Police on Montreal Counter-information

The Association of Nehirowisiw Aski Land Defenders Wants Saboteurs Handed Over to Police

Mon, 26 May 2025 13:23:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

We’re writing what follows to enable anarchist comrades and anticolonial militants to make informed decisions about where and how to engage in struggle.

In a press release published May 17, 2025, and available on their Facebook page, the Association of Nehirowisiw Aski Land Defenders (MAMO First Nations) condemns acts of vandalism recently committed on forestry machinery apparently belonging to a contractor involved in cuts on their territory.

Three Murders in 24 Hours. Night Attack on Police Training College. Justice for Abisay!

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:59:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

On Monday night, April 14th, anarchists entered Collège de Maisonneuve, which hosts the police training program, Techniques policières. The entrance was painted with “MINI COPS = FUTURE KILLERS” and “JUSTICE FOR ABISAY CRUZ” as well as other tags like “3 STATE MURDERS IN 24H” and “MAKE FASCISTS AFRAID”. A fire extinguisher filled with paint was very helpful, and a window was smashed. We do not forget the murders and abuses committed by the Montreal police over the last few weeks; readers, please spread the popular vengeance. To the students of the Techniques policières program: drop out and change paths, it is not a safe future, neither for us, nor for you. This program trains people who will be the future of state violence. The police is a force that punishes the poor, immigrants and racialized people, that beats and shoots protesters, that arrests and kills people like flies. This society is sick and the sickness is capitalism, the State, and hierarchy, and the guardians of this terrible social order are the police. We will never forget the injustices committed against us. Long live the memory of Abisay Cruz and that of all those killed by the police.

Statement On Arrest, Police Raid and Dropped Charges

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:36:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

On October 23rd, 2024, at 6:50 AM, I was arrested by the SPVM (Service de police de la Ville de Montréal) for allegedly “uttering threats to burn or damage property”. They forced their way into my apartment, and several pieces of my technology were seized. I was interrogated for hours, pushed to the edge, but despite the state’s efforts, the Crown Prosecutor ultimately failed to gather enough evidence to move forward with any charges, even before a pre-trial was conducted. This is a victory, not just for me, but for all those fighting within the movement, and the broader militant community. The sudden dropping of charges is a clear reflection of the over-policing, over-surveillance, that militants within our movement have been experiencing since the huge surge of Pro-Palestine organizing. My arrest came after a wave of repression that occurred across so-called “Canada”, with house raids being issued against militants in Toronto and the sanctioning of Samidoun, a Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. It is clear, that my arrest was apart of a broader strategy to intimidate and demobilize us, to fracture the solidarity and resistance we’re attempting to build. They believed by targeting individuals could disrupt our efforts. But they failed.

Montréal Police Block Anti-Fascists. . . To Allow Black Metal Fans To Celebrate Nazi Military Exploits

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:41:00 +0000

From Montréal Antifasciste

Montréal, November 30, 2024— Last night was the second of three nights of the Messe des Morts black metal festival, at the Théâtre Paradoxe, in Montreal’s Ville-Émard district. An anti-fascist demonstration was held to denounce the chronic complacency of the festival and many fans of the genre toward the National Socialist Black Metal (NSBM), or neo-Nazi, current that infuses this milieu, particularly the presence in this year’s program of at least four bands linked to this current by their themes, affiliations, and collaborations.

How to defend yourself during a police interrogation

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

PDF

Preface to the English version

In summer 2022, 2000 copies of this book were printed in French and 2000 in German . The french version is now sold out, and the Publisher « Éditions du Commun » had now reissued the book.

The book was written with the intention of serving as a tool of self-defense against the manipulative interrogation strategies employed by the police. As stated in the introduction, “ It addresses readers in various countries in which legislation may differ“. And indeed, we soon received feedback that the content conveyed by the book is equally applicable to countries such as Turkey, Morocco, Serbia, Italy, Denmark, and many more. And soon a number of supportive people were offering to translate the book into other languages. This is what happened with the English version, and we’d like to take this opportunity to warmly thank our translator and proofreader for their fine work.

Not Liking Someone Doesn’t Mean They’re a Cop: On Bad-jacketing

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:58:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to North Shore Counter-Info

Read the full text, including visuals, online as a PDF.

Find the full text ready for printing as an imposed PDF.

Since the commencement of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, millions around the world have taken to the streets in support of Palestine against the genocidal Zionist entity. We are, globally, in an unprecedented moment of anti-imperialist mobilisation, which threatens not only the Zionist occupation but the colonial powers that uphold it.

Demonstration in Solidarity with Gaza Breaks Dozens of Windows, Throws Molotovs at Police

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

From Clash Mtl

A demo for Palestine attacked Concordia University Sunday evening. Many windows of luxury stores on Sainte-Catherine street were also broken. The police were kept at a distance with the help of molotov cocktails.

Photos of the demo

Rad Pride 2024: How a Night Demo Defeated the SPVM in the Village

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:02:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

Sunday, August 10th was the second annual edition of Rad Pride. Over 250 people gathered at Papineau metro, pink balaclavas mingling with black bloc and our gayest demo attire. Under the rallying cries of “No pride in genocide” and “Queerness is resistance”, the march set off down Sainte-Catherine. Now, a couple weeks later, we want to offer a look back at this evening from a tactical perspective.

Toronto Police Approaching People to be Confidential Informants

Sat, 13 Jul 2024 12:03:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to North Shore Counter-Info

In case you missed it, Toronto Police have recently been attempting an old tactic against Palestinian solidarity organizers: soliciting arrestees to become confidential informants.

While this isn’t a new tactic, the blatant and concerted attempt to conjure informants in community organizing spaces is.

Writing this, I know of at least four separate individuals approached by police.

Each approach has been similar: the individual is arrested, charged, and then prior to being released, approached by a detective from Toronto Police’s Hate Crimes & Extremism Unit (HCEU).

Immigrant Detained and Abused at CISSS de Laval

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:04:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

Our friend Juba Mahiou, an immigrant to Canada, has been locked up for over six months at Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Laval. After an argument where police were called, they detained him under the guise of ‘mental health treatment,’ and have been forcing him to take drugs that are destroying his mind and body.

Judge Louis Charette noted that Juba was at risk of hypoglycemia and Parkinsons from drugs he was forced to take, but just ordered the doctors to also give him Parkinsons drugs ‘if needed.’

"Cops Off Campus" Anarchists Attack McGill

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 11:38:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

Police were invited to campus last week by McGill and pressured to charge someone by the administration just for some graffiti.

When cops are invited onto campus they police and ruin young people’s lives. Universities need to be made places of sanctuary. Denunciations and the lessons of history have not worked so far.

Yesterday, at night, we anarchists, armed with tools that anyone can find, committed our first acts of revenge, leaving our marks on the McGill administration building.

Peace Police are Police: New zine

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:50:00 +0000

Anonymous Submission to North Shore Counter-Info

Peace Police are Police: How Protest Marshals Sabotage Liberation and Protect the State
via True Leap Press

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Nanterre, France: Let's Riot!

