Originally published by From Embers LISTEN HERE An interview with one of the collective members behind Black Oak Anarchist Social Space, which launched in Hamilton in Spring 2025. LINKS Black Oak Anarchist Social Space Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair North Shore Counter-Info RELATED EPISODES The Locke Street Affair (Part 1) Queers Fight Back Cedar on #FreeCedar Five Years After The Brawl At Hamilton Pride MUSIC Ant.Survila – Nostalgic Reflections
Announcing the 8th Annual Halifax/Kjipuktuk Anarchist Bookfair September 6th, 2025 (rain date September 7th) Workshop & Table Applications now Open With each passing day, our lives are further controlled by power structures that subjugate our bodies and land in service of profit. Our social lives have become confined by tech billionaires who horde our data and manipulate our behaviour to train AI. Our alienation from the natural world has become Read More …
Last friday, April 25, some anonymous individuals targeted the home of McMaster University’s provost and future president Susan Tighe with vandalism. Media reports describe rocks thrown through windows and threatening messages left in paint following the university board of governors passing a new investment policy that does not include divesting from Israel. The media did not specify that Tighe’s university-owned home near campus was the target. Read More …
From La Mauvaise Herbe Donald Trump is not only completely unhinged, he is completely obsessed with Canada. It will be remembered that throughout the last election campaign, he talked about tariffs but said nothing about the US absorbing Canada. Only after becoming president did Donald don his imperialist hat, threatening Greenland. Panama, Gaza and Canada. Trudeau, Carney and the Liberals meanwhile have abandoned postnationalism to become flag waving nationalists. Pierre Read More …
We are thrilled to announce the Black Oak Anarchist Social Space! This space is meant to give us a place to gather, support the organizing and political development of anarchists in Hamilton, and be an entry point for those interested in anarchist ideas.
To stay in the loop about upcoming events, add us as a contact on Signal! Send us a message at @blackoak.492 on Signal (any message – “hello” will do!). You will then be able to see our Signal stories, where we will share event announcements and reminders. We’ll also maintain a list of upcoming events on the website below. Read More …
Anonymous Submission to North Shore Counter-Info On Saturday, March 8th, Toronto’s International Women’s Day Organizing Committee hosted its 45th annual rally and march. Despite their claims of acting as a feminist front against the Right, this day’s actions made clearer than ever how Toronto’s IWD Organizing Committee and their sponsors constitute a counter-revolutionary liberal opposition to any true feminist commitments in this city. If we are to achieve gender and Read More …
Anonymous Submission to North Shore Counter-Info Information retrieved from local news sites On March 18, one Tesla was torched in the downtown area of Calgary, AB. The next day, a cybertruck was arsoned at a Tesla storage lot. No Tesla is safe. You don’t reform a dystopia.
Anonymous Submission to North Shore Counter-Info Information retrieved from local news media sites During the night of March 16, 7 out of the 8 electric chargers were destroyed at the Tesla charging station in Nanaimo, BC. Two of them were set ablaze and subsequently torched, and five others were smashed by brute force, rendering them unusable. Police were not called directly to the scene, but were informed of the incident Read More …
Anonymous Submission to North Shore Counter-Info Background The Republic of Turkey, which was founded on the genocide of the Armenians in the region with a nationalist and murderous leaven, has not changed much in the past century. For non-Muslims, Kurds, Alevis and women who did not hold the majority and power in their hands, the state and its successfully constructed society were always a source of oppression. But starting in Read More …
What follows is copied from a CBC News article and deals with events of interest to anarchists. It was published on March 20, 2025. It primarily describes the large-scale attack in Hamilton but also talks about incidents in London and Montreal.
80 Teslas damaged at Hamilton dealership, largest car vandalism reported in Canada against the U.S. company
Dozens of vehicles have been damaged at a Tesla dealership on the Hamilton Mountain, police in the Ontario city said.
It’s believed to be the largest vandalism in Canada against vehicles from the U.S.-based car company. Read More …
