NEW YORK - The media firestorm over the Rolling Stone profile (6/22/10) of Gen

By Toronto Media Co-op - June 25, 2010

This issue of The Spoke features:

* The Indigenous rights march
* Fence-side no-democracy zone
* Toronto's homeless told to leave Allan Gardens
* Striking Novatel workers and their vuvuzelas

GovTechGuy writes "Experts at a Congressional hearing Thursday said the government needs to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to reflect changes in technology, notably location-based services. On one hand, legal experts argue tracking a mobile user's location should require a higher burden of proof than simply intercepting their communications.

The 5th speaking event of the Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples Summit (KWPS) is highlighted by a presentation by author and agent of social change Gord Hill and focuses in the topic of Hill’s book, and new comic book – 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance.

Here is Gords description:

BP has been given until Friday, July 2 to provide documentary evidence establishing exactly what is happening behind the scenes at their ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Anyone who comes with in five meters of the G20 security perimeter will lose their normal rights because the area has been declared a “public work” under the Public Works Protection Act. According to the Act, police have the power to force people to identify themselves and be searched.