What happened at the Occupy Toronto General Assembly last night left me deeply saddened. I was invited to this meeting to discuss people’s allegations against me, and was fully prepared to do this- wasted two days preparing a thorough response. Then, when I arrived, Alex Hundert (head of AW@L, friend of Harsha Walia, and no relation to Occupy Toronto) was blocking my entrance with two of his goons.
There were so many things wrong with last night, let me outline a few:
- I was not allowed to attend my own trial
- I was given no quantification to any of the allegations against me
- There was no consensus reached but a judgement was issued
There are a lot of people who are unhappy with what happened- me included. What happened last night violated the spirit of the Occupy movement, and threatens to kill Occupy Toronto. This makes me very sad.
Here are some of the reactions from a thread on Occupy Toronto’s Facebook page today. All of the messages from this thread have been included: