The Peterborough Coalition Against Poverty has created perhaps the best guide for squatters in Canada. The through 100 page guide covers everything you could ever want to know about reclaiming abandoned space as living space. Including:
An intro to squatting
Relevant land acts
Legal information for young people, squatters with children, migrants, youth, people with disabilities and psychiatric survivors
Strategies for dealing with the law
Community radio station CKLN is holding a party and sale of its vinyl library on Saturday August 27. Toronto's first campus-community radio station is moving from Ryerson University and must sell its collection for space reasons.
Thousands of hip hop, house, funk and indie rock and punk vinyl records, music books and other collectibles accumulated over three decades will be on sale along with CKLN swag.
Deejays will be on hand throughout the event spinning everything from boogie funk to hip hop. You can listen live via http://ckln.fm.
For those interested in early entrance, doors open for a special preview from 9-11:00 am for a $10 cover. General Admission is $5 after 11:00 am.
The Rebel Spell's songs are motivated by opposition to war, capitalism, police brutality, mindless consumerism and environmental destruction. The message is far from negative, however; each song aims to provide solace and push for solutions. Evidence from the crowd's reaction at shows suggests they are capable of bringing together the fractured punk community, creating an inclusive and positive scene. This featured song is titled 'It Can't Be Just Me', from their new album It's a Beautiful Future. According to lead singer Todd Serious, "The song focuses on the surveillance culture we're coming into, the big push to have a lot of cameras installed for the Olympics (Vancouver) for example.
Featuring:
WOMB RAIDER (Feminist hardcore from Montreal)
INDICTABLE MISCHIEF (Anti-police anthems from Peterborough)
LOATHSOME (Vegan powerviolence from Toronto)
Some of the rad tables set up:
- tweveohtwo zine distro
- No Apathy! free info distro
- Toronto Anarchist Black Cross
- Food Not Bombs Toronto
- The Really Really Free Market
- Vegan baked goods
- Animal liberation/vegan info table
- Toronto Zine Library
- Boardwalk Chocolates
- AND POSSIBLY FREE FOOD (no promises!)
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The album, titled Twinkles' Last Stand, can be downloaded from http://theclasswarkids.bandcamp.com/
Back in June of 2009, the St. John's-based band Class War Kids recorded several cover songs before going on tour, but it wasn’t until the recent earthquake hit Haiti that it was clear what to do with those recordings. As of January 28, these tracks have been released on an EP entitled Twinkle’s Last Stand. All proceeds from its sale are going to the Batay Ouvriye Haiti Solidarity Network.
Self publishing amongst activists has a colourful, jaggedly cut and political history. Zines have been scattered around in one form or another since words were written on paper, but for activists and political artists, zines really took off in the pre-online world of the 1990s. Popularized by the riot grrrl movement, a product of feminism and alternative rock in North America, zines quickly became an invaluable vehicle for manifestos and sharing lived experiences. Nowadays, zines can be found online and in print. This guide will go over how to put together a zine cover to cover and include:
What's a zine?
Creating content
Figuring out formatting
Distribution
Whats a zine
