Lively Counter-Summit in Calgary Stands Firm Against Genocide 7
As part of the events organized to protest the warmongering anti-social program of the Genocide 7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, close to 150 people from across Canada, as well as international guests, participated in a People's Counter-Summit in Calgary on June 14. The event was organized by the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) in Canada.
The event was chaired by Yasmeen Khan, North American Vice-Chair of the ILPS, who noted that the counter-summit was organized to give expression to the resistance of the Canadian people toward the Genocide 7 whose economic, social and foreign policies are creating crisis after crisis for the world's peoples. She said a broad anti-imperialist front is needed to challenge the G7.
Victor Garces, member of the ILPS International based in Utrecht, Netherlands, gave an overview of the current global situation, pointing out that the G7 countries are in the midst of an economic and political crisis made worse by U.S. President Trump's tariff threats. He noted that the agenda of the G7 is driven by the global imperialists whose main aim is to enrich themselves at the expense of the well-being of the peoples, targeting the most vulnerable workers such as migrant workers and refugees, highlighting the necessity to fight back as an organized anti-imperialist force.
The late Luis Jalandoni, an outstanding revolutionary communist leader of the Filipino people, who passed away on June 7, was also honoured at the event for his lifelong commitment and contributions to the liberation of the Philippines and all oppressed peoples.
Two
panel discussions addressing "Anti-Militarization, Indigenous
Sovereignty and National Liberation Struggles" and "Organizing Workers,
Migrants and Neighbourhoods" generated lively exchanges among
participants and practical ideas for further organizing.
Several resolutions were adopted aimed at raising the level of political organizing among migrant workers, unions, housing rights and anti-war groups to challenge the rule of the Genocide 7 cartel of countries.
The day's events included informal discussions, Indigenous cultural performances, songs of working class resistance and a poetry recital. Plans for events the next day which included a Hands Off Our Water Rally and March to Resist the G7, were also finalized.
This article was published in
Volume 55 Number 6 - June 2025
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