Greenspiration News: G8/20 news and videos
angela bischoff
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Wed Jul 7 22:30:14 EDT 2010
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Get great G8/20 news and analysis from:
http://rabble.ca/
http://2010.mediacoop.ca/
http://www.cmaq.net/en/node/42033
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THE G20 LEGAL DEFENSE FUND NEEDS YOUR HELP!
We need donations to support those arrested at the G20. You can support
the detainees’ legal costs and help alleviate some of the other costs of
navigating the court system, and help us keep organizing. You can
contribute by PayPal, cheque or bank transfer. Get deets here:
http://g20.torontomobilize.org/
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Is this what a police state looks like?
by Murray Dobbin
Police states don’t appear full blown, over night. They are, like any
other social phenomenon, part of social and political process – the end
result of a long term corruption of the political culture and the
incremental diminishing of democracy.
http://murraydobbin.ca/
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Sign the petition for an Independent Review of G20 Security Measures
http://www.amnesty.ca/iwriteforjustice/take_action.php?actionid=449
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Cops had hands 'cuffed
Who made the decision for police to stand down despite the fact the city was
under attack? And why? Was it a police decision or political?
These should be the cornerstone questions of an external review surrounding
the chaos of the G20.
After all, police officers were trained to stop the Black Bloc anarchists,
were appropriately equipped and massively manned.
As downtown Toronto witnessed burning police cars and a small group of thugs
on a rampage, a police source tells me the only thing that stopped the
officers from doing that was an order telling them not to. They tell me they
could have rounded up all, or most of them, in no time. The officer said
that eventually there was "a clear order from the command centre saying 'Do
not engage' " and, at that point, smelling weakness and no repercussions,
the downtown was effectively turned over to the vandals while police, up to
19,000 strong, were ordered to stay out of it.
"It was awful," said an officer. "There were guys with equipment to do the
job, all standing around looking at each other in disbelief ... The Montreal
riot guys were livid ... They just wanted to get in there and do the job but
were told they are too intimidating."
So who made that order? Was it Chief Bill Blair? Mayor David Miller? Prime
Minister Stephen Harper? Somebody else?
The inevitable inquiry, separate from the announced internal police review,
will have to address this and a whole lot of other things
http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/joe_warmington/2010/06/30/14564416
.html#/news/columnists/joe_warmington/2010/06/30/pf-14564416.html
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G-20 COMMITS ITSELF TO MORE "NEOLIBERALISM"
Leo Panitch: Free movement of capital and strengthening power of global
elites G-20 objective
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=5348
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Medics at G20 protests speak out against police brutality
The mainstream media has convinced many to focus on burning police cruisers
and shattered shop windows as the key images of the Toronto G20 Summit.
What have largely been ignored are the chilling details of police violence
on protesters and bystanders: both in terms of direct injuries on the
streets and violence in detainment, the effects of which will be
long-lasting.
http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/07/medics-g20-protests-speak-out-against-poli
ce-brutality-0
Compilation of Videos about Police Violence
<http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/video/compilation-videos-about-police-violence/3897>
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VIDEO COLLECTION: TORONTO G20 POLICE LAWLESSNESS, MISCONDUCT AND BRUTALITY
Compiled by the Centre of Police Accountability, Davin Charney, Barrister
and Solicitor, davin at charneylaw.ca
Media arrested for not showing identification near G20 wall. Police say
Public Works Act allows them to ID and arrest people within 5m of the
wall. The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star report on the Monday following
the summit that no such power existed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq9ruy4WeKM&annotation_id=annotation_372761&feature=iv
CBC National news story on police power to arrest anyone who did not show
ID near the G20 fence. Toronto police misled the public about the extent
of this power and enforced a non-existent law. After the summit police
and the provincial government admitted that that the power of arrest only
applied inside of the fence.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/830030--no-extra-powers-granted-to-police-during-g20-summit-liberals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJPY-ZOtcS0&NR=1
Eastern Ave Detention Centre 1am, Sunday June 27, 2010. Police surround
peaceful protest and order the crowd to leave but block all exits. Later
they allow some to leave and then mass arrest others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Ue64fOuak
Journalist Amy Miller recounts her experience in the G20 Detention Centre.
