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99:Dispatches from Occupy Toronto. Issue 5

Print broadsheet from the Toronto Media Co-op covering Occupy Toronto and Beyond

by Toronto Media Co-op

99:Dispatches from Occupy Toronto. Issue 5
Popular education has sprung up in a big way at Occupy Toronto. Rebecca Granovsky-Larsen updates the Freeschool board. See story by Kalin Stacey in this issue of 99
Popular education has sprung up in a big way at Occupy Toronto. Rebecca Granovsky-Larsen updates the Freeschool board. See story by Kalin Stacey in this issue of 99
Marshals are trying to ensure a safe camp. Brooks and Jordon are on the marshal team as well as the info booth.  See story by Megan Kinch.
Marshals are trying to ensure a safe camp. Brooks and Jordon are on the marshal team as well as the info booth. See story by Megan Kinch.
A major change to the camp in the past week has been the construction of 3 yurts, donated by a coalition of several unions. (photo by Kristyna Balaban: online only)
A major change to the camp in the past week has been the construction of 3 yurts, donated by a coalition of several unions. (photo by Kristyna Balaban: online only)
The Yurts (actually Gers) were made in Mongolia and are decorated inside and out.  (photo by Kristyna Balaban: online only)
The Yurts (actually Gers) were made in Mongolia and are decorated inside and out. (photo by Kristyna Balaban: online only)
A man chops wood for the sacred fire. (photo by Kristyna Balaban: online only)
A man chops wood for the sacred fire. (photo by Kristyna Balaban: online only)

Issue #5 of 99, a broadsheet covering Occupy Toronto and beyond, produced by your friendly indie journalists at the Toronto Media Co-op.  This issue features*: 

Safety and Community in St. James Park by Megan Kinch

A Dispatch from Occupy Ottawa  by Owen Sheppard (Liberation Cooperative Organization in Toronto)

Popular Education Filling Gaps Left by General Assemblies at Occupy Toronto by Kalin Stacey 

Postal Worker Struggles and the 99% by Samson Jessop

Photos by Kristyna Balaban

 This issue is edited by Justin Saunders and Megan Kinch, with layout by Alex Hundert.

99 is a project of Toronto Media Co-Op which operates as an independent outlet for grassroots journalism, radical media and non-corporate coverage of the Occupy Toronto movement and related global struggles.

99 is available for distribution at the Info booth at Occupy Toronto (come pick up one or a whole stack) and The Linux Cafe

(Issue #1  Issue #2 Issue #3 and Issue #4 also online) Follow us on twitter: 99_OccupyTo

Also check out our counterpart from the Montreal Media Co-op "99%, l'organe officiel d'occupons Montréal"

*Online versions of stories are often longer and more comprehensive than the broadsheet version, you can also download the pdf to get the official broadsheet.  

 

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