Hamilton Pride Defender Update: Some charges withdrawn, others going to trial
Submitted by R Totale on Feb 27 2021 16:00
An update on the situation of people facing charges for defending Hamilton Pride from a far-right homophobic attack. From the Pride Defender Solidarity Committee, via North Shore Counter Info. The charges against the two defendants that were expected to be withdrawn have been
Crackdown at Pride! Free the Pride 20!
Submitted by Bandilang Itim on Jun 27 2020 09:06
A Pride March and protest was violently broken by Philippine police. Twenty individuals were warrantlessly arrested. We must call for their release. #FreePride20!
Cedar denied parole: updates on "hate crime policing" and repression after Hamilton Pride
Submitted by R Totale on Jul 14 2019 13:29
A report from North Shore Counter-Info on the situation in Hamilton, Ontario, where growing numbers of anarchists and queers have been targeted by the stateafter a far-right attack on the local Pride event.
The Saga Continues: Updates on Queer Resistance and Repression in Hamilton
Submitted by R Totale on Jul 3 2019 18:38
An article from North Shore Counter-Info giving updates on the situation in Hamilton, where queer anarchists have been dealing with police repression after defending a local Pride event from homophobic/far-right attackers.
A Response to Police Repression Following Hamilton, ON, Pride
Submitted by R Totale on Jun 24 2019 18:50
The following statement from the anarchist community center The Tower responds to the recent repression against those targeted by police after clashes erupted between those defending Hamilton Pride and the far-Right.
E21-22: The Stonewall riots and Pride at 50
Summer 2019 marks 50 years since the iconic rebellion against the police raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The LGBTQ patrons and locals, many of them people of colour, and most of them working class, fought back against the police in 6 days of rioting. Then they organised, revolutionising the LGBTQ rights movement, and sparking Pride.
Battle for the Soul of Pride
Submitted by dark_ether on Oct 17 2017 18:38
In the decades since the first pride marches took place in 1970 there have undoubtedly been massive gains made in the fight against persecution. Pride is, and should always be a celebration. A celebration of diversity, of power and of the gains we have made. It seems however that many of those in positions of power would rather we forgot HOW we’ve made it this far – and how far we have left to go.
Resistance No. 162 ( Anarchist Federation)
Resistance is the Anarchist Federations publication on social struggles and analysis of them. This issue covers Grenfell, Fascism, Trump, the Racist vans, Deliveroo, the struggle to reclaim Pride, Edinburgh Mothers against the benefit cap, Rent Strike, No to Prisons and Anti-Fracking.
