<p>TORONTO &ndash; Black-clad demonstrators broke off from a peaceful protest and torched a police cruiser in the financial district and smashed wi...

GRAND ISLE, Louisiana - The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season threatened on Saturday to veer toward the Gulf of Mexico within days, posing a new threat to containment and cleanup of the worst U.S.

No One is Illegal spokesperson Syed Hussan was arrested today on the way to a press conference addressing the targeting of community organizers. Farrah Miranda, who was with Hussan at the time on the way to the press conference, was detained in an unmarked van and driven around for 45 minutes in what she calls “a clear attempt to intimidate me.”

DETROIT - As heads of state from the Group of 20 (G20) most developed and economically powerful emerging nations meet in Toronto, Canada this weekend, some activists at the U.S.

Clayton Thomas-Muller, a 34-year-old Cree activist who works for indigenous rights and environmental justice, says Alberta’s oil sands patch is killing native communities — culturally and literally.

June 26, 2010

More reports from the Toronto Media Co-op: police repression at the G20 appears to be escalating with house raids, cops kicking down doors, dragging people from their beds and kicking those sleeping on the floor. Arrest warrants have been issued for "key organizers".

For up to the minute coverage of the G8/G20 protests, go to TMC's Alternative Media Centre.