http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/895/0 en http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/occupying-housing-pope-squat-occupy-toronto/9439 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Looking at the experiences of past political squats as Occupy Toronto moves to take new ones. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/nice_shot.gif" alt="" title="The Pope Squat. Photo: OCAP" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>It was a sweltering afternoon in late July 2002 when the armoured vehicles of the Toronto Police Emergency Task Force pulled up in front of our building. Quickly we started barricading the door with an old desk, if they were coming to kick us out we weren&#39;t going to make it easy for them. We waited tensely as the cops approached the door with submachine guns drawn. Our crime?</p> <p><a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/occupying-housing-pope-squat-occupy-toronto/9439" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/occupying-housing-pope-squat-occupy-toronto/9439#comments Mick Sweetman Direct Action Housing OCAP Occupy Toronto Quebec City rabble.ca squatting Toronto Toronto News Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:55:28 +0000 Mick Sweetman 9439 at http://toronto.mediacoop.ca