À bâbord ! is an independent, bimonthly, non-profit publication founded in September 2003. An autonomous review of critical information and political and social debate, À Babord is edited in Quebec by activists, independent journalists, professors, students and “non-status” people of all types and backgrounds. The review aims to provide information on political, social and cultural topics, as well as offer an open space for debate on issues important to today’s left. It is distributed throughout Quebec in newsstands and by subscription.

Contacts :
PO Box 67, Station “C”,
Montreal   (Quebec)  H2L 4S7
Telephone: (514) 272-3153 or (514) 523-6928
Fax: (514) 272-3153

A co-habitation project initiated in 2004 and still in progress. “We intend to build a bunch of units (houses and apartments) allowing us to create a warm and pleasant neighbourliness. The plan is to build 30 private units within a common space where a collective house and shared green spaces will be located.”

Contacts:
1090 Raymond–Cassegrain, Quebec, G1S 2E4
Telephone: (418) 527-4205
Email: info@cohabitat.ca

Group which intervenes in the cultural and artistic sphere by initiating reflection, projects and actions aimed at enlivening political and community space. The main goal is to encourage cooperation and dialogue among people in different fields as well as stimulate reflection and creativity in response to socio-cultural issues, whether current, local or international. The collective organizes the “AgoraFestif”, Saturdays in the park, a food bank, the diapason project, and a cooperative housing project.
 

Collective which aimed at getting people involved in order to develop neighbourhood self-management: “It isn’t enough to keep an eye on power, we must exercise it.” The main activities of the group included staffing the committee’s offices, editing a newspaper (Le mégaphone), organizing benefits, maintaining a skills and services exchange network and a second-hand clothing store. The group closed down in 2001 because the costs of maintaining the space was too high.

The group existed from fall 1999 to summer 2001.

For questions or information: glp@no-log.org

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

The Café tried to "create a space for democratising both the political and social aspects of culture", particularly through the re-appropriation of the neighbourhood by its residents. It provided a warm and friendly atmosphere, bridging cultural and socio-political issues. It was a space for encounter, debate, information-sharing and solidarity; a space of resistance, a hub of emancipation and challenge to economic globalization. Activities included film screenings, discussions, round tables, diverse shows at affordable prices and dinners.

The Coopérative de solidarité Les Irréductibles was dissolved and Café la Petite Gaule closed in 2005, after two and a half years of continual activity. However, its charter is still in force, ready for an eventual relaunch.  
 

DIRA was founded to encourage a critical spirit, countering the disinformation that misrepresents anarchist thought. It is an independent, free library disseminating anarchist ideas and containing many kinds of documents on different issues. The space also serves as a free location for meetings and discussions.

Contacts:
2035, St. Laurent Blvd., 3rd floor. St-Laurent metro, Montreal
Telephone: (514) 843-2018

MONDAY: 1pm to 5pm
TUESDAY: 2pm to 5pm
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: 2pm to 8pm
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: 2pm to 5pm
SUNDAY: 2pm to 6pm

Project to set up a land trust and build an eco-village at St-André-Avelin (Outaouais). The aim is to create a viable model community which protects the environment and respects living beings. In the long-term, it aims to become economically viable and enable its participants to flourish as individuals and as a collective.

The project was formerly called "Projet Écovillage 2006".

The main goal of this group is to make local internet access more accessible. ISF is currently installing and creating wireless access point software and is working on a roof-to-roof, high speed communication infrastructure open to all. It also spreads artistic content. ISF believes that all the infrastructure necessary to carry out these projects can be developed, financed and maintained by and for the community.

Contacts: info@ilesansfil.org

Koumbit encourages Quebec community groups to adopt free and open source software by developing a collective platform and by providing support for the use of freeware. It acts as an information and communications technology consultant and offers web hosting. It also educates the community sector about open source software.

Contacts:
6833 de l'Épée Ave., Suite 308
Montreal (Quebec)  H3N 2C7
Tel.: (514) 387-6262
Fax: (514) 387-6262

A collective with brings together artists, friends and all who feel a need for change at the cultural level. La Goupille is a platform for the cultural promotion of emerging, independent arts (dance, theatre, music and more). It organizes events and concerts and provides artists with an internet site where they can post and express themselves.

ASSÉ is a union which brings together, across Quebec, CEGEP and university student associations representing more than 40,000 members. It embodies the continuity of the current that has, for the past forty years, made the student movement an unavoidable actor in Quebec society and an important agent of social progress in education. It has struggled for free education at all levels since its foundation.

Contacts:
2570 Nicolet St., #301
Montreal (Quebec) H1W 3L5
Telephone : (514) 390-0110

Hours:
Monday to Friday from 10am to 5pm
**Please contact us before dropping by.
 

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

A three-day, North American gathering on the themes of collaboration, creativity and autonomy which took place in May 2007 - a Montreal version of Portland’s RecentChangesCamp. This BarCamp was organized according to the OpenForum method, based on setting the agenda collaboratively. Different workshops running in parallel dealt with such topics as: the wiki as a technology of self-organization, collaborative cinema, spaces of co-working, women and freeware, collaborative sites, etc. This event launched more than ten other projects.

For more information, contact Anne at anne@koumbit.org.

The aim of Touski is to offer affordable, quality meals as well as a meeting place for residents, workers and, above all, families in the neighbourhood, providing an informal and welcoming space which breaks isolation and encourages local social movement. It hosts exhibits, shows, theatre, music, citizen meetings and family parties. It is also offers a space for meetings and distributes alternative journals.

Contacts:
2361 Ontario St. East
Montreal  (Quebec)  H2K 1W2
Telephone: (514) 524-3113
Email: info@touski.org

Art collective which works on different community arts projects. It produces collective creations with people from different community groups and groups rooted in communities. The collective also organizes political art projects such as performances for protests or during other events. Vichama offers trainings and workshops to share artistic tools and working methods.