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:30:00 +0000

From Abolition Media

Leaflet first published on June 29, 2023

A young man of 17, Nahel, was shot dead by a cop the day before yesterday, June 27, in Nanterre, a summary execution for something that has come to be called “a hit-and-run” or “refusal to comply”, for something that appears to be trying to escape so as not to remain at the mercy of two cops ready to kill. We don’t have the words – we’re still looking for them – to express our anger and total solidarity, unconditionally and even before we know more details about what happened the press has been spewing out rumors straight from the police precinct. Here are just a few thoughts, since we feel it’s necessary to express ourselves.

Is the SPVM the Schutzstaffel? Was the Schutzstaffel the SPVM?

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:18:58 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

“S— / S— / P-V-M ! Po- / lice / politique!” goes the chant.

I heard this a lot in 2012, when I was a baby anarchist, new to the raucus culture of the Montréal manif. Back then, the chant was often accompanied by a bevy of ironic sig heils directed at the police. It always felt a bit uncomfortable to find oneself in a crowd of largely white people making Nazi salutes, and eventually those ironic sig heils even caused a minor scandal in the anglophone press. The media uproar surely involved a great deal of bad faith, navel-gazing, and quotes from centre-right advocacy organizations, but at the end of the day it’s hard to argue that Nazi salutes (ironic or not) are anything but a bad look.

The Whole Orchard: Transformative Justice - Interview with harar v.a. hall

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:18:00 +0000

From the Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes

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Music

Cruelle - “Le temps qui nous reste”, from the demo, 2023, https://youtu.be/kYANtJ5tq_0
Excavation & Poésie - “Mal au ventre”, from the album “Ranger l’hiver”, 2023, https://excavationetpoesie.bandcamp.com/

References

Transformative justice process in Rojava: https://armsforrojava.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/consensus-is-key-new-justice-system-in-rojava/comment-page-1/

Transcription

Before we start, we would like to dedicate this episode to Nicous D’Andre Spring, a young black musician murdered by correctional officers this Christmas eve, while unlawfully detained at the Bordeaux prison in so-called Montreal. Rest in power Nicous.

Call for your contribution to the "Police State" journal for the 27th International Day Against Police Brutality

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Du COBP

In 1851, Victor Hugo wrote what would become the well-known slogan: “Police everywhere, justice nowhere”. We have to admit that he was right, and that his words are still relevant today. The function of the police is not and has never been to serve and protect; nor is that of the prison to help the offenders to repair the harm (when there is harm!) and to reintegrate society. The police and prison apparatus are part of the repressive machine of the state, which has the primary function of maintaining the established order and allowing capital to profit, and only secondarily of preventing violence and abuse. No wonder it is so inefficient.

Auxane Jonot: The Racist Cop Who Is Coming to Live in Québec

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 13:03:00 +0000

From Montréal Antifasciste

Montréal Antifasciste monitors hate groups whether they are active in the real world or online.

In recent years, the radical fringes of the far right have tended to leave traditional platforms like Facebook and Instagram in favour of platforms that they judge to be less regulated (e.g., GAB) or more secure (e.g., Telegram). That has not prevented us from continuing our surveillance work, as has been the case this year with the Québec section of the nebulous White Lives Matter .

The Whole Orchard: Policing in Indigenous Communities

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 12:29:00 +0000

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From the Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes

The Whole Orchard launches its third episode of the second season. This month, the podcast addresses the stakes surrounding the police in Indigenous territories, whether led by native people or settlers.

We talk about the Kanien’kéha language camp in Akwesasne and the relation of Indigenous communities with police forces with one of the founders of the camp.

In Montreal Everyone Still Hates the Police

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:03:00 +0000

From subMedia

Early on the evening of Tuesday March 15, anarchists and anti-authoritarians converged in the historic working-class neighbourhood of St-Henri, Montreal, for the 26th annual International Day Against Police Brutality. This year, in addition to venting their hatred of the SPVM (the Montreal police), a central theme of the march was the colonial repression faced by Wet’suwet’en land defenders and their supporters at the hands of the RCMP.

March 15th, 2022 - 26th Annual International Day Against Police Brutality

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 12:23:00 +0000

From the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality

The evening of March 15th, was the 26th annual protest against police brutality. 26 years of marching, 26 years of systematic repression by police brutality, like an annual tradition that leaves a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. The demonstrators decided to keep control of the sidewalks rather than be chased off the streets by violent and insulting police officers, and attacked the neighborhood’s worst businesses: Dollarama and the National Bank. Let’s remember that if Dollarama is a grocery store of last resort for the poor, it still sells unhealthy crap and is one of the worst companies in Quebec for abusing its workers. And on the other side, the National Bank is investing billions in several important oil projects. In the face of this self-defense of the poor against their oppressors, the police violently attacked the demonstration: truncheons, gas and beatings were the order of the day.

"Police State" Newspaper for March 15th, 2022

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

From the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality

Here is the newspaper “POLICE STATE” with 2 types of PDF files.

You can print it and distribute it widely.

The paper version of the newspapers are available in several student associations and at the AFESH information table at UQAM.

Also at DIRA and L’Insoumise .

Enjoy reading it!

PDF (to read)

PDF (to print)

The Whole Orchard Season 2

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:02:00 +0000

From the Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes (CLAC)

The second season of “The Whole Orchard” podcast will soon be available!

This year we’ll talk about anticarceral feminism, police forces on indigenous territories & transformative justice, amongst other subjects. Until then, you can listen to the five episodes of the 1st season by searching “Le verger au Complet” on your favorite podcast platform or by going to the web site .

Love & Rage,
The CLAC.

Call for Contributions to the Journal "Police State" for the 26th International Day Against Police Brutality

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

From COBP

Here as elsewhere in the world, the Police play a determining role in repressing anti-colonial, indigenous, environmental, immigration, etc. struggles. The struggle and resistance of Indigenous First Nations around the world will always be present at the front lines to counter capitalist interests and will be supported by international movements and solidarity links.

The theme for 2022 will be: “La police c’est colon en criss”-“shutdown the colonial police”.

March 15th, 2022: Shutdown the Colonial Police!

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

From the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (COBP)

It is difficult to look at what is currently happening in the Yintah, the Wet’suwet’en territory, without reflecting on the role of the RCMP in the Canadian colony. What eventually became the RCMP was founded in 1873, partly in response to the Red River Métis Rebellion of 1869-1870. The primary objective of the RCMP, from its inception, was therefore to maintain imperial hegemony over the territory in order to open it up to capitalist exploitation.

Wet’suwet’en Water Protectors Evade RCMP as Police Mobilize For Raid

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

From Gidimt’en Checkpoint

With plane-loads of cops on the way, Coyote Camp executed a strategic retreat to avoid police violence and criminalization. Cops are left with an empty camp.

We will continue to fight Coastal GasLink, but can not do so if all of our warriors are taken as political prisoners.

We call on supporters to continue to come to the yintah and to continue to take action where you stand. Visit http s ://yintahaccess.com for more info.

