Where do ya draw the line? - THE DEAD KENNEDYS

"Bomb explosion rocks cruise missile factory." This was the headline on the front page of The Toronto Star, way back on Friday 15 October 1982. Above the headline were the words "Canada's first terrorist attack, Etobicoke mayor says." It isn't that surprising the mayor would assume the first terrorist attack in Toronto must then also be the first in all of Canada, but it wasn't even the first attack in 1982. Nor would it be the last. The attacks ended on 20 January 1983, when five people were arrested by the RCMP cunningly masquerading as a construction crew on the highway near Squamish, British Columbia. Julie Belmas, Gerald Hannah, Ann Lansen, Doug Stewart, and Brent Taylor were charged with numerous crimes, including blowing up a BC Hydro substation, firebombing several pornographic video stores in Vancouver, and setting off explosives at the Litton Systems weapon plant in Toronto. Calling themselves Direct Action, and dubbed "the Squamish Five" by the mainstream media and "the Vancouver Five" by the underground press, the members of Direct Action would, after a series of highly charged trials, be given prison terms ranging from several years to a life sentence. While the length of the sentences reflected the level of individual involvement in Direct Action, all five members were committed to igniting social change through violent action against property. The campaign mounted by Direct Action was organized against mainstream institutions the group felt were infringing ...

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