Michael Toledano

@mtol.bsky.social

documentary filmmaker | michaeltoledano.net

The Grind is being sued for defamation. We intend to defending our reporting. We need your support to be able to fight this case and to continue publishing essential journalism in Toronto. See the full announcement for more info.

The Grind Is Being Sued By an IDF Reservist Soldier

This defamation case could sink one of the only publications closely covering the Palestine solidarity movement in Toronto and the repression it has faced. We need your help…

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An anonymous organization has sprung up out of nowhere, claiming to represent Jewish film professionals in Canada and promoting policies that could stifle speech in our industry. In an open letter, Jewish film workers say this organization does not represent us: forms.gle/yyiPYQBx9gj2...

Open Letter: Jewish Film Workers Say “Jewish Screen Office” Does Not Represent Us

We are a group of Jewish film professionals concerned with the establishment of an anonymous group called the Jewish Screen Office (JSO) that falsely claims to represent our community. On February 11,...

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If Eby wasn't NDP premier he would be getting WAY more push back. dude is literally blaming courts for stating the obvious: obligations to Indigenous rights are legally enforceable. And now, with Conservative support, he is fast tracking roll backs DRIPA and Indigenous rights BC NDP are shit.

How did B.C.’s historic Indigenous Rights law, DRIPA, become so controversial? | The Narwhal

Unanimously passed and once celebrated, B.C.’s Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act is now facing rushed amendments

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"A former Prince George Mountie [Arthur Dalman] will avoid jail after being found to have obstructed justice by asking bystanders to delete cellphone footage of the arrest of Dale Culver, a First Nations man who later died in police custody." #BritishColumbia #Canada #Policing #Courts

Probation for Mountie Who Ordered Witnesses to Destroy Evidence

Bystanders said police told them to delete videos of the arrest of Dale Culver, who died in police custody.

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SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

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"Last year was the deadliest on record for journalists. For the third year in a row, Israel killed more journalists and media workers than any other country amid the war in Gaza, according to a report released Wednesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists."

Journalists slain at record level in 2025, majority by Israel, watchdog says

An increasing number of journalists were killed by drones, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The IDF said it “strongly rejects” the group’s findings.

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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Mskwaasin Agnew (Dene/Cree, Salt River First Nation) was among the humanitarians on board Conscience that was illegally boarded by Israel in international waters. We are asking everyone to contact the Canadian Government (email addresses & phone numbers on the poster) #EyesOnGaza #EndGazaBlockade

Photo of Mskwaasin with a keffyeh, black background with Canadian Boat to Gaza logo + LARGE red  text: "MSKWAASIN AGNEW (DENE/CREE) ABDUCTED BY ISRAEL." and smaller white text: 
"Contact the Government to demand:
- immediate sanctions on Israel
- a two way arms embargo
- demand the release of Mskwaasin and other Canadian members of the Flotilla."
White text in a red outlined box: "Prime Minister Mark Carney
mark.carney@parl.gc.ca

Anita Anand (Foreign Affairs)
anita.anand@international.gc.ca

David Mcguinty (National Defence)
david.mcguinty@forces.gc.ca

Rebecca Alty (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations)
rebecca.alty@parl.gc.ca
613-992-4587

MP Karim Bardeesy
Taiaiako'n-Parkdale-High Park.
karim.bardeesy@parl.gc.ca
416-769-5072

America appropriated a lot from the Haudenosaunee, too much to list here. But what they never understood was Peace, actual Peace. America's original sin was killing us (and so many others) so it could have "peace" and it never attoned for that. Each president is forever cursed to kill for "freedom".

1/ It's an honour to win Best Cinematography in a Documentary for Yintah from the Canadian Screen Awards. Some thoughts on the award: Yintah’s cinematography was a decade-long collective effort to witness history in the face of RCMP repression.

The RCMP treats journalists with contempt in all facets of its dealings with us, from arresting us in the field to ignoring our legal requests for information. There's no Canadian body more ill-suited to the task of deciding who is and is not a journalist, and yet that's what's been recommended.

The journalist-arresting RCMP can't be trusted to accredit media

There is possibly no single body worse suited to deciding who is and is not a journalist than the RCMP. I would trust nine strangers at a bar to know what a journalist does, and why, before I trusted ...

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