The traditional burning of fash merch, first to Bella Ciao, and continuing to the very popular @Geoffberner song, Dalloy Polizei.

#TorontoActivists #TorontoHistory

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SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!
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It's a c̶e̶l̶e̶b̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ r̶e̶-̶e̶n̶a̶c̶t̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ commemoration! of the Christie Pits Riot.

"What's that," you ask?
90 years ago 🔥TODAY🔥 a bunch of Nazi fucks had their asses handed to them by Jewish and Italian Torontonians.

That's the short version.
Watch the videos for the long version:

⚾️ It's a Canadian Heritage Moment (sort of).
https://youtu.be/uB97KF-oDj4

🧢 A play commemorated Canada's Largest Race Riot
https://youtu.be/rZr3qKR6tV4

🦇 And this guy invites you to get in your time machine and enjoy the 85th anniversary back in 2018.
https://youtu.be/ewqcMHToN_4

Noon to 8pm.
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I don't feel like writing "free food" is EVER a good idea. But there you have it.

Only 100 commemorative t-shirts are available, and if you think you're getting mine, we may see a small re-enactment. They're $25.

#TorontoActivists

I'm not sure what a "fuck tonne of antifascists" looks like but I'm pretty sure I'll find out on August 20th, at the 90th anniversary of the Christie Pits Riot.

Noon - 8pm; unsurprisingly at Christie Pits.

Food. T-shirts. Antifascist Arts & Crafts. Fox40 whistles will definitely be present.

Community members welcome.
No fash or fash-adjacent.
Feel free to share with relevant people.

#AlertaAlertaAntifascista #TorontoActivists #WhoKeepsUsSafe

Saturday, July 29, 2023
11 am - 1pm
Christie Pits
Toronto Street Medics
Meet & Greet

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Free event open to anyone interested in healing justice, collective care, and building community—if you or anyone else you know is curious about TSM and street medic-ing, this is a great time to come meet some TSM members and chat about our work!
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In order to ensure we have enough food for everyone, please RSVP and encourage others who are planning to attend to RSVP as well!
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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tsm-park-hang-zine-launch-tickets-67882032887

#CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

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UPDATE!

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Awaiting the release of Aly Khan from 14 Division.
Conditions were reduced from outrageous to just mean.

Thanks to all who called and emailed!

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#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #FuckThePolice #acab #TorontoActivists

To expedite things, here is the info for calling/emailing:

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Ausma Malik ⬅️
City Councillor for Ward 10 – Spadina–Fort York
Telephone: 416-392-4044
Email: Councillor_Malik@toronto.ca

Paul Johnson ⬅️
City Manager
Telephone: 416-392-8673
Email: paul.johnson@toronto.ca

Phone/e-mail script:

I am writing to demand the immediate release of the Encampment Support Network Parkdale member Alykhan Pabani from pre-trial detention at 14 Division. He has been detained for nearly 24 hours for the non-criminal charge of trespassing on a public park, in order to prevent his on-the-ground support work with unhoused residents of Lamport Stadium.

He was denied food for 12 hours, denied a blanket, and has no reliable source of drinking water in his cell.

I am also demanding that his ban from public parks be dropped. It is unconstitutional to try to bar an individual’s right to free expression and association in public space, and a clear attack on political organizing and activism efforts.

Signed,

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#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #FuckThePolice #acab #TorontoActivists

Summer in the city.

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It's #STFUFriday so remember:

WE DON'T TALK TO COPS.

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Also, if you are planning an action in the GTA
and it is being coordinated by a group or individual that is working to create progressive social change and which operates under basic anti-racist and anti-oppression principles:

you can request legal support from the Movement Defence Committee of the Law Union of Ontario by visiting our website and filling out the reqest form.

https://movementdefence.org/

It's best to give us as much notice as you can, ideally 2 weeks, but even a last minute request might at least get phone support.

#TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #LegalObservers

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Lawyers, legal scholars, legal allies, legal professionals, law students, and advocates:
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THIS SATURDAY: Join us for a powerful and transformative interactive abolitionist art exhibit

We will OCCUPY a Toronto courtroom
and UPLIFT the voices of Black, Indigenous, racialized incarcerated men
on what is needed for REAL COMMUNITY SAFETY

The City of Toronto prioritizes carceral responses to harm, funding increased policing and prisons, despite evidence of their racist and violent nature causing more harm.

We need to shift our priorities towards community-led solutions that centre the safety and well-being of all, particularly those most impacted by structural violence.

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WHEN: Saturday, April 15th,
1:30pm - 3:30pm

WHERE: Courtroom
60 Queen St W
Toronto

WHO: Anyone in the "legal community" (see website below for more details)

REGISTER: Behind the Bars - Real Community Safety PWYC

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-toronto-mans-reflection-vol-3-behind-the-bars-tickets-593311158647
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#legal #LawMastodon #AbolitionIsTheAnswer #abolitionism #Art #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #ArtExhibitions #ThisWeekend

Spent a good chunk of the day doing jail support for an amazing friend who was arrested for egging the Mayor's office at City Hall.

When someone shows up for community as often as Gru does, the community shows up for him.

#WhoKeepsUsSafe #TorontoActivists #EggManForMayor #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #CommunityDefence #ThisIsWhatCommunityLooksLike

And he's out!

