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  1. Skimming the TMU External Review 2025-2026 Report produced by The Honourable Mary Lou Benotto and Margot Finley, and I'm shocked at how lax and incorrect it is.

    For example (emphasis mine):

    ❝
    Meanwhile the group of protesters outside the building on YONGE STREET had gotten larger and was trying to get into the Morpheus Clinic space. The crowd was yelling and becoming unruly.
    ❞
    p45

    The original venue the SSI sought for its "Triggered: From Combat to Campus" tour was on Yonge Street.

    The actual venue was not.
    Source: Was legal observing.

    It's also wild that they manage not to correctly name the event except in one footnote. I suspect the hostile? abrasive? *inciting* nature of the tour name was omitted for a reason.

    Also: Adopt the IHRC definition of antisemitism? Yo. What?

    I also note there is strangely no mention of the report written and submitted by Orange Hats, which I assume frees us up to publish it and our critique of the final report.

    It's coming.

    ETA link to original doc:
    torontomu.ca/external-review/r

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists #LegalObservers

  2. Skimming the TMU External Review 2025-2026 Report produced by The Honourable Mary Lou Benotto and Margot Finley, and I'm shocked at how lax and incorrect it is.

    For example (emphasis mine):

    ❝
    Meanwhile the group of protesters outside the building on YONGE STREET had gotten larger and was trying to get into the Morpheus Clinic space. The crowd was yelling and becoming unruly.
    ❞
    p45

    The original venue the SSI sought for its "Triggered: From Combat to Campus" tour was on Yonge Street.

    The actual venue was not.
    Source: Was legal observing.

    It's also wild that they manage not to correctly name the event except in one footnote. I suspect the hostile? abrasive? *inciting* nature of the tour name was omitted for a reason.

    Also: Adopt the IHRC definition of antisemitism? Yo. What?

    I also note there is strangely no mention of the report written and submitted by Orange Hats, which I assume frees us up to publish it and our critique of the final report.

    It's coming.

    ETA link to original doc:
    torontomu.ca/external-review/r

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists #LegalObservers

  3. Skimming the TMU External Review 2025-2026 Report produced by The Honourable Mary Lou Benotto and Margot Finley, and I'm shocked at how lax and incorrect it is.

    For example (emphasis mine):

    ❝
    Meanwhile the group of protesters outside the building on YONGE STREET had gotten larger and was trying to get into the Morpheus Clinic space. The crowd was yelling and becoming unruly.
    ❞
    p45

    The original venue the SSI sought for its "Triggered: From Combat to Campus" tour was on Yonge Street.

    The actual venue was not.
    Source: Was legal observing.

    It's also wild that they manage not to correctly name the event except in one footnote. I suspect the hostile? abrasive? *inciting* nature of the tour name was omitted for a reason.

    Also: Adopt the IHRC definition of antisemitism? Yo. What?

    I also note there is strangely no mention of the report written and submitted by Orange Hats, which I assume frees us up to publish it and our critique of the final report.

    It's coming.

    ETA link to original doc:
    torontomu.ca/external-review/r

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists #LegalObservers

  4. Skimming the TMU External Review 2025-2026 Report produced by The Honourable Mary Lou Benotto and Margot Finley, and I'm shocked at how lax and incorrect it is.

    For example (emphasis mine):

    ❝
    Meanwhile the group of protesters outside the building on YONGE STREET had gotten larger and was trying to get into the Morpheus Clinic space. The crowd was yelling and becoming unruly.
    ❞
    p45

    The original venue the SSI sought for its "Triggered: From Combat to Campus" tour was on Yonge Street.

    The actual venue was not.
    Source: Was legal observing.

    It's also wild that they manage not to correctly name the event except in one footnote. I suspect the hostile? abrasive? *inciting* nature of the tour name was omitted for a reason.

    Also: Adopt the IHRC definition of antisemitism? Yo. What?

    I also note there is strangely no mention of the report written and submitted by Orange Hats, which I assume frees us up to publish it and our critique of the final report.

    It's coming.

    ETA link to original doc:
    torontomu.ca/external-review/r

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists #LegalObservers

  5. Skimming the TMU External Review 2025-2026 Report produced by The Honourable Mary Lou Benotto and Margot Finley, and I'm shocked at how lax and incorrect it is.

