Militant Actions Declare "No to U.S.-Led Aggression and War -- Biden Go Home!"

Demonstration at U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, March 23, 2023

Visits like the official state visit of U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to Canada are invariably presented by the Canadian state and monopoly media as reinforcing friendship between the two countries. However, the record shows that such visits are always for purposes of imposing further integration of Canada into the U.S. economy and war machine. At a time when the U.S. is falling deeper into crisis at home, it is stepping up brinksmanship and war preparations abroad, and expects Canada to fall in line. However, Canadians and Quebeckers have a proud history of taking stands against imperialist aggression and war, and on this basis held demonstrations in several cities, to unequivocally tell Biden to go home.

Youth for Democratic Renewal, members of the Haitian community, activists from the Cuba solidarity movement from Ottawa, Gatineau and Montreal along with CPC(M-L) activists converged outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa on March 23 to send a clear message to Biden that he is not welcome in Canada. Members of the Haitian community spoke forcefully and proudly in defence of their homeland and against the insidious plans of the two countries. So too did the friends and supporters of Cuba call on Biden to immediately end the U.S. illegal blockade of Cuba.

Ottawa, March 23, 2023

In Montreal on March 24, at the call of the organization Solidarité Québec-Haïti, a vigorous rally was held for nearly two hours in front of the U.S. Consulate. Many held Haitian flags and signs that read: Stop Arming the Killers, Biden/Trudeau, Stop the Genocide, Stop Supporting Gangs in Haiti, United States, Core Group: Get Out of Haiti!, Haiti Will Not Die, Long Live the Haitian People's Struggle for Their Right to Be! and many other slogans that people chanted in unison. Passing cars honked in support.

Montreal, March 24, 2023

In Alberta, Calgarians and Edmontonians took their place with those across Canada saying No to Warmongering and Get Canada Out of NATO, with bold and spirited pickets during afternoon rush hour on March 23. Many people walking and driving gave a thumbs up or honked as they passed the picket. Others stopped to engage in discussion, especially on the role of NATO. Calgarians in particular are concerned that on the day Joe Biden arrived in Canada, Alberta's minister of Jobs and Economy Brian Jean, speaking at a Calgary Chamber of Commerce luncheon, offered up the city as the home to NATO's new Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) offices in North America.

Calgary

Edmonton

On March 19, actions were held in Montreal, Toronto and Windsor, to denounce Biden's forthcoming visit as well as to mark the 24th anniversary of NATO's war on Yugoslavia (March 24, 1999), the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led war on Iraq, and the 12th anniversary of NATO's war on Libya and to hold the U.S. to account for these crimes.