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1492 #Landback Lane Solidarity Demo in #Hamilton, #Ontario! – Reportback

So-called Canada. Last Sunday (on August 23rd), I showed up at a public demo in support of the 1492 Landback Lane reclamation site on Six Nations of the Grand River territory. I saw the event page on Facebook and was really glad for an opportunity to support the land defenders out there. It is absolutely disgusting that the OPP decided to raid the camp and kick Haudenosaunee people off of their own land, and to use such force to boot.

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#Hamilton #ON: If the OPP Come Knocking: Info about Police Harassment

Hamilton. Ontario. This morning, August 13, 2020, an individual in Hamilton was approached by plain clothes OPP officers in a park while they were out walking their dog. The officers knew not only the person’s name, but also that of their dog and family members, and they seemed to know the person’s routine well enough to be waiting for them. They made vague threats to the person about them being “a good person” and wanting them “to be safe” in case “anything bad happens” and asked to talk with them further. They were likely being approached in order to inform on others.

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#Hamilton, #ON: Collective Action For The Win! Hunger Strike in #Barton Quickly Forces Concessions from the Admin

Hamilton. ON. Today (july 29, 2020) at noon, we learned that four ranges on the Barton Jail’s fourth floor had resumed a hunger strike, with at least 60 prisoners confirmed to be participating.

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#Hamilton, #Ontario: Statement from a Striking Prisoner and Solidarity Demo Reportback

Hamilton. ON. Two Recent Updates From the Barton Prisoner Solidarity Project.

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#Hamilton, #ON: Hunger Strike in the #Barton Jail

Hamilton. ON. At about 4:30pm on June 19th, 2020, all prisoners of the 4B range, in the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Center (aka Barton Jail), sent back their trays and announced a hunger strike. Since COVID-19 measures hit jails some months back, the quality of food has greatly declined.

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#Hamilton, #Ontario: (Un)staking their claim: disrupting enbridge’s newest pipeline

As the deep yellow moon rose we moved deeper into the swamp, past the sweet smells of lilacs and greens and rich earth. Lulled by the moonlight and our headlamps reflecting on the pale survey stakes against the surrounding darkness that marked out Enbridge’s proposed new gas pipeline in Flamborough. One by one we pulled nearly 10 kilometres of stakes, tossing them to the side to be reclaimed by the bush.

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#Hamilton, #Ontario: Response to the “Pride in Hamilton” Report: We Want a World Without Cops, Not Another Investigation

Statement on the “Pride in Hamilton” report by some anarchists involved with The Tower.

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Piles of Bricks and Other Things That Are Beside the Point: 11 Arguments Against Protest Conspiracies

Hamilton. Ontario. We’ve seen a lot of people on social media spreading rumours and sharing conspiracy theories about the uprising currently going on South of the border. These might be rumours about potential white supremacist attacks and interventions or conspiracies about police agents being responsible for violence carried out by protestors. This kind of online behaviour is harmful and undermines the movements you’re probably trying to support, and we thought we’d take a minute to break down why we should collectively push back against this trend.

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Keep Your Rent #Hamilton, #ON – Reflections on #MayDay and Organizing in a #Pandemic

Hamilton. Ontario. The first of May is celebrated in most countries around the world—and by North American leftists—as May Day, or International Workers Day. For most working-class people in Hamilton, however, this year it had a more urgent significance. For the second time since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, rent was due.

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#Hamilton, #Ontario: Keep your CERB, keep your rent! No bailout for landlords

Hamilton. Ontario. In the last week, tens of thousands of Hamiltonians have applied for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), the government’s COVID-19 income support package which provides payments of $2,000/month for up to four months. In this post we look into the nuts and bolts of the CERB rollout and consider what the government hopes to accomplish by ladling out all this cash.

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