    For example (emphasis mine):

    ❝
    Meanwhile the group of protesters outside the building on YONGE STREET had gotten larger and was trying to get into the Morpheus Clinic space. The crowd was yelling and becoming unruly.
    ❞
    p45

    The original venue the SSI sought for its "Triggered: From Combat to Campus" tour was on Yonge Street.

    The actual venue was not.
    Source: Was legal observing.

    It's also wild that they manage not to correctly name the event except in one footnote. I suspect the hostile? abrasive? *inciting* nature of the tour name was omitted for a reason.

    Also: Adopt the IHRC definition of antisemitism? Yo. What?

    I also note there is strangely no mention of the report written and submitted by Orange Hats, which I assume frees us up to publish it and our critique of the final report.

    It's coming.

    ETA link to original doc:
    torontomu.ca/external-review/r

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists #LegalObservers

  6. I'm confused how a workplace investigation into ✌🏾"anti-Semitism"✌🏾 and a doctor's right to Palestinian solidarity being carried out by a law firm that SPONSORS THE WALK FOR ISRAEL strikes anybody as being impartial.

    ❝
    The meeting with Algu and the two other doctors quickly turned tense. All three felt their out-of-work advocacy had come under undue scrutiny. According to notes they took at the meeting, they were told an op-ed Algu had authored β€” in which she questioned why doctors were being prohibited from speaking about a β€œgenocide unfolding against many innocent families in Gaza” β€” had made colleagues feel unsafe and unable to focus on work.

    They were told there was no formal complaint and no specific breaches of policy had been identified, and that the β€œleadership supports activism.” When they asked if they needed to do anything differently, they were told: β€œI don’t think you need to do anything differently, but you may choose to.”
    ❞

    thestar.com/news/investigation

    No paywall:
    archive.ph/LjTuH

    #GenocideIsNotDefence #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  7. I'm confused how a workplace investigation into ✌🏾"anti-Semitism"✌🏾 and a doctor's right to Palestinian solidarity being carried out by a law firm that SPONSORS THE WALK FOR ISRAEL strikes anybody as being impartial.

    ❝
    The meeting with Algu and the two other doctors quickly turned tense. All three felt their out-of-work advocacy had come under undue scrutiny. According to notes they took at the meeting, they were told an op-ed Algu had authored β€” in which she questioned why doctors were being prohibited from speaking about a β€œgenocide unfolding against many innocent families in Gaza” β€” had made colleagues feel unsafe and unable to focus on work.

    They were told there was no formal complaint and no specific breaches of policy had been identified, and that the β€œleadership supports activism.” When they asked if they needed to do anything differently, they were told: β€œI don’t think you need to do anything differently, but you may choose to.”
    ❞

    thestar.com/news/investigation

    No paywall:
    archive.ph/LjTuH

    #GenocideIsNotDefence #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  8. I'm confused how a workplace investigation into ✌🏾"anti-Semitism"✌🏾 and a doctor's right to Palestinian solidarity being carried out by a law firm that SPONSORS THE WALK FOR ISRAEL strikes anybody as being impartial.

    ❝
    The meeting with Algu and the two other doctors quickly turned tense. All three felt their out-of-work advocacy had come under undue scrutiny. According to notes they took at the meeting, they were told an op-ed Algu had authored β€” in which she questioned why doctors were being prohibited from speaking about a β€œgenocide unfolding against many innocent families in Gaza” β€” had made colleagues feel unsafe and unable to focus on work.

    They were told there was no formal complaint and no specific breaches of policy had been identified, and that the β€œleadership supports activism.” When they asked if they needed to do anything differently, they were told: β€œI don’t think you need to do anything differently, but you may choose to.”
    ❞

    thestar.com/news/investigation

    No paywall:
    archive.ph/LjTuH

    #GenocideIsNotDefence #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  9. I'm confused how a workplace investigation into ✌🏾"anti-Semitism"✌🏾 and a doctor's right to Palestinian solidarity being carried out by a law firm that SPONSORS THE WALK FOR ISRAEL strikes anybody as being impartial.

    ❝
    The meeting with Algu and the two other doctors quickly turned tense. All three felt their out-of-work advocacy had come under undue scrutiny. According to notes they took at the meeting, they were told an op-ed Algu had authored β€” in which she questioned why doctors were being prohibited from speaking about a β€œgenocide unfolding against many innocent families in Gaza” β€” had made colleagues feel unsafe and unable to focus on work.

