John Clarke (activist)

John Clarke is a Canadian anti-poverty activist.

A native of Britain, he moved to Toronto and became an organizer there.[1] He is a leading figure of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) group; the Globe & Mail reported in the year 2000 that Clarke's "guerrilla activism has pitted him against police countless times during the past decade."[2] In 2016, the Sudbury Star described Clarke as "a 25-year veteran of activism."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Keenan Kusan, Workers being held down, activist says in Sudbury, Sudbury Star (March 26, 2016).
  2. Margaret Philp, Activist to fight bail terms, Globe & Mail (August 10, 2000).

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