Naomi Klein on G20
“There has been a very powerful attack on freedom of expression in this country. A McCarthyite campaign against people who fall outside of the Harper government’s version of what we should be saying or doing.”
Paikin on police attack against peaceful protest
Paikin: “There’s a distinction that needs to be made… This was not a great day for democracy in Toronto. I saw things I’ve never seen before, I saw things that shouldn’t have happened.”
Violent Protest or Agent Provocateurs?
Family Matters: When do Children Need Lawyers?
Trailer: The Response
Sig Libowitz was a law student at the University of Maryland School of Law, where he took a seminar titled “Homeland Security and the Law of Counterterrorism†with Professor Michael Greenberger. He was so intrigued…
When Dan Hamilton Was Put in a Cage
Family Matters: Fundamentals of Child Support
Civil liberties suspended in Toronto during G20?
The G20 summit in Toronto has come and gone, but not before leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Â I’m not just referring to all the shattered glass and burned out husks of police…
G20 Declaration
THE G-20 TORONTO SUMMIT DECLARATION June 26 – 27, 2010 Preamble 1. In Toronto, we held our first Summit of the G-20 in its new capacity as the premier forum for our international economic co-operation….
Guest Post: The Lawyer Philanthropist
Is law school a good way to wait out the recession? Is it still a financially viable career? Idealism may come to the fore for many people. For the altruistic individual, a career in law…
Democracy Now! in Toronto
They’re covering the G20.
Secret Laws and Extraordinary Police Powers: G20
Normally, Canadians have the right to be left alone by police. Pedestrians generally don’t have to answer police questions and don’t have to identify themselves. They certainly don’t have to submit to searches by police….