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Author: Montreal Counter-Info
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.
Oct 21, 19
John A. Macdonald & Queen Victoria Statues Vandalized by Anti-Colonial Anarchists
Communique originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. A few anti-colonial anarchists in Montreal decided to “vote” a few days before Canada’s federal election,... Read Full Article
Oct 7, 19
Report Back from Breakaway March & ‘Temporary Autonomous Zone’ at Montreal #ClimateStrike
Report from recent anarchist and autonomous interventions within the massive Montreal #ClimateStrike. On Friday, September 27, in Montreal, between 300,000 and 500,000... Read Full Article
Oct 7, 19
Toward a Revolutionary Environmental Movement
The following text was written by the CLAC, the IWW and Montréal Antifasciste and was distributed at the Montreal climate demonstration on... Read Full Article
May 31, 19
Montreal Counter-Info #8
New issue of Montreal Counter-Info, a print publication featuring stories, action reports, and articles from the website. For distribution at schools, workplaces,... Read Full Article
May 24, 19
Montreal: Macdonald Monument & Queen Victoria Statue Vandalized Again
The following anonymous communique was originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. As the Victoria Day weekend begins, the Macdonald Monument and the Queen... Read Full Article
May 15, 19
Reportback from Montreal’s May Day Against Borders
A report a recent May Day actions that originally was published on Montreal Counter-Info. On May Day 2019 in Montreal there were... Read Full Article
May 9, 19
Montreal: Architecture Firm Designing Migrant Prison Sabotaged
The following communique was anonymously posted originally to Montreal Counter-Info. It reads: On the night of April 14th, we paid a visit... Read Full Article
Apr 9, 19
Ctrl-Alt-Delete: AI Development in Montreal
An analysis of the growth of AI and machine learning technology in so-called Montreal. Our lives are increasingly characterized by algorithms that... Read Full Article
Apr 3, 19
Montreal: Anticapitalist MayDay 2019 – Cabot Square
On Wednesday May 1st, at 6:30pm, in Square Cabot, the anticapitalist caravan is back at it again to say fuck your borders... Read Full Article
Mar 27, 19
Queen Victoria Statue in Montreal Attacked with Green Paint in Advance of Demonstration Against Racism and Xenophobiza
Queen Victoria Statue in Montreal attacked with green paint in advance of demonstration against racism and xenophobia. Originally published to Montreal Counter-Info.... Read Full Article
Mar 18, 19
Montreal: Notes on Our March 15th
Report back and personal reflection on the annual mobilization against police brutality in Montreal, first published on Montreal Counter-Info. I want to... Read Full Article
Mar 8, 19
Montreal: Callout for the March Against Police Brutality 2019
As is the case each year, the COBP organizes a week against police brutality which starts on March 8th and ends on... Read Full Article
Mar 7, 19
Montreal: Campaign Launched to Fight for Over $20K in Unpaid Wages
Report from Montreal IWW about a current campaign to force bosses to pay back bar workers more than $20,000 in unpaid wages.... Read Full Article
Mar 2, 19
General Contractors: Don’t Bid to Build a Migrant Prison!
The Canadian government is attempting to construct a new migrant prison in Laval, QC. The building, set to be built by 2021,... Read Full Article
Feb 7, 19
Migrant Prison: Excavation Company Loiselle’s Offices Redecorated
The following article was originally published on Montreal Counter-Info. According to this article in a local Salaberry-de-Valleyfield newspaper from January 29th, the... Read Full Article
Jan 16, 19
Counter-Insurgency Paper Argues that Native Resistance Could Bring Canada to a Standstill
Montreal Counter-info has published a video detailing the weak points of extractive industry, transportation, and infrastructure – taken straight from a counter-insurgency... Read Full Article
Jan 14, 19
Reportback from the 2018 New Year’s Eve Noise Demo in Montréal
Report back from the New Year’s Eve noise demonstration in so-called Montreal. This report was originally published on Montreal Counter-Info. On New... Read Full Article
Jan 7, 19
Another End of the World Is Possible: Indigenous Solidarity and Blocking Extractive Infrastructure in Canada
Discussion on the strategy and history of the disruption and blockading of extractive industries in the context of so-called Canada. Not only... Read Full Article
Dec 19, 18
Tomorrow is Far Away: An Anarchist Intervention Against the Construction of the Migrant Prison in Laval
An anarchist analysis and discussion on building an anti-prison strategy in so-called Canada and beyond. Citizenship can only exist and be valued... Read Full Article
Oct 24, 18
Montreal: Report-back and Notes on Recent March Against the Elections
