Gigi

Gigi, 2 months ago to random

Waiting for word on the UofT students and feeling like it's a good time to remember that the University of Toronto was THE LAST university in Canada to divest from apartheid South Africa.

It finally did so in 1988.
FORTY YEARS after apartheid was instated and TWO YEARS before negotiations to end it began.

Not exactly a track record of progressive action.

#FreePalestine

Gigi, 2 months ago to acab

Oh, what's that, motherfuckers?

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Our members deserve the same respect that they extend to the protesters.

Anything less is unacceptable.
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So none.
Abso-fucking-lutely zero.

Noted.

#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #FuckYou52 #ACAB

Cop pushing people ON THE SIDEWALK in a confined space.
Rage from cops out of control.
Sweeping the leg of a person under arrest WHO WASN'T EVEN PROTESTING, just trying to get home.

Gigi, 2 months ago to random

I love it when there are literally more cops than protestors, and that was BEFORE the van of stormtroopers pulled up.

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#FuckThePolice #FuckYou52 #TorontoActions #LOLife

Gigi, 2 months ago to random

Ho lee shit.
The AP has found that the number of deaths caused by the police in the US is SIGNIFICANTLY higher than thought because they're not always reported as being "officer-involved."

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The investigation found that between 2012 and 2021, more than a thousand people died after police use physical force that was not intended to be lethal. That includes batons, stun guns, physical restraints, and chemical agents. The oldest victim was 95 and the youngest 15.

Only 28 of the officers were charged.

The Police role was only cited in about half of the cases, meaning that many more Americans have died at the hands of the police than was previously known.
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Watch the PBS segment here
https://youtu.be/5rrMUfbGVlM?feature=shared

#PoliceBrutality #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #FuckThePolice #DefundDisarmDismantle

Gigi, 2 months ago to Ottawa

Way to go #Ottawa!

🥳 📣 🥳 📣 🥳

You shut down another fascist "comedy" show! This is a win!

Take a lap and celebrate — then we need to get back to work.

🙃 🫠 🙃 🫠 🙃

Unfortunately, the racist motherfuckers slid a clause in their contract with the venue that actually makes them more money by being cancelled than if they performed ALL the shows.

They've definitely learned from the many, MANY cancellations they've experienced.

The venue is now out $11K.

Keep an eye out for upcoming fundraising efforts.

(I have a suggestion:
I would wear the shit out of a FUCK YOUR FASCIST "COMEDY" SHOW t-shirt. It would remind me of so many past actions cough.)

Surely someone can make such a thing happen.

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Also:
ALL small venues need to be warned about these shitbags and their bullshit tactics.

#FashWatchCanada #NoSpaceForHate #NoParasan #AlertaAlertaAntifascista

Screenshot of a one-star review with the text: Hosting a comedy show that makes fun of horrific murders of Indigenous,women is beyond disgusting and disturbing. Does your business think,the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women is funny? And the response: When we originally agreed to host the show we were not aware of the brand of comedy they represent. It is entirely on me (not our staff) for not researching them prior to booking We are currently working with both the Canadian Anti-Hate Network and Community Solidarity Ottawa to find a way out of our contract with this performance. -Ben

18+ alissaazar, 2 months ago to random

I was looking into something regarding the milkshake incident with Ngo for someone and came across so many different articles about the attack.
Most of which were at Andy's defense, and some even parroting the "I was almost killed" narrative. I'd be lying if I said it didn't feel at least a little bit dehumanizing.

When I was alone in Olympia and chased & attacked by a group of 30-50 proud boys, I was terrified. You can hear me screaming for dear life and see me struggling on the footage from one of their livestreams. I'm lucky that I got away, and the reason why I fought so hard to get away was because at that moment I knew there were two possible outcomes- one that included forced sexual violence by multiple fascists, or being killed. Their actions and the words of encouragement said as much. As I was pushed to the ground, getting my hair pulled, being groped and bear maced, I could hear other men in their group laughing hysterically and others shouting out other violent suggestions for the men who were assaulting me. I thank the universe every day that I was able to get away and for the bar staff who graciously hid me behind their bar and made sure to keep the proud boys out who were trying so hard to enter by force.

No one covered this. No one asked me about it. No one highlighted that violence against a journalist. I even find myself trying to avoid expressing how I was literally almost killed and the severity of the situation for fear as coming off too dramatic because I'm a woman. Meanwhile Andy calls a milkshake to the dome a murder attempt and people run with it. This isn't about wanting that attention, but to highlight the stark difference in treatment and coverage. The media will always take any chance they can get to demonize antifascists whilst simultaneously ignoring actual violence perpetuated by the right. I have no doubt that this was also largely ignored because I'm both a Syrian woman and unapologetically antifascist.

Gigi, 2 months ago to random

Facilitating communication between marginalized communities and the people who want them dead or deported isn't the pinnacle of enlightenment you think it is.

#AproposOfNothingInParticular

Gigi, 2 months ago to random

Very much looking forward to the sold out event getting ready to start:

Building Justice with Derecka Purnell

Join the CJC for a discussion on abolition and liberation for all peoples with lawyer, writer, activist and scholar Derecka Purnell.

By Community Justice Collective

Not a lawyer, so I don't get the PD/PE points, but still very much a topic of interest.

#KnowledgeIsPower #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #Abolitionist

Gigi, 2 months ago to random

Up today:
Keep Cops off our Pickets

York University with CUPE3903 in the wake of the University using the cops as strike breakers and the arrests on the Sentinel Road picket a couple of weeks ago.

#WhoKeepsUsSafe #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #LOLife

Flyer for today's action. It describes what will be happening at today's events and the time, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Mmmm food.

Gigi, 2 months ago to random

Me: Goddamn, are you ever an asshole.

Them: WAHHHHHH!! CAHN WAS MEAN TO ME!!

Me: I have abso-fucking-lutely zero to do with CAHN. Why else do you think your whining to them has had zero results as far as my "being mean" to you?

Them: You're CAHN!!

Me: Okay well, you just willed the Community Anarcho-Horticulturist Network into existence. Congrats.

Me: Guess who ALSO isn't going to stop me from calling you an asshole?

Them: [photo]

#carymastans #StillNotCAHN

Gigi, 2 months ago to random

Uh huh.
How do we think this would go if I started "training" my own paramilitary bullshit org on a compound somewhere? Think I could call up the RCMP and have them be cool with it? How about if we turn up at some town hall "rally" sporting quasi-official-looking uniforms?

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They weren’t there in any official capacity because they are still in training, an organizer says.

Training for what?

"The way we see it is we think within five years all hell is going to break loose,” team leader Marcus Ray told iNFOnews.ca. “Like, riots in the streets. And we believe that law enforcement is going to need a helping hand.”
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What I wanna do with this group is I wanna be able to be at the other end of the phone when that call comes and hope to God it never comes,” he says. "That's who we are."

He stresses they are not active currently but they expect to be in roughly a year. They train on land in Beaverdell. He says he has informed the RCMP about training activities and even worked with the RCMP in a limited capacity and “they’re good with it,” he says.
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Are they indeed?

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But he generally has trouble articulating their intentions as they prepare for "something" to happen in the future and try to find ways to help until then. Their hope is that the RCMP or search and rescue or other first responders might call on their trained members when the time comes, perhaps in a wildfire situation.

What does that have to do with crime and training to be security guards? He said he hopes his volunteers will be able to “actually help people” but can’t explain how.
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https://infotel.ca/newsitem/guardians-of-humanity-training-in-kelowna-for-when-hell-breaks-loose/it103805

https://archive.is/KC749

#FashWatchCanada