August 24, 2011 - Intercontinental Cry

Another fifty-two environmental activists were arrested on Monday for taking part in the Tar Sands Action, a peaceful two-week protest that's urging President Obama to reject a permit for the risky Keystone XL pipeline.

August 24, 2011 - rabble.ca

In the last days the Gaza Strip has been subjected to numerous air raids from Israel, which have so far killed at least 15 Palestinians and wounded many more. Despite claims by Israel that they were targeting alleged armed groups in Gaza, the reported reality from the ground is that those killed were innocent civilians including children.

August 15, 2011 - The DTES is not for Condo Developers

...[A]s advocates, service providers, and front-line and outreach workers who are committed to serving the Downtown Eastside, we support the DTES Community Resolution opposing condos in the heart of this neighbourhood. We would not want to be complicit in a project that will further displace, impoverish, and police residents of the Downtown Eastside and make people feel more unwelcome in their own neighbourhood.

We discuss the recent statewide hunger strike initiated by prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison. The strike is put in context, alongside a statewide grassroots movement calling for cuts in prison spending to address California's budget crisis, and a recent US Supreme Court ruling that calls for the reduction of California state prisoners by at least 30,000, in response to overcrowding.

July 1, 2011 - Toronto Media Co-op

The Ladies Anarchist Solidarity Society (LASS) has called for an anti-policing contingent at this year’s parade “to be vocal for the members in our community who can't because they are continually targeted by police” and to “remember the roots of Pride”. They see it as important to not forget past struggles of the queer and trans community against the police and not condone its continuation today by uncritically accepting or encouraging police participation.

By Megan Kinch - June 25, 2011

...[I]n an atmosphere that approached de-facto martial law, over 1000 people were held in inhumane conditions in the Eastern Avenue detention centre. No one knows how many people were detained, dumped from police vans without money or cell phones in remote parts of [Toronto], searched illegally, kettled by police, sexually assaulted, or beaten.

Just over a week after a report was released...on how the Harper government has been using INAC to “manage potential First Nation unrest” since 2006, a native community named as a “hot spot” for “aboriginal unrest” was raided by no less than 500 members of the “Aboriginal Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. The day before the raid, the Mohawks of Kanehsata:ke sent a warning letter to the municipality of Oka over a mining deal signed earlier in the month...Coincidence? Not in these times.

June 17th, 2011 - No One Is Illegal-Vancouver

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Minister of Censorship and Deportation Jason Kenney have announced that they are re-introducing Human Smuggling Bill C4 (previously Bill C49). This is despite the previous Bill C49 being rejected by all opposition parties and hundreds of community, legal, health, human rights, and migrant justice groups...It is imperative that people are aware of the implications of this bill, and organize to defeat it!

While spotlighting the Solitary Watch website, this new interview also focuses on the upcoming hunger strike at the Pelican Bay supermax prison in California (it begins on July 1), and Hugo Pinell, of the San Quentin Six, who has been in continuous solitary even longer than the Angola 3.

06/14/2011 - Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

The Ford Regime in City Hall is moving to step up its attacks on poor and working people at top speed. One key part of this is the attack on the people who live in Toronto Community Housing (TCH)...This comes at a time when the need for affordable and accessible housing is greater than ever. Over 70 000 households in the City of Toronto are on the waiting list for TCH...

By Kevin Neish - rabble.ca

"For heaven's sake, why are you going back on another flotilla to Gaza!!" I've heard this comment/question repeatedly since I returned from an Israeli prison after the attack on my ship, the Mavi Marmara, in May 2010. In a nutshell, I'm returning because the illegal blockade of Gaza is still in place. The job is not done.

Monday, June 06 2011 - Infoshop News

On July 1, 2011, between 50 and 100 prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison in the Security Housing Unit (SHU)...are going on an indefinite hunger strike. The D corridor...has the highest level of restricted incarceration in the state of California and among the most severe conditions in the United States. The rules of their confinement are extremely harsh in order to force them to "debrief" or offer up information about criminal or prison gang activity of other prisoners.

Monday, May 30, 2011 - Your Heart's on the Left

Prime Minister Harper used the G20 meeting last year to push an austerity agenda, and this week is visiting Greece to support austerity there--which includes privatization, massive cuts to social services, layoffs and attacks on pensions. That's what Harper wants to bring to Canada and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers strike is his first obstacle. A defeat for CUPW will be a victory for Harper and his corporate backers across the country.

By Luam Kidane and Ryan Hayes - May 21, 2011

At 8pm on Friday May 13, award-winning undocumented queer artist Alvaro Orozco was arrested by Toronto Police after being 'randomly ID'd' on his way to dinner with friends. Now in detention at the Toronto Immigration Holding Centre, he faces imminent deportation to Nicaragua.

May 21, 2011 - Vancouver Media Co-op

The recent wave of repression against anarchists in Southern Ontario comes as no surprise considering recent anarchist organizing in the region...With the growing strength of anarchists, state repression will intensify no matter how “safe” the practices are of those involved. That being said, it’s important to be taking intelligent steps towards keeping ourselves safe while understanding that repression is inevitable.