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About Montreal Counter-Info
Montreal Counter-info aspires to provide a space for anarchists in Montreal to diffuse their ideas and actions across overlapping networks and tendencies, outside the realm of leftist or corporate media projects.
May 13, 23
Call for Solidarity from the #EkoniAci Movement! Blockade at KM 16!
Call for solidarity with Indigenous anti-logging blockade. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. In order to enforce the moratorium on logging on their... Read Full Article
Mar 14, 23
Montreal: Banner Drop for Weelaunee Forest Defenders
Action report on banner drop in Montreal in solidarity with the struggle to stop Cop City in so-called Atlanta, GA. Originally posted... Read Full Article
Feb 8, 23
McGill Wintemute Blockade Report & Analysis: A Bloody Nose for the TERFs, but Where to from Here?
Report and analysis on recent blockade of far-Right and anti-trans event at McGill university. Originally posted to MTL Counter-Info. The protest and... Read Full Article
Dec 17, 22
Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Action to Block the Port of Montreal
Report on direct action and solidarity rally with the Wet’suwet’en against Coastal GasLink. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. While COP15 is taking... Read Full Article
Dec 6, 22
Montreal: Tenants Escalate Against Cromwell Renoviction
Report from recent housing action from the Montreal Autonomous Tenants’ Union (SLAM). Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. The views expressed within this text... Read Full Article
Nov 21, 22
Reportback from the Solidarity Struggle with the Kahnistensera Against McGill’s New Vic Project
Report on the struggle in solidarity with Kanien’kehà:ka Kahnistensera at McGill University in so-called Montreal. Through this solidarity struggle, it has become... Read Full Article
Oct 27, 22
Between Storms: Anarchist Reflections of Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Resistance
Announcing a new collection of texts looking at the Wet’suwet’en struggle against industrial resource extraction. Download and Print HERE We have assembled... Read Full Article
Oct 24, 22
Montreal Autonomous Tenants’ Union Resists Renoviction by Cromwell
Report on recent activity by Montreal Autonomous Tenants’ Union (SLAM). Originally posted to Montreal Coutner-Info. The views expressed within this text are not... Read Full Article
Oct 24, 22
Chicoutimi: Banner Drop in Support of the Pipeline Blockade in Montréal-Est
Report on anti-pipeline banner drop in solidarity with blockade a the Port of Montreal. We wish to underline the urgent need for... Read Full Article
Sep 9, 22
Railway Blockade on Unceded Nitassinan Land
Report on recent railway blockade in solidarity with ongoing Indigenous actions against a mining corporation. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. Wednesday evening, a... Read Full Article
Aug 21, 22
Cancel Pride? We’d Prefer Not To
Report from Montreal on how autonomous Pride celebrations took place in the face of the official parade being cancelled. Originally posted to... Read Full Article
Aug 2, 22
Against Your Demands: Lessons from Occupy McGill
Analysis and reflection on “Occupy McGill” campaign at McGill University. Originally posted to MTL Counter-Info. In 2022, I was an active anarchist... Read Full Article
Apr 26, 22
Convergence des Luttes Anticapitalistes (CLAC) Calls for May 1st Mobilization in Montreal
Call for May Day convergence in so-called Montreal. Originally posted to Convergence des Luttes Anticapitalistes (CLAC) and Montreal Counter-Info. International Workers’ Day... Read Full Article
Apr 12, 22
Reflections on the Anarchist Demo at the Russian Consulate in So-Called Montreal
Report and reflection on recent solidarity demonstration in Montreal with the anti-fascist and anti-war struggle in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Originally posted... Read Full Article
Mar 18, 22
Report Back on 26th Annual International Day Against Police Brutality in Montreal
Report from the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality on the annual day of action against police brutality in Montreal. Originally posted to Montreal... Read Full Article
Mar 2, 22
Anti-Colonial Protesters Rally Outside Home of Bank President Against Financing of Coastal GasLink Pipeline
Report on a recent noise demonstration and protest in so-called Montreal outside of the home of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) president... Read Full Article
Feb 14, 22
Report on Mobilization Against the Convoy in Montreal
Report on antifascist mobilization against the far-Right convoy in so-called Montreal. Originally published to Montreal Counter-Info. Screenshot: @LRsocialiste We were more than 150... Read Full Article
Dec 8, 21
Report-back from a Rail Blockade in Saint-Lambert
Report on recent blockade in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. On Saturday, more than sixty people acting... Read Full Article
Nov 29, 21
Hundreds Take to the Streets in Montreal in Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en
Action report on march in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en struggle in so-called Montreal. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. This November 27th, 2021, the... Read Full Article
Nov 26, 21
#ShutDownCanada: Banner on 720 West-Bound, Tiohtià:ke
