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gigim.bsky.social
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Yo! #Toronto
Are you aware there was a #NaziRally downtown today?

I'm sure they'll tell you they were just a bunch of right wing assholes, but when Gus Stefanis shows up and you don't chase him away, you have a Nazi rally.

#TorontoActions
#FashWatchCanada
November 25, 2024 at 1:54 AM
gigim.bsky.social
If you are in Toronto and available to be at the Church of the Holy Trinity (behind the Eaton Centre), there is about to be a violent encampment clearing.

All hands on deck.

#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #CommunityDefence #TorontoActions #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
April 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
gigim.bsky.social
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Spent some quality time with a couple hundred friends at the offices of the Globe and Mail.

#Toronto #TorontoActions

#FreePalestine #EndTheSiege #GenocideIsNotDefence
#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
January 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
gigim.bsky.social
Today's action was a damned fine spice to coverage ratio.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

#Toronto #TorontoActions
Screencap from CBC link in post Screenshot from Toronto Star link in post.
January 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
gigim.bsky.social
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Trying again.
One image and post at a time.

BACKGROUND
The City of #Toronto is sponsoring an extraordinarily racist ✌🏾"public consultation"✌🏾 on protest bubbles.

They didn't care about literal Nazis outside the Fort York Public Library (video attached).

#TorontoActions #TorontoActivists
April 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
gigim.bsky.social
And it's official.
Meet the Orange Hats.

We're your Legal Observers+
The new group lets us be a LOT more political, including countering police narratives about protests.

orangehats.noblogs.org/press/oh-lau...

#LegalObservers #TorontoActions #LOLife
OH Launch Media Release 20250127 – Orange Hats
orangehats.noblogs.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
gigim.bsky.social
TFW you are a keeper of an ongoing list of injuries caused by cops at protests, and you hear this motherfucker say this shit.

Since Jan 2024, unlikely all.

#Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #FuckThePolice #FuckYouDemkiw
August 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
gigim.bsky.social
Kicking off #BlackHistoryMonth with an action in solidarity with the people of Congo.

Can't wait to see what TPS thinks is an appropriate response.

#TPS100Recommendations0Action
#Toronto #TorontoActions #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #LOLife #LegalObservers
Flyer for today's demonstration at Yonge-Dundas: Toronto Stands With Congo 2PM Congo bleeds because of Western greed.
February 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
gigim.bsky.social
We did a thing today.

#Toronto #TorontoActions #topoli

www.thestar.com/news/gta/pro...

www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

www.cp24.com/politics/tor...
Anti-police protesters rush onto council chamber floor disrupting budget debate
Two protesters breached a secure area during a council meeting and shut down debate on Toronto’s 2025 budget temporarily.
www.thestar.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
gigim.bsky.social
Where you might know me from:

#LegalSupport
#TorontoActions
#CommunityDefence trainings
Encampment defence
McLuhan Program
Mindvox

I mainly post in the fediverse where I have 10,000 characters per post.

My thread of Resources for Activists is there:
kolektiva.social/@Gigi/112173...
Gigi 🍄‍🟫 (@Gigi@kolektiva.social)
1/🧵 Going to gather a thread of some resources for activists. They're Canada-focussed, but if people have equivalents, feel free to link them up in the comments. 1️⃣ Last week's Break Up 💔 With Your ...
kolektiva.social
December 19, 2024 at 3:52 AM
gigim.bsky.social
Loving the slogan the community created.

Christie Pits:
Nazi-free since '33.

#Toronto #TorontoActions #FuckFascism
Side of a bench in Christie Pits, hand-painted reads: Nazi-free since '33.
September 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
gigim.bsky.social
This week's episode of Blueprints of Disruption contextualizes yesterday's wildcat strike action at the #CUPW sorting plant.

blueprints-of-disruption.captivate.fm

#CommunityDefence #LegalSupport #Toronto #TorontoActions
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
orangehats.bsky.social
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Police brutality is designed to make people feel alone and afraid to show up to fight systems of oppression.

We're especially seeking reports from the police violence that took place at Casa Loma on May 27, 2025.

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists
HAVE YOU BEEN INJURED BY TPS AT A 2025 PROTEST? We're tracking and reporting on the injuries cops cause protestors.
June 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
gigim.bsky.social
Welp, on my way to #LandDay 2025.

I imagine ALL the fash media will be there, disappointed as they are at having missed the violence last year.

Will try to remember to send photos here. Too annoyed by the 1 min + size limit on vids here, so posting to Mastodon.

#TorontoActions #Toronto #LOLife
March 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
gigim.bsky.social
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Spice level today was reasonable and we skipped the police brutality today, which was nice.

Confusing presence of CSST (crime scene) officers.

