{"id":210358,"date":"2009-05-21T17:49:49","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T21:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.totemweb.design\/macommunaute\/communiques\/u9616-over-50-organisations-support-the-establishment-of-the-autonomous-social-centre-in-an-abandoned-building\/"},"modified":"2022-11-06T16:06:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T21:06:26","slug":"u9616-over-50-organisations-support-the-establishment-of-the-autonomous-social-centre-in-an-abandoned-building","status":"publish","type":"communiques","link":"https:\/\/dev.totemweb.design\/macommunaute\/communiques\/u9616-over-50-organisations-support-the-establishment-of-the-autonomous-social-centre-in-an-abandoned-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 50 organisations support the establishment of the Autonomous Social Centre in an abandoned building"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p>In its Public Declaration, the Autonomous Social Centre takes a firm stance against the gentrification of working-class neighbourhoods in the southwest of Montreal \u201cas they are invaded by profit-hungry developers\u201d. Point-Saint-Charles\u2019 ASC roots itself in the rich tradition of grassroots groups that took the future of their communities into their own hands, by organizing and providing their own community services. Meant to be open to all, the ASC of Point-Saint-Charles will take over an abandoned building in the neighbourhood in order to establish a permanent location for its activities.<\/p>\n<p>Since the spring of 2008, the Autonomous Social Centre has been organizing cultural and political events in spaces provided by local organisations or in unused, temporarily squatted spaces. The ASC notes, in its Public Declaration, that \u201cattempts to create autonomous spaces within the present social system have had to deal with serious difficulties related to high rents and funding problems\u201d. Accordingly, the ASC plans to appropriate a space that has been left vacant in order to establish itself and to launch its activities on an ongoing basis.<\/p>\n<p>The ASC will forge ahead with its autonomous projects in this new space, including a concert hall, a caf\u00e9-bar, a cinema, a vegetable garden and a collective kitchen, an independent media centre, popular education workshops, and work-skill workshops (ie. woodworking, welding, and bike repair). Other projects may spring up subsequent to the take-over of the building: spaces for holding any kind of political or cultural event will be available for free, so long as the principles of the Autonomous Social Centre are respected and there is active participation in the given project.<\/p>\n<p>The Autonomous Social Centre of Point-Saint-Charles will take matters into its own hands, in an autonomous fashion: without asking for permission from those in power or real estate speculators who adhere to the bottom-line logic of so-called \u201cprofitability\u201d. The ASC affirms that local communities must not be sold out to private interests, \u201cand have to remain under collective control\u201d. It calls for the governance of local communities by the very people who live in them, relying on mechanisms of direct democracy, voluntary participation and non-hierarchical organisation.<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome to come out to the family-friendly and festive demonstration in support of the opening of the squat. The rendez-vous point is Saint-Gabriel Park (just by Charlevoix metro), at 5:30pm on Friday, May 29th, 2009.<\/p>\n<p><b>For further information, or to arrange interviews: <\/b><a href=\"mailto:media@centresocialautogere.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">media@centresocialautogere.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Endorsing organizations, networks and national coalitions:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Front commun des personnes assist\u00e9es sociales du Qu\u00e9bec (FCPASQ)<\/p>\n<p>Regroupement des comit\u00e9s logement et des associations de locataires du<\/p>\n<p>Qu\u00e9bec (RCLALQ)<\/p>\n<p>Front d\u2019Action populaire en r\u00e9am\u00e9nagement urbain (FRAPRU)<\/p>\n<p>Association pour une solidarit\u00e9 syndicale \u00e9tudiante (ASS\u00c9)<\/p>\n<p>Mouvement qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois pour une d\u00e9croissance conviviale<\/p>\n<p>Entraide logement Hochelaga-Maisonneuve<\/p>\n<p>Collectif des locataires de Villeray<\/p>\n<p>Popir comit\u00e9 logement (St-Henri)<\/p>\n<p>Comit\u00e9 logement Trois-Rivi\u00e8res<\/p>\n<p>Comit\u00e9 d\u2019action des citoyennes et citoyens de Verdun (CACV)<\/p>\n<p>Comit\u00e9 de base pour l&rsquo;action et l&rsquo;information sur le logement social<\/p>\n<p>(comit\u00e9 BAILS)<\/p>\n<p>Association de D\u00e9fense des Droits Sociaux (ADDS)<\/p>\n<p>Comit\u00e9 ch\u00f4mage de l&rsquo;Est de Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n<p>Organisation populaire des droits sociaux &#8211; Maison Aline Gendron (OPDS-AG)<\/p>\n<p>Organisation