Guelph: Road Blockade in Solidarity with the Mohawk Nation
[Contributed by Anonymous to news.infoshop.org, June 20 2009]
[Ontario]
In the morning of June 17th 2009, a few people dressed in black blocked the Hanlon Highway at Paisley Road during rush hour.
Fallen trees and branches were pulled across the southbound lanes and two smoke bombs were set off to draw attention to the banner, which was dropped from the railway overpass. The banner read: “PARK YOUR CARS! Solidarity with the Mohawk Nation.”
This action was done to disrupt the transport of goods and people, especially those belonging to the Linamar Corporation. Linamar is a member of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, which works to improve the efficiency of North American trade. Amongst its plans is the militarization and fortification of the borders and their guards. Like in Awkesasne, Tyendinaga and Peru, we too stand against the SPP and its projects.
Solidarity with the Mohawk Nation means ATTACK!
Confrontation 
I wasn’t aware that the people of Akwesasne and Tyendinaga or Peru were fighting the SPP and its projects. Peru isn’t part of North America, so it’s not part of the SPP, so it’s even more surprising to hear that people there are fighting the SPP. It all sounds more like the delusions of the blockaders than anything close to reality. If y’all have the courage and determination to do a blockade why don’t you try to develop the courage and determination to think a bit more about what you’re doing and saying first!!! I guess around a hundred indigenous people dying in struggle in Peru isn’t reason enough for an action, y’all have to play pretend that it has something to do with the SPP, which Peru isn’t part of? Incredible!!! Sad.
I thought the SPP was designed to accelerate the capitalist market’s exploitation of people and their bio-regions. Isn’t that what free trade is all about?
The anti-capitalist struggle is everywhere. So I can see how people think that other people fighting capitalist projects in their areas affects the hold that capitalism has on the rest of the continent. Highways and railways connect places, they connect the market. So even if the people fighting against the I-69 trade corridor don’t see themselves striking at the SPP, they are still putting a stop in one part of the plan. The road part. I see a similar thing with akwesasne and the guns at the border.
Anyways I also agree that maybe SPP was the wrong word. I just read it like “We too stand against capitalism and its projects” and it sounded better.
I’m still down with what these people did. It really didn’t sound like they were building an agenda and trying to place people under their banner. But it’s definitely something to watch out for.
Any thoughts?