Greg Renouf
VANCOUVER, B.C. - These reports about Greg Renouf from Occupy Vancouver, Occupy Toronto and other Canadian groups have been compiled by Rev. Kevin Annett, acting Secretary of the International Tribunal into Crimes of Churh and State (ITCCS.ORG), following Greg Renouf's active in person and online harassment and interference with personnel and supporters of the ITCCS.ORG.
More reports are expected. Thank you. July 15, 2012.
1. Anti-harrasment- Statement from Occupy Vancouver concerning Greg Renouf: http://occupiedvancouver.net/2011/12/19/statement/
Anti-Harassment Statement by Members of Occupy Vancouver
December 19, 2011
The undersigned members of Occupy Vancouver would like to condemn and express our outrage at the actions of an individual who has been representing himself as an official voice of our movement, all the while committing persistent acts of bullying and harassment. Bullying and harassment are forms of active violence that should not be tolerated within our movement. As stated in our basis of unity: “We are also committed to safeguarding our collective well-being – including safety from interpersonal violence.”
Greg Renouf has repeatedly been asked by a wide range of individuals (including respected community activists, lawyers, and journalists) to stop his abusive campaign of harassment against Harsha Walia, a long-time organizer and activist. Yet Renouf presents his personal attacks and persistent harassment of her as “questioning”, and our attempts to explain to him that his behaviour is abusive and bordering on stalking have been ignored. Renouf continues to make unreasonable public demands of her (and only her), writes dozens of daily slanderous and inaccurate posts about her, has attempted to “report” her and others to the Vancouver Police Department and RCMP, viciously attacks anyone who tries to hold him accountable, and is creating an unnecessary climate of division and fear-mongering.
This is not actually an issue of tactics or strategies, which many of us have discussed and debated, and it should be noted that many supporters of diversity of tactics have affirmed and respected tactical non-violence in the Occupy movement. What concerns us is a one-sided campaign of intimidation, aggression, and obsessive fixation with one person (who is not even heavily involved in Occupy) by a man that many other members of Occupy Vancouver also feel threatened by, as his threats are spreading to other individuals. We feel that this is unacceptable and we are forced to speak out against Renouf’s actions. This type of behaviour must stop. Occupy Vancouver should no longer tolerate abusive behaviour from individuals who are the ones actually committing real harm and violence in our movement.
Until this harassment stops, the undersigned members of Occupy Vancouver will not participate in any Occupy Vancouver meetings or gatherings where Greg Renouf is present. Since Renouf characterizes anyone who speaks out about his behaviours as part of “Harsha’s gang of supporters”, it should be known that most of us are not formally affiliated with any of the groups that Harsha is part of and many of us are actually new to activism through Occupy Vancouver.
Bob Ages
Maryann Abbs
Robin Anderson
Virginia B-H
Carla Bergman
Lisa Barrett
Riaz Behra
Cameron Bode
Sarah Beuhler
Joe Bowser
Rory Breasail
Clayton Bromley
Fathima Cader
Kat Code
Stephen Collis
Charles Cox
Nathan Crompton
Gareth Davies
Anna Dayley
Didi Dufresne
Nassim Elbardouh
Levi Elijah
Emma Ellison
Faroe
Britta Fluevog
Caelie Frampton
Grant Fraser
Rachel G.
romham padraig gallacher
Lauren Gill
Peter Gill
Rob Gordon
Fancy Graham
Kate Gram
Kelsey Grimm
TL Habbs
Dayla Hart
Courtney Harrop
Peter Haywood
Robyn Heaslip
Michael H. Hejazi
Terri Hobbs
Sema Ibbetson
Erin Innes
Jordan Jack
Gregor Jahn
Reg Johanson
Dana Kagis
Mathew Kagis
Ian Ki’laas Caplette
Charlotte Kates
Danielle LaFrance
Andrew Longhurst
Andrea MacDonald
Ian MacDonald
Lindsay McGregor
Gerrard MacKinnon
Blake MacLeod
Alex Mah
Tracey Mann
Anthony Mayfield
Eli Mills
Sabrina Anne Modder
Patrick Morrison
Robert (Bobbo) Olson
Isaac K. Oommen
Christina Panis
Earle Peach
Jay Peachy
Maria Persdotter
Richard Porteous
Lindsay Porter
Jasmine Rezaee
Isaac Rosenberg
Eddie Rothschild
Sandra S.