Urgent: RCMP Invasion Expected on Wet'suwet'en Territory

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

From Gidimt’en Checkpoint

For the fourth time in four years, we have received information that dozens of militarized RCMP are en route to Wet’suwet’en territory to facilitate construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline and to steal our unceded lands at gunpoint. We continue to hold the drill pad site, where Coastal Gaslink plans to tunnel beneath our pristine and sacred headwaters.

Two charter planes from Nanaimo have touched down in the town of Smithers on unceded Cas Yikh territory. RCMP have booked up local hotels for the next month. We have also received word from the Union of BC Indian Chiefs that the C-IRG unit of the RCMP – the paramilitary unit that protects private industries who are seeking to destroy Indigenous lands – are being deployed onto our lands.

URGENT UPDATE: Dozens of RCMP Have Deployed onto Wet'suwet'en Territory

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:09:00 +0000

From Gidimt’en Checkpoint

A charter plane full of RCMP have landed at the Smithers airport, with between 30 and 50 officers equipped with camo duffel bags.

Police loaded onto two buses and unmarked, rental pick-up trucks and headed out towards the yintah. An RCMP helicopter is reported to be heading to the area. Throughout today, helicopters have circled over our camps, conducting low, deliberate flights for surveillance.

The road into our yintah remains blocked by RCMP at 28km, with hereditary chiefs, food, and medical supplies being turned away.

Wet'suwet'en Territory: Gidimt'en Barricade CGL Access Road and Make Urgent Call for Support; RCMP Arrest One

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 14:13:26 +0000

From Gidimt’en Checkpoint

On September 22nd, 2021 , after days of conflict between Gidimt’en/Cas Yikh Chiefs and members, Coastal GasLink and the RCMP, contractors completely cleared an archaeological site which has been destroyed with heavy machinery for the construction of a methane gas pipeline.

On the morning of September 26th , the access road to Coastal GasLink’s drill site was destroyed. A series of blockades were put into place and the site was occupied. When the chiefs arrived onsite, they were threatened with arrest and denied access to their territory. One person was arrested during the occupation. Wet’suwet’en chiefs are trying to protect the sacred head waters of Wedzin Kwa. We cannot let them drill under this river.

New Communiqué Poster: Arson of 7 Police Cars at SPVM Service Garage

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:16:00 +0000

11 x 17" | PDF

Vancouver Island, BC: Gate Locked as RCMP Ramps up to Attack Growing Logging Blockades

Wed, 19 May 2021 11:04:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to It’s Going Down

On May 17 2021, the same day RCMP scum began enforcing Teal Jones Group’s court injunction against long-term logging blockades in Pacheedaht and Ditidaht territory, we locked TJG’s gate on Grierson Main road.

This action happened inside the injunction zone, within a few hours of the pigs beginning their assault on the brave land defenders at Caycuse blockade.

This gate, one of many in the area installed by Teal Jones to restrict access to their operations, is so easily turned against them. It now obstructs them from further destroying the upper reaches of the already ravaged Camper Creek watershed.

Rioting Against the Curfew!

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 13:12:00 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

On Sunday April 11th, in response to Legault’s re-instatement of the 8pm curfew, people took to the streets in Montreal to enjoy the spring weather and express joyous rage at this shit world that continues to steal our lives away from us. Without any stated political intenton, a callout was made on social media to gather in the Old Port to party and defy the curfew. A number of anarchists joined what turned out to be a mixed crowd of people, mostly younger, whose main commonality was anger that their few freedoms were being further curtailed by the government. The atmosphere prior to 8pm was excited and raucous, with ‘fuck Legault’ being the most frequent and loud chant. Motorcycles revved their engines, people danced, drank, and laughed with their friends to celebrate spring in defiance of this bullshit world.

Hamilton: Fuck the Covid Cops!

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:16:11 +0000

Anonymous submission to North Shore Counter-Info

PDF of posters.
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_ Like millions of other people in Ontario, I woke up this morning in a world where the police had been given the authority to stop you at any time, question you, demand information without any reason, and make orders which have to be followed. In practice, a lot of this stuff already happens, but formalizing what is usually an abuse of power is a huge blow.

Communiqué of the COBP : 25th Annual International Day Against Police Brutality

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

From COBP

March 15, 2021

Tonight was the 25th annual protest against police brutality. 25 years of marching, 25 years of systematic repression against it, like an annual tradition of bad taste. For this important anniversary the SPVM decided to let the march go on but with a very tight supervision; many police officers pushed people who did not follow their rules.

We marched in Parc-Extension, a working class, poor, migrant-majority neighbourhood, because it is threatened by gentrification, as are many others throughout the city. The trendy new Mile-Ex technology district and the arrival of a new University of Montreal campus are responsible for the gentrification of Parc-Ex and what comes with it: the eviction of many tenants who will not be able to afford to relocate in the neighbourhood, the explosion of prices and fancy stores, and an increase in police surveillance to protect the new wealthier residents so to bring “order” to the neighbourhood, these residents are “erased” and pushed onto the streets.

In Defence of Religious Freedom

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:30:13 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

(Link to video of orthodox Jewish gathering being broken up in Montreal - https://twitter.com/i/status/1352813893039648768 )

At this very moment, on Wednesday Feb 17, 2021, a pastor is in jail for holding worship services. This is a milestone in Canada’s slide into authoritarianism. Canada is now jailing dissidents. Christians are now a persecuted religious minority. So are Jews. Multiple gatherings of orthodox Jews have been broken up by police in Montreal over the last month. Not only is a clear example of oppression against a historically oppressed group, it is always telling about the times that we are living in. I don’t think that most people realize what this means. It means that we don’t have rights anymore.

25th Annual Demonstration Against Police Brutality

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

From COBP

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ABOLISH THE POLICE - March 15, 2021 - 25th International Day Against Police Brutality

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

From the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (COBP)

On March 15, 2021, the 25th International Day Against Police Brutality will take place regardless of the sanitary situation.

Those involved in the organization of this year’s edition will opt for adequate alternatives according to the evolution of the pandemic, which, besides, had already hit by March 15, 2020.

Because it bears emphasizing what a brutal year it has been! Through difficult times, as the entire population strives to show solidarity, there is a constant value on which we can always count: the police remain merciless.

No Police-Based Solution to the Health Crisis!

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:28:34 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

Montreal, January 9, 2021

Today at 8 p.m., for the first time in our history, a province-wide curfew will be put in place. After ten months of a health crisis, our government has once again opted for a police-based solution. With alarms, sirens and flashing lights, the police will announce the time of its reign every night, at least for the next month. This strategy of intimidation and fear implemented won’t be sufficient to camouflage the amateurism and ineffectiveness of the caquiste method of pandemic management.

Arson of 7 Police Cars at SPVM Service Garage

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 13:21:07 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

Cops are murderers. We burned their cars. You can too.

We used three incendiary devices: square plastic bottles filled about 3/4 of the way with a mixture of gasoline and motor oil. We used super glue to attach two individually packaged fire cubes (which you can find in camping, hardware, and grocery stores) to the side of each bottle.

At each car, we placed a bottle on its side (cubes facing up), pushed it under the tire of the car, and lit the cube.

