INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT: LIBERTARIAN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLE IN EQYPT: The following is a document sign by a number of libertarian socialist organizations reiterating their support for the People’s Struggle in Egypt. The following is from the Anarkismo website. ====================================International Libertarian Statement of Solidarity with the Egyptian popular StruggleOn the
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Molly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2011-11-26 18:06:00
LITERATURE: SO THEY NEVER DID LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER: I have recently finished ‘The Collected Fairy Tales Of Hans Christian Anderson, and am about 80% through ‘The Collected Fairy Tales Of The Brothers Grimm’. Lots of things could be said about these collections. The most obvious one is the bourgeois
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TODAY IN HISTORY: ANNIVERSARY OF ‘THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES’ ********** It was today in 1859 that Charles Darwin published ‘The Origin Of Species’. It can be argued that this has been the most influential book of the modern age. Today pretty well anybody involved in the sciences is a “Darwinist”.
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FEMINISM/ CANADIAN LABOUR: EQUAL PAY LAWSUIT SETTLED IN FAVOUR OF WORKERS- 28 YEARS LATER: Here’s an interesting item from the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) about a lawsuit initiated 28 years ago demanding equal pay for equal work at Canada Post. I heard about this decision while driving about
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PERSONALWHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT PART 3As I’ve mentioned before, both here and on my Facebook page, the very fact that the movement has refused to set up a list of demands to the power elite is a source of strength not weakness. What the O…
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PERSONALWHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT (PART 2):The first part of this series was published over at my Facebook page a little while ago. Yet a movement such as the ‘Occupy’ protests deserves far more than one comment. There is little doubt that …
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CANADIAN POLITICS:STOP PUBLIC HOUSING PRIVATIZATION IN ONTARIO:The following appeal is from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP).***************Stop the Sell Off of Toronto Community Housing!STOP THE SELL OFF OF TORONTO HOUSING!Statement fro…
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PERSONAL:GROWING UP WITHOUT THE STATE:It’s been many many years since I left my old home town. 48 if I count right. I left it at precisely the right time, when I was turning 13. Enough of “being one with nature”. Time to get into some serious trouble. …
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HUMOUR:THE WAY IT GOES:Another winner from the pen of Stephanie McMillan.
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR GEORGIA:RESPECT WORKER RIGHTS IN GEORGIA:The now independent Caucasus republic of Georgia is (in)famous as the homeland of Soviet dictator Josep Stalin. Sorta like being noted as the homeland of malaria. Living down to this “fine” …
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2011-07-13 11:25:00
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS BAHRAIN:TELL US WOMEN’S WORLD CUP PLAYERS TO SUPPORT THEIR FELLOW PLAYERS IN BAHRAIN:As this is being written the US Team at The Women’s World Football Cup has advanced to playing in the finals against Japan. With each advance th…
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2011-07-06 22:20:00
AS I SEE IT:PSEUDO RADICAL BABBLE:I’ve been at this game (leftism) for over 40 years now, and I certainly have accumulated a scrapbook full of “stupid things lefties believe and do”. Back in those deep dark days of my youth a lot of the smellier bullsh…
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LOCAL EVENTS:’STOP SIGNS: CARS AND CAPITALISM’ BOOK LAUNCH:Coming up this Wednesday at Winnipeg’s Infoshop the Mondragon, 92 Albert St.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&Stop Signs Book Launch with Yves EnglerTim…
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AS I SEE IT:FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS:The 104 year old Bell Hotel which closed in August 2007 was just one other downtown flophouse, but when it closed it forced 50 people living there to scramble and find other accommodation. Well the years have passed …
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HUMOUR:A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE TO FORMS OF GOVERNMENT:
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR COLOMBIA: STOP VALE UNION BUSTING IN COLOMBIA:The other year workers in Ontario and Newfoundland were “treated” to an exhibition of just how hard hearted and tight fisted the international mining giant Vale is. But Canada and Brazi…
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2011-06-22 01:36:00
THE CALENDER:WELCOME TO SUMMER:Today is the summer solstice, the beginning of summer. Here’s an article that tells what it all about.********************Summer solsticeFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis article is about the Earth’s axial tilt.Di…
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2011-06-19 01:38:00
INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:A TALE OF THREE COUNTRIES:The usual historiography of anarchism traces its beginnings to the international socialist movement and the First International. Like most things in the social sciences this is only approximate…
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR IVORY COAST:FREE BASIL MAHAN GAHÉ:Free Ivory Coast union leader Basil Mahan Gahé! ********************The following appeal is from the international union confederation the IUF.*******************On April 26, Basil Mahan Gahé, g…
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2011-05-29 16:54:00
PERSONAL:THEN AND NOW:As part of the cleanup that never ends I recently came across a series of old publications ie the ‘Discussion Bulletin’ published by Frank Girard down Michegan way. The issues in question date to the late 80s/early 90s. Appreciate…
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