Daniyah Shamsi
Chris Shaw
Stephanie Smith
Naava Smolash
Aaron Spires
Macdonald Stainsby
Rianne Svelnis
Tammie Tupechka
Aaron Vidaver
Chris Waddell
Catherine Welsh
David Wilde
Eve Wilensky
Sasha Wiley
Danielle Lee Williams
Mark Wilson
Maxim Winther
Mya Wolf
Miranda Wolfe
Tash Wolfe
Rita Wong
Usman X
Sandra Yee
Sabina Zahn
Stopthepave.org
Community Solidarity Working Group*
Consensual Housing Working Group*
* CSWG and CHWG are eleven members of Occupy Vancouver who commit to coming to a General Assembly in person to discuss and consense on a proposal if needed, but do not feel safe sharing personal information in this atmosphere of harassment.
If you are part of OV and wish to join us please send your name to: [email protected]
2. Reports on Greg Renouf including information about hate against women, sexual harrassment, etc.:
3. Article banning Greg Renouf from both Occupy Vancouver & Occupy Toronto,. #3 on their list says Renouf was banned because of the same thing Renouf is doing to Rev. Kevin Annett and personnel and supporters of the ITCCS
http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com/greg-renouf-this-man-is-dangerous/toronto-statement-against-greg-renouf-passed-by-occupy-toronto-ga-april-9-2012/
: These attacks or harassment activities currently include:
(1) calling or otherwise reporting activists to police and other law enforcement,
(2) continually emailing and tagging women in social media forums who have made it clear they aren’t interested in further conversation. This includes commenting on-side in situations where other abusive people are engaged in abusive or harassing commentary.
(3) constantly writing articles (many of which are either inaccurate or libelous) to denigrate or “expose” activists or journalists who disagree with him or challenge his harassing behaviors,
(4) making sexualized references about women and queer activists, which includes referring to women who have complained as “bitches” or derogatory jokes about “bitch slapping” women he doesn’t like,
(5) attempting to attend or crash meetings or events where it has been made clear his presence isn’t welcome on account of such abuse,
(devil) continually attempting to debate “black bloc” tactics where this is clearly not otherwise being discussed, contemplated, or engaged,
(7) other activity not specifically mentioned here, but which would otherwise clearly count as abuse or harassment.
TORONTO STATEMENT AGAINST GREG RENOUF, PASSED APRIL 9, 2012
The undersigned Toronto community groups and organizations have felt the need to show a united front in condemning the actions of an individual trying to associate himself with Occupy Toronto, who has repeatedly refused to leave community organizing and social spaces while committing persistent acts of bullying and harassment. Bullying and harassment are forms of active violence that should not be tolerated within our movements.
Greg Renouf has been asked by wide range of people within the community (including respected community activists, lawyers, and journalists) to stop his behaviour and aggressive campaign of harassment particularly against women who are long time organisers and activists. Yet he continues to present his personal attacks, threats and persistent harassment as efforts to expose some imagined ‘conspiracy’ against him. Attempts to explain to him that his behaviour is abusive and unacceptable have been ignored.
Despite having been banned by both Occupy Toronto and Occupy Vancouver, Renouf continues to force himself into community organising and social spaces surrounding both. He has also lied about those whom he is targeting, has made sexualized derogatory comments about women in these communities, has repeatedly threatened and also reported others to the police for preposterous allegations, has viciously and obsessively attacked those who have tried to hold him accountable, and is creating an unnecessary climate of division.
We feel this situation is unacceptable and it is now necessary to speak out. After almost six months of this behaviour, we are taking decisive action. Such abusive and harassing behaviour should not be tolerated within our movements.
Therefore, Mr. Renouf will be excluded from any of our meetings or events for an indefinite period of time. Before the exclusion is lifted, there must be at least sixty continuous days without further attacks or harassment.
These attacks or harassment activities currently include:
(1) calling or otherwise reporting activists to police and other law enforcement,
(2) continually emailing and tagging women in social media forums who have made it clear they aren’t interested in further conversation. This includes commenting on-side in situations where other abusive people are engaged in abusive or harassing commentary.
(3) constantly writing articles (many of which are either inaccurate or libelous) to denigrate or “expose” activists or journalists who disagree with him or challenge his harassing behaviors,
(4) making sexualized references about women and queer activists, which includes referring to women who have complained as “bitches” or derogatory jokes about “bitch slapping” women he doesn’t like,
(5) attempting to attend or crash meetings or events where it has been made clear his presence isn’t welcome on account of such abuse,
(6) continually attempting to debate “black bloc” tactics where this is clearly not otherwise being discussed, contemplated, or engaged,
(7) other activity not specifically mentioned here, but which would otherwise clearly count as abuse or harassment.
