Oct 07

Contingent CITÉ SANS FRONTIÈRES au sein de la manifestation pour le logement social / Invitation to form a SOLIDARITY CITY CONTINGENT in the FRAPRU demo / Contigente de Ciudad sin fronteras dentro de la manifestacion por los apartamentos sociales

Sans papiers et mal-logés …
Les précaires en colère et solidaire!

INVITATION à former un CONTINGENT CITÉ SANS FRONTIÈRES
dans la manifestation du FRAPRU

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DIMANCHE le 9 OCTOBRE 2011
Rassemblement à 13h00, au métro Parc
au coin des rues Jean Talon et HutchisonVeuillez chercher LA BANNIÈRE ‘Un Statut pour Tou(te)s!’
****************************************50 000 nouveaux logements, c’est urgent !
Grande manifestation nationale à Montréal
du Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU)

Près de 80 personnes, mal-logées ou locataires de logements sociaux, prendront la route du 3 au 9 octobre pour réclamer que les gouvernements fédéral et québécois investissent, dès leur prochain budget, des sommes importantes dans la lutte contre les problèmes de logement et d’itinérance. Des dizaines d’actions et d’interventions publiques auront
lieu, tout au long de la semaine dans des villes aussi éloignées l’une de l’autre que Rouyn-Noranda et Sept-Îles. Le tout se terminera par une grande manifestation nationale qui partira de l’un des quartiers les plus pauvres du Canada, Parc Extension, pour se terminer dans un des coins les plus riches de l’Île de Montréal.

** LIRE notre déclaration pour les dix ans des squats Overdale et Préfontaine :: Solidarité sans frontières soutient la lutte des mal-logéEs:
//www.solidarityacrossborders.org/fr/francais-dimanche-solidarite-sans-frontieres-soutient-la-lutte-des-mal-logees

Sunday, OCTOBER 9, 2011
Gathering at 13:00 at Metro Park
at the corner of Jean Talon and Hutchison

Look for the ‘ Status for All! ‘ BANNER
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50 000 new housing units – its urgent!
National demonstration in Montreal
by the Common Front for Action on urban development (FRAPRU)

Approximately 80 people, will be on the road from October 3rd to 9th to demand that the federal and Quebec governments invest more money for next year’s budget in an effort to fight the problem of lack of housing and homelessness. Dozens of actions and public interventions will take place throughout the week in cities as far as Rouyn-Noranda and Sept-Îles. This caravan will culminate in a major national event that will start from one of the poorest neighborhoods in Canada, Parc Extension, and end in one of the richest areas of the Island of Montreal.

READ our statement commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the Overdale and Préfontaine squats::Solidarity Across Borders supports the struggle for social housing (in french only):

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