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About Northshore Counter Info
North Shore Counter-Info is a platform for sharing news, analysis, and events, as well as facilitating discussion and encouraging collaboration. We aspire to provide a space for strategic reflection, engaged critique, and thoughtful debate from an anarchist and anti-authoritarian perspective in Southern Ontario.
June 24
A Response to Police Repression Following Hamilton, ON Pride
The following statement from the anarchist community center The Tower responds to the recent repression against those targeted by police after clashes... Read Full Article
June 22
This Is Why You Weren’t Invited: Hamilton Police Target Queers Fighting Back
In the wake of community defense against far-Right attacks on the Hamilton Pride celebration, police have begun a campaign of harassing those... Read Full Article
June 19
Report Back on Defending Hamilton Pride from Far-Right
Report from so-called Hamilton, Ontario on the defense of Pride celebrations from far-Right anti-queer religious groups. June 15, 2019: By 2pm the... Read Full Article
June 17
The Raptors Riot That Wasn’t: Notes on a Near-Miss
I like riots, they’re pretty much my favourite thing. My very favourite is riots whose common feeling is rooted in overcoming an... Read Full Article
June 3
Signal Fails
Critical discussion about the use of the Signal app in autonomous and anarchist circles. Signal is an encrypted messaging service that has... Read Full Article
May 31
Announcing the 2019 Toronto Anarchist Bookfair!
The Toronto Anarchist Bookfair is returning in so-called Ontario and will take place on September 28th! We are excited to announce the... Read Full Article
May 17
Hamilton Police PR Stunt met with Counter-Demo
Originally published on North Shore Counter-info about a response to “Coffee With a Cop” events. Perhaps the easiest question ever asked: “Would... Read Full Article
May 13
Reflections on Toronto May Day 2019
May Day report back from so-called Toronto. Originally published on North Shore Counter-info. May Day in Toronto this year was marked by... Read Full Article
May 13
Hamilton, ON: RCMP Vehicles Vandalized & Disabled
The following communique was anonymously sent to and originally posted on North Shore Counter-Info. It reads: Since 1873, the Canadian government has... Read Full Article
May 9
Kingston: Report Back on 9th Annual May Day
The following report back from Kingston, Ontario about May Day was originally posted on Northshore Counter-Info. May Day in Kingston this year... Read Full Article
May 3
Hamilton May Day 2019: Anti-Authoritarian & Anti-Capitalist Reportback
Report back from anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist march on May Day in so-called Hamilton, Ontario. Anyone who lives in Hamilton knows that JSquare... Read Full Article
April 5
St. Catharines: Pro-Refugee Banner Drop
Action report originally submitted to Northshore Counter-Info. On Thursday afternoon, in response to anti-immigrant white supremacist propaganda recently appearing around the Niagara... Read Full Article
March 15
An Open Letter to the Climate Strikers
The following text was produced by anarchists in so-called Canada with the intention of being distributed to young people taking part in... Read Full Article
February 5
Hamilton, ON: “RCMP Off Wet’suwet’en Land”
The following communique was originally posted to North-Shore Counter-Info. Late last night as many had their eyes glued to screens cheering on... Read Full Article
February 4
Rest Easy and Burn Bright, Dave Vasey
To our lost friend and comrade, Dave Vasey, and those he left behind. Words come slow in times like these. Sometimes the... Read Full Article
January 22
Peterborough: Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
Report back from #Wetsuwet’en solidarity demonstration in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough. A fairly disruptive demonstration took place in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. The... Read Full Article
January 22
Just More Determined: A Reportback from the TransCanada Shutdown
Another report from the recent shutdown of TransCanada in so-called Hamilton. On Monday January 14th 2019 a large group of individuals surrounded... Read Full Article
January 17
Kingston: Actions Continue in Support of Wet’suwet’en Camps
Roundup of #ShutDownCanada actions taking place in Kingston in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en people. As #ShutDownCanada actions continue to happen across the country... Read Full Article
January 17
Hamilton, ON: Shutdown at TransCanada Facility in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Peoples
As of approximately 9am on Monday January 14th, a group entered and shut down a TransCanada (now TC-Energy) facility in what is... Read Full Article
January 9
