I helped paint the mini pipe at Christie Pits skate park tonight 😁✨
Check out my crawfish stencil 🦐 (I imagine them having much larger claws than they do)
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CW: Cdn politics - rise of fascism in Canada
This is a great listen on the history and popularity of Swastika clubs in Toronto just before WWII.
The media and politicians did not condemn them and they were widely accepted.
History repeats itself: resistance to fascism in Canada will not be accepted by the mainstream. We are in for an uphill battle.
#CADpoli #ChristiePits #Antisemitism #AntiFascism
https://blueprints-of-disruption.captivate.fm/episode/standing-against-hate-christie-pitts
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TORONTO REPORTBACK
Xenophobic asshats from "Canada First" were COMPLETELY OUTNUMBERED AND SURROUNDED by anti-fascists at their announced anti-migrant rally yesterday and forced to flee under police protection.
Maybe choosing a park with a well-known history of running fascists out, in the most ethnically-diverse city in the world, to hold an anti-migrant/pro-deportation rally was not a good strategic decision on their part?
#toronto
#christiepits
#refugeeswelcome
#nooneisillegal
#YourBordersKill
#nopasaran
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woke up late but i think a small (but loud) group of fascists marched past my building on bloor st near St. George, escorted by cops. (i'm not even dressed yet, slept way late) #TOPoli #ChristiePits
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#TORONTO #COMMUNITY #RALLY: All out to stop a racist and anti-immigrant event at Christie Pits Park on September 13. Ours is community-led and family-friendly, with music, speeches, snacks and workshops #ChristiePits #Sept13th #Toronto #Ontario #Canada actionnetwork.org/events/sep13...
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@syncros Browsing Brightlit bikes Before the Blackout Anniversary Bike Rave began . . .
| #Blackout2003 #BlackoutAnniversaryParty #BlackoutAnniversaryParade #DarkTO #Toronto #ChristiePits #Toronto #Koreatown #TheAnnex #TorontoTheGood #bikeTO #Cycling #Neon #LED
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Blackout Anniversary . . . AFTER Party !
Bickford Park, our final stop of the night,
And secret location of the 2025 Blackout Anniversary Party/Parade After Party.
New Model Circus Army and Ito were Poi/Fireperforming atop the baseball diamond.
There were other "Stages" throughout the park,
Music unplugged, of course it's unplugged, we celebrating the Great North American "Blackout" of 2003 after all,
but once I parked my butt around first base, that was good enough for me.
| #Blackout2003 #BlackoutAnniversaryParty #BlackoutAnniversaryParade #DarkTO #Toronto #ChristiePitsPark #ChristiePits #Toronto #Koreatown #TOpoli #TorontoHistory #TorontoTheGood #SambaElegua #NewModelCircusArmy #MaracatuMarAberto #Poi #FireDancing
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Blackout Anniversary Parade
After occupying the Bloor-Bathurst intersection where Koreatown, The Annex, and Harbord Village meet,
I paraded alongside Samba Elegua as we headed south on Bathurst Street and watched the Stranded Streetcar Driver dance while smiling at all of us who stranded him barely a hundred meters from his terminal destination of Bathurst Subway Station.
Toronto, my hometown, with all its big city challenges of late,
Even after 22 years, still has this Annual Blackout Celebration going for it!
| #Blackout2003 #BlackoutAnniversaryParty #BlackoutAnniversaryParade #DarkTO #Toronto #ChristiePitsPark #ChristiePits #Toronto #Koreatown #TOpoli #TorontoHistory #TorontoTheGood #SambaElegua #NewModelCircusArmy #MaracatuMarAberto
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Blackout Anniversary Parade
After leaving Christie Pits Park,
Thousands of us weaved through neighbourhood streets until we entered Koreatown proper and spilled onto Bloor Street West heading towards Bathurst Street . . .
| #Blackout2003 #BlackoutAnniversaryParty #BlackoutAnniversaryParade #DarkTO #Toronto #ChristiePitsPark #ChristiePits #Toronto #Koreatown #TOpoli #TorontoHistory #TorontoTheGood #SambaElegua #NewModelCircusArmy #MaracatuMarAberto
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Blackout Anniversary Picnic
Little Sophie put her butterfly wings to good use as she flew around and around and around in front of the sounds and the sounds and even more delightful sounds . . .
Christie Pit Park
Thursday Evening, August 14 2025
| #Blackout2003 #BlackoutAnniversaryParty #BlackoutAnniversaryPicnic #BlackoutAnniversaryParade #DarkTO #Toronto #ChristiePitsPark #ChristiePits #Toronto #Koreatown #TorontoHistory #TorontoTheGood
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some game's afoot at #ChristiePits this evening. I've been told to bring my banjo, and expect a jam after. Also a parade.
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Anniversary of the Great Blackout of 2003 ~!~
Q. Where were you when the lights went out?
Every year we commemorate the Great Blackout of 2003 ~!~
The only way we know how . . .
. . . by bringing together friends and strangers alike.
Come on a magical journey as we celebrate Toronto the good.
Starts at / Meeting point : Christie Pits Park, west of Koreatown, Downtown Toronto
Thursday August 14 2025
Picnic 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Join Buckee the wonder trike on a Bike Rave 8:30 p.m.
Or come on a Parade 9:00 p.m.
Bring supplies for the picnic and the afterparty, bring a friend or two, bring a contagious smile 😃
| #Blackout2003 #BlackoutAnniversaryParty #BlackoutAnniversaryPicnic #BlackoutAnniversaryParade #DarkTO #Toronto #ChristiePitsPark #ChristiePits #Toronto #Koreatown #TOpoli #TorontoHistory #TorontoTheGood #SambaElegua #NewModelCircusArmy #MaracatuMarAberto
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It's a full moon. My instructions are: show up, with my banjo, at #ChristiePits by 4:30pm, and the band dress code is "in black… and spooky" — beyond that, it is all mystery 🦇👻🎃
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In front of me, the horrible apparition loomed #photography #horror #WritingPrompt #Toronto #ChristiePits
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Next week
The 90th Anniversary of the Christie Pits Riots:
Looking Back, Looking ForwardSpeakers include Phillip Dwight
Morgan, Rachel Small, Craig Fortier
Aug 23, 2023 ▪︎ 6:30pm
Bloor/Gladstone Library -
📢 📢 📢 📢 📢
SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!
📢 📢 📢 📢 📢It's a c̶e̶l̶e̶b̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ r̶e̶-̶e̶n̶a̶c̶t̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ commemoration! of the Christie Pits Riot.
"What's that," you ask?
90 years ago 🔥TODAY🔥 a bunch of Nazi fucks had their asses handed to them by Jewish and Italian Torontonians.That's the short version.
Watch the videos for the long version:⚾️ It's a Canadian Heritage Moment (sort of).
https://youtu.be/uB97KF-oDj4🧢 A play commemorated Canada's Largest Race Riot
https://youtu.be/rZr3qKR6tV4🦇 And this guy invites you to get in your time machine and enjoy the 85th anniversary back in 2018.
https://youtu.be/ewqcMHToN_4Noon to 8pm.
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I don't feel like writing "free food" is EVER a good idea. But there you have it.Only 100 commemorative t-shirts are available, and if you think you're getting mine, we may see a small re-enactment.
#TorontoActivists #TorontoHistory #ChristiePits #RiotsWork #OnThisDay #FuckNazis