#LOLife #JailSupport #TorontoActivists

Launch Party for
We Go Where They Go:
The Story of Anti-Racist Action
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Book launch with reading and discussion followed by live music!

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/launch-party-for-we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action-tickets-593407687367

Thursday, Apr 20, 2023 6:30 PM
Sneaky Dee's
431 College Street
Toronto, ON M5T 1T1

We Go Where They Go recounts the thrilling story of Anti-Racist Action (ARA), a rebellious youth movement that arose from the punk and hardcore scenes in the late 1980s and 1990s to take on racism and fascism across North America.

Readings and discussion with co-author Kristin Schwartz and special guests Saba, formerly of Toronto ARA and Kieran, formerly of Minneapolis, Detroit and Chicago ARA.

Moderated by Sharmeen Khan.

Music with DJ Stephe Perry of EqualizingXDistort on CIUT

Performances by M.I.N.D. and Street Code

Tickets $10
Some tickets at the door.

All ages. Bring ID to drink.

Sponsored by University of Regina Press, Not Dead Yet, the Toronto Zine Library, and Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action.

The book is in stores now, and available for order online. Or pick up your copy at the event thanks to Another Story Bookshop!

#launch #music #party #activism #launchparty #antiracism #launchevent #toronto_events #book_discussion #books_and_authors

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#AlertaAlertaAntifascista #ARA #SHARP
#toronto #TorontoActivists

📣 #AlertaAlertaAntifascista 📣
HOUSING ACTION TOMORROW
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 1 p.m.
60 York St, Toronto

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STRATHCONA RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT!
EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE

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🏘 The City and managers at Homes First Society are evicting residents of the Strathcona shelter hotel and forcibly transferring them to inappropriate congregate spaces with zero notice, zero consultation, and zero regard for the rights and wellbeing of residents.

🏘 This course of action by the shelter admin appears to have been planned with as little notice to residents as possible in order to prevent organizing in the community to hold the city to account.

🏘 From the time residents first received notice, in a matter of days, the city has already forced dozens of our friends at the Strathcona out to scattered congregate bunks.

🏘 The remaining Strathcona residents and comrades at ESN - Parkdale are organizing an emergency press conference and rally tomorrow (Thursday march 23rd) at 1PM at the Strathcona (60 York St).

🏘 Residents and Organizers are asking for support from ally organizations, co-strugglers, and our community members tomorrow to stand in solidarity and speak out against this ongoing injustice!

Background:
Residents were told in mid March that they were being evicted from the Strathcona and would have until April 12th to gather their belongings and shelter space to relocate to, but within just days of this notice dozens have been coerced into leaving, pushed into cabs without knowing anything about the isolated and divergent congregate shelters they’re being relocated to.

Many Strathcona residents are seniors, and people with disabilities ♿️ who had been living there for several years. Residents are standing their ground until they’re given actual housing and community members are standing in solidarity.

The press conference and rally will demand actual housing🏘, will demand a halt to the forced and harmful transfers being executed without any notice or consultation, and will raise awareness of the ongoing injustices taking place at the Strathcona and across this city’s discordant and inadequate shelter system.

Posts for more info:
https://twitter.com/esnparkdale/status/1638588333415620608?s=46&t=IgoZIJrilMhDD3YFHeEJ9g

https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGb9Rfp3jY/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

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#HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingForAll #HousingNow #TorontoActivists #TorontoActions #WhoKeepsUsSafe #LOLife #LegalObserver

In Toronto?
Love community?
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🩵

HMU in DM for details on an action later today.🥚

#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista
#TorontoActivists #JailSupport #Antifa #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow

And when I say ALL the fash around #CarymaNgo will tell you straight out what's happening, I include her shitty, shitty cameraspouse.

Here he is telling the *pretend enemies* (the numpties from Peterburgers, remember them?) how hard she's working to attack -- guess who?

All the people who come after convoy assholes.

"Common enemies."

#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #FashWatch #Toronto #antifascists #FashWatchCanada

✨️ VIDEO
While we're on the subject of Dolnad(s) and #CarymaNgo

Here's a video which EVERY Canadian activist should see. Caryma actually has an advantage over Andy, in that, as a lawyer, she can abuse multiple systems to aid in her efforts to dox and harm antifascists, and willingly does so.

Literally ALL of the fash she works with will tell you freely that she seeks them out to make alliances to deal with "common enemies," and you really have to be a special kind of shitlib to ignore it -- REPEATEDLY -- and think of her as "centrist" (never mind "left").

#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #FashWatch #Toronto #antifascists #FashWatchCanada

✨️ Reference:
https://kolektiva.social/@Gigi/109531674209915849

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Can we PLEASE get a whole hour, one day, without rampant shitlibbery?
One whole hour?

I, for one, am sad that I could not rearrange my day (for the second day in a row) to be on-site.
Some things really are that important.

And with that, I am actually going to post that introduction thread I have been sitting on.

#FuckShitlibs #HousingNow #HousingForAll #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #Antifascists #DefundThePolice

Currently speaking, Claudette Beals-Clayton, mother of Regis Korchinski-Paquet.

#JusticeForRegis

#TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #FuckThePolice