Silver Bullet

Submitted by dawn on Wed, 07/17/2013 - 12:57

TORONTO—“The soldiers came and killed my brother and grandfather,” said Diego Santiago Cedillo. The Maya Ixil man and genocide survivor was testifying on March 26, 2013, as part of the case against former Guatemalan President José Efraín Ríos Montt.

University of Toronto declines to divest from pro-Israel institutions

Submitted by Manmade88 on Thu, 04/11/2024 - 11:38
Pro-Palestinian student-organizers who staged a 30-hour occupation say they know this will be a long-haul fight, citing the long struggle in the 1980s and ’90s to get the institution to divest from apartheid South Africa and in the 2010s to divest from fossil fuel companies
What did Gertler respond to the pro-Palestinian student organizers?
Student-organizers from Occupy4Palestine hold a town hall on Apr. 9 to discuss president Meric Gertler's respond to their demands.

University of Toronto’s (U of T)  President Meric Gertler has officially rejected student group Occupy4Palestine’s demands to divest from companies and institutions supporting Israel’s military, restating the university’s commitment against taking “positions on social or political issues” and against “academic boycotts.”

After occupation, students meet with U of T president

Submitted by Manmade88 on Thu, 04/04/2024 - 16:20
The meeting about the university's investments in Israel's army was disappointing but revealing, say organizers, who for months had tried unsuccessfully to get some face time
What did the meeting with the university accomplish?
Photo of student-occupiers interlocking arms while sitting.

Student-organizers of the two-day occupation at the University of Toronto (U of T) say they left their Apr. 3 meeting with the school’s top brass feeling “a lot of disappointment” at their lack of commitment to stop investing in companies supporting Israel’s military. 

U of T students occupy president's office for Palestine

Submitted by Manmade88 on Wed, 04/03/2024 - 12:47
Student-organizers secure meeting with school president to discuss divestment from Israel's military
What did the 2-day occupation at U of T accomplish?

A two-day occupation at the University of Toronto (U of T) ended late on Apr. 2 after the students secured a meeting with University President Meric Gertler on Wednesday, Apr. 3. Students have been pushing for the university to divest from companies supporting Israel’s military and to cut ties with Israeli universities complicit in its apartheid. 

Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in March 2024

Submitted by JShantz on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 15:54
Police killings in March 2024.
Calgary police vehicle.

At least 11 people were killed in Canadian police actions in March 2024. These deaths include people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, or died during police deployments or in police custody. In March, three people were shot and killed by police, two were killed during a police vehicle chase, and five died in custody or during an arrest. One person was killed in an “altercation” with private security.

Moving Beyond Electoral Politics and the Sedative of Empathy

Submitted by David Gray-Donald on Fri, 03/29/2024 - 21:04
A recent op-ed by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow reminds us that just as we must divest from companies complicit in the ongoing genocide and apartheid, we must divest ourselves from governments and nation-states that are ultimately projects of empire.
An illustration with hands and arms on the outside in white and red, and then maybe green thyme or rosemary leaves inside in green and blue with Arabic text in red.

“A slaughter isn’t a slaughter if those being slaughtered are at fault, if they’ve been quietly and effectively dehumanized — in the media, through policy — for years,” writes Palestinian-American writer, professor, and psychologist Hala Alyan. “If nobody is a civilian, nobody can be a victim.”

South American families push government to process humanitarian applications

Submitted by Manmade88 on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 10:55
Hundreds of families from Colombia, Venezuela and Haiti are affected by the immigration process they call “confusing and frustrating.”
What is happening with the humanitarian application of many South American families?
Photo of Fabiola Gomez and family.

Colombian and Venezuelan diasporas in Ontario are pushing the federal government to process applications for a family reunification program that were submitted before the deadline but are now being rejected due to space limitations. Advocates say at least 600 families are being affected.

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