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This is what a rubber bullet wound looks like. Photo: Yee Guan Wong.
G20 police let rioters run amok and then struck back hard at all activists
David Langille | Police waited over 30 minutes, until major damage had been done to property. I have been in demonstrations in Canada, the U.S., Europe and South America, I have never seen such a dereliction of duty.
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The People First March and the Toronto riot in 503 Tweets
rabble staff | rabble.ca and others describe a day which began with 10,000 marching peacefully and vuvuzelas humming, and ended in rubber bullets and arrests.
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At the Table: Musings from inside the G20 Summit
Morgan Gabereau | A snapshot of day one of the Toronto G20 Summit -- a frustrating search for answers as political leaders inside the summit attack promises previously made with riot-police-like efficiency.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces Canadas contribution to the Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health during a working session with G8 and African Outreach leaders. Official photo.
Harper's aggressive plans: Canada at G8 and G20 summits
Darren Puscas | Here is a (non-exhaustive) guide to five of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plans at the G20 and G8 meetings.
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L to R: Simekinala Kaluzi, GCAP Malawi, Eshetu Bekele, GCAP Ethiopia, Kumi Naidoo, GCAP co-chair; International Executive Director, Greenpeace, Sonia Kwami, GCAP Africa Project, Ghana, Dennis Howlett, Make Poverty History. Photo: Jennifer Henderson.
Continental aside: No room for Africa at the G20 Table
Jennifer Henderson | Poverty activists from Africa describe how the promises of the G20 are failing their continent, including the much vaunted Maternal Health Plan of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Jack Layton on the G8/G20 and its goals
rabbleTV | rabbletv caught up with Jack Layton at the G8/G20 summit and asked him what his thoughts were on the progress and relevance of the summit.
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Bleeding Earth Protected By Love -- Painting by Jane Marlo Nerenberg -- Age 4
Summit power politics, fancy formulae and the madness of crowds
Morgan Gabereau | The Toronto G8-G20 summits will not create badly needed economic renewal. Those who seek a better world know that renewal is a continuum that must be pushed for, especially now.
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The 'Sacco and Vanzetti' of Ottawa's bank arson case
Jesse Freeston | How police are politicizing the RBC arson case, and the media are allowing them to get away with it.
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Massey Hall, the scene for Shout Out for Global Justice! on June 25. Photo: Carleen Pickard/Council of Canadians
Time to scrap the summits, build alternatives
Maude Barlow | The Council for Canadians brings together world leaders in social justice and the environment for Shout Out for Global Justice! Join us at Massey Hall Friday or watch exclusive livestream on rabble.
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Children's Aid Society on call during G20
Lara Purvis and Shushan Araya | A file will be opened for any child referred to CAS. The agency will be called in if a "parent is taken to hospital or a parent is arrested and there's no one to care for the child."
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Police lunch at the G20 security fence in Toronto. Photo: Kristen Hanson.
Challenging Toronto's corporate security walls
Harsha Walia and Stefan Christoff | Montreal-based engineering giant SNC-Lavalin was awarded the contract for the construction and conceptualization of the militarization of downtown Toronto. The company's history is global in reach.
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#110 - The activists, Pride and the G20
Meagan Perry | Queer honourees give it back to Pride Toronto over Israeli-apartheid, pre-G20 African activists speak out on celebrity activism, and coming out where Pride is no party.