophobic exclusion of migrants and refugees within this colonial border. <\/p>\n
This includes ending the system of indefinite immigration detention. The federal government must create a regularization program so that all undocumented residents can live here with their families rather than fear mass deportation. Migrant workers in Canada must also be given permanent status and open work permits. We want real, not symbolic, Sanctuaries that guarantee access to services and refuse collaboration with Canadian and American border agents.<\/p>\n
4) Canada must rescind all federal legislation that attacks racialized Black and Brown Muslims and refugees, including the Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act as well as anti-terror legislation such as Security Certificates and Bill C51.<\/p>\n
Statement initiated by Black Lives Matter – Toronto With the support of:<\/p>\n
Anti-Fascist Action Calgary
\nBlack Lives Matter – Vancouver
\nCoalition Against Bigotry – Pacific
\nChinese Canadian National Council – Toronto
\nIdle No More
\nJusticia for Migrant Workers
\nKashmir Solidarity Group – Toronto
\nNo One Is Illegal – London, Ontario
\nNo One Is Illegal – Toronto
\nNo One Is Illegal – Vancouver Coast Salish territories
\nPeople for Peace – London, Ontario
\nRefugees Welcome – Victoria\/Lekwungen territory
\nSalaam -Vancouver: Queer Muslim Community
\nSiraat Muslim Collective – Vancouver
\nThe Toronto and York Region Labour Council
\nTamil Freedom Coalition
\nTrikone – Vancouver<\/p>\n
All endorsing organizations here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" love this clarity, this naming of names (without any euphemistic “catch-all” phrasing\/evasion of truth) and love that this march is supported by black lives matter, idle no more, kashmir solidarity group and other terrific organizations. … Saturday, February 4 at 12 PM – 3:15 PM US consulate in Toronto and other locations across Canada OUR … Continue reading Against Islamophobia & White Supremacy: National Days of Action<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11118,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11117\/revisions\/11118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}