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Vol. 81/No. 6 February 13, 2017
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Communist League protests Canada mosque attack
The following joint statement by Philippe Tessier, Communist League
candidate for mayor of Montreal and Katy LeRougetel, Communist League
candidate for mayor of Calgary, was released Jan. 30.
The Communist League condemns the brutal massacre at the Islamic
Cultural Centre in Quebec City that killed six people and critically
wounded five other worshippers at the mosque. We call on workers,
farmers and defenders of democratic rights to condemn this vicious
attack. We call for the arrest and prosecution of those responsible. We
join with those in the streets across Canada and the world protesting
this heinous act. We join those protesting the U.S. government’s ban on
citizens from seven countries with Muslim majorities from entering the U.S.
This attack and others on Muslims and mosques — from Calgary to
Sept-Îles — are the inevitable consequence of the climate created by the
capitalist rulers in Canada and their government. They promote
anti-Muslim hysteria to serve their war aims and to justify spying on
mosques and Muslims by CSIS [Canadian Security Intelligence Service] and
the RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police]. The fact is that most victims
of Islamist terrorism are Muslims. And the world capitalist crisis also
provokes a rise in Jew-hatred and anti-Semitic attacks — a deadly danger
for the working class.
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau voted for Bill C-51, now known as
the Anti-Terrorism Act, passed in 2015 by the previous Conservative
government. He has yet to fulfill his campaign “promise” to change
“problematic” sections of the law. We oppose police spying. History has
shown it is aimed above all at the working class and our unions. For
example, despite widespread support Mohamed Harkat, who was arrested in
2002 under an “anti-terrorism” act and spent years in prison and under
house arrest, is still threatened with deportation to Algeria.
While talking peace, for more than 25 years the Canadian government has
participated in and given support to the endless imperialist wars in
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. As the worldwide capitalist economic
crisis deepens with no end in sight, there will be more attacks on
democratic and political rights and on workers and our unions at home,
as the Canadian propertied rulers accelerate trade wars and shooting
wars abroad.
Stop the attacks on Muslims and mosques! Stop attacks on Jews and
synagogues! Oppose assaults on democratic and political rights! Canadian
and U.S. troops out of Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria!
Related articles:
Workers mobilize solidarity against deadly assault in Quebec mosque
100s protest attack on Islamic Center in Davis, Calif.
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