1. Open letter regarding Ivan Drury’s break with Fire This Time
2. Open letter to the members of Youth Third World Alliance regarding Ivan Drury’s resignation
3. Response from FTT to Ivan Drury’s resignation
4. Mike Krebs resigns from FTT, is assaulted by Ali Yerevani
5. FTT response to Mike Krebs’ resignation
6. Nasim Sedaghat resigns from FTT
7. FTT response to Nasim’s resignation
8. Kimball Cariou threatened by Ali Yerevani
9. Ian Beeching’s statement on Y3WA
10. Vancouver Socialist Forum letter against FTT intimidation
11. Letter to participants in MAWO organized conference in Seattle
*Diagram of Fire This Time group structure
FTT, Y3WA, MAWO, Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC), the Free the Cuban Five Committee-Vancouver, and Courtenay (FC5), Indigenous Rights and Action Project (IRAP), The May 1 Organizing Committee of 2005, Communities in Solidarity with Hospital Workers, Coalition for a United Latin America (which formed after I left), etc.
And the student groups:
Coalition Against War on the People of Iraq and Internationally (CAWOPI-UBC), Langara United Against War and Occupation (LSUAWO), Capilano Students Against War (C-SAW), SFU-MAWO, Douglas Students Against War and Occupation (DSUAWO), Student-Youth Committee Against War, etc.
1 response so far ↓
Leaflet // February 7, 2008 at 1:27 pm
It is the student groups that have been my concern from the beginning. This is my personal take on what the consequences of FTT was for the movement that I saw.
The StopWar.ca coalition began with strong and enthusiastic involvement by trade unions, community groups, and student groups. Co-operative activism between trade unions and youth has the potential to substantially enhance the effectiveness of the movement for peace and justice and this alliance in StopWar.ca was a source of optimism for the movement.
The real crime of the split when FTT ensured that they were expelled from StopWar.ca was the fact that they threw a wedge between trade union members and students as well as cutting students off from community groups. The strong presence of student activists disappeared overnight and campuses became eerily quiet as FTT took over the antiwar movement on campuses and essentially alienated most people.
What activism continued on local campuses occurred in spite of the destructive presence of the FTT groups. The destructiveness was a direct result of their interfering, parasitic behaviour.
–Lawrence Boxall
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