G20 Protest News, Updates, Pics

Journalist punched in face by police

Police Brutality against protesters and journalists at peaceful demonstration

Arrests and protest developments

MISC UPDATES:

Here's one of the chants the protesters were chanting at the riot
police:

"You're sexy, you're cute. Take off your riot suit!"



The TTC has suspended all downtown streetcar service and the Southern
subway loop (Yonge & Bloor down to Union and up to St George) for
now.



There is no GO or VIA train service to downtown Toronto.



Air space over downtown Toronto is off limits now.



7pm - 33 arrests so far since 6am today.



NDP G8/G20 Priorities:

http://www.ndp.ca/New-Democrat-priorities-for-G8/G20



On the mis-reporting of the violence at the protest:

http://accidentaldeliberations.blogspot.com/2010/06/on-blanket-treatment.html



Community Organizers thrown in unmarked police vans en route to press
conference on targeted arrests (thanks for the news tip Daphne!)

http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/community-organizers-thrown-unmarked-police-vans-en-route-press-conference-targeted-arrests/38



TORONTO MEDIA COOP

http://2010.mediacoop.ca/

and

http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/g820-issues-pt-5/3814





TWITS:

From Twitter CBC posters:

"Toronto Warning: Former blk clad protesters have looted American
Apparel and are now on Queen St disguised as apathetichipsters "



I've been asked to pass along by journo and non journos friends: black
bloc is a tactic not a group



Confrimed - tear gas has been used for the first time in Toronto at
College and University



7:20PM: Confirmed: TTC shuttles on Parliament and Bathurst are FREE and
runs every five minutes.



IMAGES:

http://www.tamiltwist.com/2010/06/images-from-g20-protest-in-toronto.html



http://twitpic.com/2096er



http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=188564&id=191543066296&l=e977efa442





OLIVIA CHOW

http://twitter.com/oliviachow

" Let's not confuse small group of anarchists w/ thousands of peaceful
protesters. Please"

"Smashing windows does nothing to help the poor and dying children +
moms. Stop the Black Bloc as they destroy main message."







VIDEOS:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/g20streetlevel/2010/06/footage-of-smashed-toronto-police-vehicle.html



TORONTO STAR LIVE BLOG ON THE G20 PROTESTS:

http://thestar.blogs.com/g20/

...

6:33 pm Queen's Park. Violence at Queen's Park Police on horseback are
on the move at Queen’s Park. Robyn Doolittle, counts 19 mounted police,
reports that two people have been knocked down. At least two protestors
have been detained.



Moments later, two people stomped on by horses were on the ground
screaming. Officers on the ground moved in and handcuffed them.L
Nineteen mounted police in full riot gear – and horses wearing eye
shields – have now retreated.

Peace in the Middle East - Not In Our Lifetime

I was reading this post on Far and Wide, and decided to leap into the fray with my take on the Israel/Palestine issue. I'm sure some will call me antisemitic for my comments, but I am not making any comments whatsoever about race, religion or ethnicity. My only comment is about human rights and an end to violence and the mind-set of the people involved that anyone can see who has studied the history of the situation. That said, read Far & Wide's post, then mine below.


This issue has been commented on for years by thousands of people from all perspectives. Anyone who criticizes the human-rights and international law abuses of the Israelis gets called antisemitic. But the fact remains that Israel does not care what the world thinks and will continue its current course of action (as proved by their actions - read on). Sure there are a lot of people in Israel who want to do the right thing regarding peace and the Palestinians. But there are not enough of these people. The right-wing extremists have a stranglehold on the government, so the government will continue to work towards ignoring the world and the plight of the Palestinians and continue their apartheid and genocide against the Palestinians.

Israel DOES endorse infinite hostility. If you look at what they have done and how they have acted regarding settlements in Palestine, treatment of Palestinians, and their disdain for international law, their hypocrisy regarding their nuclear arsenal, and their treatment of their neighbours (recently in Lebanon), you will see that they have no intention of making peace. They want nothing more than to completely erase the Palestinian people from Palestine and take over all the land and resources for themselves. They will continue to act like they want peace to keep the international community appeased, but they will not work towards it and will continue to blame the failure of the process on terrorists, the UN and the Arab community in general.

And remember, when Israel was a new growing nation, it used terrorism against Palestine (before an all-out war), (and then they cry foul when Palestinians use terrorism against them). Yes, terrorism is terrible and wrong. But STATE-supported terrorism (as practiced by the Israeli army and government for decades) against the Palestinian people is on a far larger scale with a much higher resulting body count.

The only way we will see peace between Israel and Palestine is if the US fully withdraws support from Israel in every way and forces Israel to make peace. And, this will not happen, so the violence will continue.