As such, until this campaign of abuse and harassment stops, Mr. Renouf’s attack articles are removed from his blog, and until Mr. Renouf acknowledges his actions to be harmful, the undersigned individuals and organizations affirm the following:
(1) We will not tolerate Mr. Renouf’s presence at any of our meetings or events
(2) We will remove our endorsements from any events or groups that allow or facilitate Mr. Renouf’s participation
(3) We will encourage our members and allies to leave those groups and events which allow for his participation.
Mr. Renouf will be excluded from any of our meetings or events for an indefinite period of time. Before the exclusion is lifted, there must be at least sixty continuous days without further attacks or harassment.
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Occupy Toronto Feminists’ Committee
Occupy Toronto General Assembly
Occupy Toronto Marshals’ Committee
Community Solidarity Network
Ladies Anarchist Solidarity Society
Common Cause Toronto
CUPE 2073
Greater Toronto Workers Assembly – Feminist Action Committee
Occupy London (Ontario) General Assembly
Includes info about women hate, sexual harrasment etc...
Hate article against Greg:
http://julianichim.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/greg-renouf-stupid-fucken-goof/
noticed that Greg was filming protestors
4.
Anti-Harassment Statement by Members of OccupyVancouver
DECEMBER 22, 2011
The undersigned members of Occupy Vancouver would like to condemn and express our outrage at the actions of an individual who has been representing himself as an official voice of our movement, all the while committing persistent acts of bullying and harassment. Bullying and harassment are forms of active violence that should not be tolerated within our movement. As stated in our basis of unity: “We are also committed to safeguarding our collective well-being – including safety from interpersonal violence.”
Greg Renouf has repeatedly been asked by a wide range of individuals (including respected community activists, lawyers, and journalists) to stop his abusive campaign of harassment against Harsha Walia, a long-time organizer and activist. Yet Renouf presents his personal attacks and persistent harassment of her as “questioning”, and our attempts to explain to him that his behaviour is abusive and bordering on stalking have been ignored. Renouf continues to make unreasonable public demands of her (and only her), writes dozens of daily slanderous and inaccurate posts about her, has attempted to “report” her and others to the Vancouver Police Department and RCMP, viciously attacks anyone who tries to hold him accountable, and is creating an unnecessary climate of division and fear-mongering.
This is not actually an issue of tactics or strategies, which many of us have discussed and debated, and it should be noted that many supporters of diversity of tactics have affirmed and respected tactical non-violence in the Occupy movement. What concerns us is a one-sided campaign of intimidation, aggression, and obsessive fixation with one person (who is not even heavily involved in Occupy) by a man that many other members of Occupy Vancouver also feel threatened by, as his threats are spreading to other individuals. We feel that this is unacceptable and we are forced to speak out against Renouf’s actions. This type of behaviour must stop. Occupy Vancouver should no longer tolerate abusive behaviour from individuals who are the ones actually committing real harm and violence in our movement.
Until this harassment stops, the undersigned members of Occupy Vancouver will not participate in any Occupy Vancouver meetings or gatherings where Greg Renouf is present. Since Renouf characterizes anyone who speaks out about his behaviours as part of “Harsha’s gang of supporters”, it should be known that most of us are not formally affiliated with any of the groups that Harsha is part of and many of us are actually new to activism through Occupy Vancouver.
Bob Ages
Maryann Abbs
Robin Anderson
Virginia B-H
Carla Bergman
Joy Bartlett
Lisa Barrett
Riaz Behra
Cameron Bode
Sarah Beuhler
Clayton Bromley
Fathima Cader
Kat Code
Stephen Collis
Wayde Compton
Charles Cox
Nathan Crompton
Gareth Davies
Anna Dayley
Levi Elijah
Emma Ellison
Faroe
Britta Fluevog
Caelie Frampton
Grant Fraser
romham padraig gallacher
Lauren Gill
Peter Gill
Kate Gram
Kelsey Grimm
Dayla Hart
Peter Haywood
Robyn Heaslip
Michael H. Hejazi
Courtney Harrop
Sema Ibbetson
Erin Innes
Jordan Jack
Gregor Jahn
Reg Johanson
Dana Kagis
Mathew Kagis
Edward Lacarte
Ian MacDonald
Gerrard MacKinnon
Lindsay McGregor
Alex Mah
Tracey Mann
Anthony Mayfield
Ruth Meta
Eli Mills
Sabrina Anne Modder
Isaac K. Oommen
Jay Peachy
Maria Persdotter
Richard Porteous
Jasmine Rezaee
Isaac Rosenberg
Eddie Rothschild
Daniyah Shamsi
Chris Shaw
Stephanie Smith
Naava Smolash
Tammie Tupechka
Aaron Vidaver
Chris Waddell
Catherine Welsh
David Wilde
Sasha Wiley
Danielle Lee Williams
Tash Wolf
Maxim Winther
Mya Wolf
Usman X
Sandra Yee
Sabina Zahn
Stopthepave.org
Community Solidarity Working Group*
Consensual Housing Working Group*
* CSWG and CHWG are eleven members of Occupy Vancouver who commit to coming to a General Assembly in person to discuss and consense on a proposal if needed, but do not feel safe sharing personal information in this atmosphere of harassment.
