A comrade is being investigated by the FBI for using twitter during the anti-G20 activities in Pittsburgh, helping to inform people as to how to avoid the cops. The details as to how much and how easily twitter cooperated with the police in identifying and locating Madison will be interesting …
Early this morning, people dressed as members of the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) kidnapped Jose Manuel Hernandez Martinez, aka “El Chema.” El Chema is one of the leaders of the Emiliano Zapata Peasant Organization (OCEZ). Read more: OCEZ Leader Disappeared in Chiapas | | the narcosphere
Via Break the chains: Pack the courtroom on Wednesday Sept. 30th at 8am to support David Japenga, swept up by police during the rioting that happened in Pittsburgh due to the G20. David Japenga was arrested on Thursday and was given trumped up charges blaming him for the bulk of …
The Spanish State is cracking down on the Basque nationalist left. From Reuters on March 23: MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish judge Monday charged 44 Basque nationalists with membership of the militant separatist movement ETA, which the Spanish government calls a terrorist organisation. All were members of three banned separatist …
A year-and-a-half after the fact, new details have come to light about the cops’ activities at the 2007 Montebello protests against George Bush.As you may recall, police infiltrators at the demo were identified by members of the Black Block, who isolated them with the help of other demonstrators. The faux-protesters …
The following from the Justice for Adil campaign: Security certificate regime suffers another blow But the battle against ‘big brother’ is far from over … Four years after Adil Charkaoui was placed under draconian “preventive conditions”, he will finally be able to walk out of his front door without his …
This is not surprising, and i almost didn’t post it as it’s just the same old same old.So why did i? Well, because too many of us are hoping against our better judgment that the hype might be true. Which would be a deadly temptation to give into. So the …
If the Montreal Police Brotherhood get their way, reading the title of this post aloud may become a ticketable offense in Montreal. At least, that’s what today’s news portends. It would seem that the Brotherhood is planning to get a bylaw passed that will allow police to fine people who …
The Ban on Masks:Le Gros Bon Sens invites you to a Costume Ball in front of City Hall this January 26th, 2009 at 6pm just because we wear masks doesn’t mean we’re violent our masks are used to protect us from the police apparatus which is already too controlling our …
It would seem Montreal police are taking aim at the militant edge of the Montreal left, with news this morning of an impending bylaw banning masks at demonstrations.As i mentioned last year in my post of the Montreal hockey riots, the increasing number of security cameras and surveillance videos has …