Tim McSorley

Teach For Canada Gets Schooled

Tim McSorley — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:52:59 +0000

New educational charity sparks concern among Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators

Off The Hour: Report on sentencing of Mandy Hiscocks, G20 arrestee

Tim McSorley — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:09:15 +0000

Interview with Toronto organizer SK Hussan & excerpts of Hiscocks' statement to the court

On Friday, Mandy Hiscocks, one of the seven out of 21 so-called "main G20 conspirators" who pleaded guilty last November, was sented to 16 months in prison on charges of counselling to commit mischief over $5,000 and counselling to obstruct police. Neither Mandy nor any of her co-accused were found guilty of conspiracy.

Occupy Wall Street: "It has liberated peoples' imaginations"

Tim McSorley — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:39:30 +0000

Interview with Arun Gupta, co-creator of the Occupied Wall Street Journal

The second issue of the Occupied Wall Street Journal came off the presses this morning. As it was unloaded from the truck to Liberty Plaza, people thronged around to read the latest news published for and by some of the occupiers.

Report from Occupy Wall Street

Tim McSorley — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:54:05 +0000

We arrived at Liberty Square, the site of Occupy Wall Street at the corner of Broadway and Liberty, at 3:00am on Friday morning. Almost 400 people were sleeping across the square, but a few dozen people were still milling around. Even though it was quiet, the energy was already palpable. I had a chance to speak with a few people before going to sleep as well.

Alleged G20 "co-conspirator" re-arrested after speaking at Ryerson University

Tim McSorley — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:07:14 +0000

Police allege panel presentation breached condition to not protest in public

About 100 people have gathered at the Old Court in Toronto this morning in support of local activist and organizer Alex Hundert, who was taken into police custody on Friday night by Toronto police.

Arrestations d'organisateur-trice-s de Montreal

xela_alex — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:31:45 +0000

Traduire par Sonia Doyle et Maude Prud'homme

MISE-À-JOUR (18h10): Finalement, ce sont quatre membres de CLAC ont été arrêté ce matin; un autre membre de RAGE à été arrêté plus tard dans la journée. Plus de détails à venir.

Montrealers arrested in Toronto ahead of G20 protest

Tim McSorley — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:20:20 +0000

UPDATE (6:10pm): Reports are now that 4 members of CLAC were arrested earlier this morning, and not the 11 to 14 reported earlier this morning. One other member of RAGE 2010 was arrested later in the day.

Reports of brutality vs protesters, journalists at peaceful demonstration

Tim McSorley — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:05:38 +0000

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Sickly Sweet Censorship

Tim McSorley — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:19:25 +0000

Despite legal threats, screenings of Coke-critical film continue

MONTREAL—Coca-Cola may be one of the world’s most visible brands, but there's one part of their operations they don't want you to see.