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<font size=3>Start the year off with the <b>2012 Certain Days: Freedom
for Political Prisoners Calendar</b>, featuring 12 months of inspiring
full-colour artwork and writing dedicated to shining a light on the
struggles of political prisoners and their ongoing involvement in social
justice movements from behind prison walls.<br><br>
<b>Order now at
<a href="http://www.certaindays.org/">www.certaindays.org</a></b>.
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Our collective will be happy to mail calendars anywhere in the world on
your behalf, and we can even include a personalized message. Reduced
rates are available for prisoners and for bulk orders (10+). Get in touch
or visit our website for more details.<br><br>
Show your support for Certain Days - order your copies today, spread the
word about the calendar, and help us to sustain this project as we head
into our 13th year of production. <br><br>
Sincerely,<br>
The Certain Days collective<br>
<a href="http://certaindays.org/">certaindays.org</a><br>
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www.facebook.com/certaindays<br><br>
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<b>Certain Days: The 2012 Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar<br>
COINTELPRO: Repression & Resistance, Then & Now<br>
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ORDER NOW at
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Join us on Facebook
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<b>42 GORGEOUS FULL-COLOUR PAGES OF ART AND WRITINGS! A GREAT
FUNDRAISER<br>
FOR GROUPS, AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, AND
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MEANINGFUL GIFT!<br><br>
</b>FEATURING amazing artwork and writings from Aric McBay, The Coalition
Against Israeli Apartheid, Claude Marks, David Gilbert, The Denver
Anarchist Black Cross, Emily Kantar, Favianna Rodriguez, Fireworks
Graphic Collective, Gerald and Maas, Herman Bell, Jesus Barraza, Jihad
Abdulmumit, Josh MacPhee, Kara Sievewright, Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson, Lynne
Stewart, Ojore Lutalo, We Are The Crisis Collective, the RNC 8, Safiya
Bukhari, Santiago Armengod, Shannon Willmott, Supporters of John Graham,
Tim Groves and Tom Manning.<br><br>
<b>WHERE TO GET 2012 CALENDARS<br>
</b>Calendars can be ordered online at
<a href="http://www.certaindays.org/">www.certaindays.org</a> and
purchased at local bookstores, distros and community events. Calendars
cost $12 (plus shipping) and $5 for prisoners. We encourage groups to buy
in bulk ($8 each when purchasing 10 or more) and to sell them as a
fundraiser. Visit our website for more info -
<a href="http://www.certaindays.org/">www.certaindays.org</a>.<br><br>
Funds raised from the sale of this calendar will be divided between the
New York State Task Force on Political Prisoners, the Palestinian NGO
Addameer, and the Freedom Archives.<br><br>
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<b>COINTELPRO: Repression & Resistance, Then & Now<br>
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The term COINTELPRO has become synonymous with the ‘tricks of the trade’
of state repression: surveillance of organizations and individuals, the
use of infiltrators and informants, frame-ups, harassing or
disproportionate use of the legal system, and outright physical attacks.
While the term is widely used to describe repression of liberation
movements, at least in North America, the history of the actual
COINTELPRO program – its details and the lessons to be learned from it –
remain relatively unknown.<br><br>
Recently, we have witnessed growing awareness of state repression of
radical organizing in North America, although it is difficult to judge to
what extent repression is actually increasing, and to what extent this
reflects the success of the work to expose it. Certainly since September
11, 2001, the state has new tools – and new social license – to go after
social movements and marginalized sectors of the population alike,
perhaps comparable to the Red Scare climate of the 1950s, when COINTELPRO
was conceived of.<br><br>
In some ways, this is to be expected. Effective movements beget
repression. That being said, resisting this backlash – directly fighting
back (rhetorically, legally, physically, but also via a more general
resilience) – is fundamental to the survival of liberation
movements.<br><br>
In the wake of the repression associated with the summer 2010 G20 meeting
Toronto, with several cases of infiltration in both the US and Canada
coming to light in recent years, and with ongoing legislative changes
giving government increasing power to surveil and disrupt us, the time
seemed ripe to remind ourselves of the legacy of COINTELPRO, and
resistance to it.<br><br>
In putting together the Certain Days calendar, we always aim for a
realistic balance between bringing to light social injustice and the
challenges we face, and the inspiring work done to meet these challenges.
It is important to speak of repression – to share examples so that we
might learn from each others’ experiences, and see the patterns and
trends in the state’s approach. But it is impossible to do so without
also being struck by the many contemporary and historical examples of
resistance. We hope that the information gathered in this year’s calendar
can help teach the difficult lessons we need to learn to weather the
storm and also provide the inspiration we need to do so.<br><br>
The Certain Days Collective<br>
<a href="http://www.certaindays.org/">www.certaindays.org</a><br>
QPIRG Concordia<br>
1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, suite 204<br>
<a href="tel:514-848-7583">514-848-7583</a> fax:
<a href="tel:514-848-7584">514-848-7584</a><br>
<a href="http://qpirgconcordia.org/">qpirgconcordia.org</a> –
<a href="mailto:qpirg@qpirgconcordia.org">qpirg@qpirgconcordia.org<br><br>
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Certain Days - Freedom for Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War
Calendar<br>
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