Dawn Paley

Locked Up

dawn — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:31:47 +0000

Alex Hundert speaks on his case, the impunity of the state, and life on the inside

For Alex Hundert, maintaining a routine has been one of the only ways of asserting any kind of control over his life. Jailed since October 23 on politically motivated charges stemming from resistance to the G-20, Hundert has taken to reading two papers a day and writing letters to friends and other prisoners to pass the time.

Alex Hundert Declines Bail, Refuses Conditions against Expressing Political Views

dawn — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:06:33 +0000

"Despite incarceration, my commitment to these struggles is only strengthened, as are our movements."

Almost a month after having been thrown back in jail for giving a talk at Ryerson University, Alex Hundert declined bail yesterday because of the conditions that he would face were he to be released.

Strengthening our Resolve

dawn — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:43:35 +0000

An interview with Alex Hundert

In the wee hours of June 26th, Alex Hundert awoke to the sound of police breaking down his door with a battering ram. Members of the gang unit entered his home in Toronto with guns drawn, arrested him and his partner, and took them to the now infamous temporary jail set up in an old film studio.

G-20 Nations: Race to the Bottom will Continue

dawn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:01:12 +0000

A critical analysis of the G-20's Toronto Declaration

As the G-20 summit winds down behind the fences surrounding fortress Toronto, there are at least 560 folks in jail, and anyone left out on the streets is facing detentions, beatings, searches and arrests.

G20 Policing puts a Visible Face on a Silent War

dawn — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:34:42 +0000

Toronto policing in lead up to summit an outgrowth of institutionalized repression and discrimination

As G8 heads of state meet in Huntsville, Ontario, people in Toronto are preparing to spend the weekend in what is being described more and more frequently as a police state.

NGOs join Presidents behind the G20 Fence

dawn — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:28:08 +0000

Canada's non-profit industrial complex shows its face in the run up to the G20

As the people of Toronto prepare community level mobilizations against their lived experiences of the negative effects of G20 control, a much smaller group of people is planning to sit down and speak directly with G20 leaders on behalf of Canadian civil society.

Toronto Cops Don't Deserve a Free Ride

dawn — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:48:56 +0000

Police track record of violence, murder goes unexamined in the run up to the G-20 summit

Toronto cops are getting a free ride in the corporate media in the lead up to the G20 summit, as protesters are presented as the biggest threat to security in the city.

But what the media is ignoring is the track record of the Toronto Police, which indicates they represent a far larger threat to the community than protesters.

Grants for Guns?

dru — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:31:02 +0000

Students protest weapons manufacturer at university job fair

Two dozen protesters with picket signs and megaphones gathered outside the Cunard Centre on Marginal Street in Halifax today to demonstrate their opposition to a job fair for students of Mount Saint Vincent University, Dalhousie, and Saint Mary's. The job fair included recruiters for Lockheed Martin, the world's largest arms manufacturer.

Asaf Rashid of the Student's Coalition Against War (SCAW) dressed in a white lab coat and an orange hardhat, spoke to the crowd through a megaphone. "This is not the only action" students are taking against Lockheed Martin, he said.

Pamphlets distributed at the demonstration highlight Lockheed Martin's profits from war, pointing out that the company's share price more than doubled after former US president Bush's "War on Terror," and that Lockheed makes the F-16 fighter jets used in the recent attacks on Gaza in which Israeli forces killed over 1,300 Palestinians.

On January 20 of this year, the student groups STRAX and community allies shut down a similar event, officially denouncing the presence of Lockheed Martin representatives on campus and the company's reps' intent to recruit students.

Rashid then introduced himself as Dr. Clusterbomb of the Weapons Inspection Team. "Inside [the job fair] are some dangerous elements: the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Lockheed Martin, and [Canadian military] defence," he said.

Dr. Clusterbomb announced his intention to enter the job fair "just to see how everyone's doing."

"Not only does Lockheed Martin produce weapons of mass destruction, but also weapons of mass deception," he said. Clusterbomb then tried to enter the fair, trailed by a dozen reporters. He was denied entry by private security and police. A job fair organizer told him he needed to hold a valid student ID to gain access to the event.