Around 200 protesters in Montreal gathered for a demonstration on the 25th international day against police brutality, demanding the abolition of the police and capitalism. Unlike previous years, no arrests occurred even in spite of a heavy police buildup in the area.
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Over 100 protesters gathered in Montreal to demand the end of curfew during the pandemic, calling for a solution to the crisis not involving police. Many involved in the march made it clear that they were pro-science, pro-mask, and pro-vaccine, but that using police to raid people's homes and ensure that they were following quarantine is tyrannical.
About 50 abolitionists gathered at the minimum-security federal prison for men in Laval, Quebec, setting off fireworks, banging on pots and pans, and yelling chants in solidarity with those inside during the New Years' noise demo. Prisoners at the jail have been kept in isolation from months, with limited to no access to the gym or library and no visits from family.
Dozens of protesters gathered at the Canadian capital of Ottowa to protest against the Ethiopian & Eritrean war and genocide of the separatist Tigray people, with over 55,000 refugees in the conflict. Demonstrators called on the UN to quickly halt the war, before any further massacres of the Tigrinya people occurred.
Dozens of tenants under the Toronto ACORN union protested in front of the office of Caprent Apartments, delivering the CEO Mark Kenny a letter of demands to cancel rent and freeze evictions for those renting their units. Dozens of tenants under the Toronto ACORN union protested in front of the office of Caprent Apartments, delivering the CEO Mark Kenny a […]
Members of the York South-Weston Tenants Union in Toronto gathered in the dozens to protest against COVID evictions carried out by their landlord, Starlight Investments, which owns more than 60,000 units in Canada. Demonstrators met up at Weston Road, giving speeches, and condemning Starlight Investments for carrying out evictions when they would remain financially sound by providing relief to all […]
Members of the Animal Liberation Front in Canada destroyed 4 hunting towers that had been previously spotted in Quebec, condemning the sport as one of the cold-blooded murder of sentient creatures.
The supporters and members of the East York 50 marched to Victoria Park and the Danforth to demand the shut-down of the Landlord and Tenant Board of Ontario and the halting of all evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The East York 50 are a group of tenants in East York, Toronto, which have organized into a tenants’ union and participated […]
Demonstrators in Toronto from the Revolutionary Student Movement answered the call for a National Week of Action from indigenous land defenders across Canada, spray-painting graffiti across the city. No arrests were made. Demonstrators in Toronto from the Revolutionary Student Movement answered the call for a National Week of Action from indigenous land defenders across Canada, spray-painting graffiti across the city. […]
Hundreds of indigenous and non-indigenous youth shut down the Yonge and Dundas roads in Ontario in solidarity with the Wet’swet’en indigenous people defending their lands and waters 2 provinces away. Hundreds of indigenous and non-indigenous youth shut down the Yonge and Dundas roads in Ontario in solidarity with the Wet’swet’en indigenous people defending their lands and waters 2 provinces away.
The Ontario Labor Federation, encompassing more than 1 million workers, took to the streets near Caledonia in solidarity with 1492 Land Back Lane, a Haudenosaunee/Iroquois #LandBack project. They demanded the end of attempted developments in the area, which have been fought back against by the indigenous peoples of the 6 Nations Reserve. The Ontario Labor Federation, encompassing more than 1 […]
Protesters across the world took to the streets in support of Rojava, commemorating the retaking of Kobane by Kurdish forces after its capture by ISIL. Protests happened in over 2 dozen cities, ranging from Athens to Toronto, with many in Kurdistan itself participating too. Belgium Brussels Canada Toronto Denmark Copenhagen Germany Berlin Freiburg Kassel Nuremburg Oldenburg Regensburg Greece Athens Patras […]
The Ontario Federation of Labor, encompassing over 1 million workers, marched in solidarity with 1492 Land Back Lane, condemning the invasion by the OPP into unceded indigenous land and the escalations including police firing rubber bullets and tasers at indigenous land defenders. The Ontario Federation of Labor, encompassing over 1 million workers, marched in solidarity with 1492 Land Back Lane, […]
Protesters in Britain, the United States, Canada, and Italy turned out in almost a dozen cities, including Toronto, Baltimore, Raleigh, New York, Nashville, Houston, Glasgow, and Napoli. Attendance ranged from the dozens to the thousands, with protests taking up large swaths of city squares.
Clashes continued to occur between the Onkwehonwe tribe and the OPP at 1492 Land Back Lane, with indigenous people hitting police cars and getting shot with rubber bullets and tasers after.