Who Arms The Police? A Short List of “Canadian” Companies

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:29:22 +0000

From North Shore Counter-Info

People in the so-called US have been rising up against white supremacy and the police, and for Black liberation. People in so-called Canada have been in the streets too – naming genocide against Black and Indigenous people, calling out police murders here, and making their opposition known. Many of these demonstrations, occupations, and riots have been met with more police violence. The police in the “US” and “Canada” regularly use tear gas, rubber bullets, tasers, batons, and sound weapons to suppress our presence in the streets and to harass marginalized communities on the daily.

Montrealers call for defunding the police, decarcerating prisons

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:28:54 +0000

From the Anti-Carceral Group

June 13, 2020 – Montreal – At 12pm today, one hundred Montrealers gathered in front of the Bordeaux prison to call for defunding the police and decarcerating prisons. Black activists told the crowd about the violence inflicted upon their communities by prisons and the police. The crowd held banners with slogans such as “Prisons Kill,” “Black Lives Matter,” and “Defund the Police,” and made noise to show solidarity with prisoners inside Bordeaux.

Fuck the Police, Defend Looters

Sun, 14 Jun 2020 13:36:04 +0000

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Black and Racialized Anarchists on the May 31st Demonstration: 9 Recommendations for Moving Forward

Sun, 07 Jun 2020 13:50:40 +0000

From Contrepoints

1. Nothing justifies police violence; whether we’re on a morning jog, using a counterfeit $20 bill, or breaking a jewelry store window. What the colonial state determines as crimes are often attempts at escaping poverty and systemic violence, or the result of these two things. We advocate for a restorative justice centered on the needs and experiences of victims, not a punitive justice centered on the needs of commerce and state control. Those who partake in protests while reproducing the discourse of the dominant class and playing police are doing the oppressors’ work.

Piles of Bricks and Other Things That Are Beside the Point: 11 Arguments Against Protest Conspiracies

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:37:11 +0000

From North Shore Counter-Info

(There is also a PDF of this text available for printing)

We’ve seen a lot of people on social media spreading rumours and sharing conspiracy theories about the uprising currently going on South of the border. These might be rumours about potential white supremacist attacks and interventions or conspiracies about police agents being responsible for violence carried out by protestors. This kind of online behaviour is harmful and undermines the movements you’re probably trying to support, and we thought we’d take a minute to break down why we should collectively push back against this trend.

Fuck the Police - Tomorrow and Forever [Video]

Sat, 02 May 2020 15:30:50 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

May Day is an occasion to remind ourselves why we fight for a more just world, a world not submitted to the domination of a capitalist elite, a world where we can dream. However, for reasons that are clear, we won’t be able to assemble in the streets this year, but this doesn’t mean the resistance is dead. Despite its ravages, the coronavirus crisis has provided many with the opportunity to break with normality and reconsider the anxiety-inducing, senseless and dehumanizing rhythms of our lives. More than ever, these troubled times are the occasion to reflect on the possibilities of creating a new world that only we can shape through mutual aid and solidarity.

A March in Solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en Pays a Visit to the RCMP's Quebec Headquarters

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 13:45:36 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

A bit over a hundred people marched through downtown Montreal Thursday night, to show their solidarity with the inhabitants of Wet’suwet’en territory currently facing violence and harrassment from the colonial Canadian state and its police force, the RCMP. Demonstrators marched in the streets of Montreal toward the RCMP offices behind a banner reading “RCMP OFF WET’SUWET’EN LAND”.

The RCMP headquarters was targeted in response to violence against indigenous people and especially the Wet’suwet’en. The car parked in the driveway had its windows broken and tires slashed, and paint bombs and graffiti hit the building. The demonstration occured in the context of a wave of actions currently shutting down so-called Canada. The message is clear: violence committed against indigenous peoples, land defenders and water protectors, on Wet’suwet’en land or elsewhere, will always meet with a response. This response will come from everywhere and it will only get louder.

The Federal Minister of Justice Targeted in Response to the RCMP Invasion of Wet'suwet'en Territory

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:54:35 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

The Canadian state isn’t invulnerable. As Canada sends an army into Wet’suwet’en territory to try to force through the Coastal GasLink pipeline, it’s time to find the weak points of this country’s economic and political power, and attack.

Last night, in response to the start of the RCMP raid, we visited the riding office of David Lametti, federal minister of justice, in Montreal. We emptied a fire extinguisher filled with paint inside after breaking a window.

Call-in Campaign: Telkwa and Houston Community Centres to House RCMP during Gidim'ten and Unist'ot'en Raid Attempt

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 01:32:19 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

On January 4th, Wet’suwet’en members delivered an eviction notice to the CGL mancamp known as “site 9A” on Unistʼotʼen territory. CGL complied with the eviction notice, and employees and security forces completely withdrew from the territory. Shortly thereafter, there were reports of over 100 felled trees and piles of tires and accelerants blocking Morice West Forest Service Road, effectively protecting the area from industry and RCMP incursion. This unceded Wet’suwet’en land has now been liberated from Canada.

Call for Activities and Events of the Week Against Police Brutality

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

From the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality

Each year, the COBP organizes a week against police brutality built on a specific theme.

The theme this year is “Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere: International Solidarity!”.

Revolts are multiplying worldwide: Chili, Colombia, Algeria Ecuador, Haiti, Iraq, Iran, France, Hong Kong, India… And the common point in all these revolts is police brutality. A brutality supported by colonial forces, who do not hesitate to equip police everywhere with more and more lethal weapons.

"État policier" Newspaper - Call for Submissions of Texts

Sat, 28 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

From the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality The theme this year of the 24th International Day Against Police Brutality is “Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere: International Solidarity!”.

Capitalism is collapsing. Neoliberalism is dying. Those in power cling to their authority as their greed pushes us towards environmental catastrophe, they wage war on solidarity and become more and more monstrous every day that passes.

As they did during the bloody colonial birth of this state and all its kind, the power-holders turn to the police, the gendarmerie, the capital watchdogs to guarantee their ill-gotten gains.

National Insecurity: The RCMP Knocks on Doors in Montreal

Sat, 07 Dec 2019 19:22:36 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

When it comes to its colonial, racist regime of borders and prisons, the Canadian state, in its police headquarters and technocratic backrooms, sees trouble on the horizon. With a network of border posts, patrols, surveillance technology, detention centers, courts, “alternatives to detention”, and deportation squads, this country’s rulers hope to secure the authority to determine who can make a life on the territory they fraudulently govern, who can find a place to live, who can send their kids to school, who can access health care, who can go about their days without fear. They are supported in this project by mass media always ready to dramatize any new trend in irregular border crossings, by cultural myths positing Canada as friendly and welcoming, concealing a murderous, cruel reality, and of course by the far right, who have the vital task of mis-directing poor and working people’s anger towards fellow victims of the global economic system at the root of their sense of powerlessness.

"You're Not Tough Now": Two Off-duty Cops Get Wrecked (Video)

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:13:27 +0000

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Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info The video being unfortunately already in the possession of the SPVM, we decided to create a little remix.