    They were told there was no formal complaint and no specific breaches of policy had been identified, and that the β€œleadership supports activism.” When they asked if they needed to do anything differently, they were told: β€œI don’t think you need to do anything differently, but you may choose to.”
    ❞

    thestar.com/news/investigation

    No paywall:
    archive.ph/LjTuH

    #GenocideIsNotDefence #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  10. I'm confused how a workplace investigation into ✌🏾"anti-Semitism"✌🏾 and a doctor's right to Palestinian solidarity being carried out by a law firm that SPONSORS THE WALK FOR ISRAEL strikes anybody as being impartial.

    ❝
    The meeting with Algu and the two other doctors quickly turned tense. All three felt their out-of-work advocacy had come under undue scrutiny. According to notes they took at the meeting, they were told an op-ed Algu had authored β€” in which she questioned why doctors were being prohibited from speaking about a β€œgenocide unfolding against many innocent families in Gaza” β€” had made colleagues feel unsafe and unable to focus on work.

    They were told there was no formal complaint and no specific breaches of policy had been identified, and that the β€œleadership supports activism.” When they asked if they needed to do anything differently, they were told: β€œI don’t think you need to do anything differently, but you may choose to.”
    ❞

    thestar.com/news/investigation

    No paywall:
    archive.ph/LjTuH

    #GenocideIsNotDefence #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  11. I'm having a "chicken or egg" moment:

    I can't decide whether it would enrage my stalker to know who I'm chilling with because they're also prime targets, or are they actually just targets because they're my friends?

    Bubble tea:
    The summer drink of choice for antifascists.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  12. I'm having a "chicken or egg" moment:

    I can't decide whether it would enrage my stalker to know who I'm chilling with because they're also prime targets, or are they actually just targets because they're my friends?

    Bubble tea:
    The summer drink of choice for antifascists.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  13. I'm having a "chicken or egg" moment:

    I can't decide whether it would enrage my stalker to know who I'm chilling with because they're also prime targets, or are they actually just targets because they're my friends?

    Bubble tea:
    The summer drink of choice for antifascists.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  14. I'm having a "chicken or egg" moment:

    I can't decide whether it would enrage my stalker to know who I'm chilling with because they're also prime targets, or are they actually just targets because they're my friends?

    Bubble tea:
    The summer drink of choice for antifascists.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  15. I'm having a "chicken or egg" moment:

    I can't decide whether it would enrage my stalker to know who I'm chilling with because they're also prime targets, or are they actually just targets because they're my friends?

    Bubble tea:
    The summer drink of choice for antifascists.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  16. Gorgeous day for hanging in the park with 100 of your closest friends.

    We need to do this more often.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  17. Gorgeous day for hanging in the park with 100 of your closest friends.

    We need to do this more often.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  18. Gorgeous day for hanging in the park with 100 of your closest friends.

    We need to do this more often.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  19. Gorgeous day for hanging in the park with 100 of your closest friends.

    We need to do this more often.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  20. It's a hell of a thing that people need to request legal observers for a May Day picnic.

    The cops are busy defending Patriots Square 🚻.

    #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

  21. It's a hell of a thing that people need to request legal observers for a May Day picnic.

    The cops are busy defending Patriots Square 🚻.

    #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

  22. It's a hell of a thing that people need to request legal observers for a May Day picnic.

    The cops are busy defending Patriots Square 🚻.

    #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

  23. It's a hell of a thing that people need to request legal observers for a May Day picnic.

    The cops are busy defending Patriots Square 🚻.

    #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

  24. It's a hell of a thing that people need to request legal observers for a May Day picnic.

    The cops are busy defending Patriots Square 🚻.

    #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

  25. A really solid article about the state of Toronto protest policing.

    It leverages the injury stats that we collect as Orange Hats, but it goes well beyond that.

    ❝
    Policing institutions are highly organized, funded, and ideologically mobilized militant forces that serve the capitalist-colonial global paradigm β€” nothing they do is (or can be) done in an apolitical vacuum. For that reason, the surrounding social-political context helps us assess the material underpinnings of why the state behaves violently toward certain groups, but not others, even if they’re all racialized.