Hamilton, ON: Report Back From 10th Annual Prisoner Noise Demo
Anarchists in Ontario offer this report back on a recent noise demonstration on New Year’s Eve as well as events in 2018.... Read Full Article
January 9
Kingston: Action In Solidarity With Wet’suwet’en Camps
Report from a solidarity demonstration in Kingston, Ontario in solidarity with the Wesuwet’en people. Tonight in Katarokwi (Kingston) there was an action... Read Full Article
December 27
Kingston: Community, Labour and Indigenous Groups Push Out Racists and Disrupt Trudeau Fundraiser
Community, labour and Indigenous groups push out racists and disrupt Trudeau fundraiser – by collective effort on the territory known as Kingston.... Read Full Article
December 17
Toronto: Report from Far-Right “Yellow Vest” Rally
The report from the Anarchist Network of Toronto was originally published on North Shore Counter-Info. Ants showed up yesterday to provide some... Read Full Article
December 11
Kingston: Community Picket at Canada Post Facility
On December 7th a handful of Kingstonians held a “community picket.” This action followed similar ones that had been held recently in... Read Full Article
November 29
Still Not Sorry: On the Plea Deal in the Locke St. Case
Originally posted to North Shore Counter Info, the follow text looks at the recent sentencing of several comrades in the after math... Read Full Article
November 22
Hamilton, ON: Against Patriarchy, the Police, and any World That Needs Them
Report on a recent action from Feminist Action Hamilton in so-called Hamilton, Ontario. On October 20th, 2018 around 1am, cops showed up... Read Full Article
November 14
Hamilton, ON: IWW Recovers Stolen Wages
Hamilton Industrial Workers of the World report on a recent and successful solidarity campaign to get a workers’ stolen wages back. This... Read Full Article
October 23
Autonomously and with Conviction: A Métis Refusal of State-Led Reconciliation
Transcription of a talk given on October 12th, 2018 at the 13th annual Decolonizing Thanksgiving Dinner in Guelph, Ontario on traditional Neutral/Chonnonton,... Read Full Article
October 16
Kingston: The Really Really Free Market as an Intervention Against Gentrification
Report from anarchists in so-called Kingston, Ontario, who analyze an attempt to use the Really Really Free Market model as an intervention... Read Full Article
October 13
Hamilton: Big Landlord Issues Mass Eviction Notices Against Organized Tenants
As the Stoney Creek Towers rent strike enters its sixth month, CLV is starting to lose it. Over the past several weeks,... Read Full Article
September 17
Getting Caught: Call for Stories about the Times you Didn’t Get Away
A call originally published on North Shore Counter-Info for a collection of stories about the times when you’ve gotten caught up. It happens.... Read Full Article
September 12
Toronto: Report-back from September 8th Antifascist Action
Report from antifascist mobilization against PEGIDA in Toronto. On August 8, the racist far-right group PEGIDA and their friends the Proud Boys,... Read Full Article
September 7
Shane: An Undercover Cop in Hamilton, ON
A look at how the anarchist movement in Ontario discovered a police infiltrator within their midst. He was here – on and... Read Full Article
September 6
North Shore Counter-Info at Six Months: Trends so Far and Call for Submissions
An analysis and a look back over the past 6 months of the North Shore Counter-Info website, based out of Southern Ontario.... Read Full Article
August 22
Calling It Terror: On Recent Attacks in Southern Ontario
Looking at recent events in Canada, the following analysis piece originally posted to Northshore Counter-Info argues that all movements and both State... Read Full Article
August 17
Toronto: Report from August 11th Anti-Fascist Mobilization
This report back from a very successful #AllOutAugust mobilization in Toronto first was published on Northshore Counter-Info. This is a report on... Read Full Article
July 25
Toronto: Report on the July 21 Counter Demo against PEGIDA
Originally published to North Shore Counter-Info and details a report back from anatifascist rally in so-called Toronto. The Basics On Saturday July... Read Full Article
July 17
Educate Me: On Canceling the Sex-Ed Reform
This article was originally posted to North Shore Counter-Info. Only a few weeks into his time as Premier, Doug Ford has already... Read Full Article
July 6
Guelph ON: Confront Canada Day! Rally
This report was originally posted to North Shore Counter-Info. GUELPH–On that day of nationalist garbage, so-called Canada Day, around 20 anti-capitalist supporters... Read Full Article
June 27
A Guide to Bill C-75: Understanding the Liberals’ Crime Bill, Part 2
This is the second part of a two part series that originally was posted to North-Shore.Info. Start at the beginning here. In... Read Full Article