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Three and a Half Years for Roger Clement

From today’s CBC: A retired civil servant who firebombed a Royal Bank branch in Ottawa’s Glebe neighbourhood in May has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison for arson. Roger Clement, 58, pleaded guilty last month to arson causing damage and mischief in the May 18 firebombing of the Bank …

News and Analyses from BASICS Community News Service

BASICS is newspaper put out by some revolutionaries in Toronto, with a popular and working class orientation.  Would definitely say it’s worth checking out… material from the latest issue is going up online, here’s a list of some of the pieces: OPERATION ‘PROFUNC’: Canada’s Plans to Intern 16,000 Communists, 50,000 …

2011 Slingshots!

2011 Slingshot Pocket Organizer The 2011 slingshots are here! This is the classic, pocket version… price: $8.00 (US)   Click here to order or for more information. 2011 Slingshot Large Organizer They’re back – the superb, beautiful, and ever-so-radical Slingshot yearbooks, for 2011! price: $13.50 (US) Click here to order …

Another Bust in Toronto: Court Support Needed This Morning!

*URGENT COURT SUPPORT *10amCollege Park CourthouseYonge St. & College St.Courtroom 507 At 10pm last night, 10 police officers arrested Jaroslava Avila outside Queens Park Subways, a prominent Indigenous sovereignty and solidarity activist from Chile. She will be appearing in court Thursday morning at 10am. Her family has called for supporters …

Prisoner being TORTURED at SCI Coal Township: Urgent Solidarity Needed!

The following is an Action Alert from the HRC-FedUp! Emergency Response Network, about prisoner-advocate Andre Jacobs who is being tortured in retaliation for his speaking up in defense of a fellow prisoner who was being deprived food. Take action for one who has taken action for others! Please take action …

Tell No Lies

Last week’s Got Your Back conference included an interesting mix of speakers and workshops – and due to the physical layout of the event, for a change i actually got to listen in to the closing panel’s each day, as they were in the area right next to where i …

Call for Emergency Demonstrations Monday Against FBI

A call for action at Federal Buildings and FBI Offices. We denounce the Federal Bureau of Investigation harassment of anti-war and solidarity activists. The FBI raided seven houses and an office in Chicago and Minneapolis on Friday, September 24, 2010. The FBI handed subpoenas to testify before a federal grand …

Friday Afternoon Update on Today’s FBI Raids

From Twin Cities Indymedia: UPDATE 4pm: The office of the Anti-War Committee was also reportedly raided earlier today. See also: Search warrant for Mick Kelly’s residence and subpoena to Chicago grand jury (via TheUptake.org)Press Conference: 4pm, 2911 Park Ave., MinneapolisCommunity Meeting: 5:30pm, Walker Church, 3100 16th Ave S., MinneapolisSee also …