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Police bring weapons and attitude to anarchist gathering

Image from a video shot by Will Dean, of a police officer attempting to gain entrance to the North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference in Toronto on Jan. 15, carrying a shotgun. He and another officer were denied entry by attendees.

The second annual North American Anarchist Studies Network (NAASN) Conference was held in Toronto at the Steelworkers Hall on January 15 and 16. 

The conference was a chance for anarchists or activists interested in anarchism to meet post-G20, with opportunities for sharing wisdom and education taking place between new and old anarchists, including those radicalized at last June's summit. It was a non-violent, private event.

But the police, riding on a post-G20 high, showed up by the dozen, with some officers not revealing themselves right away, but clearly knowing the event was happening and monitoring it. So goes activism and organizing in a post-G20 world.

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rabble series

Making change from the bottom-up

What happens when the political becomes personal? Then who has the power?
Does Stephen Harper because he's our prime minister? For sure. Does Oprah Winfrey because she's a billionaire media celebrity who likes to share her political views and ideas? Yep, she's got some sway. How about ordinary citizens who come together to champion certain causes, or try to tackle certain socio-economic problems? Do they have any political power? Darn right they do. And they're what Maker Culture politics is all about. People, united in cause, working together to spread a message and set changes in action.

Whether at the local, provincial, national or global level, examples of Maker Culture politics are everywhere.

London Activism: Empowerment Infoshop

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Redeye

G20 organizers agree to plea deal

December 21, 2011
| In mid-November, 17 members of the G20 Main Conspiracy Group reached a collective plea deal. No one was convicted of conspiracy but six of the defendants pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

16:25 minutes (15.03 MB)
Chris Shaw

Is your attic breeding anarchists?

| June 20, 2011
Aw@l

House Arrest Interview #3 -- An interview with Toronto anarchists

April 9, 2011
| Alex interviews anarchist organisers on organising against the police, in general and for the upcoming Toronto Anarchist Bookfair, in the third installment of the house arrest interviews.

29:32 minutes (67.6 MB)

The other side of the G20 protest

| July 15, 2010
Krystalline Kraus

Anarchist group claims responsibility for Tuesday's bank firebombing

| May 20, 2010

Vancouver Media Co-op's Dawn Paley defends protesters' non-peaceful tactics

On Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, VIVO (a not for profit media production, exhibition and distribution centre) hosted a night of discussion on the support of a 'diversity of tactics' and the direct action protests against the Olympics that took place on the previous Saturday, entitled 'Heart Attack'.

In this clip, Vancouver Media Co-op's Dawn Paley defends protesters' non-peaceful tactics.

Show Solidarity w/ Greek Uprising

Jan 9 2009 - 12:00pm
Jan 9 2009 - 2:00pm

Location

Consulate General of Greece
365 Bloor St. E (at Sherbourne)
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 40' 19.254" N, 79° 22' 42.9168" W

**~SPARK IN ATHENS, FIRE IN TORONTO~**


Recognize the system as flawed and transform it!



Sponsored by: Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students, Common Cause, CUPE 3903, CUPE 3907, No One Is Illegal Toronto and Ontario Coalition Against Poverty



Privatization of education, corporatization of campuses, barriers to immigration, police repression, poverty and institutionalized racism all led to the current uprising in Greece. We are struggling here with the very same issues! This is why we stand with our brothers and sisters in Greece.

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