An open letter to Canada’s Prime Minister, Members of Parliament, and Senators, from a broad and diverse coalition of 46 organizations representing millions of Canadians – Support Canadian Food, Canadian Farmers, and the Canadian Wheat Board Bill C-18, if passed, will destroy the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). Agriculture Minister Gerry
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Paul S. Graham: 10 Reasons to Oppose Bill C-10
Occupy Winnipeg took its opposition to Bill C-10, the so-called Safe Streets and Communities Act, to Winnipeg’s West End Library and then proceeded to occupy the constituency office of Manitoba’s Justice Minister, Andrew Swan for 24 hours. Before doing so, an Occupy Winnipeg spokesperson read the November 17, 2011 statement
Continue readingwmtc: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, as long as you don’t mind being beaten and abused
Further to an older post “the definition of a police state depends on where you live – what country, and what postal code “, I present these without comment, because what is there to say? Police drag OWS protester by her hair Police officer calmly and methodically uses chemical agent
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: On Global Day of Action, Occupy Ottawa flexes underrated muscle
By Obert Madondo Even as the threat of eviction from Confederation Park looms larger, the Occupy Ottawa movement is getting stronger, says Arun Smith. Yesterday, the movement held simultaneous marches before four key Ottawa landmarks: …Read More
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“It is understandable that a realist would despair. And if I was to retreat into self-absorption I would find a small plot of land where I would never have to hear another leaf blower, and find what comfort I could in my family, my books and the …
Continue readingwmtc: human rights activists back in canada, speaking out
Press conference with David Heap and Ehab Lotayef, on their abduction, kidnapping and detention by Israeli forces: here.And a message from the Irish boat:
Continue readingwmtc: "no amount of violence, oppression and bullying can kill an idea whose time has come"
David Heap and Ehab Lotayef, writing at Rabble, now in an Israeli prison. * * * *Keeping the Canadian Boat to Gaza’s promise: Freedom Waves are just beginningDavid Heap and Ehab Lotayef, November 4, 2011A few months ago, the Greek government acted at…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: So Many Flotilla’s to Gaza!
Just Friday another flotilla to Gaza was stopped. The protesters don’t like the idea of a blockade and the so called “human right violations” of Israel being done in Gaza. My question is why do these protesters expand there horizon?
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Continue readingwmtc: canadian human rights activist tasered, beaten, held in israeli prison
David Heap, a Canadian professor and activist, and my friend and comrade, is being held in an Israeli prison. David was removed from the Canadian boat Tahrir, in the latest attempt to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. He has been tasered and beaten. …
Continue readingLarry Hubich's Blog: Court date rapidly approaching
All legal arguments have now been filed in the unprecedented case against the Sask. Party governments’ anti-worker, anti-democratic, unconstitutional labour laws. As reported earlier in this blog, the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour and 25 additional plaintiffs (SFL et al) plus 3 intervenor unions filed their legal arguments in the Saskatchewan Court
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. ~Elie Wiesel
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 18, 2011
There hasn’t been as much reporting on the Cons’ re-introduction of copyright legislation as there was at some other points when previous incarnations were up for discussion. But Tuesday, October 18 saw second-reading debate in Parliament on the bill -…
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Video: Four Directions Walk to End Poverty
Despite its well established habit of electing social democratic governments, Winnipeg has claimed some dubious honors — “Murder Capital of Canada” and “Child Poverty Capital of Canada” to name two of the most disturbing. Even though we have had 11 years of NDP government to undo the damage of Gary Filmon’s Conservatives, both poverty and […]
Mediabuzzard.com: You know you are a lackey …
Or incredibly naive when… You go along with the Conservatives’ tough on crime bill’ , being a member of an oppressed people & a woman to boot – in this case Inuit. The fact that the so called justice system locks up Aboriginal Indigenous Peoples – Inuit,First Nations & Metis
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Occupy Wall Street: The emerging global pro-democracy movement, where it stands, what it means, and where we go from here
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which has already become a global grassroots populist pro-democracy movement, if we have eyes to see, has clearly already won a broad and growing base of support. What is needed now, I believe, is to further clarify and…
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Arrest George Bush
On Thursday, George W. Bush and former U.S. president Bill Clinton (himself an accomplished war criminal) will be attending the Surrey Regional Economic Summit at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel. Here’s some information from the Canadian Peace Alliance on what you can do to support Bush’s arrest for war crimes. » Report George W. Bush […]
350 or bust: Just a Mom, Here For A Better World For My Kids
More links: The Global 99 Percent March In Hundreds of Cities Worldwide For Social and Economic Justice How Wall Street Occupies Washington
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