Ontario

Cedar denied parole: updates on "hate crime policing" and repression after Hamilton Pride

Submitted by R Totale on Jul 14 2019 13:29

A report from North Shore Counter-Info on the situation in Hamilton, Ontario, where growing numbers of anarchists and queers have been targeted by the stateafter a far-right attack on the local Pride event.

The Saga Continues: Updates on Queer Resistance and Repression in Hamilton

Submitted by R Totale on Jul 3 2019 18:38

An article from North Shore Counter-Info giving updates on the situation in Hamilton, where queer anarchists have been dealing with police repression after defending a local Pride event from homophobic/far-right attackers.

A Response to Police Repression Following Hamilton, ON, Pride

Submitted by R Totale on Jun 24 2019 18:50

The following statement from the anarchist community center The Tower responds to the recent repression against those targeted by police after clashes erupted between those defending Hamilton Pride and the far-Right.

The View From Here: An Assessment of the East Hamilton Rent Strike

Submitted by R Totale on Mar 16 2019 10:37

What follows is a brief and rather belated update on the East Hamilton Rent Strike, a seven-month campaign waged by tenants of the Stoney Creek Towers against their landlord, InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust and property manager, CLV Group.

Now that it’s undeniable: Gentrification in Hamilton

A text from Hamilton, Ontario, discussing the state of play with gentrification in 2015, as well as the role of art and progressive urban planning in contributing to "regeneration". The tensions discussed in this text would later lead to the Locke Street affair of 2018.

Kingston: Community Picket at Canada Post Facility

Submitted by R Totale on Dec 11 2018 19:01

A report on a community picket at a Canada Post facility in Kingston, defying the recent back-to-work legislation brought in to break a postal workers' strike. This report first appeared on North Shore Counter Info.

Still Not Sorry: On the Plea Deal in the Locke St. Case in Hamilton

Submitted by R Totale on Dec 2 2018 21:07

Originally posted to North Shore Counter Info, the following text looks at the recent sentencing of several comrades in the aftermath of an anti-gentrification riot in Hamilton, Ontario.

Hamilton, Ontario: Big Landlord Issues Mass Eviction Notices to Threaten Organized Tenants

Submitted by R Totale on Oct 13 2018 15:46

As the Stoney Creek Towers rent strike enters its sixth month, corporate landlord CLV is starting to lose it. This story previously appeared on It's Going Down and North Shore Counter-Info.

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