    The above Orange Hats report came just a few days before something seemingly unrelated happened. The official TPS Instagram account posted a now-viral reel in support of the United States-Israeli-backed Pahlavi regime change movement on February 2nd, and noted how there were β€œzero incidents” at a protest the day before.

    The full caption of the Toronto Police reel that has amassed 4.3 million views and 200,000+ likes reads as such:

    150,000 demonstrators and
    zero incidents.

    Thanks to the meticulous
    planning, effective on‑the‑ground
    work, and professionalism of
    our members and specialized
    units [emphasis added],
    yesterday’s event in the heart
    of our city remained safe and
    peaceful.

    When the police say there was β€˜no incident’, all that usually means is no one was arrested. In a reality where fascists and neo-Nazis are protected to roam freely, while pro-Palestinian and Indigenous people get arrested after state thugs drive an unmarked car or ride horses into them, what exactly does Toronto Police claim β€˜no incidents’ actually reveal?
    ❞

    Read the full article:

    praxisarchives.substack.com/p/

    archive.is/I3H9P

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #Abolish

  26. A really solid article about the state of Toronto protest policing.

    It leverages the injury stats that we collect as Orange Hats, but it goes well beyond that.

    ❝
    Policing institutions are highly organized, funded, and ideologically mobilized militant forces that serve the capitalist-colonial global paradigm β€” nothing they do is (or can be) done in an apolitical vacuum. For that reason, the surrounding social-political context helps us assess the material underpinnings of why the state behaves violently toward certain groups, but not others, even if they’re all racialized.

    The above Orange Hats report came just a few days before something seemingly unrelated happened. The official TPS Instagram account posted a now-viral reel in support of the United States-Israeli-backed Pahlavi regime change movement on February 2nd, and noted how there were β€œzero incidents” at a protest the day before.

    The full caption of the Toronto Police reel that has amassed 4.3 million views and 200,000+ likes reads as such:

    150,000 demonstrators and
    zero incidents.

    Thanks to the meticulous
    planning, effective on‑the‑ground
    work, and professionalism of
    our members and specialized
    units [emphasis added],
    yesterday’s event in the heart
    of our city remained safe and
    peaceful.

    When the police say there was β€˜no incident’, all that usually means is no one was arrested. In a reality where fascists and neo-Nazis are protected to roam freely, while pro-Palestinian and Indigenous people get arrested after state thugs drive an unmarked car or ride horses into them, what exactly does Toronto Police claim β€˜no incidents’ actually reveal?
    ❞

    Read the full article:

    praxisarchives.substack.com/p/

    archive.is/I3H9P

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #Abolish

  27. A really solid article about the state of Toronto protest policing.

    It leverages the injury stats that we collect as Orange Hats, but it goes well beyond that.

    ❝
    Policing institutions are highly organized, funded, and ideologically mobilized militant forces that serve the capitalist-colonial global paradigm β€” nothing they do is (or can be) done in an apolitical vacuum. For that reason, the surrounding social-political context helps us assess the material underpinnings of why the state behaves violently toward certain groups, but not others, even if they’re all racialized.

    The above Orange Hats report came just a few days before something seemingly unrelated happened. The official TPS Instagram account posted a now-viral reel in support of the United States-Israeli-backed Pahlavi regime change movement on February 2nd, and noted how there were β€œzero incidents” at a protest the day before.

    The full caption of the Toronto Police reel that has amassed 4.3 million views and 200,000+ likes reads as such:

    150,000 demonstrators and
    zero incidents.

    Thanks to the meticulous
    planning, effective on‑the‑ground
    work, and professionalism of
    our members and specialized
    units [emphasis added],
    yesterday’s event in the heart
    of our city remained safe and
    peaceful.

    When the police say there was β€˜no incident’, all that usually means is no one was arrested. In a reality where fascists and neo-Nazis are protected to roam freely, while pro-Palestinian and Indigenous people get arrested after state thugs drive an unmarked car or ride horses into them, what exactly does Toronto Police claim β€˜no incidents’ actually reveal?
    ❞

    Read the full article:

    praxisarchives.substack.com/p/

    archive.is/I3H9P

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #Abolish

  28. A really solid article about the state of Toronto protest policing.

    It leverages the injury stats that we collect as Orange Hats, but it goes well beyond that.

