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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.
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
June 26
Hamilton: Keeping our Guard Up and Moving Ahead
Originally posted to North Shore Counter-Info, this article offers insight into the state of the anarchist movement in Hamilton after a wave... Read Full Article
June 24
Kingston, ON: Reflecting on the Prison Farms “Victory”
This anonymous individual reflection first appeared on North Shore-Info. Yesterday, the Federal Government announced that a dairy farm would be established at... Read Full Article
June 20
A Guide to Bill C-75: Understanding the Liberals’ Crime Bill
This analysis of the new C-75 bill in Canada was originally published on North-Shore.Info. It’s the Colton Boushie bill and the #MeToo... Read Full Article
June 11
On Turning Orange: A Friendly Letter to Those who Urged us to Vote
The following critique of electorialism in the context of Ontario in so-called Canada was originally published on North-Shore.Info. There are many ways... Read Full Article
June 5
Beyond Support: Update on Locke St Defendants and a Proposal for Beginning to Organize Solidarity
The following submission from North Shore Counter-Info advocates for the beginning of a campaign of solidarity with anarchists facing repression in Canada. Before... Read Full Article
May 31
Kingston, ON: New Anarchist Podcast “From Embers”
From Embers is a new anarchist podcast out of Kingston, Ontario. A few times a month, we post episodes about actions and projects... Read Full Article
May 28
Hamilton: The Tower is Moving! A Statement
The following statement from the Tower social center in Hamilton, Ontario discusses how they were forced out of their space by a... Read Full Article
May 24
Toronto: Who Protects the Nazis?
This essay from The International Anti-Fascist Defense Fund was originally posted to North Shore Counter-Info. In Toronto at least, it’s abundantly clear... Read Full Article
May 22
On “Hate”, the Hamilton Police, and Mexican Food
A report and a history from North-Shore.Info on attacks on anarchists and social movements in the last ten years in the Hamilton... Read Full Article
May 7
Reflections on the East Hamilton Rent Strike
The following report and reflection on the East Hamilton Rent Strike was originally published on the North-Shore.Info website. “Alright, so show of... Read Full Article
May 4
Report-back from May Day in Kingston
This report back from May Day in Kingston was originally published on North-shore.Info. “Oh wow, we’re just, like, taking up the street,”... Read Full Article
April 14
Kingston, ON: Graffiti for Cedar
The following anonymous submission was originally posted on the counter-information website, North-Shore.Info. Last night we left graffiti reading FREE CED(A)R on Montreal... Read Full Article
April 9
Hamilton, ON: Another Day, Another Broken Door
Statement from the The Tower, Hamilton’s anarchist social center on a recent police raid. “This isn’t a question of agreeing or disagreeing... Read Full Article
April 3
Tower Defense: Holding Space Against the far-Right
This post was originally published on Northshore Counter-Info, and details the defense of an anarchist space in Hamilton, Ontario in the face... Read Full Article
March 27
Hamilton, ON: What Are We Fighting For?
This editorial originally appeared on Northshore Counter-Info. I rarely read fiction. I regret that truth and so every few months, when I... Read Full Article
March 25
Hamilton: Notes on the Catering Class
The following editorial was originally published on North Shore Counter-Info. So now sleepy little Hamilton has joined the likes of London, Greece,... Read Full Article
March 22
Unpopular Anarchist Thoughts: Some Reflections on the Actions to Oppose Faith Goldy at WLU
This analysis was first posted on the anarchist counter-information website, North Shore Counter Info. On Tuesday March 20th the Laurier Student for... Read Full Article
March 20
Neither Carrot Nor Stick: Still Refusing to Vote in the Ontario Election
The following editorial was originally published on North Shore Counter-Info. Against all expectations, the Ontario provincial election is shaping up to be... Read Full Article
March 19
Toronto: Posters Naming Brutal Cops Up for March 15th
Anarchist Network of Toronto and was originally re-posted by North Shore. As part of the International Day Against Police Brutality (March 15th),... Read Full Article
March 9
Hamilton: Staying Solid Through The Flurry: An Anarchist Perspective on the Kirkendall Riot
The following editorial was originally posted on the anarchist counter-information website, North-Shore.Info. To donate to the Tower social center, go here. I... Read Full Article
March 7
Hamilton, ON: The Tower Anarchist Social Centre’s Statement on Recent Events
The following statement comes from the anarchist social center in so-called Hamilton, The Tower, and addresses their windows being smashed out and... Read Full Article
March 5
Hamilton, Ontario: Black Bloc Takes to Street Against Gentrification
This following anonymous report was originally submitted to the anarchist counter-information website based in so-called southern Ontario, entitled, North Shore. We reprint... Read Full Article