"When the G20 summit came to Toronto in June 2110, the optimism and determination of thousands of protesters was greeted with ferocious state repression on a scale never before seen in Canada. Through a combination of testimonials from the front lines and analyses of the broader context, Whose streets? shares the lessons learned by activists who helped organize the mobilizations, demonstrators and bystanders who were arbitrarily arrested and detained, and scholars committed to the theory and practice of confronting neo-liberal capitalism. Together, they join the global dialogue about the value of summit protest to social justice movements"--Back cover.

Foreword : G20 trials and the war on activism / Naomi Klein -- Preface / Tom Malleson and David Wachsmuth -- Introduction. From the great recession to the streets of Toronto / Tom Malleson and David Wachsmuth -- Part One : Before the G20. Organizing a Protest Convergence. Building a protest convergence : the Toronto Community Mobilization Network / Tom Malleson -- Community organizing for a global protest / Mac Scott -- Collective movement, collective power : people of colour [i.e., color], migrant justice, and the G20 / Syed Hussan -- "Canada can't hide genocide" : marching for indigenous rights / Lisa Currier -- Labour's role in opposing the G20 : building a resistance to austerity / Archana Rampure -- Unions, direct action, and the G20 protests : obstacles and opportunities / Jeff Shantz -- Presenting the movement's narratives : organizing alternative media / Dan Kellar -- Got your back! Building radical crisis support into the G20 convergence / Monique Woolnough -- Part Two : During the G20. Documenting Resistance and Repression. Police violence and state repression at the Toronto G20 : the facts / The Movement Defence [i.e., Defense] Committee -- They sought to terrify us out of the streets / Nat Guy -- One day in a cage : notes on the temporary detention centre [i.e., center] / David Waschsmuth -- "Hop!" A first-hand account of police abuse at the G20 / Sarah Pruyn -- Women resist, police repress : gendered police violence at the Toronto G20 / Shailagh Keaney -- A wall of brick and rage / Nicole Tanguay -- Connecting carceral spaces : reflecting on Summit detention / Swathi Sekhar -- Caught in the crossfire / Elroy Yau -- Part Three : After the G20. Critical Reflections, Moving Forward. Martial Law in the streets of Toronto : G20 security and state violence / Neil Smith and Deborah Cowen -- Marching with the Black Bloc : "violence" and movement building / Tammy Kovich -- Forms of protest reflect our power : radical strategy and mass mobilizations / Clarice Kuhling -- Surveying the landscape : local protesters and global Summits / Lesley J. Wood and Glenn J. Stalker -- What moves us now? The contradictions of "community" / Clare O'Connor -- Social protest in the age of austerity : prospects for mass resistance after the G20 / David McNally.