    ❝
    Policing institutions are highly organized, funded, and ideologically mobilized militant forces that serve the capitalist-colonial global paradigm β€” nothing they do is (or can be) done in an apolitical vacuum. For that reason, the surrounding social-political context helps us assess the material underpinnings of why the state behaves violently toward certain groups, but not others, even if they’re all racialized.

    The above Orange Hats report came just a few days before something seemingly unrelated happened. The official TPS Instagram account posted a now-viral reel in support of the United States-Israeli-backed Pahlavi regime change movement on February 2nd, and noted how there were β€œzero incidents” at a protest the day before.

    The full caption of the Toronto Police reel that has amassed 4.3 million views and 200,000+ likes reads as such:

    150,000 demonstrators and
    zero incidents.

    Thanks to the meticulous
    planning, effective on‑the‑ground
    work, and professionalism of
    our members and specialized
    units [emphasis added],
    yesterday’s event in the heart
    of our city remained safe and
    peaceful.

    When the police say there was β€˜no incident’, all that usually means is no one was arrested. In a reality where fascists and neo-Nazis are protected to roam freely, while pro-Palestinian and Indigenous people get arrested after state thugs drive an unmarked car or ride horses into them, what exactly does Toronto Police claim β€˜no incidents’ actually reveal?
    ❞

    Read the full article:

    praxisarchives.substack.com/p/

    archive.is/I3H9P

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #Abolish

  29. A really solid article about the state of Toronto protest policing.

    It leverages the injury stats that we collect as Orange Hats, but it goes well beyond that.

    ❝
    Policing institutions are highly organized, funded, and ideologically mobilized militant forces that serve the capitalist-colonial global paradigm β€” nothing they do is (or can be) done in an apolitical vacuum. For that reason, the surrounding social-political context helps us assess the material underpinnings of why the state behaves violently toward certain groups, but not others, even if they’re all racialized.

    The above Orange Hats report came just a few days before something seemingly unrelated happened. The official TPS Instagram account posted a now-viral reel in support of the United States-Israeli-backed Pahlavi regime change movement on February 2nd, and noted how there were β€œzero incidents” at a protest the day before.

    The full caption of the Toronto Police reel that has amassed 4.3 million views and 200,000+ likes reads as such:

    150,000 demonstrators and
    zero incidents.

    Thanks to the meticulous
    planning, effective on‑the‑ground
    work, and professionalism of
    our members and specialized
    units [emphasis added],
    yesterday’s event in the heart
    of our city remained safe and
    peaceful.

    When the police say there was β€˜no incident’, all that usually means is no one was arrested. In a reality where fascists and neo-Nazis are protected to roam freely, while pro-Palestinian and Indigenous people get arrested after state thugs drive an unmarked car or ride horses into them, what exactly does Toronto Police claim β€˜no incidents’ actually reveal?
    ❞

    Read the full article:

    praxisarchives.substack.com/p/

    archive.is/I3H9P

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #Abolish

  30. FINALLY finished the 2025 Year in Review: Media Edition. It awaits MMH review and distribution.

    Now to do the socials version of the injury and abuse tracker:

    58 concussions
    3 sprained shoulders
    3 teeth knocked out
    2 bruised orbital bones
    2 bruised ribs
    1 cracked collarbone
    1 dislocated shoulder
    1 bruised tailbone
    1 torn rotator cuff
    1 torn ACL

    And many, many soft tissue injuries, mostly to wrists, arm, and legs, from overtight handcuffs, punches, and kicks.

    They grabbed one person's hijab and pulled it so hard that it left bruises on their neck from near strangulation. They took another person's hijab when they arrested them and would only give it back in the cells.

    (Edited because the capital B was making me twitchy.)
    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists
    #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #Abolish

  31. FINALLY finished the 2025 Year in Review: Media Edition. It awaits MMH review and distribution.

    Now to do the socials version of the injury and abuse tracker:

    58 concussions
    3 sprained shoulders
    3 teeth knocked out
    2 bruised orbital bones
    2 bruised ribs
    1 cracked collarbone
    1 dislocated shoulder
    1 bruised tailbone
    1 torn rotator cuff
    1 torn ACL

    And many, many soft tissue injuries, mostly to wrists, arm, and legs, from overtight handcuffs, punches, and kicks.

