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Where Do We Go from Here? The G20 Summit, Black Bloc, and the Canadian Left

Source: Gipfelsoli

_By Ali Mustafa_ Background Public outcry continues to grow across Canada over the widespread abuse of civil liberties during the recent G20 Summit in Toronto. Over 1,000 people were rounded-up and arrested between June 26th- 27th, resulting in the largest mass arrest in Canadian history. While the majority of those arrested have since been released, at least 16 people remain under strict bail conditions and face a variety of serious criminal charges. Countless others who managed to avoid arrest were indiscriminately searched, detained for hours, and even violently attacked by police. Indeed, all the warning signs of a ‘police state’ were present: a pervasive state of fear and paranoia loomed over the city; freedom of movement was heavily restricted; massive police presence was encountered at every turn; ‘Big Brother’-like CCTV cameras closely watched over every move; and demonstrators stayed tightly together in groups, too afraid to travel the streets alone. more >>

Post G20 Arrests, Intimidation and Ongoing Resistance

Source: Mostly Water

By Toronto Community Mobilization Network - August 31, 2010 Many people that spent the last year as the Toronto Community Mobilization Network, putting together the infrastructure for the Convergence have been arrested, beaten, and intimidated. Many of our most beloved and central organizers are under house arrest conditions while many others in the city have leaped forward to join the resistance...A new organizing space, the Community Solidarity Network, has just been formed. We see ourselves as the central networking, trust-building and organizing hub for the post-G20 defence happening in different spheres across Toronto. read more more >>

The Battle Of Toronto: Protesting The G8/G20 Summits

Source: Infoshop News

My involvement in organizing against the Group of Eight (G8) and Group of Twenty (G20) meetings, along with others in Ottawa, began in earnest (... more >>

G8/G20 Communiqué: Toronto police search for the G20 worst of the worst

Source: Gipfelsoli

_By Krystalline Kraus_ Fresh from the sting of having 73 G20-related cases dropped or settled in court on Monday August 23, 2010, the police fought back with a new Most Wanted list of G20 activists. These are allegedly the bad boys (+girls) of the Summit protests, les menace to society. This isn't the first time the police have used the media to host duelling press conferences and media releases to shape public opinion. At the very least, the release of such a sensationalized criminal list was a cynical attempt to buy media attention away from all the failed G20 charges that triggered more calls for a G20 inquiry and back to their law and order agenda. This isn't the first time the police have used the media to host duelling press conferences and media releases against the activist community. more >>

Toronto Police Search for G20 "Worst of the Worst"

Source: Mostly Water

By Krystalline Kraus - August 30, 2010 In wake of the 73 G20-related charges dropped or settled in court, in an effort to shape public opinion, Toronto cops have released a so-called G20 Most Wanted list "Worst of the Worst". read more more >>

Hunt for G20 riot ringleaders goes hi-tech

Source: Gipfelsoli

_By IAN ROBERTSON_ Toronto Police are using hi-tech facial recognition software to comb through tens of thousands of images in the hunt for the ringleaders of the G20 riots, the lead investigator says. The DVD images come from closed-circuit cameras installed throughout the downtown area, 12 metres above street-level, Det.-Sgt. Gary Giroux says. Some of the 28,000 images from private and police cameras plus 500 to 600 videos have been given to a Canadian Bankers Association facial recognition specialist, Giroux said. “The analyst does have the materials.” The team concentrated for weeks on identifying the most-easily-recognized suspects from the best photos, he said in an interview. more >>

Arrests, Intimidation and Ongoing Resistance

Source: Gipfelsoli

*Community Update by the Community Solidarity Network Post G20* This report has been a long time coming. Many people that spent the last year as the Toronto Community Mobilization Network, putting together the infrastructure for the Convergence have been arrested, beaten, and intimidated. Many of our most beloved and central organizers are under house arrest conditions while many others in the city have leaped forward to join the resistance. A new organizing space, the Community Solidarity Network, has just been formed. We see ourselves as the central networking, trust-building and organizing hub for the post-G20 defence happening in different spheres across Toronto. Though our primary mandate is to ensure that all charges against everyone who opposed the G20 be dropped, we will be hosting open meetings shortly for everyone who is organizing various initiatives in the city. We have established a legal defence fund that is independent, held in trust by a lawyer and overseen by seven highly respected trustees. All money raised at this time is being directed to this G20 Legal Defence Fund that will soon be accepting applications from anyone that requires money for defence. more >>

Sorry! We Forgot to Put Out a Suggestion Box for All Your Ideas to Smash the State!

