LIFE IN MUTUALISM:IN THE BEGINNING PART ONE-THE TIMES OF GENESIS: Life probably began about 3.8 billion years ago.during the Eoarchaen Era (4 > 3.6 Billion years ago).This is the approximate time that we find the oldest rocks of Earth. Before this time the surface of the Earth was molten, and
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Molly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-12-31 15:30:00
PREDICTABLE AND OTHERWISE PART 2RECENT REBELLIONS: Once more it has been an extended time since I posted here. All this time I have been quite (excessively ?) active on Facebook, Almost always reposting the stories of others. If this blog continues to exist it has to have some purpose. I think
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-09-19 20:15:00
A MOLLY POINT OF VIEW:PREDICTABLE AND OTHERWISE PART 1: For many years I have held a rather heretical (in the usual lefty point of view) opinion. I personally believe that we are living in a post capitalist society that is better described as “managerial” rather than “capitalist”. This is,
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-07-24 23:10:00
AGRICULTURE:BREAKING THE ANTIBIOTIC ADDICTION: For many years it has been a common practice to add antibiotics to food animal rations (poultry, pigs and to a lesser extent cattle). The rationale is that said antibiotics, even if they are in too low a concentration to actually treat any disease, act as growth
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-07-23 00:45:00
INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:NOTES FROM THE BALTIC ANARCHIST GATHERING: Impressions from the Baltic Anarchist Meeting 2012 Impressions from the Baltic Anarchist Meeting 2012 Almost two months have passed since the Baltic Anarchist Meeting (http://www.bam2012.org/) was organised in Tallinn of Estonia 25th-27th of May, but only now I had time to write
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-07-22 22:04:00
PERSONAL:DRIVING AROUND WINNIPEG: It’s a quick trip from the Slav Rebchuk bridge and the missing “People Before Profit” sign to Selkirk Avenue, the main drag of Canada’s second poorest neighbourhood. That’s Winnipeg for you. This burg can’t even be the winner in a competition for bad. Anyways it’s an
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-07-16 20:07:00
ENVIRONMENT: A TASTE OF SHELL GAMES TO COME IN THE ARTIC: Shell Loses Control Of Arctic Drilling Rig In Alaskan Harbor By Climate Guest Blogger on Jul 16, 2012 at 12:23 pm Photo: Teresa Derrick-Laxfoss by Kiley KrohRoyal Dutch Shell’s preparedness to drill offshore in the harsh and remote
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-07-16 11:28:00
CANADIAN LABOUR: WILDCAT STRIKERS DEFY UNION AND COMPANY IN NEWFOUNDLAND: Up to 1,000 workers have gathered near the road to Vale’s Long Harbour construction site in eastern Newfoundland this morning, as a wildcat labour dispute enters day five.Some employees have turned around, and many have joined in the protest,
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-07-15 17:50:00
ANARCHIST LITERATURE:NEW BOOK FROM ARTHUR J. MILLER:Good old A.J.. Here’s a collection of his working class writings in book form. Always relevant over the decades. Here’s the plug… FW Arthur J. Millerhas a new book entitled ‘Upon The Backs Of Labour’;essays from a working class writer that help organize, agitate
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-07-12 21:30:00
DRIVING AROUND WINNIPEG:PERCEPTUAL EXPECTANCY As you drove over the Slaw Rebchuk bridge from downtown Winnipeg to the North End you were greeted for years by the “Welcome To The North End: People Before Profit” sign on the roof of the Nippon Auto building at the north foot of the bridge.
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-07-11 22:25:00
PERSONAL:MOLLY’S BACK !! Well, it’s been a long drought here in Mollyland, but I’d like to announce my return the world of blogger. I’m still active in reporting up to date news over at my Facebook account, but it’s about time I added a little more personal comment. This blog
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-05-27 18:29:00
CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:THE VICTORIA ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR: Fall rolls around once more, and, as the leaves are turning colour the colourful Victoria Anarchist Bookfair will be blowing into town out there on the west coast. Here’s the details: Victoria Anarchist Bookfair Call for Participation ***** 1. Victoria Anarchist Bookfair Dates &
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DRIVIN’ AROUND WINNIPEG:I HOPE THEY NEVER COME BACK TO LIFE PART TWO: It’s over the Slaw Rebchuk bridge travelling north I go, a bridge named after a socialist by a government that is the furthest from such views as may be possible. Come over Slaw Rebchuk travelling north, and the
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-05-26 23:18:00
DRIVIN’ ROUND WINNIPEG:I HOPE THEY NEVER COME BACK TO LIFE: A lot of my work days are consumed with driving across Winnipeg. After 28 years of doing this job I think that I know more about the City than the average cab driver. Interesting stuff some times. Today I had
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-05-20 13:58:00
CANADIAN LABOUR:RIO TINTO OFF THE PODIUM: Over in London England the international mining company Rio Tinto has been awarded the position of the metals necessary to make the award medals. Yet back here in Canada workers at Rio Tinto’s aluminum smelter in Alma Québec have been locked out for months.
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-05-16 22:57:00
ANARCHIST THEORY:BUT WILL THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME ? The short answer is “yes”. In fact, given the lower “neighbourhood costs” of rail versus road traffic they will run even more frequently.This article is the first of what I hope will be a series on how things might be organized
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-04-12 23:04:00
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR/ANARCHOSYNDICALISM: LATEST SPANISH GENERAL STRIKE A HUGE SUCCESS: March 29th saw a one day general strike in Spain that eclipsed previous general strikes in magnitude if one is to judge by the drop in energy consumption, often the best way of estimating the impact of general strikes on the
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-03-20 21:49:00
CANADIAN POLITICS: DEFEND OUR SOCIAL HOUSING: True to form our present federal Conservative government is quite content to see funding for “social housing” (co-op, non-profit and public housing) gradually wither away as the following article demonstrates. The Harperites must be particularily happy that this is a trend inherited from previous
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-03-13 21:09:00
CANADIAN POLITICS ONTARIO: DENOUNCE AND DEFEAT DRUMMAND’S DREADFUL DIRECTIONS: Always on the lookout to squeeze the poor even further the McGuinty government of Ontario has recently received a commission report of a plan to tighten the screws from former bank executive Don Drummond. It was all that could be expected.
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-03-10 00:52:00
WINNIPEG EVENTS-WAG ROCK AROUND THE ROCKWELL: Hard to say about this party, but it may be interesting. The Winnipeg Art Gallery is holding a party on March 23 to celebrate the art of Norman Rockwell now on display at their gallery. Ah the days of innocence and five cent soda
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