(originally posted on PoliticsRespun.org) The G20 protests, bail, and rights restrictions: a ‘free’ and ‘democratic’ society? According to internet reports, after having been threatened with solitary confinement in the Toronto East Detention Centre’s “hole” (likely not a euphemism) without being permitted any communication and after having been refused contact with legal counsel, G20 arrestee Alex [...]
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Protecting the people elected to do the peoples’ work from the people who want them to do their work
Three days, a fake lake, and $1 billion dollars in security costs later, the G8/G20 meetings will have wrapped up by the afternoon of June 27. Over one hundred protestors will have been arrested, and as of the time of writing, at least three police cars have been burned. Hundreds of police officers will have [...]
iranians: “no more pinochets”
#iranelection If you’re on Twitter (I admit it, I have an account), or on Facebook, or if you’ve watched anything approaching television news in the past few days, you’ll likely have noted that there’s something going down in Iran — especially if you’re on Twitter, where the tag #iranelection has been a trending topic for [...]