The city of Montreal has passed Bill 78 by a margin of 33-2- banning the use of masks in demonstrations. The bill also requires protesters to provide the authorities with planned routes for their demonstrations eight hours before they are initiated. The law comes across to many as draconian…
Tag: BlackBloc
May 08
Macdonald Stainsby & Harsha Walia Called “Lowlights” Of The 2010 Olympics!
Charlie Smith of the Georgia Straight wrote an interesting article after the Olympics outlining the highlights & lowlights of the 2010 games. And, of course, one of the Lowlights was given to Macdonald Stainsby’s & Harsha Walia’s shameful Black Bloc Incident…
May 08
Ryerson Professor Winnie Ng Suports Notable Con-Artist Kevin Annett!
We have a new actor to discuss in the International Socialist’s cast-of-characters. Today I introduce to you Winnie Ng, a professor at Ryerson University who currently holds the chair for the CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy. Winnie’s seat was previously held by, darling of the Black Bloc Judy Rebick! The deeper I research into …
May 03
This Is What The Black Bloc Looks Like! (American Style)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD4gj4O2gvY?rel=0&w=560&h=315 The massive fail award this week goes to Occupy San Francisco. In this case of ultimate stupidity a Black Bloc genius decides it is a good idea to throw a brick from the top of the roof of a building they were trying to squat. Not such a good idea after all- he ended …
May 03
An Open Letter To Occupy Vancouver
Dear Occupy Vancouver, Remember the first couple of weeks we were together at the VAG? Those days were beautiful, weren’t they? All of the smiles, love and group hugs made living outside in tents worthwhile- didn’t they?
May 02
Taylor “PottyMouth” Flook Tries To Label Me As Illegal at the No One Is Illegal March!
One of the more disturbing moments I had at yesterday’s marches was when Taylor Flook decided to go all Dave Vasey on me and start insisting I had no right to be out on Toronto’s streets! You may remember Taylor from back in February when she came out of nowhere throwing potty language and ad-hominem …
May 01
May Day March From City Hall and the Occupy Toronto “Re-Occupation”
We’ve marched through the streets for about three and a half hours now. The march started at Nathan Philips Square and headed west down Queen Street. From there, the crowd stopped at the intersection of Spadina and blocked traffic for a while.
May 01
Guerilla Gardening: Civil Disobedience I Can Agree With!
The day continues here at Occupy Toronto- and besides the initial assault by Dave Vasey & Greg Ciprik, there has been no other violence so far. So, this is good news!
May 01
May 1st, Hour 1: Assaulted By Dave Vasey & Greg Cipryk! (With Special Guest- Judy Rebick!)
So, here I am covering the events of Occupy Toronto’s May Day celebrations- live and on the spot! I started waiting at Bay & King Street where the ‘Human’ chess game was announced, but it turned-out to be a decoy.