An update from the facebook group Torontonians Against Martial Law

i found all of the articles interesting, the photos heartbreaking and the anarchists a little bit frightening, but each piece presents a point or two worth thinking about.  i am not an anarchist, i do not believe in violence or smashing things, but then i have known some anarchists ( Read more... )

Please note,  my wanting answers does not make me an anarchist, i have respect for the government and the police when they are working within the law- i have no respect for rioters or violent protesters, and i have every respect for protesters and activists that are trying to make our country and the world a better place

it is in good faith that i ( Read more... )

from my facebook.

How can people read these things, and still feel that we were not wronged? Maybe we all need to review the Charter of rights and Freedoms? And as you see here, not every G20 family is denying wrongful action by the police.

each person that speaks out, each story that gets retold, each Canadian that says i will NOT sit by, brings ( Read more... )

Edit, after i wrote this i found thiswww.cbc.ca/photogallery/fullscreen.html i love it, it makes my chest swell, there are some super weird comments on the photos, crazy weird. But the picture is Gorgeous.. anyways, now i whine ...

So i am tired and discouraged, i have lost 'friends' and been called names, and most recently accused of using the Bad ( Read more... )

 Reposted from my facebook ( Read more... )

 This came to me via my friend Paula's facebook. Paula is a social activist in Edmonton, and is so well versed in so many world and domestic issues, she was attending a protest today, in Edmonton in support of our detainees, apparently Edmonton is more concerned with our freedoms than we are.

Coreen Frogfish 2008 hockey riot in Montreal: 16 cop cars ( Read more... )

Three components here, one is a note from my Dad, followed by an email from his friend, with a forward from his daughter, a combination here of first hand accounts, and a lot of misery.

i am taking so much crap for saying that we failed here, our Country failed, but by saying that people's rights were violated i am saying i hate cops? Or better ( Read more... )

Three components here, one is a note from my Dad, followed by an email from his friend, with a forward from his daughter, a combination here of first hand accounts, and a lot of misery.

i am taking so much crap for saying that we failed here, our Country failed, but by saying that people's rights were violated i am saying i hate cops? Or better ( Read more... )

 i received permission from the author to repost this here so people not on facebook could read it, it is the account of his arrest and subsequent detention by the police during the G20 summit in Toronto,  please do not let the length influence your willingness to read, i assure you once you begin the story is compelling, and tragic ( warning have ( Read more... )