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Report: Toronto Police Molested Female G-20 Captives (Video)
Posted: 29 June 2010 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: Amy miller, anarchism, anti-globalization activism, G20, Maryam Adriangi, protests, sexual abuse, Tom Godfrey, Toronto G20 Summit, Toronto Police
Independent journalist Amy Miller told reporters that while kidnapped by the Toronto Police during the G-20 Summit she faced threats of rape, saw women being strip searched my male officers and was told by one woman that she was penetrated by a finger (2:23):
‘Martial Law Act’ Executed During G-20 Summit (Video)
Posted: 29 June 2010 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: anarchism, corporatism, fascism, G20, global economic crisis, IMF, Jesse Freeston, libertarian, media, Naomi Klein, Newspeak, Paul Cavalluzzo, Paul Jay, privacy rights, Toronto G20 Summit, TRNN, US, World Bank
The Ontario Public Works Protection Act grants the executive branch “unlimited authority to the cabinet” to appoint any with the authority of a local police officer; deem any place in the province a ‘public work’; threaten whatever force is necessary to make any person—irrelevant of probable cause—identify themselves, grant consent to their person and property to a search, and prevent the person without cause from entering property deemed as a ‘public work’.
Paul Cavalluzzo, a Ontario-based constitutional lawyer discussed the Act with Paul Jay at The Real News Network (16:59):
Daily Briefing—28th-29th June 2010
Posted: 28 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Alexander Cockburn, ANA, Andy Worthington, Anthony Fenton, ASF, Behzad Yaghmaian, Blackwater, BP, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Chicago Police, China, CIA, David Petraeus, Dennis Kucinich, espionage, France, G20, Germany, Glenn Greenwald, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, IMF, India, Iran, Israel, Jon Burge, journalism, Lara Logan, Leon Panetta, Manuel Noriega, media, Michael Hastings, Middle East, military industrial complex, Mississippi, Noah Shachtman, NYPD, Palestinians, Panama, Pierre Nkurunziza, police brutality, propaganda, renminbi, Right to Information Act, Russia, SCOTUS, Spencer Ackerman, Stanley McChrystal, Syria, Taiwan, terrorism, torture, Turkey, USS Harry Truman, Xe
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Daily Briefing—22nd June 2010
Posted: 22 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: activism, Africa, al-Quds, Alastair MacDonald, Amira Hass, Andy Worthington, arsenic, Bangladesh, Blackwater, BP, Bush Administration, cap and trade, carbon tax, CCR, Chicago Police, China, Citigroup, CNY, Colombia, direct action, DPRK, East Jerusalem, Faisal Shahzad, Fareed Zakaria, Federal Reserve, flotilla, G20, Gaza blockade, Glenn Greenwald, gold, Google, Green Revolution, Gregory White, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, IAEA, indefinite detention, India, Iran, Israel, Jeff Stein, journalism, JPMorgan Chase, Juan Manuel Santos, Julian Assange, Kashmir, Kelley Vlahos, Lebanon, Mika Brzezinski, mining, Monsanto, MSNBC, North Korea, Obama Administration, Palestine-Israel, Paul Joseph Waton, police brutality, renminbi, SCOTUS, settlements, Sheldon Richman, Steve Watson, Syria, torture, tuberculosis, Turkey, UNRWA, USDCNY, Wendy McElroy, West Bank, Wikileaks, Will Grigg, William Fisher, Xe, yuan
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Daily Briefing—6th-7th June 2010
Posted: 7 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Andy Worthington, ATT, Bagram Air Base, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, Britain, caste system, China, EU, European Union, FDA, Freedom Flotilla, G20, Gaza blockade, Gitmo, global bank tax, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, Hamid Karzai, Hugo Chavez, human rights, IDF, international law, Iran, IRGC, Israel, labor unions, law, Mike Adams, Pakistan, peace jirgas, Reliance of India, Sapin, Taliban, torture, Turkey, UN, UN Security Council, UNHRC, UNSC, Venezuela, Wikileaks, Yemen
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Daily Briefing—25th March 2010
Posted: 25 March 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abdulmutallab, ACTA, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Allan Nairn, Australia, Bloody Sunday, catholic priests, Christiane Amanpour, CIA, CNT, DNA, economy, evolution, G20, Gitmo, Google, Guantanamo Bay, GWOT, healthcare reform, humor, intellectual property, Israel, James Galbraith, Jane Mayer, KSM, Liberia, Lockheed MArtin, mortgage crisis, NATO, Noam Chomsky, Northern Ireland, NSA, Osama bin Laden, Oscar Romero, Pakistan, pirates, police brutality, Pope Benedict, propaganda, Saudi Arabia, science, Somalia, Spanish Anarchism, Sri Lanka, Taliban, Toronto G20 Summit, torture, Uighurs, UN Food Programme, underwear bomber, unemployment, US, War on Terror, waterboarding, women's rights
Deceitful Messages Coming Out Of Friday’s G-20 Meeting
Posted: 5 September 2009 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: bailout, banking, corporatism, credit derivatives, economic crisis, economy, EU, European Union, Federal Reserve, fiat money, G20, Great Recession, inflation, libertarian, Newspeak, TARP, Timothy Geithner, US
At a G-20 meeting, Europe focuses on bankster bonuses as the U.S. urges for reserves increase.
Police Fears Over G20 and a ’Summer of Unrest’
Posted: 26 February 2009 by Alton Locke in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: anarchism, anti-Statism, bailout, banking, corporatism, Dublin, economy, fascism, financial crisis, G20, globalization, human rights, Ireland, libertarian, politics, protest, summit, UK, US, War, World News
Days after Latvia’s government steps down, weeks after Iceland’s government steps down, a couple of months after people in Greece rise up, Ireland begins to speak up and governments around the world have no clue what people will do. This is their worst fear — when we become unpredictable. (more…)
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