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Podcast

Feb 13, 2019

Major Monique Brown on the tensions between the Baltimore Police Force and the community

The Hum Podcast

African-American police officer Major Monique Brown discusses the documentary "Charm City," growing up in the community she serves, and her first time trying poutine.

Columnists

Aug 9, 2018

Members of MOVE 9 remain in prison 40 years after police attack

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Forty years ago this week, Philadelphia police launched a massive attack on the house of MOVE, a radical, back-to-nature, anti-police-brutality and largely African-American organization.

Podcast

May 31, 2018

La Tanya Grant opens up about cousin Jermaine Carby, gunned down by Peel police in 2014

The Hum Podcast

Jermaine Carby was shot dead by Peel Regional Police in 2014. La Tanya Grant joins The Hum to talk about her cousin, police brutality and more.

Columnists

Sep 29, 2017

By taking a knee, Kaepernick sparked a movement for justice

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Much like Rosa Parks, Colin Kaepernick sat down and refused to get up. And like Rosa Parks on that Montgomery bus more than 60 years ago, Colin Kaepernick has sparked a movement.

News

Aug 4, 2017

I'm standing with Desmond Cole against anti-Black racism -- and you should too

Rosemary Frei

Together with Black Lives Matter Toronto and others in the Black community, Desmond Cole is now one of the strongest voices on the issue of anti-Black racism in Canada. They deserve support.

Columnists

Aug 3, 2017

There is nothing funny about Trump's call for police brutality

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Trump's calls for violence are no joke, and people across the political spectrum should demand an end to his violent rhetoric.

News

Jan 16, 2017

Black people in Canada will continue to kick ass in 2017

Phillip Dwight Morgan

Black Lives Matter TO plans to target illegal carding and Toronto's Special Investigations Unit as it looks ahead to 2017.

Photos

Aug 25, 2016

BLM chapters rally on one-month anniversary of Abdirahman Abdi's death

rabble staff

The criminal justice and police oversight systems in Canada disproportionately criminalize communities of colour. So Black Lives Matter Toronto is saying: shut it down.

News

Aug 25, 2016

'The system isn't broken -- it was built this way!' Black Lives Matter Toronto rally on SIU's doorstep

Steph Wechsler

On the one-month anniversary of police killing Abdirahman Abdi, a 37-year-old Somali-Canadian man, Black Lives Matter chapters rallied in seven cities across Canada.

Columnists

Jul 14, 2016

Videotaping police violence is not a crime

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Protests against police brutality have rocked the country in the aftermath of the police killings of two African-American men, Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota.

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