http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/15371/0 en http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/riseupto-event-protests-capitalism-climate-change/33763 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> “Freedom to move, freedom to stay, freedom to return to our homes one day” </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/img_1936_1.jpg" alt="" title="Protester Wesley Williams [Credit: Iris Robin]" width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_1938.jpg" alt="" title="&quot;Smash capitalism. End colonialism&quot; [Credit: Iris Robin]" width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_1954.jpg" alt="" title="&quot;No tar sands. No pipelines. #NoLine9&quot; [Credit: Iris Robin]" width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_1965.jpg" alt="" title="The demonstration blocks the Bay and King intersection [Credit: Iris Robin]" width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>As the sun rose in Toronto, over 100 people gathered to protest the Climate Summit of the Americas and the Toronto Global Forum, which International Economic Forum of the Americas put on. The rally was held on July 8 at Berczy Park, where the crowd protested against austerity and inequality.</p> <p><a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/riseupto-event-protests-capitalism-climate-change/33763" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/riseupto-event-protests-capitalism-climate-change/33763#comments Iris Robin Direct Action #RiseUpTo anti-capitalism Climate action economic justice migrant justice Pan Am Games protest Toronto Wed, 22 Jul 2015 07:06:55 +0000 Sebastian Yūe 33763 at http://toronto.mediacoop.ca