Author: Canadian Tire Fire

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A weekly roundup of anarchist and anti-authoritarian news from so-called Canada. Email us at: [email protected]

Jul 27, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #41: Radical Pride, Worker Solidarity, CGL Resistance Continues, Anti-Homeless Violence, and Upcoming Anarchist Events

In the time since our last issue, there have been many events to celebrate and many others to fuel our continued resistance.... Read Full Article

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Jul 5, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #40: HBC Workers’ Victory, Tenants Organize in Toronto, Radical Pride and Queer Community Defense

photo: @XjusticeXpeace Following the celebrations of another year of Canada’s sorry existence, it feels important, if redundant, to say that Canada is... Read Full Article

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Jun 20, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #39: Delivery Driver Strike in Winnipeg, Gidimt’en Clan Starts Feast Hall Construction as Solidarity Actions Continue

photo: @RisingTideTor This week, new data released by the Toronto police provided numbers to back up what many already know: Black people... Read Full Article

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Jun 7, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #38: Fighting Wage Theft in Toronto, Statue Vandalism, Police Corruption, and BC’s Drug Decriminalization Announcement

This week, the Greater Toronto Area-based Naujawan Support Network was back in action with a strong display of solidarity for a worker... Read Full Article

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May 24, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #37: Nakba Day Roundup, Actions Against Coastal GasLink Pipeline, Tearing Down Fences and More

photo: @NSNPeel Saddle Lake Cree Nation announced this week that it is investigating the deaths of over 200 residential school children who... Read Full Article

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May 9, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #36: May Day Report Backs, More Direct Action Against RBC

This week we round up some news from International Workers’ Day, or May Day. We also share news from the struggle against... Read Full Article

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Apr 25, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #35: More Actions Against Pipeline Profiteers, The Fight For Old Growth, Neo-Nazi Training Group Exposed

cover image: @SaveFairyCreek This week we present updates about ongoing struggles across so-called Canada, a roundup of May Day events, news from... Read Full Article

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Apr 12, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #34: Fight Continues Against CGL Pipeline; Analysis of Temporary Foreign Worker Program

cover image: @laylastaats This week, we share updates on resistance to the Coastal Gaslink project being pushed through Wet’suwet’en territory. We also... Read Full Article

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Mar 29, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #33: Student Occupations, Delivery Drivers Strike, and Coast-to-Coast Migrant Justice Demonstrations

This week we look at a student organizing in Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario, a labour action in Subdury, a housing justice rally... Read Full Article

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Mar 21, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #32: People Hit the Streets on the International Day Against Police Brutality, Tenants Fight Renovictions, Updates on Struggle Against Coastal GasLink

photo: @MtlProtest This week we provide a roundup of several anti-police demos and events that took place on March 15th, the International... Read Full Article

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Mar 8, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #31: Wet’suwet’en Updates, Policing News, and Aftermath of the Convoy

Last week, the Kapawe’no First Nation in northern Alberta announced that up to 169 unmarked graves had been found near the site... Read Full Article

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Feb 24, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #30: Vancouver Pulls Down Gassy Jack, Pipeline Project Delayed By Sabotage, State Uses Emergencies Act Against Convoy

Screenshot: Global News This week, we focus on updates from so-called Freedom Convoy protests across the country and the enactment of the... Read Full Article

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Feb 14, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #29: Anti-Convoy Counter-Protests Spread; Truckers Win Back Stolen Wages; Montreal Fights Eviction

photo: Chris Dixon This week, we provide an update on the status of far-Right “Freedom Convoy” protests across so-called Canada and actions... Read Full Article

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Feb 8, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #28: Push Back Against Far-Right Convoys Spread as Anger Grows in Ottawa

Our report this week will focus mainly on the ongoing anti-mandate, far-Right convoys and responses across so-called Canada. This week on @CdnTireFire,... Read Full Article

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Jan 31, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #27: The Far-Right Politics Driving the ‘Freedom’ Convoy, Land Defense Legal Updates

photo: @MarkGerretsen This week, we report on the anti-mandate, far-Right truck convoy that been heading toward Ottawa, and the key far-Right members... Read Full Article

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Jan 17, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #26: News From a Housing and Shelter System in Crisis and the Fight To Defend Old Growth

photo: OCAP This week, after an update on the Wet’suwet’en struggle, we cover a new group fighting for old growth protection on... Read Full Article

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Jan 10, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #25: Rage Against Anti-Trans Bill; Solidarity Actions Continue as Coyote Camp Ducks RCMP

This week we have a couple funny anecdotes in the world of anti-fascism, a couple stories we missed in December, and as... Read Full Article

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Dec 27, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #24: Coyote Camp Retaken as Solidarity Actions Multiply, COVID Spreads in Prisons, Another Winter of Housing Crisis

This week we’re covering two weeks worth of struggle news. On December 21st, 1492 Land Back Lane got another small win when... Read Full Article

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Dec 13, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #23: Gidimt’en Calls for Week of Action, Defund the Ottawa Police, Encampment Solidarity Updates

photo: @RisingTideTor As CGL attempts to move forward with their work on the Yintah, inching ever closer to drilling under Wedzin Kwa,... Read Full Article

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Dec 6, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #22: #AllOutForWedzinKwa updates, Migrant Workers Take on Cargill, Brampton Workers Fight Wage Theft