Report on banner drop in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en struggle against Coastal Gaslink and RCMP invasion. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. This morning... Read Full Article
Nov 16, 21
Rush Hour Traffic Blocked in Montreal in Solidarity with Gidimt’en and Likhts’amisyu
Action report from so-called Montreal in solidarity with ongoing struggle on Wet’suwet’en territory. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. Early this morning during... Read Full Article
Nov 2, 21
Gidimt’en Territory: Report on Blockade Erected in Response to Arrest of Chief Dtsa’hyl
The following action report was submitted anonymously to Montreal Counter-Info, and details a blockade erected on Wet’suwet’en territory following ongoing repression by... Read Full Article
Oct 10, 21
Montreal: Rail Lines Blockaded in Solidarity with Gidimt’en Week of Action
Action report on blockade in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en in so-called Montreal. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. More than 50 people blockaded... Read Full Article
Oct 4, 21
Windows Broken at Bank Financing Pipeline in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
The following communique was anonymously submitted to Montreal Counter-Info. We re-print the text bellow. It reads: Canada is a lie. Reconciliation is... Read Full Article
Oct 3, 21
Montreal: Banner Drop in Solidarity with Gidimt’en
Action report of banner drop in solidarity with the Gidimt’en Camp. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. In the early morning of September... Read Full Article
Sep 21, 21
Call for an Anti-Capitalist Contingent at the Global Climate Strike March of September 24th
A call for an anti-capitalist contingent at the global climate strike in Montreal on September 24th. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. Another... Read Full Article
Jul 17, 21
Announcing the Fourth Annual Halifax Anarchist Bookfair
Announcing the fourth annual Halifax Anarchist Bookfair. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. September 4th, 2021 ~ For anarchists, and those curious about... Read Full Article
Jul 5, 21
1492 Land Back Lane Forces Cancellation of McKenzie Meadows Development
Report from Montreal Counter-Info on cancellation of housing development that the 1492 Land Back Lane reclamation was fighting to stop. After nearly... Read Full Article
Jun 20, 21
From MTL to Sask: Long Live Cory Cardinal!
Statement and report remembering prison organizer Cory Cardinal from the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. We were shocked and saddened to learn of... Read Full Article
Jun 20, 21
Montreal, QC: Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners, Free Them All!
Report on solidarity rally in Montreal, QC with anarchist prisoners in Russia. In the summer of 2020, three high schoolers – Bogdan... Read Full Article
May 24, 21
Noise, Flags, and Fists: Reflections on a Weekend in Downtown Montréal
A look at recent anti-colonial and anti-imperialist actions in Montreal in solidarity with Palestine. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. Since May 6... Read Full Article
May 4, 21
High-Tech AI Hub Smashed Up during May Day Demonstrations in Montreal
Another report back from the recent Anti-Capitalist Convergence May Day demonstration in so-called Montreal. Originally published to Montreal Counter-Info. This May Day,... Read Full Article
May 4, 21
Report from Anti-Capitalist May Day Convergence: “No Old Normal, No New Normal”
Report from Convergence des Luttes Anticapitalistes (CLAC) on May Day march in Montreal. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. The Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes... Read Full Article
Apr 27, 21
Some Notes on Recent Rioting in Montreal Against the Curfew
Critical notes and reflection on recent riots that have broken out in Montreal against curfews. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. On Sunday... Read Full Article
Apr 23, 21
R.I.P. Matt Cicero: Anarchist Militant, Journalist, Community Organizer
Statement memorializing Matt Cicero, an anarchist organizer who passed away on March 16th. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. On March 16, 2020,... Read Full Article
Apr 21, 21
Montreal: Report-back from the Protest Against the Curfew
Report back on anti-curfew march in Montreal. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. On April 18th, hundreds of us took to the streets... Read Full Article
Mar 22, 21
Queen Victoria Statue Vandalized with Red Paint After Curfew on Saint-Patrick’s Day
Communique on recent action in Montreal. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. Montreal — The Delhi-Dublin Anti-Colonial Solidarity Brigade re-united in Montreal last... Read Full Article
Mar 19, 21
Montreal: 25th Annual International Day Against Police Brutality
Collective Opposed to Police Brutality reports on the 25th annual march against police brutality. Originally published on Montreal Counter-Info. Tonight was the 25th... Read Full Article
Mar 8, 21
Declaration of the Inmates of the Laval Detention Centre
Seven inmates of the Laval migrant prison are continuing the hunger strike they began on March 1, 2021. The strikers have issued... Read Full Article
Feb 7, 21
Day 200: #1492LandBackLane Update
Report from #1492LandBackLane land reclamation published to Montreal Counter-Info. When Haudenosaunee Land Defenders are required to defy injunctions to protect our territories,... Read Full Article