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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><STRONG>Dear
Colleagues,</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Deepa Mehta's next film is called
<EM>Exclusion</EM> and is, in her words, </FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff><STRONG>"a true story and is about a group of Indians—Sikhs,
Hindus and Muslims—who attempted to immigrate to Canada. They arrived in 1914
travelling on a Japanese coal ship called the Kamagata Maru but like many before
them were barred by the racist immigration policies. They then mounted a legal
action to try and get asylum. It lasted two months, they lost and they were sent
back to India.</STRONG></DIV>
<P><STRONG>"When they disembarked at Calcutta the British army opened fire and
killed most of them. One of the survivors eventually went back to Canada and
shot an immigration officer responsible for barring the group. It’s an
incredible story." Source: </STRONG><A
href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/may2006/deep-m15.shtml">http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/may2006/deep-m15.shtml</A><BR></P>
<P><STRONG></STRONG> </P>
<P><STRONG>--Denis Salter.</STRONG></P></FONT>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>____________________________________<BR>"In 2005, the world . . .
pass[ed] the trillion-dollar mark in the expenditure, annually, on arms. We're
fighting for $50 billion annually for foreign aid for Africa: the military total
outstrips human need by 20 to 1. Can someone please explain to me our
contemporary balance of values?"--Stephen Lewis.
<BR>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR>"To
celebrate this award, and the work it recognizes of those around the world, let
me recall the words of Gandhi: 'My life is my message.' Also, plant a
tree." Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize for
Peace.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>__________________________________________________<BR>Denis
Salter<BR>Professor of Theatre<BR>McGill University<BR>853 Sherbrooke St.
West<BR>Montréal, QC<BR>H3A 2T6<BR>Tel (514) 487 7309<BR>Regular Fax (514) 398
8146<BR>Computer Fax (309) 294 0444<BR><A
href="mailto:denis.salter@mcgill.ca">denis.salter@mcgill.ca</A><BR><A
href="mailto:d.salter@videotron.ca">d.salter@videotron.ca</A><BR>__________________</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>