populaire des droits sociaux de la r\u00e9gion de Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n<p>(OPDS-RM)<\/p>\n<p>Comit\u00e9 populaire Saint-Jean-Baptiste<\/p>\n<p>Infringement Festival<\/p>\n<p>Laboratoires Theatral Optatif<\/p>\n<p>Collectif Artivistic<\/p>\n<p>Association \u00c9tudiante des Cycles Sup\u00e9rieurs en Sciences Politiques de<\/p>\n<p>l&rsquo;UQAM (AECSSP-UQAM)<\/p>\n<p>Association facultaire des \u00e9tudiants et \u00e9tudiantes en arts (AF\u00c9A-UQAM)<\/p>\n<p>Association g\u00e9n\u00e9rale des \u00e9tudiants et \u00e9tudiantes du coll\u00e8ge Lionel-Groulx<\/p>\n<p>(AGEECLG)<\/p>\n<p>Association g\u00e9n\u00e9rale \u00e9tudiante du c\u00e9gep du Vieux-Montr\u00e9al (AG\u00c9CVM)<\/p>\n<p>Association \u00c9tudiante du C\u00e9gep de St-Laurent (AECSL)<\/p>\n<p>Groupe de Recherche d&rsquo;Int\u00e9r\u00eat Public de l&rsquo;UQAM (GRIP-UQAM)<\/p>\n<p>Quebec Public Interest Research Group at Concordia (QPIRG &#8211; Concordia)<\/p>\n<p>Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill (QPIRG-McGill)<\/p>\n<p>Coop les Jardins de la R\u00e9sistance<\/p>\n<p>Projet MUCS &#8211; NDG<\/p>\n<p>Le Frigo Vert<\/p>\n<p>People&rsquo;s Potato ( La Patate du Peuple )<\/p>\n<p>Caf\u00e9-Coop Touski<\/p>\n<p>Caf\u00e9-Coop Chaos<\/p>\n<p>MAV &#8211; Montr\u00e9al \u00e0 v\u00e9lo<\/p>\n<p>Institut de Recherche et d&rsquo;Information Socio-\u00e9conomique (IRIS)<\/p>\n<p>Maison La Virevolte<\/p>\n<p>Centre d&rsquo;\u00e9cologie solidaire et appliqu\u00e9e (CESA)<\/p>\n<p>Montr\u00e9al-Nord R\u00e9publik<\/p>\n<p>Regroupement Autonome des Jeunes (RAJ)<\/p>\n<p>Tadamon!<\/p>\n<p>Projet Accompagnement Solidarit\u00e9 Colombie<\/p>\n<p>Centre des Travailleurs et Travailleuses Immigrants<\/p>\n<p>Solidarit\u00e9 Sans Fronti\u00e8re<\/p>\n<p>Personne n&rsquo;est ill\u00e9gal\/No One Is Illegal-Montreal<\/p>\n<p>Documentation, Information et Recherhe Anarchiste (D.I.R.A.)<\/p>\n<p>Apatrides Anonymes<\/p>\n<p>La Conspiration D\u00e9pressionniste<\/p>\n<p>Cazelais Libre \/ Cazelais Free State<\/p>\n<p>Le Campement Autog\u00e9r\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>R\u00e9clame ta rue<\/p>\n<p>La Pointe Libertaire<\/p>\n<p>Reclaim!<\/p>\n<p>Communauterre (Drummondville)<\/p>\n<p>Union communiste libertaire &#8211; Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n<p>Collectif Emma Goldman (UCL-saguenay)<\/p>\n<p>Collectif oppos\u00e9 \u00e0 la brutalit\u00e9 polici\u00e8re (COBP)<\/p>\n<p>Liberterre<\/p>\n<p>Centre des m\u00e9dias ind\u00e9pendants (CMI)<\/p>\n<p>Masse critique, collectif \u00e9cosocialiste au sein de Qu\u00e9bec solidaire<\/p>\n<p>Industrial Workers of the World, Section Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Public Declaration is available at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/petition.centresocialautogere.org\/index.php?petition=2\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/petition.centresocialautogere.org\/index.php?petition=2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updates of our list of endorsing groups is available at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centresocialautogere.org\/en\/content\/des-groupes-appuient-le-csa\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">www.centresocialautogere.org\/en\/content\/des-groupes-appuient-le-csa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Autonomous Social Centre of Pointe-Saint-Charles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centresocialautogere.org\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">www.centresocialautogere.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-30-<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Point-Saint-Charles, May 14, 2009. The opening of Point-St-Charles\u2019 Autonomous Social Centre (ASC), planned on May 29th, 2009 in an abandoned building, has garnered the support of over 50 community, political and social organisations, all of which have signed the Public Declaration in Support of the ASC. Most of these organisations will be mobilizing their members and within their networks to participate in the family-friendly and festive demonstration in support of the opening of the ASC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.totemweb.design\/macommunaute\/communiques\/u9616-over-50-organisations-support-the-establishment-of-the-autonomous-social-centre-in-an-abandoned-building\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":13603,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","thematiques":[],"regions":[],"class_list":["post-210358","communiques","type-communiques","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Over 50 organisations support the establishment of the Autonomous Social Centre in an abandoned building - Ma Communaut\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 50 organisations support the establishment of the Autonomous Social Centre in an abandoned building - Ma Communaut\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Point-Saint-Charles, May 14, 2009. 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