Blueprints of Disruption Podcast

A podcast for activists, organizers and anyone challenging the status quo and disrupting the systems keeping us down.

[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

Check out our podcast - essential 🎧 for activists, organizers and rabble rousers.

https://t.co/b6TO71KmYJ

[Jessa 🎙️🔻 @Jessa_McLean]

These stories happen too frequently, but get so little attention.

Police are over-arresting peaceful protestors - knowing the charges won’t stick.

It’s part of a greater, strategic campaign to derail or incapacitate the movement.

We talk about this A LOT on @BPofDisruption

[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

Part 3 is UP!

You don’t actually have to listen to this miniseries in order, but you must catch them all.

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[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

Nine activists are suing the Calgary Police Services and the University of Calgary.

In part 3 of our mini-series on the case, we talk to Chris Wiebe, the Plaintiff's legal counsel.

Hear what its like going after the state and its institutions...

https://t.co/Y5fQGOF5ty

[The Grind @TheGrindTO]

The new tenant-focused issue of The Grind is out now around the city!

Here are a few highlights... 🧵

[Jessa 🎙️🔻 @Jessa_McLean]

If institutions are going to reinterpret the Charter as it suits them, movement lawyers like Chris Wiebe will stay busy.

Hear how folks are fighting for accountability in the violent clearings of encampments on campuses…

[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

Nine activists are suing the Calgary Police Services and the University of Calgary.

In part 3 of our mini-series on the case, we talk to Chris Wiebe, the Plaintiff's legal counsel.

Hear what its like going after the state and its institutions...

https://t.co/Y5fQGOF5ty

[Toronto Tenant Union @TenantsUnionTO]

📢‼️RENT 2 HIGH, NO AGI‼️📢

Did you get a 5.5% raise this year? Did your pension go up that much? Then why is the rent?!

Tenants at 25 Richview and neighbouring buildings in Etobicoke came out to say NO to H&R Property Management’s unfair Above Guideline Increase on Sunday. 🧵

[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

Another Plaintiff tells their story.

How activists are fighting back in the courts after being brutalized by Police at the University of Calgary…

Our latest w/@wesamcooley

[Wesam Cooley @wesamcooley]

I spoke to @BPofDisruption about the Calgary Police Service's extreme violence against protesters at the University of Calgary encampment, and the cover-up that followed: https://t.co/cZed7iMWWd via @YouTube

[Jessa 🎙️🔻 @Jessa_McLean]

We’ve put together a whole series on this case.

Massive overreach, police brutality coverups, and now, a lawsuit.

[Wesam Cooley @wesamcooley]

I spoke to @BPofDisruption about the Calgary Police Service's extreme violence against protesters at the University of Calgary encampment, and the cover-up that followed: https://t.co/cZed7iMWWd via @YouTube

[Kavita Algu @KavitaAlguMD]

“They have a container that acts like the beating room, and when you pass through it, you just get beaten,” he said. “Some people got their ribs broken; I suspected a collapsed lung.”

“I would go back again if needed,” he said. “I feel relieved to be back with my family, and privileged that I didn’t get to go through so much pain and horror that Palestinians had to go through every day of their lives.”

“I feel privileged that I get to see my family and my family gets to see me alive, which most Palestinian children do not get to see.”

[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

Part 2 is UP!

Activist @wesamcooley acted as the encampment’s police liaison the night Calgary Cops violently attacked.

He talks about his experience and what it’s been like trying to seek accountability.

https://t.co/qgjVlyJgce

[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

🎙️NEW

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Part 1: Raheleh's Story

Dr. Raheleh Tarani recounts the violent encampment eviction, and what had brought her there in the first place.

She also talks about taking power back by taking those cops and the University to court.

Hear it here: https://t.co/2Y0U4b9cGq

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[Jessa 🎙️🔻 @Jessa_McLean]

When Plaintiffs held a press conference about their lawsuit against Calgary Police/University of Calgary, not one media outlet reproduced the statements of Dr. Raheleh Tarani.

So we made sure to pull her into our studio to tell her very compelling story...

[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

Next week you'll hear from Wesam Cooley, another Plaintiff, and the encampment's police liaison that night.

Plus interviews with legal counsel and experts - so stay tuned for more.

If folks would like to donate to the legal defence fund: https://t.co/Tr85ZiT3Zd

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[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

Back on May 9, 2024, Calgary Police BRUTALLY beat back and arrested peaceful protestors on the University of Calgary campus.

Now some of those activists are fighting back - in court.

Today we launched Part 1 of our series:
SETTING PRECEDENT - The Right to Protest on Campus

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[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

Part 1: Raheleh's Story

Dr. Raheleh Tarani recounts the violent encampment eviction, and what had brought her there in the first place.

She also talks about taking power back by taking those cops and the University to court.

Hear it here: https://t.co/2Y0U4b9cGq

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[Tankie Riel @TankieRiel]

The past 4 years have felt like decades. Can't believe it's only been that long.

[Jessa 🎙️🔻 @Jessa_McLean]

Two major questions were put to participants of @TenantsUnionTO's founding convention.

1. Who belongs in the Tenant Class?

and

2. Should we participate in electoral politics?

It was interesting how folks engaged with these. Hear all about it in latest @BPofDisruption

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[Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @BPofDisruption]

“I think we have a system that has worked to put landlords on notice”
@brunodobrusin
Co-Chair of the @TenantsUnionTO

To hear more about Scaling UP the work of tenant organizing in #Toronto: https://t.co/XXEPZ46Pa9

[jennifer evans 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇨🇦 @nejsnave]

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