    They grabbed one person's hijab and pulled it so hard that it left bruises on their neck from near strangulation. They took another person's hijab when they arrested them and would only give it back in the cells.

    (Edited because the capital B was making me twitchy.)
    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists
    #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #Abolish

  32. FINALLY finished the 2025 Year in Review: Media Edition. It awaits MMH review and distribution.

    Now to do the socials version of the injury and abuse tracker:

    58 concussions
    3 sprained shoulders
    3 teeth knocked out
    2 bruised orbital bones
    2 bruised ribs
    1 cracked collarbone
    1 dislocated shoulder
    1 bruised tailbone
    1 torn rotator cuff
    1 torn ACL

    And many, many soft tissue injuries, mostly to wrists, arm, and legs, from overtight handcuffs, punches, and kicks.

    They grabbed one person's hijab and pulled it so hard that it left bruises on their neck from near strangulation. They took another person's hijab when they arrested them and would only give it back in the cells.

    (Edited because the capital B was making me twitchy.)
    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists
    #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #Abolish

  33. FINALLY finished the 2025 Year in Review: Media Edition. It awaits MMH review and distribution.

    Now to do the socials version of the injury and abuse tracker:

    58 concussions
    3 sprained shoulders
    3 teeth knocked out
    2 bruised orbital bones
    2 bruised ribs
    1 cracked collarbone
    1 dislocated shoulder
    1 bruised tailbone
    1 torn rotator cuff
    1 torn ACL

    And many, many soft tissue injuries, mostly to wrists, arm, and legs, from overtight handcuffs, punches, and kicks.

    They grabbed one person's hijab and pulled it so hard that it left bruises on their neck from near strangulation. They took another person's hijab when they arrested them and would only give it back in the cells.

    (Edited because the capital B was making me twitchy.)
    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists
    #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #Abolish

  34. FINALLY finished the 2025 Year in Review: Media Edition. It awaits MMH review and distribution.

    Now to do the socials version of the injury and abuse tracker:

    58 concussions
    3 sprained shoulders
    3 teeth knocked out
    2 bruised orbital bones
    2 Bruised ribs
    1 cracked collarbone
    1 dislocated shoulder
    1 bruised tailbone
    1 torn rotator cuff
    1 torn ACL

    And many, many soft tissue injuries, mostly to wrists, arm, and legs, from overtight handcuffs, punches, and kicks.

    They grabbed one person's hijab and pulled it so hard that it left bruises on their neck from near strangulation. They took another person's hijab when they arrested them and would only give it back in the cells.

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists
    #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #Abolish

  35. 2/

    If you are an activist in Toronto and you need help navigating the legal system (cops/court) that's what Orange Hats is for.

    We're also actively seeking politically-aligned* people who are interested in helping others navigate the legal system so we can build more capacity.

    It can be something as simple but meaningful as attending a police division with a marginalized person. You'd be surprised what a difference it makes.

    Our presence at protests is way less than half of what we do.

    Ping me and I'll give you the org Signal contact.

    ____

    * we don't want to have to start from "police are NOT, in fact, your friends."

    #TorontoActivists
    #LOLife #LegalObservers #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  36. 2/

    If you are an activist in Toronto and you need help navigating the legal system (cops/court) that's what Orange Hats is for.

    We're also actively seeking politically-aligned* people who are interested in helping others navigate the legal system so we can build more capacity.

    It can be something as simple but meaningful as attending a police division with a marginalized person. You'd be surprised what a difference it makes.

    Our presence at protests is way less than half of what we do.

    Ping me and I'll give you the org Signal contact.

    ____

    * we don't want to have to start from "police are NOT, in fact, your friends."

    #TorontoActivists
    #LOLife #LegalObservers #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  37. 2/

    If you are an activist in Toronto and you need help navigating the legal system (cops/court) that's what Orange Hats is for.

    We're also actively seeking politically-aligned* people who are interested in helping others navigate the legal system so we can build more capacity.

    It can be something as simple but meaningful as attending a police division with a marginalized person. You'd be surprised what a difference it makes.

    Our presence at protests is way less than half of what we do.

    Ping me and I'll give you the org Signal contact.

    ____

    * we don't want to have to start from "police are NOT, in fact, your friends."

    #TorontoActivists
    #LOLife #LegalObservers #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  38. 2/

    If you are an activist in Toronto and you need help navigating the legal system (cops/court) that's what Orange Hats is for.

    We're also actively seeking politically-aligned* people who are interested in helping others navigate the legal system so we can build more capacity.

    It can be something as simple but meaningful as attending a police division with a marginalized person. You'd be surprised what a difference it makes.

    Our presence at protests is way less than half of what we do.

    Ping me and I'll give you the org Signal contact.

    ____

    * we don't want to have to start from "police are NOT, in fact, your friends."

    #TorontoActivists
    #LOLife #LegalObservers #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  39. 2/

    If you are an activist in Toronto and you need help navigating the legal system (cops/court) that's what Orange Hats is for.

    We're also actively seeking politically-aligned* people who are interested in helping others navigate the legal system so we can build more capacity.

    It can be something as simple but meaningful as attending a police division with a marginalized person. You'd be surprised what a difference it makes.

    Our presence at protests is way less than half of what we do.

    Ping me and I'll give you the org Signal contact.

    ____

    * we don't want to have to start from "police are NOT, in fact, your friends."

    #TorontoActivists
    #LOLife #LegalObservers #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  40. So deeply honoured to have been specifically asked to participate in today's Symposium for Land Defenders.

    On a short, much-needed break after Mskwaasin and Dr. Suzanne Shoush just broke everyone's hearts speaking about their experiences with the Freedom Flotilla.

    More later.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists #NoneOfUsAreFree

  41. So deeply honoured to have been specifically asked to participate in today's Symposium for Land Defenders.

    On a short, much-needed break after Mskwaasin and Dr. Suzanne Shoush just broke everyone's hearts speaking about their experiences with the Freedom Flotilla.

    More later.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists #NoneOfUsAreFree

  42. So deeply honoured to have been specifically asked to participate in today's Symposium for Land Defenders.

    On a short, much-needed break after Mskwaasin and Dr. Suzanne Shoush just broke everyone's hearts speaking about their experiences with the Freedom Flotilla.

    More later.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists #NoneOfUsAreFree

  43. So deeply honoured to have been specifically asked to participate in today's Symposium for Land Defenders.

    On a short, much-needed break after Mskwaasin and Dr. Suzanne Shoush just broke everyone's hearts speaking about their experiences with the Freedom Flotilla.

    More later.

    #Toronto #TorontoActivists #NoneOfUsAreFree

  44. Remember the snowplow through the protest incident from 2 nights ago?
    kolektiva.social/@Gigi/1155784

    Meet Athena Niggenaber Mavracos, party planner and all round racist.

    Go say hi to her on twitter if you have it or any of her wide open socials.
    x.com/netty19861

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

  45. Remember the snowplow through the protest incident from 2 nights ago?
    kolektiva.social/@Gigi/1155784

    Meet Athena Niggenaber Mavracos, party planner and all round racist.

    Go say hi to her on twitter if you have it or any of her wide open socials.
    x.com/netty19861

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

  46. Remember the snowplow through the protest incident from 2 nights ago?
    kolektiva.social/@Gigi/1155784

    Meet Athena Niggenaber Mavracos, party planner and all round racist.

    Go say hi to her on twitter if you have it or any of her wide open socials.
    x.com/netty19861

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

  47. Remember the snowplow through the protest incident from 2 nights ago?
    kolektiva.social/@Gigi/1155784

    Meet Athena Niggenaber Mavracos, party planner and all round racist.

    Go say hi to her on twitter if you have it or any of her wide open socials.
    x.com/netty19861

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

  48. Remember the snowplow through the protest incident from 2 nights ago?
    kolektiva.social/@Gigi/1155784

    Meet Athena Niggenaber Mavracos, party planner and all round racist.

    Go say hi to her on twitter if you have it or any of her wide open socials.
    x.com/netty19861

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists

  49. I was with about a thousand other people celebrating the raising of the Palestinian flag at Toronto City Hall.
    πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

    I wanted to post this immediately but got dragged into a situation with a Zionist spraying at least one attendees with an unknown substance β€” and getting arrested as a result.

    My function?
    Support for the victim in dealing with the cops. I am now a little concerned because I sniffed her coat where she was sprayed, and now I am having random abdominal pain.

    Anyway: #FreePalestine πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

    #GenocideIsNotDefence #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime
    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  50. I was with about a thousand other people celebrating the raising of the Palestinian flag at Toronto City Hall.
    πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

    I wanted to post this immediately but got dragged into a situation with a Zionist spraying at least one attendees with an unknown substance β€” and getting arrested as a result.

    My function?
    Support for the victim in dealing with the cops. I am now a little concerned because I sniffed her coat where she was sprayed, and now I am having random abdominal pain.

    Anyway: #FreePalestine πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

    #GenocideIsNotDefence #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime
    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  51. I was with about a thousand other people celebrating the raising of the Palestinian flag at Toronto City Hall.
    πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

    I wanted to post this immediately but got dragged into a situation with a Zionist spraying at least one attendees with an unknown substance β€” and getting arrested as a result.

    My function?
    Support for the victim in dealing with the cops. I am now a little concerned because I sniffed her coat where she was sprayed, and now I am having random abdominal pain.

    Anyway: #FreePalestine πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

    #GenocideIsNotDefence #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime
    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  52. I was with about a thousand other people celebrating the raising of the Palestinian flag at Toronto City Hall.
    πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

    I wanted to post this immediately but got dragged into a situation with a Zionist spraying at least one attendees with an unknown substance β€” and getting arrested as a result.

    My function?
    Support for the victim in dealing with the cops. I am now a little concerned because I sniffed her coat where she was sprayed, and now I am having random abdominal pain.

    Anyway: #FreePalestine πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

    #GenocideIsNotDefence #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime
    #Toronto #TorontoActivists

  53. Probably the best piece on what happened a week ago at the anti-IOF protest that resulted in the glass in the door breaking and tremendous bullshit in terms of police overkill and media boot-licking.

    ❝
    Karten had locked these people inside the event space, which also prevented others from entering, according to SJP and corroborated by the videos.

    At some point in the video, a tall individual appears to break the glass of the locked door, either from inside or outside the room.

    SSI claimed one of the protesters broke the window using a drill bit, which was found in the clinic afterwards, and Karten said they β€œbroke through the glass door and charged at us,” adding that β€œone came at me with a drill bit.”

    As pointed out by Toronto journalist Samira Mohyeddin, one of Karten’s supporters posted an Instagram story on Nov. 7 or 8, saying Karten broke the window, which Karten then reposted, further confusing the narrative.
    ❞

    thegrindmag.ca/idf-soldier-man

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #FreePalestine #GenocideIsNotDefence #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  54. Probably the best piece on what happened a week ago at the anti-IOF protest that resulted in the glass in the door breaking and tremendous bullshit in terms of police overkill and media boot-licking.

    ❝
    Karten had locked these people inside the event space, which also prevented others from entering, according to SJP and corroborated by the videos.

    At some point in the video, a tall individual appears to break the glass of the locked door, either from inside or outside the room.

    SSI claimed one of the protesters broke the window using a drill bit, which was found in the clinic afterwards, and Karten said they β€œbroke through the glass door and charged at us,” adding that β€œone came at me with a drill bit.”

    As pointed out by Toronto journalist Samira Mohyeddin, one of Karten’s supporters posted an Instagram story on Nov. 7 or 8, saying Karten broke the window, which Karten then reposted, further confusing the narrative.
    ❞

    thegrindmag.ca/idf-soldier-man

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #FreePalestine #GenocideIsNotDefence #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  55. Probably the best piece on what happened a week ago at the anti-IOF protest that resulted in the glass in the door breaking and tremendous bullshit in terms of police overkill and media boot-licking.

    ❝
    Karten had locked these people inside the event space, which also prevented others from entering, according to SJP and corroborated by the videos.

    At some point in the video, a tall individual appears to break the glass of the locked door, either from inside or outside the room.

    SSI claimed one of the protesters broke the window using a drill bit, which was found in the clinic afterwards, and Karten said they β€œbroke through the glass door and charged at us,” adding that β€œone came at me with a drill bit.”

    As pointed out by Toronto journalist Samira Mohyeddin, one of Karten’s supporters posted an Instagram story on Nov. 7 or 8, saying Karten broke the window, which Karten then reposted, further confusing the narrative.
    ❞

    thegrindmag.ca/idf-soldier-man

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #FreePalestine #GenocideIsNotDefence #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe