LETTER

Resistance to the G7 in Quebec

 

This G7 Summit is taking place June 8-9, with seven of the most powerful countries in the world at the Manoir Richelieu in La Malbaie, Quebec. The world leaders say they will discuss economic growth, employment, gender equality, climate change, and foreign policies. Sounds great, right? Unfortunately, what the G7 Summits actually do is decide the world organization according to the interests of the banks, and the oil, agri-food, pharmaceutical, technological, armaments, and other large conglomerates. To denounce this hypocrisy, hidden by progressive, democratic, and inclusive rhetoric, we have formed the Anti-G7 Resistance Network / Réseau de résistance anti-G7 (RRAG7).

Discussing the role of women in this world while Donald Trump is at the table is a joke, and not consistent with the principles of the G7. We believe it is time to unite and refuse this absurdity to make our voices heard. It is time to mobilize, to protest, and to resist the system manipulated by the privileged!

This is a slow death for the rights of the people, as well as for the natural resources that have been and continued to be decimated in favour of maintaining current power structures. We invite everyone to join the mobilization efforts and express our refusal of this system that perpetuates the imperialism of the G7 countries and continues to spread human misery and ecological destruction all over the world.

The RRAG7 will hold a festive collective march against the G7, extractivism, and borders in the evening on Thursday, June 7 in Quebec City. It will be an opportunity to demonstrate our values, and our anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist, anti-racist, anti-patriarchal and anti-capitalist struggles. The RRAG7 also calls for a day of disruption of the G7 summit on Friday, June 8, in the Quebec City area.

RRAG7 (members)
Ottawa/Montreal