A-Infos (en) Toronto G20 Main Conspiracy Group: The Charges and How They Came To Be

The mobilizations against the Toronto G20 in 2010 continue to shape resistance in Southern 
Ontario, both in how it's been an opportunity for learning, and in how the continuing 
repression from it has affected our lives. You might have been one of the thousands of 
people who participated in protests, you might be one of the hundreds of people who faced 
criminal charges as a result of this show of resistance. The police infiltration of 
anarchist and activist communities marked an escalation in repression that should be 
impossible to forget. ---- This article focusing on the G20 Main Conspiracy charges was 
first released in the fall of 2011. It describes the policing and legal strategies of the 
State and the organizing models of those targetted, to gain an understanding of one of the 
largest campaigns of repression against anarchists in Canada so far.

The following text is slightly edited, both to fix missing or incorrect information and to 
tell this story in a more timeless manner. There are endnotes to point out where 
significant changes were made.

Our intention is not to become indignant at this lifting of Canada's democratic veil. The 
legal system is a weapon used against anarchists and against any group that poses a threat 
to the social order. Rather than just be outraged, let's focus on the many lessons to be 
taken from this experience about how to organize more safely and effectively in the 
future. The goal of this paper is to offer a few of these lessons and provide enough 
information for other communities to draw their own conclusions.

It remains impossible to write a perspective that unifies everyone's voices who 
experienced repression from resisting the G20 in Toronto in 2010. There are countless 
stories of people who faced serious repression and police violence during or since the 
G20. Each person's story is unique and important. Even the story of the G20 "Main 
Conspiracy Group" remains both incomplete and controversial. We want to embrace the 
reality that this is controversial - if we attempt to tell a story that everyone will 
agree with, we fear it would silence a lot of the hard lessons and critiques we have 
explored in this piece.

Print and reading versions available for download:

http://zinelibrary.info/toronto-g20-main-conspiracy-group-charges-and-how-they-came-be

(Part of the 2012 Introduction)
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