Happy Pride!

I know Pride week was earlier in a lot of places, but here it is this week, and the parade is today. This year also marks the five year anniversary of legalizing same-sex marriage in Canada. On July 20th, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said: Today marks a historic day in Canadian history and a proud and [...]

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The G20 in Toronto and the Black Bloc Tactic

[Note: Some links are to PDF files] I have been doing some reading on the Black Bloc tactic since the G20 in Toronto because I did not know the reason(s) for the vandalism, and I thought I should learn more before forming an opinion. Further, I had heard many politicians and  journalists concluding that the [...]

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Classism and Reporting on Toronto’s G20

There is much to criticize about the policing of the G20 in Toronto last weekend. Many reporters have already done so. The police did too little to stop vandals, and too much to stop protesters. The police might have lied or been misleading about the extra powers they had to request IDs, detain, and arrest [...]

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