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TORONTO ACTION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE Building Community through Nonviolent Action
	TORONTO ACTION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE is the Toronto chapter of Homes not Bombs, and has a lengthy history of direct actions in the Metro Toronto area, from the Corporate Hypocrite Campaign at Loblaws (which netted the arrests of Santa, the Easter Bunny, Robin Hood and the Great Pumpkin) to plant-ins and pray-ins at the Ontario Legislature, a campaign against welfare cutting by Andersen Consulting, the Saturday Night Anti-Sexism Squad Inc (SNASSI), and much more. We were very busy from 1995 through 2000, after which much of our activity was focused on a provincial level through Homes not Bombs and the Campaign to Stop Secret Trials. Still, though, members of Toronto's Counter-Intelligence and Anti-Terrorism Squad get all t misty-eyed when they hear we're gearing up for a local demo. Top of Page Chronological history of TASC actions and campaigns (click on the action or campaign you are interested in, and this will take you to another page for more information):   2005 GOOD NEWS: Temporary Stay on Stop a Deportation to Torture in Syria, Dec. 21, 2005 Set the Captives Free: Vigil and Walk of Hope, Sat., Dec. 24, 12 Noon, 277 Front St. West URGENT ACTION: Stop Canada from Deporting Mr. Subas B.K. to Torture in Nepal, June, 2005  Tsunami Relief NOT Controlled by the IMF or World Bank    MONDAY, JANUARY 10: COME TO COURT TO STOP A DEPORTATION, TORONTO   2004 A Not-Quite Silent Night at the Toronto Refugee Jail, December 24, 2004   TASC Members Convicted for Defying Queen's Park Lifetime Ban, December 20, 2004   Canada Rejects Christ as "Failed" Refugee Claimant, December 20, 2004   "Dangerous Book" Detainee Likely To Be Released Friday Morning(December 2, 2004)   Detained in Canada for "Suspicious" Reading Material: Free Mahmoud Namini and End Thought Crime in Canada. TAKE ACTION AND DEMONSTRATE DECEMBER 1 IN TORONTO     Ban at Queen's Park Lifted on Eve of Court Verdict; Decision Delayed due to Questionable Practices by Speaker's Lawyer, August 18, 2004   History of the Queen's Park Ban    2003 Sunday Morning Coming Down: Remembering Johnny Cash 2002 Action to Resist the U.S. Consulate "No-Protest" Zone, March 2002   Report from the Trial of the Smog Seven, September 12-13, 2002   Smog Seven Acquitted of Criminal Charges, October 22, 2002 2001 Queen's Park Ban: Defying it Results in Acquittal, But Court Refuses to Strike Ban, January 31, 2001   Justice for Morel: Single Mom Jailed for Providing for Her Daughter, February 16, 2001   Ontario Government Appeals Queen's Park Ban Acquittal, February, 18, 2001   Ontario Attorney General Swamped with Protest Letters, March 5, 2001   Calling on Sugar Sugar to Stop Promoting War, March 19, 2001   Protesting Warhammer at Sugar Sugar, April 14, 2001   Not With My Genes You Don't: Loblaws Calls out the Constabulary, July 6, 2001   Ontarians for the Public Good takes on smog at OPG, 7 Arrested and Criminally Charged, August 18, 2001 2000 FAILURE TO COOPERATE! Will Assets Be Seized for Protesting Poverty?, June, 2000   Scores Gather in Solidarity with Plowshares vs. Depleted Uranium, February 29, 2000   Support for Plowshares vs. Depleted Uranium at U.S. Consulate   Tearful JP Leaves Court During Trial for Occupation of Mayor's Office   Protesting Choice of Choppers, Not Homes, August 17, 2000   Challenging the Queen's Park Ban in Court: Is the Legislature a Charter Free-Zone? Link Coming Soon Zero Tolerance for Dissent: Anti-Poverty Activists Rack up $1,500 in Fines for Brief Sit-in, December, 2000 1999 Defying Queen's Park Ban II on Martin Luther King Day, January 19, 1999   Occupying Mayor's Office to open the armoury! Seven Busted   Arresting War Criminal Henry Kissinger   Anti-Terror Squad Tails TASC   Justice for Gabe and ALL Ontarions with Disabilities, May 25, 1999   Disabilities Minister's Office Not Accessible, May 27, 1999   On Trial: the MAILink Coming Soon Santa and Elf Arrested at Queen's Park Delivering 75-Foot Xmas Card    Santa Almost Busted at the Bay! 1998: No to Sexism, No to War, Corporate Hypocrite Pickets at Loblaws, TTC and Panhandlers, Andersen Consulting Throws People off Welfare  Occupying the War Minister's Office to Resist the Lead-up to Potential Bombing of Iraq, Five Arrested   Occupying Bill Graham's Office protesting the war and sanctions, three forcibly removed   Occupying Sheila Copps' office protesting the war and sanctions with Hamilton Action for Social Change, 10 arrested   Loblaws Arrests the Easter Bunny, Three Bunny Helpers, and One Pissed off Shopper!   