out of the squating loop

a few days ago I did a mad read of indymedia in Ireland and in Canada, I have been involved in Irish politics that I havn't been reading about whats been happenging in Toronto lately. I was super excited to hear about the Nov 8th events. For those of you who did hear, on Nov 8th OCAP planned a squat action in the gatekeepers house by the Don Jail. This house once housed the jails gatekeeper but has been empty for quite a while, although it was still hooked up to electricity. They made the plans available since it was a political action to get more affordable housing Toronto. Well the police were out in full force, usign great numbers as a fear tactic. The had also went around in the surrounding neighbourhood letting the locals know what was happenind and requesting that they didn't go to the event.

The event got a bit messy and several people were arrested including a women who had her 2 year old child removed from her arms. There was great out cry from the squaters to have the child returned to the father who was also in attendance. Eventually the child was returned.

The MP in the area, who has been there for 16 years was notified of this near riot in her contingent and rushed down. He negotiated between the police and the squaters. He brought paper work with him that said that he would do everything in his power to have this house converted into affordable housing and that if he was unable to do so by DEC 8th then he would resign.

It sounds like a victory over all, I'm sure that he will be able to get this done, adn the gatekeeper squat will turn into affordable housing. If he doesn't the outcry that will happen will be intence, headlines will read "MP resigns as governement refuses to build affordable housing" I can't imagine the city letting that happen. Go OCAP, only you are militant enough to make things happen in that city . . .

I was showing ready the lyrics for some kinds of light and telling him my realization that the song was about being bi and poly. I had told him before about the whole poly thing, last night he said that he had never heard the word before but had her another term. Squatting your heart . . . I kinda like it, plus there is a symbol for it. I can't find the term or symbol on the internew anywhere but I can discribe it easily. It is just like the regular squating symbol but instead of the circle it is a heart.