Join Occupy Toronto: All Out Against The Corporate AgendaJoin Occupy TO for a family friendly march to Nathan Phillips Square.* Meet: 2:00 p.m. at the Occupation site (St James Park, Adelaide & Jarvis)* Rally: 2:45 p.m. at Nathan Phillips Square (City …
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wmtc: greetings from occupy toronto
I’m writing this from the IS encampment at Occupy Toronto, in St. James Park. It’s chilly and wet out today, but people here are warm and energized. There are at least 75 tents set up, and I’ve heard that number is growing every day. There are tents fo…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy movement: some answers to cynics and detractors
While at work this past weekend, I spent some time reading comments and posts written by people who dislike the Occupy movement. Most of these comments were angry, or cynical, or dismissive. I thought I’d address a few of them here.Laziness. Supposedly…
Continue readingwmtc: mcfadden: "giving food away only encourages the poor not to starve"
McFadden: Occupy Poor Street.I love this guy!
Continue readingwmtc: open letter from the middle class: two responses to the 53%ers
I have been steadfastly avoiding the so-called 53%, the US right-wing reaction to the Occupy movement, but two responses to their claims caught my eye.Suzy Khimm in the Washington Post takes on the hypocrisy of right-wingers flaunting their status as t…
Continue readingwmtc: a first step towards justice: catholic bishop indicted for failure to report sexual abuse
Finally, the horrific, endemic and institutional protection of child sexual abusers by the Catholic Church is being challenged by the judicial system. Thanks to the courageous and continuous speaking out of survivors, and the tireless work of those who…
Continue readingwmtc: amnesty calls on canada to arrest george w. bush
I posted this in comments on the protest Dick Cheney thread, but it may have gotten buried. From the Department of If Only, cross-referenced under After The Revolution. Amnesty International is calling on Canada to arrest and either prosecute or extrad…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy wall street protesters not evicted from zuccotti park
The flood of calls and emails, and a steady stream of supporters joining the protesters in Zuccotti Park early this morning, caused New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to re-think his plan to “clean” Zuccotti Park. Civil disobedience was planned for …
Continue readingwmtc: urgent: nyc to move on occupy wall street: call and voice your outrage right now!
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced plans to evict the Occupy Wall Street protesters at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Please pick up the phone! Call the Mayor’s office, call Brookfield Properties, the owners of Zuccotti Park. Tell them wh…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy wall street: a view from nyc and how you can participate, even if you can’t physically occupy
Last night we attended a meeting of the Toronto International Socialists, because I wanted to hear a report-back from a member who has just returned from New York, where he spent a day at Occupy Wall Street. C is 19 years old, originally from New Jerse…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy wall street: the most important thing in the world right now
In case you missed any of these, here’s some great stuff on the Occupy Wall Street movement.Naomi Klein: Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now: If there is one thing I know, it is that the 1 percent loves a crisis. When people a…
Continue readingwmtc: right-wing editor admits to playing provocateur, instigating violence at protest
We all know that agent provocateurs are a reality, but whenever we are offered hard evidence, we should spread it far and wide. A right-wing “journalist” has admitted to infiltrating a protest group and claims to have personally instigated events that …
Continue readingwmtc: early dispatches from movie season
Last year I mentioned I had never seen a single Pixar movie, including any Toy Story movie. Many wmtc readers recommended I watch all three Toy Story movies, which seemed excessive to me, but I thought it was time to at least see one. I’m watching “Toy…
Continue readingwmtc: on the dangers of centrism
A fellow student recently complained to me about the “knee-jerk lefty-liberal” worldview of one of her teachers. I don’t know why she assumed the professor’s worldview was reflexive rather than well considered, but she went on to say, “I try to take a …
Continue readingwmtc: more mcfadden: scenes from a class war
Please visit Brian McFadden and his Big Fat Whale. The war on Afghanistan is having a birthday party, and you’re invited.
Continue readingwmtc: scenes from an occupation, continued
Day 19:Most compelling moment of the night: Watching NYPD taking a girl away, crowd asked her name, she replied, “Troy Davis, Medgar Evers, Emmett Till, Martin Luther King.” Total poise, totally amazing.October 15: Occupy TogetherThanks to Jere for the…
Continue readingwmtc: the f-word: famine is the real obscenity
Signing a petition seems such a paltry, insignificant act when measured against the massive starvation in Somalia. I remind myself of what Gandhi said: Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.Please sign the petit…
Continue readingwmtc: random notes: amira hass, ry cooder, planned parenthood, and more
Time to collect some of the scraps of paper scribbled all over my desk… Amira Hass will be speaking at the University of Toronto tomorrow night. Hass is an Israeli journalist based in Ramallah, and the only Israeli journalist to live in the occupied …
Continue readingwmtc: more interspecies love, lion and human edition
This is one of the most beautiful animal videos I’ve ever seen. Enjoy!Lion and human, friends and family
Continue readingwmtc: saturday october 15: occupy together!
A few views of the mass arrests in New York City this weekend. Even the official versions are great.In the US, the Occupy Wall Street movement – now Occupy Together has sprouted in more than 100 locations. A list of current or planned occupations can b…
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