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More accounts of martial law at Toronto G20 protests (4 of 5)
Greg Shupak speaks out about the more-than-usual rampant police brutality and indiscriminate arrests he had witnessed at the protests against the G8/20 agenda during the June 25-27 2010 weekend.Along...
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People need to tell their G20 story in a public hearing: CCLA and NUPGE
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 It is time for a full G20 public inquiry to hear those who were hurt by police brutality and arrests and what it means to Canadian civil liberties, says new report with...
View ArticleThe last jailed Toronto G-20 activist is released
Sunday, May 22, 2011 After 11 months in custody, 38-year-old activist Byron Sonne -- who was arrested before the summit began -- was granted bail. Computer security expert Byron Sonne was granted...
View ArticleCanada's G20 legacy: How to do everything wrong
This is the first anniversary of the weekend from hell when Canada hosted the G8 and G20 summits. On a variety of fronts we became a role model other nations will study for years to come. Our peaceable...
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Toronto G20: The fiasco one year later
The gross excess of police intimidations, interrogations and arrests are hardly a distant memory.One year later, remembering the G20
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A year on, calls for a G20 inquiry still resonate
Monday, June 27, 2011 G20 Redux drew hundreds a year after over 1,100 marchers were kettled and arrested in Toronto during the G20 summit. On June 26, 2010, thousands of people witnessed thousands of...
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G20 inquiry, now!
Protesters call for better policing and inquiry...A year on, calls for a G20 inquiry still resonate
View ArticleHey hey, ho ho, Bill Blair has got to go!
This past weekend was my first trip back to Toronto in nearly a year. That’s because I avoided it like the plague.read more
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The mysterious case of the flying anarchist
August 3, 2011 - 7:30pm Play about post-G20 Toronto. The next time the G20 comes to town, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is ready, PM Stephen Harper is ready, Police Chief Bill Blair is ready. So when a bomb...
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The mother of crime is poverty
On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, we speak with criminal defence lawyer Shane Martinez on the Harper crime agenda, Hudak's vow of manual labour for prisoners, criminalization of activism,...
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You Should Have Stayed at Home: Praxis Theatre brings G20 to the stage
Monday, September 12, 2011 Making a play about G20 police brutality convinced me that the disempowered have more than their feet, they also have their collective voice, and art can play a powerful role...
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Taking the protest to the stage
Political drama depicts G20 police abuse of protesters.You Should Have Stayed at Home: Praxis Theatre brings G20 to the stage
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rabble turns 10! Our story: Frontline coverage of the G20 protests
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 rabble.ca joined the G20 protests, not only blogging from the streets and from inside the summit, but capturing and sharing images, podcasting and live-tweeting the events...
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RCMP targeted activist groups long before G20 arrests
Thursday, April 5, 2012 New documents explain the backdrop to G20 "conspiracy" charges and an operation that saw 12 undercover agents directed by the RCMP fan out to spy on political organizers. When...
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Review of G20 policing confirms findings of NUPGE/CCLA hearings
nupge_logo_0.jpgReview of G20 policing confirms findings of NUPGE/CCLA hearings It is completely unacceptable that the constitutional rights of Canadians were treated with such utter disregard. We can...
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Deconstructing police kettling and the body politic
July 17, 2013Image: Scott SørliImage: Scott SørliWhen more than 200 bystanders, pedestrians and cyclists were first surrounded by a cordon of police officers on a stretch of downtown Toronto June 27,...
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Preempting Dissent: Screening and discussion with film maker
Thu, Jul 10, 2014"Pre-empting Dissent" is about the impact of protest policing. Afterwards there will be a discussion with film maker Greg Elmer What is the intersection of policing and protesting? How...
View ArticleJoin rabble.ca for a screening and discussion on the politics of policing...
rabble.ca is excited to be partnering with Toronto film maker and Ryerson Professor of Media, Communications and Culture Dr. Greg Elmer for a special screening of his open source collaborative film...
View ArticleThe G20 mass arrest fiasco: A wartime denial of rights during peacetime
Thursday, December 16, 2010 The NDP leader in Ontario on the outrage caused by the behaviour of the McGuinty government toward peaceful protesters and the need for a G20 public inquiry. Last May, the...
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People need to tell their G20 story in a public hearing: CCLA and NUPGE
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 It is time for a full G20 public inquiry to hear those who were hurt by police brutality and arrests and what it means to Canadian civil liberties, says new report with...
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