Montreal Coalition against War Hysteria and Racism
Taken from The Marxist Leninist (Oct 8, 2001)

The Montreal Coalition Against War Hysteria and Racism has called an emergency demonstration for Monday, October 8 at 1pm at the U.S. Consulate on St. Alexander and Rene Levesque. In an October 7 statement, the Coalition states,"The Coalition Against War Hysteria and Racism calls on people of conscious to denounce the horrible escalation of terrorism with Canada's support of the U.S. and British bombing of Afghanistan.

"The impoverished people of Afghanistan, who were not responsible for the terrorist attack on September 11, are suffering greatly. We have already made refugees out of hundreds of thousands -- as Afghans have started fleeing their homes and cities three weeks ago in fear of this bombing. They sleep out in the cold night without shelter and then spend the hot days with little food or water. The U.S. ordered Pakistan to close its boarders and deny survival aid. Since the media coverage ignores the refugees, we have no information of thousands who are already dying of starvation, exposure and now bombs.
"Terrorism is the targeting of civilians -- even if the victims are called 'collateral damage.' If Canada stands 'Shoulder to shoulder' with the U.S. as the Prime Minister stated today, instead of shoulder to shoulder with the Afghani people, then our country is part of the problem -- and not the solution."

The Coalition said that it seeks a solution that "Repudiates blind vengeance with a commitment towards global solidarity," "Honestly faces the root causes of the injustice that breeds the hate and vengeance towards the U.S." and "Make reasonable and just changes that will eliminate those causes."