As Long as the Rivers Flow: The Grassy Narrows Blockade Story

Fundraising dinner and film night, featuring the documentary:
As Long as the Rivers Flow: The Grassy Narrows Blockade Story

Thursday, January 31
6:30 pm to 9:00pm
near Bloor/Dufferin (closest TTC: Dufferin subway station)

On December 2, 2002, Grassy Narrows Anishnabe Community Members
mobilized in a powerful direct action to stop the destruction of their way
of life and habitat by stopping logging trucks from entering their
territory. Many supporters have joined them in this fight. Since the early
1950s, industrial logging was destroying their way of life as massive
hectares of forest were cut against their will. The community’s economic
self-sufficiency was dealt another big blow in the 1970s when mercury was
dumped into the English Wabigoon River system (flows directly into Grassy
Narrows First Nation and Whitedog) by a paper mill, and the river became
poisoned with this mercury. To this day, that poison is still in the river
system and new mercury is added from the logging that takes place all over
the forest.

Since December 2002, Grassy Narrows Anishnabe community members have taken
on this big logging industry. They succeeded in kicking out the world's
largest paper company – Abitibi – and they are still fighting against
companies like Weyerhaeuser who are trying to regain access to their
forest. Please join us in celebrating GrassyNarrows’ resistance, their
sovereignty, and their action in defence of the earth.

Suggested donation $10-15 (or pay what you can)

Organized by the Toronto West International Socialists
Info/location: 647-702-5019