Report back from anti-election march in Montreal. Originally published on Montreal Counter-Info. Late on election night, dozens of black flags lined the... Read Full Article
Oct 8, 18
Montreal: Colonial & Racist John A. Macdonald Monument Once Again Vandalized
In the run up to a massive anti-racist and anti-colonial demonstrations in Montreal, a statue of John A. Macdonald was again vandalized.... Read Full Article
Aug 20, 18
Montreal: Anti-Colonial Action Against John A. Macdonald Monument
Anti-colonial action made in support of removal of John A. Macdonald statue in Victoria, BC. Video and report was originally published to... Read Full Article
Aug 15, 18
Montreal: Property Management Employees Brutally Attack Anti-Gentrification Protesters
Originally published to Montreal Counter-Info, this report comes from a local anti-gentrification group, Parc-Ex Contre la Gentrification, who issued the follow report after... Read Full Article
Jul 23, 18
Montreal Counter-Information #6
Montreal Counter-Info presents the sixth installment of its growing print publication. Read and Download HERE
Jul 6, 18
Multiple Crossing Sites Marked to Help Migrants Cross from US to Canada
The following report on an anti-borders actions was originally posted on Solidarity Across Borders and reposted on Montreal Counter-Info. Signs bearing the... Read Full Article
Jun 27, 18
Anti-Colonial Activists & Artists Vandalize Various Monuments
The following communique was originally sent to and published on Montreal Counter-Info. Montreal, June 26, 2018 — We are anti-colonial activists and artists... Read Full Article
Jun 21, 18
Welcome to Hell: Call to Action June 30 and July 1 to Resist Anti-Immigrant Groups
Call to resist anti-immigrant groups in Montreal from June 30th to July 1st. On July 1, hate groups like La Meute and... Read Full Article
Jun 6, 18
June 7-8th: Resist the G-7 in Quebec City
Information on the upcoming anti-G-7 mobilizations in Quebec City. June 7th, 2018, 6 P.M. at Parc des Braves (750 ch. Sainte-Foy, Qc... Read Full Article
May 29, 18
Report-back on the Demo Against the “March for Life”
The following report back was originally published on Montreal Counter-Info. Each May, thousands of people meet in Ottawa for the “March for... Read Full Article
May 21, 18
People Released Thousands of Crickets into the Immigration Prison Architecture HQ
The following anonymous communique was originally published on Montreal Counter-Info. One morning in April 2018, our amateur construction crew released thousands of... Read Full Article
May 17, 18
Montréal Counter-Info #5
A print publication version of articles that have appeared on the Montreal Counter-Info website. For distribution at schools, workplaces, coffee shops, barricades,... Read Full Article
May 17, 18
Montreal: Another Day, Another Doxx
Following the groundbreaking doxx of Zeiger, Montreal based antifascists continue to out local neo-Nazis and members of the Alt-Right. Over the last... Read Full Article
May 9, 18
Report-back from the 2018 CLAC May Day Demo
This following report back on May Day was originally published on Montreal Counter-Info. CLAC organized its annual May Day demonstration on the... Read Full Article
May 3, 18
Call to Action: Open the Borders
The following call from Solidarity Across Borders originally was published on Montreal Counter-Info. In the past year, tens of thousands of people... Read Full Article
Apr 15, 18
Disruption of a Meeting of En Marche Montréal in Solidarity with the ZAD
This anonymous report back was originally published on Montreal Counter-Info, and details a solidarity action with the ZAD or Zone to Defend... Read Full Article
Apr 4, 18
Stories of Struggle: Riots and Eagles – My World Opened
The story below is the first of the Stories of Struggle series from MTL Counter-info. This series will give voice to experiences... Read Full Article
Apr 2, 18
Montreal: Soldiers of Odin Get Royal Welcome after St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The following report was originally anonymously submitted to the website Montreal Counter-Information, which we reprint below. During the night of March 18th,... Read Full Article
Mar 28, 18
Demonstration Against the Police in Maniwaki
The following report was originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. As part of the week against police brutality, the Outaouais region mobilized like... Read Full Article
Mar 20, 18
Montreal: Disruption of the Parc-Ex Borough Council Meeting to Denounce Gentrification
The following report was originally published on Montreal Counter-Info. On March 13, we went to the Villeray-St-Michel-Parc-Extension borough council meeting in order... Read Full Article
Mar 18, 18
Montreal: Two Queen Victoria Statues Vandalized with Green Paint
The following anonymous communique is re-posted from the counter-information website, Montreal Counter-Info. March 15, 2018, Montreal — Two landmark statues to Queen... Read Full Article