#Toronto #TorontoActions

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #DefundDisarmDismantle #FuckThePolice
Large banner in front of a glass building reads The Globe and Mail is stained with blood Cops inside once the action ended
January 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
gigim.bsky.social
My posts on the subject are on Mastodon, where I don't have to deal with arbitrary text limits.

kolektiva.social/@Gigi/114196...

kolektiva.social/@Gigi/114196...

#Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists
Gigi 🍄‍🟫 (@Gigi@kolektiva.social)
@davecb@hachyderm.io @mayintoronto@beige.party I took the opportunity to point out that there are different types of protests, and if they're totally fine with Canada First or PEGIDA or other fascis...
kolektiva.social
March 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
gigim.bsky.social
Hey #Toronto
There's another Nazi rally tomorrow, Sankofa Square, 12:30.

I hope you're planning to show up, make some noise, and let the cops know how you feel about them repeatedly beating people for opposing racist extremists.

#TorontoActions #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #FuckNazis
WHICH NAZIS WILL Toronto Police Service PROTECT AT THIS WEEK'S CANADA FIRST RALLY? SEYED VORUDI Arrested February 2026 for allegedly assaulting a Black man. Arrested February 2024 for allegedly posting anti-Jewish and 2SLGBTQ+ flyers. MARCHED AT THE SEPTEMBER 2025 CANADA FIRST HATEFEST. WHICH NAZIS WILL Toronto Police Service PROTECT AT THIS WEEK'S CANADA FIRST RALLY? GUS STEFANIS Former leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party, a white nationalist populist party with a stated purpose, "to improve the social and economic conditions of an ethnocentric Canada" by maintaining the demographic majority status of European Canadians. MARCHED AT THE JANUARY 2026 CANADA FIRST HATEFEST. WHICH NAZIS WILL Toronto Police Service PROTECT AT THIS WEEK'S CANADA FIRST RALLY? ANDREW BENSON Noted for the spider web tattoo on the back of his hand and repeated appearances at anti-LGBTQI+ protests and White Lives Matter banner drops, Benson is a long-term Neo-Nazi. MARCHED AT THE JANUARY 2026 CANADA FIRST HATEFEST. WHICH NAZIS WILL Toronto Police Service PROTECT AT THIS WEEK'S CANADA FIRST RALLY? "We want to put our people first. We want to put our needs first," he said. Ron Bouwmeister, an attendee of the Canada First rally, said he's protesting for his grandkids, "My kids, my grandkids are blonde. I was blonde, Now you look [at] all the schools, there's no blonde people anymore. That's wrong because we need a mixture." he said. "I want my Canada back." CBC.ca removed these paragraphs from their article posted January 10, 2026 about the attendees of the last Nazi rally. MARCHED AT THE JANUARY 2026 CANADA FIRST HATEFEST.
February 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
orangehats.bsky.social
Get in front of potential issues with friends, roommates, and family saying or doing the wrong thing when it comes to dealing with the cops.

Make time to have a few key conversations with key people.

#Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists
It's not enough to know your rights as long as the people around you don't know theirs. Five conversations activists should have with friends, roommates, and family. You need to make sure friends, roommates, and family understand a few key things: 1. "DO not talk to the Cops" means DO NOT TALK to the cops. It does not mean, "make small talk." It does not mean, "chat about a completely unrelated topic." No one is helping by "explaining" the situation. All they will do is confirm or give new information. Police are trained in Relational Conversation to make people feel like they are on your side and that you can confide in them. Don't even let them practice. The best course of action is always to extricate yourself from any interaction with cops as soon as possible. 2. Cops CAN and WILL lie to you. In many places around the world, the police cannot lie to the public. Canada is not one of them. YOU cannot lie to Cops. That is illegal. Cops, on the other hand, are not only totally free to lie to you, they are rewarded for it. Legally speaking, the only people cops are not supposed to lie to are judges. Ask Umar Zameer how that works out in reality. Make sure that roommates, friends and family understand this clearly. 3. We don't talk to cops. but ESPECIALLY not about ME. Relatives, and older relatives in particular, have likely been taught to defer to authority figures. But grandma doesn't need to tell Officer SeemsNiceEnough your whole life story. This conversation is best had long before any issues arise, when you can honestly say you're having this chat as part of best practices.
June 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
gnomon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
https://kolektiva.social/@Gigi/115137663053376665

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie_Pits_riot

The weather outside at this time of the year is just lovely. Great season to go out for a walk.
Gigi 🍄‍🟫 (@Gigi@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 1 image Loving the slogan the community created. Christie Pits: Nazi-free since '33. #Toronto #TorontoActions #FuckFascism
kolektiva.social
September 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
gigim.bsky.social
I wonder how many cops are going to block the building we have zero interest in entering.

#TorontoActions
April 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM