June 27th

As part of the collective’s G20 coverage, we provided on the ground updates including coverage of arrests, targeting of activists and community organizers, police brutality, state repression the raid of the Graduate Student Union at UofT where 70 protestors were arrested on campus. We also covered the jail solidarity rally taking place during the show outside the G20 Detension Centre at East and Hastings. We had heard from an activist who was present at the peaceful rally which was broken up due to police violence as protestors were hit with batons and tear gased. We also spoke with Chief Laurie Carr from the Hiawatha First Nations on the indigenous rights march as part of the anti-G20 activism on July 24. She talked about the issues facing her community and the rally, “Canada Can’t Hide Genocide: Indigenous Day of Action.”