[Marxism] Defend George Galloway's right to speak in Canada

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear friends,

JASON Kenney - the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration has crossed 
every line, not just by cutting funding to community organizations that 
disagree with his government but..deliberately silencing dissent.

Please send an email to the Minister and your Member of Parliament. 
Find your MP: 
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC

Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism
Hon. Jason Kenney
House of Commons
Ottawa, Canada
E-mail: minister@xxxxxxxxx, Kennej@xxxxxxxxxx

The Right Hon. Stephen Harper
E-mail: pm@xxxxxxxx
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This is easy, just copy and paste it into your email.  Send it to your 
MP.  You must include your postal code in  the email so the MP reads it.

Background articles:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/20/george-galloway-banned-canada

http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/kim-elliott/jason-kenney-bans-george-galloway-canada



Sample Text:


Minister,

Freedom of speech is an essential part of our democracy. Banning British 
MP George Galloway from speaking at public meetings in Canada is an 
affront to Canadian democracy and freedom of speech.

As a Minister and MP, you have claimed to be a proponent of freedom of 
speech. Apparently, you are afraid of what George Galloway has to say, 
including his critique of your government's pro-war and anti-Arab 
policies including your failed combat operations in an increasingly 
dangerous and deadly war in Afghanistan.

As the Minister responsible for keeping George Galloway out of Canada -- 
an act even the repressive regime in Egypt was not able to do -- you 
will stand solely responsible, along with your Conservative government, 
of denying freedom of speech and association for political reasons of 
censure and ideology.

I call on you as Minister responsible not just to your minority party 
but to all Canadians to allow George Galloway to come to Canada and 
speak. As a democratic advocate, you have no right to censor a British 
Member of Parliament who has been invited to Canada by thousands of his 
Canadian supporters to travel and speak freely about the failures and 
biases of your Conservative minority government.

Sincerely,
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