Naomi Klein returns to The Great Hall to support G20 arrestees

Naomi Klein addresses a capacity crowd at The Great Hall during a Department of Culture organizing meeting just prior to the 08 federal election

November 11, 2010 @ 1087 Queen St. W.

7:00pm
Pre-event with Naomi Klein
Food and drinks provided
Tickets: $100 available at GalleryAC (includes pre-event and main event)

8:00pm
Naomi Klein, Hawksley Workman & LAL
Hosted by Martha Chaves
Tickets: $50 in advance / $60 at the door

Tickets available online at Gallery AC
In person at Rotate This, Soundscapes, Toronto Women’s Bookstore and Another Story

Facebook event here, and while you’re at it, why not follow Naomi on Twitter here

Full event info here

Hey – remember a few months ago when the federal government elected to turn downtown Toronto into a police state, the provincial government violated the charter  creating phantom laws they later claimed never existed, while the chief of the municipal police force admitted to consciously lying to the public and the media throughout a weekend that resulted in the largest series of civil rights violations in Canadian history?

I do.

So do those arrested under fictitious charges and draconian bail conditions that are a blatant attempt to criminalize dissent. Disagreeing with the government is not a crime. Preventative arrest disregards many of the basic tenets of a legitimate democracy. Police officers that remove their name tags while assaulting peaceful demonstrators in a government sanctioned protest area face at worst a $300 fine, while social justice advocates who engage in their democratic rights face tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees and an uncertain future.

If you got 50 bucks – democratic principals and rule of law ain’t going to restore themselves.