August 24th, 2019. Downtown Montreal. A crowd spots two off-duty cops from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal outside a bar. From the nearby Station 21, they spend their shifts harassing and brutalizing poor and marginalized people in the area. Off-duty, they have no guns, no tasers, no radios to call for backup. Let’s see what happens when they have no badge to hide behind.

Don't Call the Cops!

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 15:10:10 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

In the early morning of Monday June 10th, the Montreal police shot a man. A neighbour was having a crisis. Instead of doing anything helpful, they harassed him for hours. They had guns pointed at his head. They finally shot him in the leg through hs own apartment door early monday morning. On Sunday June 17th anarchists in the St-Henri neighbourhood of Montreal put up posters reminding our neighbours to think twice before calling the cops.

RCMP Vehicles Destroyed in Hamilton

Tue, 14 May 2019 16:17:55 +0000

Anonymous submission to North Shore Counter-Info

Since 1873, the Canadian government has been using the RCMP and all police services at their disposal to forcefully invade indigenous territory, helping to steal their land for resources and aid in their assimilation.

Out west on Wet’suwet‘en territory in Northern BC the RCMP continue to harass individuals travelling to and from their homes, seizing cars and leaving youth and mothers stranded in the wilderness. In addition, police continue to keep the Wet’suwet’en from freely accessing hunting and fishing grounds and – as the spring thaw continues – areas where they would gather berries and medicines for sickness and ceremony. All this on behalf and in favour of TransCanada/TC Energy.

“Blue Wave” hits a wall in Montreal : antifascists force a nationalist identitarian demonstration to hide (yet again) behind the police

Tue, 07 May 2019 16:03:20 +0000

From Montréal Antifasciste

Montréal, May 6th, 2019–The Montreal police (SPVM) was out in force today to protect several hundred Quebec nationalist bigots who had been mobilized by a handful of identitarian groups.

As we reported last week , the “Vague bleue” (“Blue Wave”) was in fact organized by activists associated with Storm Alliance, the Front patriotique du Québec, and various far right keyboard warriors. In the end it was the crème de la crème of Quebec’s frustrated nationalists, wannabe militia members, and flea market patriots – not more than 400 people – who found themselves enveloped by two lines of riot cops in front of the TVA network’s building in Montreal, supposedly to support Bill 21

Callout for the March Against Police Brutality 2019

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

From the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality

As is the case each year, the COBP organizes a week against police brutality which starts on March 8th and ends on March 16th, 2019.

State brutality must be denounced, whether this brutality is coming from police, politicians or judges. Especially considering the massive over reach of the criminal injustice system this year alone.

Was there any justice for Nicholas Gibbs, assassinated in broad daylight? By those so-called “peace officers?”
Is there any justice for the migrants? For which we refuse to give the quality of life that was stolen from them by canadian companies abroad?
Is there any justice for the people of Unist’ot’en and Wet’suwet’en? Taken away yet another time from their ancestral lands?
Is there any justice for environmental activists? Imprisoned for blockading projects leading to our own destruction?
Is there any justice for all minorities, whether racial, religious, queer and/or native, which are constantly profiled and imprisoned by a system trying to erase their very existence?

Because the judiciary system, the political system, and their state agent lapdogs (RCMP, SQ and SPVM, etc.) have nothing to do with protecting minorities. Their role is to answer to the needs of the better off: the rich and privileged. Their role has nothing to do with justice, and all with the defence of the castle of the privileged. A castle which is, every day, less sustainable, and less acceptable.

March 15th Against the Police

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 07:08:20 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

Because a less brutal police isn’t the point whatsoever, here’s a poster that better reflects the intentions of many among us.

To print (French only) | PDF 11 x 17

RCMP FUCK OFF: Hamilton in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:42:13 +0000

Anonymous submission to North Shore Counter-Info

Late last night as many had their eyes glued to screens cheering on the Patriots in the Superbowl, a small crew of pals got busy taking on one symbol of so-called Canada’s nationalism: the RCMP. Within just minutes a handful of determined folks had destroyed all electronic keypad entries to the building, filled the manual locks with superglue and toothpicks, and dismantled the entry and exit systems to their gated police vehicle lot. Along the west windows we left what we came to say: “RCMP OFF WET’SUWET’EN LAND”.

Flyer: When the Police Attack

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:27:19 +0000

Anonymous Submission to MTL Counter-info

The police are in our way. They are in the way of the demo continuing: to the next block, the bank windows downtown, the police station and government offices. They are also blocking our way towards something else: towards a world without bosses, cops, and prisons, as the good old slogan says. But before being in our way, they are first and above all… the police, an institution based on colonization, racism, and the state’s monopoly on violence. We will have no other choice but to confront them as an adversary in each of our struggles.

Homophobic Cops of Quebec

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:50:13 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

The following is a list of cops who have, near or far, participated in the development of police operations with the purpose of harassing queer men cruising in public spaces in the so-called province of Quebec. This list is not exhaustive.

Sébastien CHARRON constable│PDQ 15 │SPVM │ Opération Sentier

Geneviève PÉPIN constable│PDQ 15 │SPVM │ Opération Sentier

Jean-Ernest CÉLESTIN chief │PDQ 15 │SPVM │ Opération Sentier

From Embers: Cruise Control

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 17:29:40 +0000

From From Embers

An interview with a member of a Montreal-based collective that is researching and raising awareness about police crackdowns in gay cruising areas.

Links:

Cruise Control collective page (facebook link)

Ultra Red audio activists, Los Angeles, USA

Shane: an Undercover Cop in Hamilton, ON

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 03:07:36 +0000

From North Shore Counter-info

Submitted anonymously to North Shore Counter-Info

He was here – on and off – for about 2 years, first appearing in the Summer of 2016.

His name is “Shane”.

That’s his undercover name, and his real name. “Shane Bond”, is what he told us – with “us” being the different communities and circles in Hamilton he tried to infiltrate.

Shane was just another dude when he showed up. To be honest most of us didn’t take notice – at least not at first. There were no leading or intrusive questions. He didn’t incite divisive arguments or spread gossip. He was quiet – maybe even boring. And while he did persistently harass some women in our community to grab a beer despite rejection it didn’t scream “cop” so much as misogyny – an experience that’s unfortunately still somewhat normal in our circles.

Soldiers of Odin in Montreal: The Police are (Still) Protecting the Nazis!

Sun, 27 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

From Montréal-Antifasciste

On Saturday, May 12, there was a demonstration in the Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie neighbourhood of Montréal to publicly denounce the presence of Gabriel Sohier Chaput, a neo-Nazi ideologue with close ties to Daily Stormer, one of the most influential sites for neo-Nazi propaganda in the world today. Antifascists in Montréal revealed that Sohier Chaput, whose primary pseudonym is “Zeiger,” lived until recently at 6308 rue Fabre. Zeiger was also the key coordinator of a so-called “Stormer Book Club” in Montréal , a social club for young men who identify with the neo-Nazi alt-right.

May Day 2018 Montreal: Anarchists Attack Police

Fri, 04 May 2018 14:32:41 +0000

From subMedia

On May Day, the CLAC, or anti-capitalist convergence, started their demo at Parc LaFontaine in Montreal. People took the sidewalks to prevent the cops from flanking the demo. About 5 minutes in, shit kicked off! Anarchists attacked police with rocks, bricks, flags, and fireworks.

