http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/3610/0 en http://www.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/6489 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> can&#039;t spell &#039;solidarity&#039; without &#039;solid&#039; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/6_Fifth_elder_McHale.jpg" alt="" title="Jan Longboat, an elder from Six Nations confronts Gary McHale. (all photos Deb O&#039;Rourke)" width="450" height="337" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/2_Fifth_demonstrators_16_0.jpg" alt="" title="The counter-demonstration included residents of Caledonia, labour unionists, settler and native acitvists from various cities in Southern Ontario as well as people from Six nations." width="450" height="337" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/11__Fifth_defending_6N_16.jpg" alt="" title="Steelworkers flag flew in solidarity with a Haudenosaunee confederacy flag (purple) and an unity flag. (more on the unity flag here http://www.kahnawakelonghouse.com/index.php?mid=1&amp;p=3)" width="450" height="356" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/10_fifth_defending_6nations_women_16.jpg" alt="" title="Doreen Silversmith stands with other women at the site." width="450" height="337" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/12_Fifth_defending_allies_16_0.jpg" alt="" title="Settler and native activists came from Toronto, Kitchener/Waterloo, Hamilton and Guelph as well as the local communities of Caledonia and Brantford." width="450" height="337" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/13_Fifth_apology_retreat_16.jpg" alt="" title="McHale&#039;s demonstration retreated without placing the &#039;monument&#039; on the reclaimation site." width="450" height="337" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Yesterday, February 28 2011, was the 5th year anniversary of the land reclamation at Kanonhstaton in Caledonia, Ontario.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/6489" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/6489#comments tallula marigold Indigenous Labour Solidarity Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:49:25 +0000 t.marigold 6489 at http://toronto.mediacoop.ca