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Art Threat: Photographer seeks arrested student strikers

Posted May 22nd, 2012 by Rob Maguire

Toronto-based photographer Brett Gundlock is currently in Montreal capturing portraits of demonstrators who have been detained or arrested during the ongoing student strike. The photos will be a continuation of a previous series in which he photograp…

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CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Unpacking my Canada Crime Bill C10 hunger strike

Posted May 21st, 2012 by Obert Madondo

Today, May 21st is the day 69 of my indefinite hunger strike protesting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cruel new crime law, the deceptively christened “Safe Streets and Communities Act”, formerly omnibus crime Bill C10. This potentially-fatal ac…

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Eidolon rebellion? No glory here.

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Boris

There’s an interesting discussion taking place here , which harebell takes to task over the apparent support of  violence and intimidation by some groups of the protesting students.

But as many people have demonstrated in the recent and distant past…

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U.S. war veterans challenge NATO’s occupation of Chicago

Posted May 17th, 2012 by rabble staff

Veterans of the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are now challenging the occupation of Chicago.
This week, NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is holding the largest meeting in its 63-year history there. Protests and rallies will confront …

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Art Threat: 99 musicians for the 99 percent – Occupy This Album features music by Yoko Ono, Tom Morello, Yo La Tango and others whose names have fewer o’s

Posted May 16th, 2012 by Rob Maguire

If you support the Occupy movement, relish discovering new music, and are gainfully employed, then you seriously need to plunk down ten bucks and purchase Occupy This Album. An autonomous project designed to support Occupy, Music For Occupy has produ…

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Police Week and the Mounted Police

Posted May 10th, 2012 by James Hamilton

Police Week officially runs from Sunday May 13 to Saturday May 19, 2012 but there are a lot of police departments starting events this Saturday May 12: In #Toronto 42 Division is having an open house and community rummage sale while …

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99% Spring: New radical alliances for a new era

Posted May 10th, 2012 by Joshua Kahn Russell

Last month, a broad alliance of organizations from across the progressive spectrum came together to train 100,000 people in non-violent direct action in the hopes of supporting a wave of action targeting corporations and the politicians that own them. …

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Environment

Activists protest outside Bank of America’s shareholder meeting

Posted May 10th, 2012 by rabble staff

Shareholder meetings can be routine, unless you are Bank of America, in which case it may be declared an “extraordinary event.” That is what the city of Charlotte, N.C., called the bank’s shareholder meeting this week. Bank of America is currently the …

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Conservatives

The State of North Carolina

Posted May 10th, 2012 by The Public Eye

North Carolina and gay marriageby Kent McManigalAs originally posted on: Kent’s “Hooligan Libertarian” BlogMay 9, 2012Are you unhappy about the North Carolina marriage vote? I have a solution. Or at least a tactic.If you are a North Carolina resident …

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Moments of Excess: Essential reading for Occupy and Quebec student activists

Posted May 10th, 2012 by alex

As attention turns toward the mass student strike on the streets of Montreal, ongoing for three months, the Quebec student movement clearly exemplifies the power that activism holds to shape our collective imagination.
The student protests distant from…

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Crime

The System

Posted May 8th, 2012 by The Public Eye

Thank you for joining us on our adventurous and oft lulzy journey to create positive change. Sail strong, #Anonymous. We love you all. <3by “Anonymous”As originally posted on: Anonymous (YourAnonNews) on TwitterApril 8, 2012

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Feminism

Sunday Night

Posted May 7th, 2012 by Robert McBean

Well done.   Via Memwhore.

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Education

Terrorists Succeed In Canada

Posted May 6th, 2012 by Mulder

We should never negotiate with terrorists. Yet it looks like the Liberal Charest government in Quebec has done so. Student leaders and the provincial government reached an agreement over tuition costs in principle on Saturday a day after violent protes…

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British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Posted May 6th, 2012 by The Public Eye

Come the Revolution the BBC will have a set of guillotines reserved for them. To be broadcast live on BBC1 to educate, inform & entertain.by “MaxJu5t1c3″As originally posted on: MXJu5t (MXJu5t) on TwitterMarch 17, 2012

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Global Marijuana March 2012

Posted May 5th, 2012 by James Hamilton

While the #Toronto Freedom Festival has been postponed due to permit issues the 14th Annual Global Marijuana March (GMM) will still be held on Saturday, May 5, 2012. The marchers will start to gather at 11am and begin to walk the streets of Toron…

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"The U.S. Government"

Posted May 4th, 2012 by The Public Eye

The U.S. Government calls it a “Cyberwar” now and that we’re more dangerous than terrorists. The least we can do is to prove them right.by “Anonymous”As originally posted on: AnonymousIRC (AnonymousIRC) on TwitterMarch 9, 2012

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Divorce

The System

Posted May 3rd, 2012 by The Public Eye

MPs say Anonymous breached minister’s privilege, but not much they can doby Stephanie LevitzTHE CANADIAN PRESSMay 2, 2012OTTAWA – The public safety minister’s privileges were breached when he became the subject of an online attack, a House of Commons …

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Copyright

The System

Posted May 3rd, 2012 by The Public Eye

Bypassing The High Court Ruling to block access to the Pirate Bay for beginnersby “Misa”As originally posted on: CyberGuerrilla.infoMay 2, 20121) Download a VPN. A good one is available at http://hotspotshield.com/. It is free, so will serve your purp…

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And the band protested on

Posted May 2nd, 2012 by James Hamilton

The #Toronto 2012 Mayday #May1TO rally and march featured a few musical protesters – including a great drum band called Rhythm of Resistance (in yellow shirts), in addition to the music rocking out of the traveling DJ trailer. T…

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