Another Day, Another Broken Door

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:45:12 +0000

From Northshore Counter-Info

Statement from The Tower, Hamilton’s anarchist social centre

Early Friday morning, Hamilton police raided a home associated with some of those involved with organizing The Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair. The door was kicked in, a flash grenade was thrown into the house, and a full swat team entered. With their assault rifles drawn, the swat team proceeded to pull everyone out of bed some of whom were naked, and with one exception, put everyone in handcuffs. Three people were detained and one person arrested. Cedar, a member of The Tower Collective and our cherished friend, was arrested, taken away, and currently remains in custody.

Demonstration Against the Police in Maniwaki

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:20:29 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

As part of the week against police brutality, the Outaouais region mobilized like every year to create a series of events denouncing the violence of the Gatineau police and the SQ. This year, community organizations from the region and activists also decided to rent a bus to go to Maniwaki in support of two families that have faced the violence of SQ officers. In 2015, Brandon Maurice was killed, shot by an SQ cop, and in 2018, a friend of the Maurice family, Steven Bertrand, was shot in the dead by a courthouse guard who refused to let him leave to smoke a cigarette.

March 15th: Anarchists Clash with Police

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:46:07 +0000

From subMedia

Anarchists clashed with cops during the march against police brutality. This was the 22nd installment of the march — and along with MayDay, it’s consistently one of the most militant demonstrations that takes place in the Canadian city each year. People attacked the cops with flag poles and fire extinguishers filled with paint. Corporate stores and banks had their windows smashed, but the police managed to protect the studios of TVA – a right-wing TV network that published a fake news story that stoked anti-Muslim sentiments in Quebec City. The police violently charged at the crowd, seriously injuring one person and arresting three. Three cops were also injured.

No Good Cops

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:54:27 +0000

From subMedia

In the lead-up to the annual demo against police brutality, several vandals set out to remind everyone that the problem is not a few bad apples. Anarchists don’t want nicer cops, we want to abolish the fucking police. ALL. COPS. ARE. BASTARDS.

#ftp #acab #nogoodcops

March 15th: Demo Against Police Brutality

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:16:00 +0000

From subMedia

The C.O.B.P. has been inviting all citizens to participate in demonstrations aiming to express anger towards the fact that the Quebec Police corps feeds off of repression, profiling and brutality. Each year, we issue several claims pertaining to the police’s intervention methods, their abuse and the impunity that is of second nature to their profession. This year is no exception : the Collectif Opposé à la Brutalité Policière invites you to take to the streets on March 15, 2018, in order to express by all means necessary our refusal to bow down to the colonial and capitalist authority that is the police. It is of utmost importance to highlight the fact that this demonstration will take place on unceded indigenous territory which the Quebec political class continues to think is an area that it governs.

Demo Against The Police Of Maniwaki (and all other)

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 07:35:02 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

Gathering at Place Émilie-Gamelin, tonight (February 1) at 19h

With every bullet, we are reminded that the police are murderers. Yesterday, they once again opened fire on someone – an 18 year old who remain anonymous – who was acting with hostility at the courthouse in Maniwaki. Last summer Pierre Coriolan was gunned down by the police while he was having a mental health crisis. In the winter of 2016, Bony Jean-Pierre was murdered by police. As long as this deadly order is imposed on us, we will not forget, and we will not forgive.

Protest against police brutality 2018

Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:03:54 +0000

For more than over 20 years now, the C.O.B.P. has been inviting all citizens to participate in demonstrations aiming to express anger towards the fact that the Quebec Police corps feeds off of repression, profiling and brutality. Each year, we issue several claims pertaining to the police’s intervention methods, their abuse and the impunity that is of second nature to their profession. This year is no exception : the Collectif Opposé à la Brutalité Policière invites you to take to the streets on March 15, 2018, in order to express by all means necessary our refusal to bow down to the colonial and capitalist authority that is the police. It is of utmost importance to highlight the fact that this demonstration will take place on unsurrendered indigenous territory which the Quebec political class continues to think is an area that it governs.

Protest Against Police Brutality 2018

Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

From Collectif Opposé à la Brutalité Policière

Quebec City Police Protect Racists

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:48:32 +0000

From sub.Media

On November 25, the largest far-right demonstration in Quebec since the 1930s took place in the provincial capital, including right-wing militias and the openly Neo-Nazi group Atalante Quebec. Riot police violently repressed anti-fascist counter-protesters in order to allow the far-right to march, and 44 comrades were arrested.

Anti-racist, anti-police

Sat, 11 Nov 2017 16:44:27 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

On November 7th, early in the morning, we broke the store window of PSP Corp, a manufacturer and distributor of police and security equipment that supplies police forces in the Montreal area. We then sprayed blue paint all over their merchandise with the help of a fire extinguisher. This action was at once anti-racist, against the police, and against the private security companies that are complicit in police infrastructure in our neighborhoods. The police and their supporters are on the front lines of the violent maintenance of the white supremacist social order and the colonial authority of the state and of capitalism. Following the rise of the far right in Quebec, the police has defended racists and allowed them to spread their hate. The far right supports and encourages the maintenance and expansion of the police state and the surveillance measures that systematically target racialized and working-class people. Smashing PSP Corp.’s window and destroying their merchandise is a way of fighting back against surveillance and police infrastructure in our neighborhoods.

Infiltrated! How to prevent political police from undermining grassroots solidarity

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 19:13:58 +0000

From Stones and Sticks and Words Editorial note: We republish this text because these lessons remain very relevant, especially given that the Canadian State will likely attempt to infiltrate radical communities in the lead up to the G7 in Charlevoix, QC next summer. For more resources on combating infiltration, check out Stop Hunting Sheep: A Guide to Creating Safer Networks and Stay Calm: Some tips for keeping safe in times of state repression .

Policing isn’t broken; it’s working for capitalist and colonial interests

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:39:03 +0000

From Stones and Sticks and Words

On July 24, 2016, Somalian refugee Abdirahman Abdi was brutally beaten to death by two Ottawa police officers.

His death caused outrage, and drew attention to the issue of police brutality towards Black people in Ottawa. Anti-Black racism, and police violence towards Black people has been one of the central political issues of the past two years. This is a short essay that analyzes policing, and some thoughts about what to do to end the violence of policing.

This just in: people still not loving police

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 23:45:04 +0000

During the morning of June 21, a police car was attacked with bricks in the neighbourhood of Pointe-Saint-Charles. The circumstances of the attack are unknown, as it hasn’t been reported by the SPVM or the media. This begs the question of how often similar acts occur without anyone hearing about them, because they are invisibilized by the institutions that control the flow of information.

It’s impossible to say what inspired such an action yesterday morning and we want to avoid the trap of imposing a political narrative where there isn’t necessarily one. Nonetheless, hearing of this trashed police car brought us feelings of elation and inspiration. We publish this photo because, no matter the circumstances, it’s encouraging to see people fighting back against such an age-old enemy.

