G8-G20 Anarchist Resistance...passing info along...

I don't go to demos. At first I didn't go because it felt ineffectual. Get a permit from the state to protest the state? Give city officials a map of the route to be taken so they can rubber stamp it? That felt and still feels like people wanted to be doing something so the powers that be let them feel as if they were doing something important.

I went to the demos that happened before troops were sent into Iraq because...well, I did want to be doing something instead of quietly gnashing my teeth at home. sigh...We all know what those demos did to sway the agenda of united government and corporate forces lusting after oil and profits.

I don't go to demos. It's been many, many years since I felt as if I could come out to something that might actually turn the tide, something that might push hard enough (to do what?) Well, to get the organizers or participants charged and jailed while the machinery of oppression continues on unchecked. I don't go because I don't have allies. I don't have people who will help me protect my children if I should decide to bring them with me. I don't have people who will take care of my children if I should be rounded up. I don't have people committed to being with my family if I should be deported as a law breaker who needs to go back to where she comes from.

Nada.

I don't go to demos but I have no difficulty passing on information to people who can go, who have enough privilege to absorb what might befall them, who are single with no dependents...

April 2, 2010 — Negotiation Is Over

Late last night, NIO officially established an “In the Streets” network in Toronto… just in time for the G8-G20 Anarchist Resistance in June. We hope to have a presence and stand in solidarity with our comrades engaged in the war against oppression and capitalist exploitation.

Simulposted with G8-G20 Toronto Community Mobilization

A Call to Action

You didn’t think Riot 2010 was over yet, did you?

Day to day, the tentacles of global capitalism threaten to choke the life from us, and opportunities to attack its nucleus rarely present themselves. Rest assured that when the G20 comes within striking distance this June, we won’t miss.

The G20 will be descending upon the part of Turtle Island now known as Toronto. The secretive meetings will be attended by the heads of state and financial ministers of the twenty most powerful economies and the managers of global financial institutions like the IMF, and the World Bank. They seek to resurrect and ensure their own dominance over the failing global capitalist economy, a process which spells oppression and exploitation for us all, along with the continuing wholesale ecological destruction of our planet.

Join us in Toronto for an anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian, anti-colonial, anti-racist, anti-patriarchy, anti-ableist, and queer positive convergence June 25-27, 2010. Below are the actions we are calling for…
[This call out is one part lefty code words and one party crazy talk. Could someone translate it?]

Get Off the Fence! June 26, 2010
Saturday afternoon, after the permitted march.
Exact time and location TBA

A 3 meter high perimeter fence, with military style checkpoints will be erected in downtown Toronto during the G20 meetings, offering us a hint of the world they seek to impose. It’s time to stop sitting on the fence and start tearing that fucker down. Join us on Saturday afternoon, immediately following the Labour Union rally, for a militant march to the summit!

Saturday Night Fever! June 26, 2010
Late night Saturday
Exact time and location TBA

On Saturday night, before we run them out of town the next day, there will be a radical dance party in the streets. Put on your fiercest clothes and boogie like Emma Goldman. Fuck the clubs; there’s no cover but your mask.

Autonomous Direct Action! June 27, 2010
Location: EVERYWHERE
Time: Sunday

As the G20 delegates wrap things up and prepare to spread like a virus across the globe, our resistance will do the same. This will be a day of diverse, decentralized actions against the corporate and state structures that have dominated our lives far beyond the G20 summit. These coordinated actions will end at a specific (to be announced) time, and will culminate in a…

Victory demo! June 27, 2010
Sunday Afternoon
Exact time and location TBA

Don’t leave town just yet, we’re going to end the convergence with a bang – not a whimper.

We support a diversity of tactics. We encourage everyone to form affinity groups and execute strategic action throughout the summit and beyond. But please remember to respect local communities, develop your knowledge of local background, and remember that, good or bad, the effects of your actions endure long after the convergence has ended.

These are just a few of the actions that will take place during the convergence. We strongly encourage all those who would fight alongside us to also support the other actions called for from the 21st through the 27th, coordinated by the Toronto Community Mobilization Network, and to do so in the spirit that those actions were called by taking direction from communities on the ground. These callouts will be refined and developed over time. This is our first Call to Action. Keep your eyes and ears open for updates that will end up linked at http://attacktheroots.net

To get in touch, email us: shutdowntheG20@resist.ca
See you in June!