If you are part of OV and wish to join us please send your name to: [email protected]
Occupied Vanoucer, Dec. 30 2011: Thank you for reposting. An additional 35 people have signed onto the statement since it was first issued on December 19th.
http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com/greg-renouf-this-man-is-dangerous/greg-renouf/
5.
Greg Renouf
Occupy Vancouver & Occupy Toronto statements
http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com/greg-renouf-this-man-is-dangerous/
- This Man is Dangerous: Greg Renouf: http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/this-man-is-dangerous-greg-renouf/
- This Man is Dangerous: Greg Renouf (pt.2) http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/this-man-is-dangerous-greg-renouf-pt-2/
- Anti Harassment Statement made by members of #OccupyVancouver http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com/greg-renouf-this-man-is-dangerous/greg-renouf/
- Marshalls Committee: Notes from February 22, 2012 meeting – #OccupyToronto http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com/greg-renouf-this-man-is-dangerous/marshalls-committee-notes-from-february-22-2012-meeting-occupytoronto/
- Toronto Statement Against Greg Renouf, Passed by #OccupyToronto GA, April 9 2012 http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com/greg-renouf-this-man-is-dangerous/toronto-statement-against-greg-renouf-passed-by-occupy-toronto-ga-april-9-2012/
http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com/greg-renouf-this-man-is-dangerous/
6. PEACECULTURE..ORG (RADIO PROGRAM)
"We also look at a new blog targeting a dangerous "occupy" activist Greg Renouf who has in multiple ways (misogynist, sexist, racist, classist, colonial) harassed women of colour and threatened police violence against dedicated social justice warriors. a campaign to stop his destructive ways and barr him from social justice spaces. see http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com for more info."
7. THIS MAN IS DANGEROUS
This Man Is Dangerous: Greg Renouf (pt.2)
UPDATE: Greg Renouf banned from all Occupy Toronto events
link: Statement Against Greg Renouf, Passed by #OccupyToronto GA, April 9 2012
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Greg Renouf has, since being banned from #OccupyToronto by both the Marshalls’ Committee and the General Assembly (GA), has decided that for some reason the bans are illegitimate and he has declared that he intends to start showing up for GA meetings again. this is a problem.
We also know that Renouf recently attended a workshop put on by Tools For Change (sponsored by the very Ruckus Society that he, as part of his broader conspiracy theory, claims is a shill for the 1%).
Obviously we have not done a good enough job at explaining to people in our communities, the kind of threat that Renouf poses, and how important it is that we not let him into our organising and social spaces.
Here is a new picture of Renouf (as he currently looks), and a link to our original post about him.
This Man is Dangerous: Greg Renouf
http://thismanisdangerous.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/this-man-is-dangerous-greg-renouf
We have also been contacted by, not only one or two of his remaining allies, but by a right wing blogger as well, whom Renouf seems to have recruited to his cause. Both his existing allies and this new found friend are all demanding “evidence” be provided of Renouf’s harassment. we still firmly believe that it is more than enough to provide evidence of his behaviour in the form of accusations against him made by women in our community, along with more than a hundred people who have signed on to statements demanding that Renouf be removed from community spaces. that said, we did imply in our original post about Renouf that we would provide more documentation about his misogynist and racist harassment and bullying of community organisers, so here it goes.
misogyny
Renouf making explicitly sexualised comments about one of his "targets"
this is but one of several comments Renouf has made of an explicitly sexualised nature. we are only including one pic (as proof that he does this), and have removed anything that might incriminate or denigrate his intended target. This type of commenting is derogatory, demeaning, and misogynist, and is emblematic of Renouf’s approach to dealing w women whom he is targeting.
Renouf has, on multiple occasions used rhetorical reference to the once immensely successful and still exceedingly disgusting “Girls Gone Wild” franchise. Below is but one example to prove that he does this. we should not have to explain that to project this reference onto a female target is an obscenely misogynist action, and is an explicit sexualisation of those women whom he is targeting.
Renouf making more explicitly sexualised comments
racism
one of the common accusations made against renouf is that his targeting, and much of his political bullying are racist. we are not going to track down “evidence” of Renouf’s anti-native comments that he made repeatedly in Vancouver. and we’re not going to give you screenshots that are evidence of his white supremacist arguments about reverse racism, which are at the core of much of his targeting.
Renouf has blogged extensively against the anti racism march in Vancouver, and has made many public comments calling one the march’s lead organisers a “racist.” his entire basis for this is rooted in a fundamental belief he seems to have that “identity politics” constitute “reverse racism.”
well, there is no such thing as reverse racism, and people who deny the politics of identity are essentially actively working to reinforce systems of white supremacy. here are some links to articles/blogs that might explain all this (i found these w a really quick search–if someone wants to send a better source, feel free). this blog, however, is not about converting racists, it is about alerting communities to the presence of dangerous people creeping in their neighbourhouds. we dont have to convince racists that they are racist in order to do that; we just need to keep them out.
A Look at the Myth of Reverse Racism, Tim Wise, June 2002
http://RaceandHistory.com
Diversity Training, Shakti Butler, University of Delaware, August 2007
http://TheFire.org
A Message from an Editor to Racist Whites…, Ikonoclast, April 2011
http://peopleofcolororganize.com
Reverse Racism? I Dont Think So, Brown Grrlz Project, February 2012
http://thebrownggrrlzproject.tumblr.com
and, for those who might read this and might be serious about being part of communities of resistance, about being part of communities that are actively engaged in organising for social justice, in addition to the above links, here is another great resource for you: The Ally’s Toolkit. this web page is full of links and is useful for people who want to learn how to be better allies and to deal with their own identity as individuals who are part of larger communities that we all need to be accountable to.
The Ally’s Toolkit:
allystoolkit.tumblr.com
9. GREG RENOUF AS POLICE COLLABORATOR
by JulianIChim
http://julianichim.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/greg-renouf-stupid-fucken-goof/
So today i decided today to back up some of my friends and support them at this demo in toronto which took place as a result of police brutality and criminalization that the occupy toronto movement and poor people have been facing at the hands of the state. I decided to wear a shitty disguise not because i wanted to hide my identity but rather because of what the bandana symbolizes, after all how many activists in TO or the dub have a cane, a huge nose and have a very distinct cough? As soon as the demo started i noticed Greg Renouf filming activists and decided to do something about it.
Now for those of you who dont know, Greg Renouf is not your typical activist. While some “peaceful” protestors will criticize and attack the black block tactics there main goal and aim is to fight the system or have some other sort of goal eg. economic and social change. Renouf is a classic case of an agent provocateur, in other words his goal is not to build or change anything but rather to criminalize attack and destroy the movement. Some of the highlights of his career include harassing wimmin organizors in Vancouver, calling cops on people like Alex Hudert for no good reason, making up storys to throw activists in jail and calling child protection services on mothers who organize.
In other words, he is not a peaceful activist whose pissed off at “black Block tactics” but rather a willing or unwilling state agent whose sole raison de etre is to attack and criminalize other activists. No wonder that during the whole march he was walking right next to the police and hiding behind there lines.
When he was confronted and we started to peacefully block his camera, he reacted by making comments like you must have been sexually assaulted by your dad, or making very misogynist comments to my female comrades, saying sexual shit about my family members etc.
While most people were getting really pissed off at this guy who feels comfortable running his mouth in front of cops, but isnt so lippy when the cops are not around i just responded with a simple fuck you etc. cause with idiots like him you cant really argue with cause his politics are simply police politics, eg. we hate activists, love cops and have no serious political thoughts or arguement. misogyny racism and elitist bullshit is all he could say because thats all he knows and has no analysis becuase he is not a political person.
Ironically his main comment who are you here for was the same question that cops asked other protestors making his relationship to the state more obvious. Several times he threatened to remove my mask using force, and at one point threatened to shove a flag pole up my friends ass, showing how his commitment to non violence only applies to those who are attacked by the state.
People who collaborate with the state and put people at risk conscientiously to impose there views on a movement or to settle scroes and personal vendettas have no place in our movement and must be actively oppossed. Renouf is not a peaceful protestor gone wrong but rather a state agent and should be treated accordingly
END OF REPORTS ON GREG RENOUF - JULY 15, 2012
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thank you.
Posted by: lilium789 | 07/16/2012 at 04:13 AM
A Big Bunch of dirty LIES, I know him personally and this is total bull shit.
Posted by: Lawrence McCurry | 10/25/2012 at 08:42 PM
Renouf is a fool who needs to be isolated and removed from our movements and communities
Posted by: Zig Zag | 11/11/2012 at 07:06 PM