Joining the Stop MAI Actions in Montreal, 99 Busted, May 25, 1998 SNASSI (Saturday Night Anti-Sexism Squad Inc.) forms, pickets Milano over anti-women advertising.   Stop Rape Culture: Picket the Big Bop, August 25, 1998  Reflecting on Gay Pride/Corporate Pride, August, 1998     Campaign to stop the TTC from Charging PanhandlersLink Coming Soon   Loblaws Arrests Robin Hood, Honest Shawn for Trying to Feed the Homeless   September Fast to End Hunger and Homelessness   October 1 Blood Pouring Marks 3rd Anniversary of Welfare Cuts, Seven arrested and Permanently Banned from Legislature, October 1, 1998   House Speaker Stockwell Affirms Permanent Legislative Ban Against TASC, October 30, 1998   Loblaws Busts the Great Pumpkin at Anti-Hunger Protest, October 31,1998   Santa Resists Sanctions at Liberal HQ with Hamilton Action for Social Change and TASCLink Coming Soon 1997: Defying Protest Bans, Court Victories, Building Housing, Andersen Consulting Defiance of Ban Against Going to Queen's Park, Martin Luther King Day, as Anti-Terrorist Squad Attends Church ServiceLink Coming Soon   Ash Wednesday at an Abandoned BuildingLink Coming Soon   Plant-in Resisters Acquitted!Link Coming Soon   Serving a Subpoena on Bank of Montreal President Matthew BarrettLink Coming Soon   May Day on Bay Resisters Acquitted!Link Coming Soon   Government Appeals May Day AcquittalLink Coming Soon   Housewarming for the Homeless ar Carlton Street SquatLink Coming Soon   Hike to End Hunger and Homelessness, Hamilton to Kitchener to Toronto   Evicting Mike Harris from Queen's Park    Corporate Hypocrite Campaign Launched at Loblaws, which profits off of hunger. Food Banks Praise Corporate Greed Kings (featuring: FLYERS, POSTERS, PRESS RELEASES, AND TRIAL REPORTS FROM OUR CAMPAIGN TO TRANSFORM ONE OF CANADA'S LARGEST CORPORATE GIANTS   Formation of St. Clare's Multifaith Housing SocietyLink Coming Soon   Queen's Park Build-InLink Coming Soon   Andersen Transformation Project Launched: Monthly Vigils and Civil Disobedience to Protest Andersen Consulting's Welfare Cutting ContractLink Coming Soon   Occupation of Social Services Minister's Office Protesting Welfare Cuts, 7 Arrested, December 1, 1997   Loblaws Arrests Santa Claus, Two Elves!   First Edition of Resources for RadicalsLink Coming Soon 1996: Planting Gardens, Building Homes, Saying No to War Reflections on the Planting of Gardens, the Pouring of Blood, and the Creation of Alternative Skylines in the Belly of the Beast, June 1996   Blood on Its Hands: Blood Pouring on the Steps of the Legislature, Protesting Deaths of 4 People on the Streets, Martin Luther King DayLink Coming Soon   10 arrested Protesting the Omnibus Bill During a BlizzardLink Coming Soon   Interrupting the Trillium Book AwardsLink Coming Soon   COME TO MAY DAY ON BAY: Shut Down the Heartland of Canadian Corporate Violence    May Day on Bay: 15 Busted During Occupation and Symbolic Transformation of King and Bay, the heart of Canadian CapitalismLink Coming Soon   Spring Plant-in at the Legislature: Six Hauled Away for Planting a Vegetable Victory Garden at Queen's Park, Banned from LegislatureLink Coming Soon   Working with Street Kids to Get Housing BackLink Coming Soon   TASC Attempts to Buy Wellesley MansionsLink Coming Soon   Blood Pouring Defendants AcquittedLink Coming Soon   Protesting the bombing of Iraq by ClintonLink Coming Soon   Appeal of Queen's Park Ban Rejected by CourtsLink Coming Soon   War Is Not a Game: Protesting the Ontario Lottery Corp's Battleship ":game"Link Coming Soon   Fall Plant-in at the Legislature: Ten Hauled Away for Planting Winter Wheat and Jerusalem Artichokes at Queen's ParkLink Coming Soon   New Year's at King and Bay: Celebrating the End of Corporate Greed (a wee bit early!)Link Coming Soon 1995: Asserting Nonviolent Resistance to the Harris Government's Violent Agenda Forming the weekly Queen's Park vigil of Interfaith Witness for Social Justice and Compassion, to last five years.Link Coming Soon   Formation of Country Music Fans Against the CutsLink Coming Soon   Will They Be Forgotten? Remembrance Day Rally and Tuna Tins for TsubouchiLink Coming Soon   December 1 Pray-inLink Coming Soon Top of Page