Each cop hides a secret: it’s easy to attack power

Sun, 14 May 2017 02:31:51 +0000

11 x 17″ | PDF

Everywhere the cops aren’t – and they can’t be everywhere all the time – there are banks, gentrifying condos, government offices, surveillance cameras, blank walls, and the infrastructure of capitalism (railroads, highways, pipelines, construction projects). Those who attack are those who don’t believe history has only one path, written by the authorities, towards a society that is increasingly controlled and increasingly dead. The pervasive surveillance around us shows us that the authorities fear our potential to act for freedom. By choosing to revolt against everything that keeps us from truly living, we can contribute to destroying this world that has been imposed on us while creating a new one.

Police Protect Far-Right Demo From Antifascists

Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:38:25 +0000

From Sub.media

Today the far right in Montreal was able to take the streets, with the supposed aim to protest against the Liberal government. They left out their affiliations out of their call-out, and successfully attracted a sizeable crowd, who were none the wiser about the politics of the organizers.

#monteeal riot Police form a perimeter around #fascist demo preventing #Antifa from confronting them pic.twitter.com/dvi4ymxznM

— submedia (@submedia) April 23, 2017

March 15 in Montreal: police attacked, kettle broken

Fri, 17 Mar 2017 03:22:28 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

A couple hundred people gathered yesterday evening at Place Valois in Hochelaga for the 20th annual edition of the Demonstration Against Police Brutality, organized by the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (COBP). It was the day after the largest snowstorm of the year in Montreal, and the mounds of snow lining the streets meant obstacles for both demonstrators and the cops. Refusing the protest framework demanding less brutal police, we carried with us the memory of March fifteenths past and their legacy of anti-police revolt. Also, rocks.

Kill the cop in your head

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:46:00 +0000

From The Sling: Montreal Anarchist Journal The Sling is available at L’Insoumise and La Déferle (in french)

« La meilleure des polices ne porte pas l’uniforme » (The best police don’t wear uniforms) - La Rumeur, French hip-hop group

Hatred for the police? You feel it too? They piss you off, ticket you, harass you, arrest you, bring you to the station, baton you, pepper-spray you, or tear-gas you, beat you, surveil you, follow you, blackmail you, handcuff you, throw you in a cage, make you lose an eye, terrorize you?

"Cops Protect Fascists" Report-back

Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:02:42 +0000

From Sub.media

As the far-right attempted to mobilize demonstrations all over North America on Saturday, anti-fascists came out in force to oppose them. In Montreal, the far-right organized under the banner of La Meute (The Wolf Pack), an anti-Muslim group which was founded by a former soldier in the Canadian army.

Anti-fascists attempted to shut the far-right down, but faced down with an extremely determined police force who were intent on allowing the fascists to march. This was the first time that a far-right organization has been able to hold the streets in Montreal in years.

Louis Cyr, the police, and the gentrification of St-Henri

Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:53:16 +0000

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Legal fees for attacking cops

Fri, 08 Jul 2016 18:41:23 +0000

On June 13, 2016 in Montreal, a judge sentenced me to 3 years of probation and 125 hours of community service for a memorable event that took place during the 2015 May Day in Montreal. I also have $600 of judicial fees to pay in 45 days. For this, I need your help. But in addition, I’ll offer you the delicious testimony of the cop who got beat while arresting me!

After-party riot at Francofolies: fuck la police

Fri, 24 Jun 2016 23:23:45 +0000

Submitted to MTL Counter-info

Triggering fomo (fear of missing out) in anarchists across Montreal who aren’t francophone music fans, over a hundred Francofolies festival-goers rioted last friday night after a performance by french rapper MHD. The crowd, mostly under the age of 20, threw bricks, bottles, and traffic cones at police, smashed the windows of at least 20 businesses between St-Denis and Drummond street, overturned vending carts, and attacked the headquarters of the SPVM, breaking multiple windows along its Saint-Urbain street facade. Six cops were reported injured.

For the proliferation of the balade: some thoughts on the anti-police demo in Hochelag'

Tue, 10 May 2016 23:03:07 +0000

From Anarchistnews

After having participated in what was called as a demo against the police in Hochelaga on Thursday April 14th, we had the urge to share some reflections outside of our living rooms (towards yours perhaps?).

First off, we were fucking excited to see a flyer circulate that was calling for a neighborhood demo in Hochelag’. We want to be able to participate in moments of struggle in the neighborhood and not only downtown and/or in demos called on Facebook.

Poster series: war against the racist police state

Tue, 03 May 2016 21:45:37 +0000

MTL Counter-info designed the following posters to remember some of the special moments during the recent revolt against police in Montréal-Nord. Enjoy!

11 x 17″ | PDF

Rage against the Police in Quebec

Sat, 16 Apr 2016 14:20:37 +0000

From Submedia.tv

April 2016, Montreal cops murdered Jean-Pierre Bony by shooting him with bullet to the head, for allegedly fleeing a drug raid.

Jean-Pierre was unarmed. His community took to the streets to express their rage. People attacked a police station and set several vehicles aflame. Later that week, police in the indigenous community of Lac-Simon murdered Sandy Michel, a 25 year old man, whose brother was also killed by cops.Last night, people in Montreal protested this latest killing. Montreal police attacked the crowd with tear gas and assaulted protesters.

Demo throws molotovs at police in Hochelaga

Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

According to the Media (our enemies)

A demonstration of around 30 masked people took the streets of Hochelaga on the night of Thursday, April 14. Police were attacked with fireworks and molotovs. There were no arrests.

A riot for every police murder

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:24:57 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

On the night of Monday, April 11, a demonstration in Montreal in response to the second police killing in under two weeks attacked the SPVM. Sandy Tarzan Michel, an Anishinabe man, was murdered by police on the anishnabeg reserve in Lac Simon, Quebec, last Wednesday, April 6. Police shot him several times after running him over with a police cruiser. Sandy’s nineteen year-old brother was also assassinated by police in Lac-Simon in 2009.

Rest In Power Jean-Pierre Bony

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 18:05:33 +0000

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Rest In Power Bony Jean-Pierre

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 08:44:31 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

Last week, the police murdered Bony Jean-Pierre in Montreal-Nord, yet another black person assassinated by the agents of white supremacy. Wednesday night, the day of the birthday of Fredy Villanueva – assassinated by the police in 2008 and avenged by two nights of riots in Montreal-Nord – a demonstration in response to the murder of Bony Jean-Pierre turned into a riot against the police.

As expected, the Media regurgitated the myth of the “outside agitator”, just as they did during the Oscar Grant riots in Oakland, and the recent rebellion in Ferguson, perpetuating the lie of the incapacity of black people to act for themselves.

For a month against police

Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:31:48 +0000

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For a month against police: SPVM cruiser attacked outside of metro Charlevoix

Sat, 05 Mar 2016 05:01:04 +0000

Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info

Earlier today, at 6 pm, a few friends attacked an SPVM cruiser parked outside of Charlevoix metro in the Montreal neighborhood of Pointe-Saint-Charles by slashing the tires and breaking the windows.

We want to use this attack as a call for actions against police in Montreal between now and the end of March.