This week we provide updates on the situation on the Wet’suwet’en Yintah as well as on the ongoing #ShutDownCanada solidarity actions across... Read Full Article

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Nov 29, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #21: #AllOutForWedzinKwa Repression Update, Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Heats Up, Encampment Defence News

photo: @Gidimten Following last week’s brutal 2-day raid of Gidimt’en Checkpoint and Coyote Camp, as well as several days of widespread solidarity... Read Full Article

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Nov 24, 21

Canadian Anti-Semites and Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists Try New Tactic: Aligning with Indigenous Communities

An antifascist report from Canada about how some white nationalist and far-Right conspiracy theorists are attempting to make inroads into Indigenous communities.... Read Full Article

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Nov 22, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #20: Floods in Southern BC, Raids on Wet’suwet’en Territory, #AllOutForWedzinKwa Solidarity Actions Spread

Cover image: @Gidimten / @M_Tol In this week’s column, we present an update on the recent wave of repression and arrests on... Read Full Article

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Nov 16, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #19: Fairy Creek/Ada’itsx Updates, Hamilton Encampment Defense, Atikamekw Chiefs Declare Logging Moratorium, Resistance to TMX

photo: Fairy Creek Blockade It has been a busy week, as Indigenous led resistance to Trans Mountain Expansion, logging in Fairy Creek,... Read Full Article

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Nov 8, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #18: Coyote Camp Going Strong, Hamilton Encampment News, Another Deadly Month of Policing

It’s been another week where our attention has been turned to settler colonialism and the many forms of resistance to it. The... Read Full Article

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Nov 2, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #17: Blockades on Wet’suwet’en Territory, New Occupation in Haudenosaunee Territory, Alton Gas Cancelled, Anti-Trans Bill Introduced in Quebec

cover image: @landbackskyler This week, land defenders reacted swiftly and strongly to the arrest of a Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief. As protests against... Read Full Article

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Oct 19, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #16: Wet’suwet’en Strong, Drinking Water Crisis in Iqaluit, Trudeau Apologizes (Again)

cover photo: Mike Grameme This week, Wet’suwet’en people and their allies continued to put up a strong resistance to Coastal GasLink’s efforts... Read Full Article

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Oct 13, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #15: Tenant Organizing, Forest Defense, #AllOutForWedzinKwa

Since September 25th, the Gidimt’en Access Point has been holding new blockades and using a variety of tactics to keep Coastal GasLink... Read Full Article

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Oct 5, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #14: No More Injunction At Fairy Creek, Reconciliation is (Still) Dead

This week saw Canada’s first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation take place on September 30th. The official federal holiday has... Read Full Article

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Sep 27, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #13: Fight to Defend Wet’suwet’en Territory Heats Up; Blockades in Montreal; Struggle Against TMX Pipeline Expands

This week, the struggle to defend the land and waters of Wet’suwet’en territory from pipeline construction heated up again. For the past... Read Full Article

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Sep 21, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #12: Good Riddance to the Election; Anarchist Gatherings; Fairy Creek Arrests Hit Over 1K; Student Walkout in London

cover photo: @KanahusFreedom The past few weeks saw a number of anarchist gatherings across so-called Canada, along with the announcement of a... Read Full Article

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Sep 6, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #11: Overdose Awareness Day, Far-Right Anti-Vax Protests Heat Up, People’s Park Calls for Housing Action

cover image: @MCKennedy_ This week, groups across so-called Canada gathered to remember loved ones lost to overdoses, call for policy change, and... Read Full Article

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Aug 23, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #10: Encampment Evictions in Halifax, A Deadly Week in Saskatchewan Prisons, Sipekne’katik First Nation Faces Police Harassment

Image Credit: @colinsmithtakespics on Instagram This week, Halifax was the latest city to continue the summer-long trend of violent encampment evictions and... Read Full Article

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Aug 18, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #10: Statue Toppled; Prisoners Justice Day; New Jails; Fairy Creek Pushes Back

cover image: @defund604 This past week marked the 45th annual Prisoners Justice Day, remembering all those who have died in prison. The... Read Full Article

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Aug 9, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #9: Youth Worker Solidarity, the Latest in COVID Policies, Defund the Police

Across so-called Canada this week, there were five documented deaths at the hands of police – a bleak start to a month... Read Full Article

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Aug 2, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #8: Status For All Day of Action, Land Defense Updates, New Cop Technology and a Wildcat Strike

This week brought a number of updates from the struggle against the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project on the west coast. It... Read Full Article

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Jul 26, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #7: Justice for #JaredLowndes, Police Violently Evict Encampments, Kahnawake Land Reclamation, Indigenous & Setter Land Sharing Project Launches

In a continuing trend, this week brought a wave of encampment evictions across multiple cities, with new levels of police violence. Communities... Read Full Article

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Jul 19, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #6: Far Right Losses, Neglect in Prison, and a Summer of Encampment Evictions

Yet more unmarked residential school graves were discovered this week, this time near the Kuper Island Industrial School on Penelakut Island in... Read Full Article

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Jul 13, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #6: Land Reclamation on Kahnawake Land; Frustrations Mount Over Wildfire Response

cover image: @WWHealthJustice on twitter This week saw the emergence of a new land reclamation project in Kahnawake, as well as the... Read Full Article

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Jul 6, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #5: Cancel Canada

This week brought coast to coast resistance against Canada Day and Canada in general, and heartwarming victories for land defenders. Churches were... Read Full Article

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