Movement Defence Committee

MDC fights criminalization of dissent & provides legal support/training for activists in Toronto & beyond.

[Movement Defence Committee @MDCLegalUpdates]

Find us on mastodon.
https://t.co/YHSZJk1yip

[Toronto OPS @TorontoOPS]

For Immediate release:
Proposed Closures of Lifesaving Services will Result in More Deaths and the Need for Ongoing Community Intervention

Ontario is in an ongoing overdose and unregulated toxic drug emergency:

[Migrant Workers Alliance for Change @MWACCanada]

Reducing the number of temporary foreign workers will not lower the unemployment rate! Migrants are not responsible for the affordability crisis; billionaires & bad policies are.

We need to take to the streets to push back against migrant scapegoating. https://t.co/mSGU37lTAo

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

Homelessness is growing, but programs and supports to address homelessness are shrinking. I will no longer be working at @allsaintsTO, unfortunately, but I am far from done with fighting for people's dignity, and their right to housing.

[Movement Defence Committee @MDCLegalUpdates]

You can read the full letter at:

https://t.co/31bTmOT0Sy

[Movement Defence Committee @MDCLegalUpdates]

Responding to the @TPSBoard ✌️"Public Consultation on Public Order Policing"✌️?

⚠️ Consider your safety first. ⚠️

The TPSB admits the process has NO EFFECT on the behaviour of officers, so what is the point?

Data collection and justifying their bloated budget.

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[Movement Defence Committee @MDCLegalUpdates]

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They have sunk what we can only assume is tens of millions of dollars into surveilling, demonizing, and attempting to criminally punish people for exercising their constitutional right to participate in this movement.

This consultation is a sham.

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

[Migrant Workers Alliance for Change @MWACCanada]

Charles stay of removal has been denied. It's all in Minister @MarcMillerVM's hands now.

Listen to Charles.
And then send one more email.
https://t.co/yiQSaFq18p

Less than 38 hours until deportation at 730am on Sunday morning.
SHARE THIS VIDEO!

[Migrant Workers Alliance for Change @MWACCanada]

"I don't want to die"

Charles Mwangi is facing deportation to Kenya on August 25th. He's publicly speaking out about the dangers he will face as a bisexual man in Kenya.

Send an email to stop his deportation:
https://t.co/u01mLPz6Rb

[Movement Defence Committee @MDCLegalUpdates]

And the second episode transcript here:

https://t.co/uSsrog9LK4

[Aliya Pabani @aliyapabani]

After yesterday's @TPSOperations copaganda presser, timing couldn't be better for episode 2 of Counsel Call, "What to Do if You Get Arrested".

Listen, subscribe, review, share etc

See you in the streets
https://t.co/FtQ8cU2ATJ

[Movement Defence Committee @MDCLegalUpdates]

We've just uploaded a transcript of @cjc_TO and Aliya's excellent podcast!

https://t.co/moGGtUBB7s

[Aliya Pabani @aliyapabani]

Launched this podcast with @cjc_TO in response to the heightened criminalization of Palestine solidarity, to help our movement reject fear and keep up the fight.

Ep 1: "What to Do if You're Contacted by Police" is out now.

🇵🇸Until Palestine is free🇵🇸

[Movement Defence Committee @MDCLegalUpdates]

Up tomorrow at Nathan Phillips Square:
African Liberation Day.
May 25, 2024
2pm

#TorontoActions

[Voices for Unhoused Liberation @Voices4UL]

Emergency phone zap!

@Wyld_Wych just had her YWCA apt flood & now needs her cabinets completely replaced. In the 1.5 years she's lived there, her kitchen has never been accessible for her wheelchair & walker. She needs them to install accessible cabinets but they are refusing.

[Community Justice Collective @cjc_TO]

Episode 1 of our Know Your Rights podcast is out now! Subscribe to get notified when the next episode (on bail conditions) drops!

[The Biking Lawyer (Dave Shellnutt) @TheBikingLawyer]

If police do pull you over, ask if you’re free to go. Do not debate or argue. If they issue you a ticket, leave the scene & get to safety. Check in w a friend &/or lawyer. Check out our IG collab on this issue w @MDCLegalUpdates 4/5 https://t.co/VzFvwxHiVx

[Movement Defence Committee @MDCLegalUpdates]

Tonight.
At the newly-renamed
SANKOFA Square:

#JusticeForSoli
7th Annual Vigil 🕯
December 16th, 6pm
Sankofa Square

[Justice For Soli @Justice4Soli]

We cordially you invite to our vigil tonight at 6pm at Dundas Square to mark the 7 Year Anniversary of Soli’s tragic death.

If you are not able to make the Vigil in person you can watch it on our Justice for Soli Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages.

[Justice For Soli @Justice4Soli]

Join us on Saturday December 16th at Yonge & Dundas Square at 6pm for the 7th annual Justice for Soli vigil.

[Taylor McNallie ☕ @TaylorMcNallie]

"But unlike fired Calgary Police Service Const. Alex Dunn, McNallie will actually have to serve time behind bars, Justice Peter Barley ruled Monday."

https://t.co/qBHTz1rEFO