Support for anarchists rising

Social unrest over police actions, poverty and corruption have grown Black Bloc rank

Demonstrators in Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro, overturn a bus during protests. Clashes with police continued even as bus fare hikes were rolled back in two cities after protests on June 20, 2013.

By Bradley Brooks, The Associated Press, October 23, 2013

When a tear-gas canister rattled around at Andrea Coelho’s feet, a masked young man picked it up and tossed it back at police. Right there, the kindergarten teacher decided she backed him and his fellow Black Bloc anarchists.

Mandy Hiscocks’ Statement to the Court

On Friday (January) the 13th 2012, Mandy Hiscocks was sentenced to 20-24 month for 1 count of Counseling to Commit Mischief and Counseling to Obstruct Police. With 31 days in pretrial custody and harsh bail conditions taken into account, Mandy’s remaining time to serve is 16 months.

With the courthouse filled with supporters, more than could even fit in the courtroom, Mandy delivered an awesome speech chastising the justice system and enlightening the judge as to why exactly, her desires have not been deterred by her sentence.

G20 Defendant Leah Henderson Sentenced to 10 Months in Jail

Woman who counselled G20 window-smashing sentenced to 10 months in prison

Megan O’Toole, National Post, Dec 20, 2011

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/20/woman-who-counselled-g20-window-smashing-sentenced-to-10-months-in-prison/

 

A self-described “anarchist” who counselled others to smash store windows during G20 protests in Toronto last year has been sentenced to 10 months in prison.

Leah Henderson was among a group of six who pleaded guilty in November to counselling the commission of mischief in the run-up to the 2010 world leaders’ summit, where a small group of violent protesters wreaked havoc in the downtown core.

Ryan Rainville’s Statement to the Courts

Following the June 2010 G20 summit in Toronto, a wave of repression came down on anarchists and anti-authoritarians in Southern Ontario. Ryan Rainville was one of those arrested and held in jail for three months before being released into house arrest at a Native men’s residence in Toronto called Sagatay.

G20 attack on police car nets house arrest

Peter Edwards Staff Reporter, The Star (Toronto)

Mon Dec 05 2011

http://www.thestar.com/news/torontog20summit/article/1097349–g20-attack-on-police-car-nets-house-arrest#.Tt1Ue7WoXyc.twitter

A self-described anarchist was sentenced to an eight-month conditional sentence, on top of pretrial custody, for his attacks on three police vehicles during the G20 riots.

Statement by G20 Conspiracy Defendants on Plea Deal

GROUP STATEMENT BY 17 PEOPLE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY DURING THE G20

REGARDING A PLEA DEAL

http://conspiretoresist.wordpress.com/

November 22, 2011 — As people across Turtle Island look towards the global wave of protests against the austerity agenda, the memory of the 2010 G20 protests in Toronto looms large as both inspiration and caution. We are seventeen people accused by the state of planning to disrupt the leaders summit – the prosecutors call us the G20 Main Conspiracy Group.

Cracks appear in coalition as Libya burns

PAUL KORING, WASHINGTON— From Monday’s Globe and Mail, Published Sunday, Mar. 20, 2011:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/cracks-appear-in-coalition-as-libya-burns/article1949196/page3/

Cracks emerged in the supposedly joint Arab-Western coalition of war planes attacking forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi only hours after a massive pounding by more than 100 U.S. cruise missiles pulverized Libya’s air defences, reportedly killing scores and wounding many others.

G20 Defendant Revokes Guilty Plea for Cop Car Arson

FYI: “Mr. Catenacci was arrested in August, six weeks after the summit. Toronto police had launched a drive to identify perpetrators of the violence, and facial-recognition technology matched to closed-circuit photos at a bank machine led to his arrest.”

Test Their Logik Spring Tour 2011: revolutionary hip hop ’til the system drops!

www.testtheirlogik.com

2011 Spring Tour Schedule
This March through June, Toronto’s most notorious revolutionary hip-hop artists; “Test Their Logik” will be touring across the portion of Turtle Island known as “Kanada” with their long-awaited debut album. They are looking to connect with communities large and small on this journey in order to help develop links between communities, do shows to bring together radical minds, offer workshops for mind and body, and inspire people to imagine radical transformation and freedom.