Home

marchSyndicate content

rabble staff

The People First March and the Toronto riot in 503 Tweets

By rabble staff
| June 27, 2010

Fourteen hours after the People First March started, police are still making arrests. The following are the tweets gathered by rabble.ca from our journalists, other journalists there, along with activists and other observers. 

Stay up-to-date by following us on Twitter here.

Note: the Tweets run backwards from 2:12 am EST.

"10-4, they are going to be arrested" heard over video, as riot cops renege on agreement to let jail solidarity protesters go. #g20 12 minutes ago via web
riot police are refusing to let jail solidarity activists leave - after giving them permission to go. Watch live: http://bit.ly/aNKBt0 13 minutes ago via web

Read more
in his own words

G20 police let rioters run amok and then struck back hard at all activists

This is what a rubber bullet wound looks like. Photo: Yee Guan Wong.

Alongside my neighbours from the Danforth area, I joined the large march on Saturday afternoon on the first day of the G20 Summit in Toronto. We felt proud to be there alongside over 10,000 other Canadians -- women, unionists, students, teachers, people of all ethnicities and backgrounds -- demonstrating our commitment to peace and social justice. We passed by hundreds and hundreds of police without an incident.

Soon afterwards, while catching a meal on the patio at Fran's Restaurant on College Street, we heard glass breaking on Yonge Street, and saw a mob of about 150 coming around the corner, hurling chairs into windows. Someone threw a bottle through a window showering me in broken glass. What was most striking was that there were not any police in sight.

embedded_video

Tags:
riots rally police march G8-G20 G20 riots agents provocateur

All out 1 p.m. Queen's Park: Protest police state in Toronto and G20 in the world

An anti-riot policeman grabs a protester by the wrist during the anti-poverty protest on Friday in Toronto. Up to 10,000 protesters are expected to gather at Queen's Park today at 1 p.m. EST. Photo: Kristen Hanson.
Follow the People First March on http://twitter.com/rabbleca

Related rabble.ca story:

All out 1 p.m. Queen's Park: Protest police state in Toronto and G20 in the world
Tags:
Toronto protest march G8/G20 protest G8-G20

Occupy Toronto: Occupy the climate! Justice for the planet and the 99%

Dec 3 2011 - 2:00pm
Dec 3 2011 - 5:00pm

Location

Yonge/Dundas Square Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 11.6136" N, 79° 22' 59.4624" W
See map: Google Maps

March for a global day for climate action against those Canadian climate criminals who block progress on global solutions to climate change.

From Nov. 28th to Dec 9th, world leaders will be meeting in Durban, South Africa during the broken Conference of Parties convention to discuss climate change.
Canadian climate criminals will be attending these meetings to block progress on global solutions to climate change and instead promote asinine capitalist fantasies about ‘carbon capture' or ‘nuclear futures'.

Tags:
Occupy Toronto Climate Change carbon emissions environmental march

Related items

related_item1

For more information

related_item1_desc

For the event link
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

Migrant workers in Ontario embark on historic "Pilgrimage to Freedom" this Thanksgiving

October 8, 2010
| How were the recent workplace deaths of migrant agricultural workers, Ralston White and Paul Roach, preventable? What fuels this 50km march?

18:21 minutes (16.8 MB)
Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change
Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#6

December 6, 2010
| Today, we cover a youth action on forest policy, an excerpt from our meeting with Canada's lead negotiator and we cover today's Via Campesina-led march in downtown Cancun.

6:28 minutes (5.93 MB)

Walk for Justice and candlelight vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women

Oct 4 2010 - 5:00pm
Oct 4 2010 - 10:00pm

Location

Queen's Park
College Street and University Avenue
Toronto, ON
Canada
Phone: 647-230-9850
43° 39' 35.5824" N, 79° 23' 25.2564" W
See map: Google Maps

Sisters and Brothers in Solidarity is asking that everyone come together -- both women and men working in solidarity -- to honour our over 500 missing and murdered sisters, mothers, daughters, aunties and friends by taking a stand. We say: Enough is Enough.

First Nations communities across Canada have been carrying the burden of this sadness for generations as they have walked this trail of grief. They are stepping out of the shadows and coming forward. We demand that these murders and the disappearances stop. Now.

We have been collaborating with NWAC and other grassroots groups and individuals for October 4, 2010 event. 

Contact name: 
Lisa Currier
Contact email: 
l.currier@hotmail.com
Tags:
vigil Indigenous rights indigenous women missing women march

Fourth annual women's housing march

Oct 2 2010 - 2:00pm
Oct 2 2010 - 4:00pm

Location

Downtown Eastside Women Centre
302 Columbia - corner of Cordova, just west of Main
Vancouver, BC
Canada
49° 14' 54.6828" N, 123° 6' 31.68" W
See map: Google Maps

Join women in the Downtown Eastside Women Centre Power of Women Group in the 4th Annual March for Women's Housing and March Against Poverty! Everyone (including men) welcome!

We are marching for:

- Social Housing, Childcare, and Healthcare for all!
- No more Evictions and No more Condos in the Downtown Eastside!
- Stop Criminalizing the Poor!

-------------------------

Tags:
poverty Downtown Eastside women's rights housing march event

Reclaiming Our Community Pride: pre-Trans March event and open invite

Jul 2 2010 - 5:00pm
Jul 2 2010 - 7:15pm

Location

The Centre for Women and Trans People UT
North Borden Building rm. 100 563 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2J7
Canada
Phone: 416 978 8201
Fax: 416 978 1078
43° 39' 35.8488" N, 79° 24' 1.0368" W
See map: Google Maps

A Trans political gathering and celebration before our March!

RECLAIMING OUR TRANS COMMUNITY PRIDE

An open invitation to come to a free Pre-Trans March Event and...
Get Political!
Get Connected!
Get Pumped!
Get Heard!
Be Supported and Supportive!
Get Community!
Get Affiliated!
Get Your Message Out!
Get Glitter!
Represent!

Join the Trans Inclusion Group for snacks, poster/sign making, music, and camaraderie as we prepare for the Trans March. We will gather at The Centre for Women and Trans People at U of T, 563 Spadina Avenue - Room 100, North Borden Building (Spadina, just north of College Street) for preparation, celebration, and community building.

Contact name: 
The Centre for Women and Trans People UT
Contact email: 
womens.centre@utoronto.ca
Tags:
trans Toronto sex pride poster music march genderqueer gender art activism

Related items

related_item1

The Centre Women and Trans People website

Weekly Diaspora: Immigration opponents take a turn for the worse

By Erin Rosa
| March 11, 2010

As grassroots support for the pro-immigration reform March for America grows, anti-immigration groups and their allies are trying to use racial tension to stop the momentum. Opposition groups like NumbersUSA and the Americans for Legal Immigration PAC announced plans this week to partner with Tea Party activists in response to the event, which is expected to draw as many as 100,000 people to the National Mall on March 21.

Their hope? To scare the public into opposing a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

Read more
12next ›last »
Syndicate content