Alcan’t India is a Montreal-based collective which supports people living in the Kashipur area of India in their struggle to maintain control over the development of their lands and resources. Since 1994, the people of Kashipur have struggled to block construction of a bauxite mine and an aluminum refinery, advanced by, among others, the Canadian company ALCAN. Alcan’t India promotes the wishes and concerns of the people of Kashipur to ALCAN and the public in general.

An anti-sectarian collective that mostly works against racism, but also against all forms of discrimination. It aims to act as an information network on fascist and neo-Nazi movements. The collective attempts to boycott neo-Nazi spaces and events in order to destroy their visibility and opportunities for recruitment. The Montreal collective specifically opposes Israeli colonization (by the state of Israel) of Palestinian lands and the apartheid it has created.

Block the Empire – Montreal is a direct action collective opposed to war and militarization. At the local level, our work aims to disrupt and have a direct impact on the interests of those who participate in or are complicit in these systems; whether companies who contribute to and profit from war and occupation or outposts of the American empire and the Canadian state.

A member of Solidarity across Borders, this group defended Gorka and Eduardo in particular and Basque political prisoners in general and denounced torture and Canadian immigration policies. The committee organized vigils at the exits of metro stations and the courthouse, two benefit concerts, protests, information-tables and talks in CEGEPs and universities, as well as theatrical readings. It also did direct actions such as dropping banners on overpasses.

The group existed from 2001 to 2005.
 

Political collective mainly focused on defending rights. It has organized and participated in many actions with specific demands, related to poverty, women, housing and even international (the case of Abu Jamal) and national issues (with OCAP in Ontario). The collective also organizes public assemblies, education campaigns, etc. It has also produced mass circulation newspapers for the neighbourhood, stickers, flyers, etc.

Contacts: comitedessansemploi@hotmail.com

Le Comité Mexique-Montréal promotes solidarity and mutual aid between non-indigenous and indigenous activists in both Montreal and Mexico. This strengthening of solidarity between communities of resistance in Mexico and Montreal happens through various rebellious activities and political and social projects such as organizing a demonstration, political education, practical collaboration, and direct exchanges among activists.

Genr’Radical is a music collective with four members (two guitars, one bass, one violincello and four voices) which is, first and foremost, politically engaged. Their songs – composed, written and arranged by the group – engage with various issues related to their main political orientations. Gen’Radical produced an album in January 2004 and has appeared on different stages in support of activist struggles, here and elsewhere.

Guerre à la guerre evolved from a coalition of groups to a network of individuals. As its name implies, the collective is opposed to war in general and specifically to the militarization of Canada and sending troops from Valcartier to Afghanistan. Guerre à la guerre has organized several protests and workshops in Quebec City and participated in different actions in other parts of Quebec.
 

NOII is part of a global movement of resistance struggling collectively for the self-determination of migrants and indigenous people. The collective organizes workshops, presentations, discussions and does popular education work around immigration, emigration, borders, and the struggles of migrants and indigenous people. NOII has a radio show and news bulletin. They also organize direct actions against deportations and detentions, racial profiling, war and capitalist imperialism as well as support people who are directly affected.

Email: noii-montreal@resist.ca

Drama collective inspired by situationist philosophy and reflectionist theory which aims to theatrically challenge hegemonic thinking and oppressive systems through various techniques: culture-jamming, Viral Theatre, and Global Invisible Theatre, to name a few. It makes use of different mediums in an inter-disciplinary manner. Optative Theatrical Laboratories was created 1999 and is still based in Montreal, although it travels around North America.

Email: optatif@excite.com

PASC is a Montreal-based collective which is developing a direct solidarity network with rural Colombian communities using civil resistance to fight for their rights to self-determination, life and land. Concretely, this direct solidarity takes the form of sending international accompaniers to lend political support to communities, carrying out popular education and participating in urgent actions in response to human rights violations.

Contacts: 514-966-8421

Q-Team is a radical queer collective whose work focuses on creating anti-racist, anti-capitalist, and anti-assimilationist queer spaces and events in Montreal.

RATS is an art collective which aims to add colour to student, environmental and anti-war demonstrations as well as sensitize arts students at UQAM to these issues. “En-RAT-ged, irreverant, creative. We seek to reconcile classic activism with urban poetic guerilla actions in a context of imminent social change.” Contacts: 514-987-3000 ex 2630, room J-M891 at l’UQAM. Email: les_rats_@hotmail.com.

Solidarity across Borders (SAB) is a network of immigrants, refugees, groups and allies which organizes protests, public campaigns, community dinners, distributes a journal, does popular education, defends the rights of its members and offers support to immigrants and refugees. The group has four central demands: 1) the regularization of all non-status people; 2) an end to deportation; 3) an end to the detention of migrants, immigrants and refugees; and 4) the abolition of security certificates.

Contacts: (514) 848-7583

L'Union communiste libertaire (UCL) (Union of Anarchist Communists) was founded in November 2008. The new revolutionary organization took over from the regional union of NEFAC Quebec.

UCL is an organization of activists from diverse resistance movements who identify with the communist tradition within anarchism and share the objective of a revolutionary rupture with the established order. UCL’s activities are organized around developing theory, spreading anarchist ideas, and contributing to the struggles of our class, both autonomously and through direct involvement in social movements. UCL publishes Cause Commune (Common Cause).

On the theoretical level, UCL is aligned with anarchist communist principles and draws on the theoretical basis of this specific tradition. On the tactical level, we prioritize involvement in social struggles according to the radicalization of social movements and building counter-power.

Local collectives exist in Quebec (La Nuit), Montreal and Saguenay.  

Contacts:
UCL a/s E.H. 55051, CP Langelier  
Quebec (Québec) G1K 9A4
Email: ucl@causecommune.net

Theatre collective which brings together anarchist activists from various perspectives who want to get involved in a different way, through artistic expression. Mainly known for its play on Emma Goldman, the collective participated in every step of production: from research on writings and set conception to promotion and staging. The collective encourages reflection on activism, the place of art in our society and of subjectivity in history.

ZOMBIE is an independent website to share ideas and exchange information. “ZOMBIE encourages discussion, reflection, critical analysis, as well as activism, direct action and concrete social initiatives for the advance of humanity.” It is an alternative media for open publication of content;  specifically, texts with information and analysis, events announcements and links to other sites. ZOMBIE encourages critical discussion of its content through discussion forums linked to each article.