Says police threatened to rape and “gang bang” her. She is held for 13
hours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcXhEd_mDt4
Police ‘snatch squads’ arrests protesters in front of detention centre
protests on the morning of June 27, 2010. Many undercover officers
involved. Police fire some type of gun into the crowd – possibly tear gas
or plastic bullets. Break up peaceful protest.
http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/story-my-arrest-detainment/3997
The Story of My Arrest & Detainment - Police strangled me, punched me in
head, manhandled me
I was violently arrested, then assaulted once I was thrown in an unmarked
van with four thugs (who may have been plain-clothes officers). Photo
appeared in New York Times, 06/27/2010.
http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/story-my-arrest-detainment/3997
CP24 footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUf8rdRsbUI&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV5dG4zkE8k&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GlJue_4wAY&NR=1
CBC footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpCqCCxZHR8&NR=1
Toronto Media Coop Video
http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/video/how-conduct-kidnapping/3959
June 27, 2010. Peaceful protest at Queent and Spadina is “kettled” by
police. Police completely surround protestors and do not allow anyone to
leave. Mass detention is a new police tactic of questionable legality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCaPQ6-dFNg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4CYn0isRhA
Roof top view:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=280hrwKUqKg&annotation_id=annotation_77403&feature=iv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aohGLp00MmU&NR=1
Mass arrests of peaceful protestors on Esplanade June 27, 2010. Police
surround and trap 100’s of protestors and then arrest for “beach of the
peace”. Protestors taken to detention centre and held. Many are strip
searched. Most protesters released without charge. Many held for 20+
hours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Upv-1oMsk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJA882zzoIg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2KEou7WFV8&feature=related
Great overhead view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rYgRVKQRdg
Undercover police exposed. Undercover snatch squad arrests protesters.
This video was apparently shown on CBC National news. Shows “Black Block”
undercover agent retreating behind police lines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XgEI5dCrE
Video questions and exposes the used of undercover police and agent
provocateurs at G20 protests. How many of the “Black Block” were police
officers? Why was the Black Block allowed to rampage through the city
without any police action to stop them? Police had no issue with rounding
up peaceful protesters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbLU9tdDwxo
This video shows how police had surrounded 2 police vehicles which were
parked right in the middle of the main march on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Police later retreat leaving the cars behind. At least one of them is
then set on fire. Why were the cars parked only meters from where the
Black Block was assembling? Why would the police retreat and leave their
vehicles behind?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqvWf36AXf8&feature=related
Elana Smith arrested at Nova Hotel protest on Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Peaceful protest ends with arrests of 100’s of people. Many protesters
held for more than 24 hours without access to lawyers and released without
charge. She recounts her 28 hours in the detention centre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CREMRal4N30
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Sara Carlin, Paxil And Drug Safety In Canada
There have been numerous claims that a medication caused a suicide, but
few lead to sweeping changes. In Canada, however, the suicide of
18-year-old Sarah Carlin, who had taken the Paxil antidepressant, is a
clear exception. Following a coroner’s inquest, Canada’s provincial and
federal governments were told to ensure patients are better informed about
drug risks, tighten regulations on drugmakers and establish an independent
agency to regulate medications.
“If these things had been in place at the time Sara was prescribed Paxil,
she would be alive today,” her father, Neil Carlin, said outside court.
http://www.pharmalot.com/2010/06/sara-carlin-paxil-and-drug-safety-in-canada/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pharmalot+%28Pharmalot%29
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WATERLIFE
The Great Lakes, the greatest supply of fresh drinking water on Earth
Incredible film. Watch it online:
http://waterlife.nfb.ca/
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