i’ve been wanting to post something about the G20, but the list of things to say has just been expanding faster than my time-to-type allows… which is why this contribution from Zig Zag is particularly welcome – a 32-page report on the resistance in Toronto, from a militant perspective. A …
Barricades came down in Ontario Tuesday, as the anti-colonial resisters at Tyendinaga are declaring victory. The following from The Dominion: After a week of tension the police services have declared withdrawal from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Though announcing today all Ontario Provincial Police barricades are to be removed, cruisers and …
Sixteen year old Aqsa Parvez was murdered by her father, who strangled her to death, we are told, because she did not want to wear hijab. She had already tried moving out of her Mississauga home, ongoing conflicts about how to dress and behave becoming too much to bear. She …
Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of ‘a Few Bad Apples’by Carol Tator and Frances Henry. Published by University of Toronto Press, 2006 In their book Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of ‘a Few Bad Apples’, authors Carol Tator and Frances Henry – and contributors Charles C. …
In a photo provided by Afzal Badin, he displays some of the injuries inflicted by Toronto police officers This is a story of racism and police abuse, horrible in its own right. While what happened to Afzal Badin and his family shouldn’t happen to anyone, all indications are that it …