Source: Mostly Water

By Sharmeen Khan - August 29, 2010 ...I don't mind suggestions of moving forward or reflections, and I appreciate all the attempts to sit down and discuss various debates. But I grow increasingly impatient when a sentence starts with, "You know, what YOU should have done is this"...[As] we reflect, I figure I would respond to my top five favorite post-G20 suggestions: read more more >>

Facial recognition software hunts for G20 riot ringleaders

Source: Gipfelsoli

*Toronto police are using hi-tech facial recognition software to comb through tens of thousands of images in the hunt for the ringleaders of the G20 riots, the lead investigator says.* The DVD images come from closed-circuit cameras installed throughout the downtown area, 12 metres above street-level, Det.-Sgt. Gary Giroux says. Some of the 28,000 images from private and police cameras plus 500 to 600 videos have been given to a Canadian Bankers Association facial recognition specialist, Giroux said. "The analyst does have the materials." The team concentrated for weeks on identifying the most-easily-recognized suspects from the best photos, he said in an interview. "We're moving into an area we expect to be more of a challenge ... the core crowd responsible for the large dollar value damage." Civilians turned in about 80% of the images police have, after public appeals for help in identifying thugs who burned four cruisers and smashed store windows, the detective said. more >>

(en) US, Boston Anti-Authoritarian Movement BAAM #36 - P. 5 - The G20 and Kkkanada

Source: A-infos

On June 24th-June 27th the G20 summit was held in Toronto, Ontario. As planned, an outpouring of protest filled the city in an attempt to stop the economic policies of the world’s elite powers. I was fortunate enough to cross the border and witness the demonstrations, when most activists from the US were denied entry into Canada for obvious reason. ---- What I saw throughout the demonstrations was a great amount of solidarity between people from various struggles and a fairlysuccessful militant march that brought positive and negative perspectives to the table. ---- In the days leading up to Saturday, I saw an escalation of militancy against the G20, but also an escalation of police presence. Downtown Toronto became a pretty much like prison. A fence that was eight or nine feet tall with concrete barriers was erected through out downtown. It was literally ... more >>

Black Bloc Not True Anarchists

Source: Anarchist News Dot Org

From Toronto Star - Letter by John Recker, Toronto I was one of the many peacefully protesting anarchists present in Toronto during the G20. I was dismayed to see the term “anarchist” used interchangeably and indiscriminately in reference to the dozen or so “Black Bloc” members who may or may not have been agents provocateur. The use of such clandestine agitating tactics in Canada has been widely publicized as recently 2007 during the protests in Montebello Quebec. The rioting during the G20 by provocateurs — be they agents of the government or otherwise — is antithetical to what the majority of anarchists hold most sacred. read more more >>

Americans among those still being sought for G20 acts

Source: Gipfelsoli

*Toronto police working with U.S. counterparts* Toronto police's G20 Investigative Team has now arrested 20 individuals, including one young offender, who are facing a total of 60 charges in relation to acts committed during the June 26 and 27 summit. During an Aug. 26 press conference, police released new videos and photographs of several outstanding suspects on their "most wanted" list. Det. Sgt. Gary Giroux, who heads the 22-member team, said Thursday afternoon investigators are confident the charges laid against these individuals won't be dropped calling the wanted persons "the most prolific individuals in terms of damage done to the city." more >>

G20 in the Courts: Political Battle Continues with Mass Appearances of G20 Defendants

Source: Mostly Water

By Justin Saunders and Megan Kinch - August 25, 2010 "Police actions during the G20 were heavy handed and largely illegal. Many people were arrested indiscriminately and without evidence in a large number of cases. This is why we are seeing withdrawals and diversions so early on." - Mac Scott, legal worker with the Movement Defence Committee read more more >>

California man guilty of G-20 vandalism in Oakland

Source: Infoshop News

The man blamed for much of the damage during protests of the Group of 20 international economic summit was returned to jail yesterday by an Alle... more >>

Pittsburgh G20: David Japenga found guilty

Source: Denver Anarchist Black Cross

The man blamed for much of the damage during protests of the Group of 20 international economic summit was returned to jail yesterday by an Allegheny County judge when a jury convicted the vandal on charges connected to the rampage. David Japenga, 21, of California tightened his jaw but showed little emotion as the jury [...] more >>

Drop the Charges! Restore the Special Diet, Raise the Rates NOW!

Source: Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

What: COURT APPEARANCE FOR OCAP MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS ACCUSED OF 'FORCIBLE ENTRY' OF LIBERAL PARTY HQ When: Monday, August 30, 9.00 AM Where: Outside College Park Court (College and Yonge) Nine of the eleven people arrested and charged last month over a brief occupation of the Liberal Party headquarters are set to appear in court on Monday. They are accused of mischief and forcible entry. OCAP and allies will gather in front of the courthouse to condemn these charges and demand they be dropped, along with trespass summonses that were issued to two others at the Liberal offices. This is a 'set date' appearance when it is normal to provide another court date and (sometimes) provide the accused with 'disclosure', i.e. the evidence the Crown intends to introduce at trial. We are demanding of the Liberal Attorney General (Chris Bentley), however, that this date be used to drop these inflated and politically motivated charges, just as we demand he drop all remaining G20 charges. read more more >>

Trying to make sense of the G20 protests

Source: Autonomous Nottingham

There have been ominous signs of it coming for some time but it seemed protesters were still unprepared for the level of police violence that was unleashed in London yesterday. The infamous kettling tactics of the British police have claimed their first life and there are numerous reports of head wounds, crushing and unprovoked attack. [...] more >>

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