Hey um Canada, people who were protesting the blatantly obvious corporate hegemony reigning over your society or (conspiracy for short) are being gagged and charged with "conspiracy". If that doesn't sound fucked to you then you must be a virgin. This was all planned from the start as I have insisted all along, these G20s are a trap to bring forth the necessary oppression in participating nations, the cop ditches his cop car on the street, the provocateurs set it on fire, and now they make an example of the rebellious youth. This is why I told people not to go the puppet party in the first place, and to protest Ottawa. Stop being led by the nose, when something seems like the right thing to do, think again, be strategic. Fuck.
Lovers and kin bound by G20 charges
Leah Henderson and Alex Hundert aren't allowed to be alone together.
When they chat on the phone, a parent eavesdrops.
Texting? Out of the question. Henderson's forbidden from using her cellphone.
While the rules are reminiscent of an eighth-grade romance, they're actually bail conditions given to this common-law couple, two of the alleged ringleaders of G20 violence, and others such as Kelly Pflug-Back and her fiancé, poverty activist Julian Ichim.
“The idea is that we are not to have any unsupervised time together,” says Henderson, 25. “That's when we could conspire, I guess.”
So they don't conspire. Or anything else, for that matter.
“Well, it's not worth $100,000,” she says, referring to the bond posted by her family and friends.
Relationships aren't always easy. Especially when the state is your chaperone.
Pflug-Back knows this well. The 21-year-old faces 13 criminal charges related to G20 violence, including mischief over $5,000, conspiracy and intimidation of a justice official.
Released on $80,000 bond to her parents, she can't leave home without them.
“It's just basic house arrest,” she says when reached by phone. “I think the important thing is just making the best of it — trying to maintain a productive life, even if there are some restrictions.”
But those restrictions include a ban on private contact with Ichim, 30, a member of the Guelph activist group Sense of Security — a group Pflug-Back can't associate with.
Yet though their rendezvous must be supervised, their love defies authority.
“Even if something's challenging you can always deal with it,” Pflug-Back says cheerfully. “I'm just making the best of things.”
Family bonds are also being tested by the stringent restrictions placed on accused G20 conspirators.
Siblings Erik and Meghan Lankin were forbidden from being in contact with each other for nearly two months, after both were charged with conspiracy in connection with G20 violence.
“It was a real restriction on their family and how their family operates,” says defence lawyer Breese Davies, who represents Meghan.
Initially denied bail, Erik sat in jail for more than two months before being released on a $110,000 bond.
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Leah Henderson and Alex Hundert aren't allowed to be alone together.
When they chat on the phone, a parent eavesdrops.
Texting? Out of the question. Henderson's forbidden from using her cellphone.
While the rules are reminiscent of an eighth-grade romance, they're actually bail conditions given to this common-law couple, two of the alleged ringleaders of G20 violence, and others such as Kelly Pflug-Back and her fiancé, poverty activist Julian Ichim.
“The idea is that we are not to have any unsupervised time together,” says Henderson, 25. “That's when we could conspire, I guess.”
So they don't conspire. Or anything else, for that matter.
“Well, it's not worth $100,000,” she says, referring to the bond posted by her family and friends.
Relationships aren't always easy. Especially when the state is your chaperone.
Pflug-Back knows this well. The 21-year-old faces 13 criminal charges related to G20 violence, including mischief over $5,000, conspiracy and intimidation of a justice official.
Released on $80,000 bond to her parents, she can't leave home without them.
“It's just basic house arrest,” she says when reached by phone. “I think the important thing is just making the best of it — trying to maintain a productive life, even if there are some restrictions.”
But those restrictions include a ban on private contact with Ichim, 30, a member of the Guelph activist group Sense of Security — a group Pflug-Back can't associate with.
Yet though their rendezvous must be supervised, their love defies authority.
“Even if something's challenging you can always deal with it,” Pflug-Back says cheerfully. “I'm just making the best of things.”
Family bonds are also being tested by the stringent restrictions placed on accused G20 conspirators.
Siblings Erik and Meghan Lankin were forbidden from being in contact with each other for nearly two months, after both were charged with conspiracy in connection with G20 violence.
“It was a real restriction on their family and how their family operates,” says defence lawyer Breese Davies, who represents Meghan.
Initially denied bail, Erik sat in jail for more than two months before being released on a $110,000 bond.
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