As the annual demonstration against “police brutality” approaches, we’d like to move away from only being combative with police during an annual demonstration, for which they can prepare extensively and after which social peace is easily restored. We want to show that the police are vulnerable to sabotage, and that this is possible every day of the year. We want fear to change camps. We want to encourage the anarchist space in Montreal to experiment with a diffuse offensive against the daily operations of police, not just on march 15th, but in the entire coming month.

Anti-police graffiti in Hochelaga

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 21:13:36 +0000

Last night, a few friends painted a flaming police cruiser in the neighborhood of Hochelaga along the main boulevard, inspired by the struggle against police in St. Louis and Ferguson. Solidarity with all the rebels out on the streets learning how to fight the police together. Despite the more successful enforcement of social peace in Montreal at the moment, your acts and words resonate with the furthering of hostilities towards white supremacy, the State, and capital in our context.

RCMP Blocked from entering Unist’ot’en Camp

Sat, 18 Jul 2015 21:22:22 +0000

From Submedia.tv

On July 15th 2015, officers of the royal canadian mounted police (rcmp) tried to enter Unist’ot’en territory. The Unist’ot’en have built a camp that stands in the way of several oil and gas pipelines. Camp supporters blocked the RCMP from entering. The following day, the rcmp threatened to arrest supporters at another checkpoint, but supporters responded by building a gate. The Unist’ot’en have requested physical support from allies. For more info on how you can help visit UnistotenCamp.com

Police lay charges after protest targets officers in northern Ontario First Nation

Fri, 10 Jul 2015 02:58:45 +0000

CBC News – Provincial police have arrested and charged eight people from Pikangikum First Nation in northwestern Ontario, after a protest last month destroyed three police vehicles and left officers barricaded inside their detachment.

Four adults and four young offenders were arrested and charged on July 7 or July 8 with a variety of offences.

A 30-year-old woman is facing charges of assault a peace officer with a weapon. Other charges include break and enter, mischief and breach of probation.

Rail lines blocked in solidarity with Indigenous communities in conflict with the State

Sat, 30 May 2015 20:16:44 +0000

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Cop car set on fire after March 15 demo

Thu, 28 May 2015 23:24:57 +0000

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Hochelag' Nique la Police

Thu, 21 May 2015 21:59:44 +0000

11 x 17″ | PDF

Montreal actions against prisons, police, and the world that needs them

Wed, 20 May 2015 17:22:30 +0000

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From Ferguson to Oakland

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

From Ferguson to Oakland: 17 days of riots and revolt in the Bay Area

From Crimethinc

A wild and growing anti-police revolt is in full swing across the Bay Area. It is a node in the growing national movement sparked by the insurrection in Ferguson following the police execution of Michael Brown, and at the same time it is a continuation of local struggles dating back at least to the 2009 Oscar Grant riots in Oakland. Some of us who have participated in events in the Bay over the past two and half weeks urgently desire to communicate to others around the world about what is unfolding here. Our aim is not to claim bragging rights or to establish Oakland as the riot capital of the United States. On the contrary, it is necessary to spread word of the unprecedented nature of these events precisely because it suddenly seems more possible than ever before that revolt against white supremacy and the police could spread beyond the usual spaces of protest.

Cars, Guns, Autonomy: A Discussion on Anti-Police Struggles in the Bay Area and Ferguson

Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:24:22 +0000

From Fireworks

The following is a transcript of a conversation between two friends shortly after the insurgency in Ferguson, Missouri. Bart was there and Nicola wasn’t, but both of them have participated in anti-police uprisings in the last several years on the West Coast and in the Midwest. We’re publishing this in an effort to explore the complexities of recent events in the United States, but also to contribute to the ongoing discussions and attacks against the existing order, everywhere.

Rail Lines Blocked in Solidarity with Indigenous Communities in Conflict with the State

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:10:30 +0000

From SabotageMedia

On the morning of April 8th, 8 train lines running through Montreal were blocked by disrupting the rail signals.

This action was done in response to ongoing efforts of colonization and repression by the state against indigenous communities across Turtle Island. Colonization and its enforcers are responsible for the missing and murdered indigenous women who have lost their lives as a result of this racist, imperialist society. This action was done in solidarity with recent and ongoing efforts of different communities to honor the lives of these women and to disable the capacity of their assassins.

Molotov attack on police parking lot

Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:21:03 +0000

From SabotageMedia

Media are reporting that thursday evening (20 February) at least two police cars in the parking lot of police station 27 in Ahunstic had been damaged by molotovs. Apparently a 26 year old man has been detained and interrogated. That’s all the info we have for the moment.

Cop car set on fire after March 15 demo

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:27:13 +0000

from anarchistnews

In the spirit of March 15′s past, a cop car was set on fire on the evening of March 15th, at the Poste 33 police station in Parc-Ex, Montreal. This action was taken to complement the 17th annual demonstration against police (and their brutality) that took place earlier that day.

We also send a message of support to Marco Camenisch in his struggles from inside prison in Switzerland.

Demonstration against the police

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:44:05 +0000

The state's laws & the cop's clubs won't stop the revolt

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:57:53 +0000

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SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE FACING REPRESSION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE STRUGGLE!

Since the strike began, the state has tried through its courts and the clubs of its cops to stifle the wave of revolt that has swept across Québec and found solidarity internationally. What started as a student strike has transformed into a massive social movement that the state is trying to crush with its “special law”. This law reveals the true nature of Democracy in a time of crisis where we have effectively confronted the state in a struggle to better our lives in conflict with the interests of capital.

Hundreds of posters put up inside Montreal metro in response to police killing of Farshad Mahammadi

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 21:27:06 +0000

January, 2012

On Friday, January 6, 2012 the Montreal police killed Farshad Mohammadi – a homeless man and Kurdish political refugee – in the metro.

This killing is horrific, but not surprising. The police as an institution exist to maintain power and enforce a social peace necessary to keep capitalism in motion. To this end, they consistently suppress those who don’t, can’t, or choose not to fit into this system.

Police

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:24:44 +0000

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COPS, PIGS, MURDERERS

The police claim their purpose is to “serve and protect”, but the 60 people who the SPVM have murdered since 1987 remind us that it is not us who the police serve and protect. We are told that we need the police, that their actions are excusable and necessary for our protection, that without them we’d all be killing each other. The truth is that we don’t need them at all. We know well enough who the killers are.

Nik la police

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:46:45 +0000

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Anti-Police banner drop

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:25:32 +0000

July, 2011

Cops-Pigs-Murderers No State ‘Justice’ Rage is our best weapon. Ⓐ NEVER FORGIVE, NEVER FORGET

In Montreal, a banner against police was dropped from a highway above rue Atwater in the early morning. Two thousand fliers were thrown and the banner stayed up for over 30 hours on a main artery into downtown. We did this over a month after pigs murdered Mario Hamel and Patrick Limoges on June 7, which was followed by a small riot on the night of June 8 targeting police and the world of capital and domination that they defend.

Fuck the police

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:01:27 +0000

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Two flyers distributed after Montreal police and screws at Millhaven prison in Ontario murdered yet again.