Political Prisoners

Why Misogynists Make Great Informants

Originally published in make/shift magazine

Some people may have seen this article already, which has been making its rounds on Facebook and the blogosphere, but INCITE! blog editors loved it so much that they wanted to share it and I couldn't agree with them more!

This article is particularly relevant in Ontario given the recent infiltration of various anarchist and activist groups in the province and ongoing misogynistic bullshit in our movements.

The piece was originally published in make/shift magazine’s Spring/Summer 2010 issue and written by Courtney Desiree Morris.

Why Misogynists Make Great Informants: How Gender Violence on the Left Enables State Violence in Radical Movements
By Courtney Desiree Morris

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Submitted by Mick on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 10:15.

Media round up of Toronto 900 rallies in Canada

Here's an incomplete round-up of media coverage of the Solidarity rallies that have been held across Canada for the Toronto 900 and the remaining political prisoners that are still being held. We will update this blog post as more reports are sent in. Please comment below or use our contact form if you have any media reports on the solidarity rallies. Free all political prisoners now!

National coverage
Protests continue over police actions at G20 Canwest News Service

2,000 protest G20 summit arrests CBC

Solidarity with Toronto 900 protests continue across Canada Digital Journal

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Submitted by Linchpin on Sun, 07/04/2010 - 11:56.

Sacco and Vanzetti in Ottawa: How Media and Police are Politicizing the RBC Arson Case

As Canada is reeling from the police repression of the G20 protests in Toronto it's important time to remember that the first "G20" arrests took place weeks before the fence was even built with the targeting of three men in Ottawa allegedly for the arson of an RBC bank branch. While Common Cause remains critical of the arson I would encourage people to read the below article by Jesse Freeston of the Toronto Media Coop that puts the arrests in a historical context of anti-anarchist repression.

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Sacco and Vanzetti in Ottawa: How Media and Police are Politicizing the RBC Arson Case
June 23, 2010
by Jesse Freeston

Sacco and Vanzetti come to Ottawa

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Submitted by Linchpin on Sat, 07/03/2010 - 20:41.

Statement From SOAR in Defence of Our Comrades

While there are differences on questions of politics, strategy and tactics between Common Cause and SOAR, we stand in full defence all political prisoners and strongly denounce the state's campaign to criminalize anarchists and long-time community organizers. We have participated in and helped organize solidarity demonstrations in cities across Ontario and called for national mobilizations to free all political prisoners. In addition, we continue to work in the community and labour movements to build solidarity for those still under arrest. That's why we are publishing SOAR's statement on the arrest and imprisonment of their activists below.


STATEMENT FROM THE SOUTHERN ONTARIO ANARCHIST RESISTANCE IN DEFENCE OF OUR COMRADES

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Submitted by Linchpin on Sat, 07/03/2010 - 19:33.

Toronto Community Mobilization Network Call for immediate support and solidarity

July 1, 2010

From June 25-27, elites from the world’s most powerful economies met in Huntsville and Toronto to draft policies to further exploit the environment and people, bolstering the systems that sustain colonialism, wars and displacement.

With global attention on Toronto, tens of thousands of people mobilized in a historic week-long convergence in opposition to these policies. Daily demonstrations highlighted struggles for Indigenous sovereignty; environmental justice; migrant justice; an end to war and occupation; community control over resources; gender justice; and queer and disAbility rights.

Also unprecedented was the over $1.2 billion spent on security, the most in G20 summit history, which paid for a dizzying array of weaponry and nearly 20,000 police—plus a security fence that turned Toronto into a fortress to host a select few and a police state to terrorize the rest of us.

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Submitted by Linchpin on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 12:35.

G20 Arrests and Organizing for Freedom

There's a lot of really horrific testimonials coming out about the brutal police repression that activists and the public in Toronto experienced during the G20 weekend. By far the best source is the Toronto media co-op.

That said, I think the article "G20 Arrests and Organizing for Freedom" by Vancouver-based organizer Harsha Walia on her arrest and strategies to resist repression hits all the nails squarely on the head.

Harsha Walia wrote:

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Submitted by Mick on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 02:10.

4strugglemag issue 15 now online

Here's the latest announcement from the Toronto Anarchist Black Cross Federation and thier steller publication 4strugglemag.

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Hi all,

Check out issue 15 of 4strugglemag

We've launched a new website that will make it easier for you to read and share articles.

Please see below for a message from editor and political prisoner Jaan Laaman, asking for your support in our efforts to send hundreds of free copies to our prison subscribers each issue.

Thanks for your continued support of 4strugglemag - an important voice for prisoners across the continent.

Toronto ABCF
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Issue 15 – International Women’s Day, Revolutionary & Prison Struggle, Book Reviews, Sri Lanka and National Liberation, Political Prisoner Updates

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