OCAP

Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto. We fight to win.

[(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences @mateosfo]

For my followers in other countries, this is a common experience at cafes, homes, and ground-level retail shops across the United States. We built all these buildings directly in the way of reckless/speeding drivers, and they’re not happy about it!!

[Candy Cane @Loyallovepeace]

Really?? Best before date is not the cause of food insecurity. The government knows exactly what is causing food insecurity--anything to distract from the real problem. Smh

[Jackie @xjaeee]

food is too expensive these days to be throwing away smh

[Natasha Luckhardt @nluckhardt]

“Do you represent us as injured workers? Do you represent our families who hurt when we are hurting?

So today, we’re sending a message that we’re not going to back down. It’s about respect for injured workers.”

- Andria Babbington @torontolabour President, #InjuredWorkersDay

[Gru @Gruesomebrat]

Thinking the time is ripe for an @OCAPtoronto successor to enter the stage, and take the fight up a notch

Begging the City and Province to act humanely, in accordance with international human rights law hasn't worked well, in the years since OCAP was a force to be reckoned with

[sbrearton @sbrearton]

Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
@OCAPtoronto had a profoundly positive and important impact on framing who belongs in our city. Thanks for all your work.

[Alan Deschamps @DechampsAlan]

It can't be overstated just how important @OCAPtoronto was in advocating for social justice in Ontario, especially during the horrific Mike Harris era. #onpoli

[Rosé Bautista @DesmondCole]

okay children open your books, today we're gonna learn about general strikes

[OCAP @OCAPtoronto]

Cops arrested Jordn, an Indigenous man living in a tiny shelter in Clarence Square Park.

Pick up your phones right now to call 52 Division and demand Jordn's immediate release! More info below. Thanks to @ESNParkdale

[ESN Parkdale @ESNParkdale]

Full phone zap info coming ASAP

Call 52 Division to demand Jordn’s immediate release [phone]

Details of the dubious arrest and additional numbers to call in images

[Hannah Alberga @HannahAlberga]

The city is confirming to @CTVToronto that at least half of the residents who were cleared from the Clarence Square encampment yesterday returned just hours later. https://t.co/OAlB2SXdG0

[ESN Parkdale @ESNParkdale]

We spoke directly with @globalnewsto today and answered all the questions drafted up by @isaaccallan yet the piece they ended up running today only contained commentary from the city and TO police. This is not how you run a story on an encampment eviction. https://t.co/S1HNbd9aNJ

[OCAP @OCAPtoronto]

Again, let's be clear: This is an act of violence & an escalation in their war against the poor. We will not forget this, City Hall will never bring us justice. We must continue to organize power from below. Together we will bring the fight to liberate housing.

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[OCAP @OCAPtoronto]

Toronto's decision to dismantle Clarence Square this morning is an escalation in their war against the poor. The City had an opportunity to provide housing like in Dufferin Grove last year. Instead to they chose violence.

Clearing Clarence Square will have a ripple effect:

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[OCAP @OCAPtoronto]

In all cases, clearing Clarence Square means more people are pushed to the streets. But this will only lead to more encampments in the near future. Toronto again chooses to just kick the can down the road instead of taking real action. https://t.co/fiKYJWjLt1

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[cjlanarchist @cjlanarchist]

So Toronto Mayor Tory has now "privatized" the criminalization of poverty. With two sole sourced "security" contracts totalling $1m given the mandate to keep poor people from setting up living quarters in parks like Trinity Bellwoods. Shame! @OCAPtoronto #canlab #nooneisillegal

[OCAP @OCAPtoronto]

Our friends at @RisingTideTor did a thing!

#WetsuwetenStrong
#RCMPOffTheYintah
#Indigenous #LandBack
#WetsuwetenSolidarity

[Rising Tide Toronto @RisingTideTor]

Today we paid a visit to Marco Mendicino's office to demand the RCMP get off the Yintah immediately! @marcomendicino is the Minister of Public Safety and responsible for the RCMP across Canada.The RCMP have been trespassing on Wet'suwet'en territory.