"I'm sorry officer, is my head in the way of your boot?" When midnight rolls around in Toronto, will we see Bill Blair’s finest descend on those Occupiers like they did during the infamous G20 police violence conducted on peace…
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Repeat performance of Bill Blair’s Goon Show tonight in Toronto?
"I’m sorry officer, is my head in the way of your boot?"
When midnight rolls around in Toronto, will we see Bill Blair’s finest descend on those Occupiers like they did during the infamous G20 police violence conducted on peaceful protesters? Blair has not shown one scrap of regret over his bubble-bursting bad boys kicking and beating last summer so there’s no reason to expect anything else
Continue readingThe Sun’s effect on our national conversation is obvious, but what about the Globe?
It’s a straightforward question: what are people talking about? What’s capturing their attention and imaginations? Public conversation. Nothing gives you a better sense of a community or a society than gauging what people are talking about. (24/7 on Ki…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Occupy Movement and the Coal Mine Canaries
By the time I made it down to the Occupy Toronto campsite this weekend it was getting dark. There seemed to be more tents than ever, but although they were celebrating their one-month anniversary, the mood was definitely subdued.Maybe it’s be…
Continue readingAnonymous threatens Rob Ford with internet takedown if Occupy Toronto removed
If Rob Ford goes through with his threat to forcibly remove peaceful Occupy Toronto next week, Anonymous warns that it is prepared to take action against Ford’s administration by ‘removing the internet’.
H/T: @min_reyes
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Do So Many Canadians Hate the Occupiers?
I haven’t been able to visit the Occupy Toronto campsite in the last two days. But I have spent quite a bit of time wondering why so many Canadians seem to hate the occupiers so much? And I mean HATE.Because this isn’t just manufactured bile, this is v…
Continue readingThoughts for Remembrance Day, and Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) figures out the #Occupy movement
It’s a big man who can start a national column with an admission that he got it wrong.This little corner’s been relatively silent on the whole Occupy thing, but now that it’s gotten the Masters of the Universe sufficiently rattled, they’re cranking up …
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Veterans vs. OWS
Today is Remembrance day. I would personally like to thank all those who have served and are currently serving in Canada’s military. When I opened the editorial section of the Globe & Mail today, I saw the editorial cartoon (pictured … Continue reading →
Politics and its Discontents: Why the Occupy Movement Has Relevance in Canada
Thee are many who assert that the Occupy Movement has no relevance in Canada because we have a social safety net and other measures that provide a modicum of protection to the most vulnerable. They also argue for the superiority of our banking system, …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Occupy Movement and the Marginalized
I see the Mayor of Vancouver is using a tragic drug overdose to justify evicting the city’s Occupy protesters.”I have directed the city manager to expedite the appropriate steps to end the encampment as soon as possible with a safe resolution being abs…
Continue readingMayor Stupid makes @KeithOlbermann’s list … AGAIN (h/t @OccupyTO)
Must be Halloween or something.I have no words.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Toronto and the Patient Revolution
When I wandered through the Occupy Toronto campground today it was quiet, like most places in the city on a lazy, chilly, Sunday afternoon.But there were more tents than ever. The food tent was busy…So were the sign painters…Even on a lazy Sun…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Reasons To Occupy Toronto
There are many Canadians, most prominently Prime Minister Harper, who dismiss the Occupy Movement as having little or no relevance for Canadians. In a column specifically directed toward the young, but of significance to all progressives, The Star’s H…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Occupy Movement and the Hippie Bus
I’m not surprised at the way the Occupy movement in Canada has been attacked by our corporate media. Or the way it has been mocked by the Con klowns at Fox News North.But I must admit I was a bit surprised by this one.I just couldn’t understand ho…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Fact Check!
A “First Nation speaker” (not sure who) took to the stage of the Occupy Toronto event at City Hall this past weekend to spew a pantload of demonstrably false information about Benjamin Franklin that was, sadly, then dutifully resounded by … Continue reading →
Canadian Progressive World: Global Occupy Movement Made in Canada
The global Occupy Movement arrived in Canada nearly a month after the first Occupy Wall Street protest. But, the movement is a made-in-Canada thing. Pages: 1 2
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why the Occupy Movement Can’t Fail
I went down to the Occupy Toronto campground yesterday, just as the protesters were setting off on a march to City Hall. So naturally I followed them, and had a great time.Only to discover later, much to my surprise, that according to some in the …
Continue readingNow, Peggy Wente, It’s Not Nice to Slam An Ideological Sister Like Kathy Shaidle
Vintage Peggy Wente. She does prove that she is, indeed, Chrissie Blatchford’s sob sister, along with Tash Kheiriddin. Peggy, of course, misses the point of the #occupy movement. What a bitter woman she is!
“Why should artists have to work instead of just making art?”
Peg asks one occupier. Who knew Kathy Shaidle . . . → Read More: Now, Peggy Wente, It’s Not Nice to Slam An Ideological Sister Like Kathy Shaidle
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Latest From Chris Hedges
For those who have not yet read Chris Hedges’ Death of the Liberal Class, his latest essay on truthdig, entitled A Movement Too Big to Fail, is must-reading.Using the thesis from his book, namely that the members and institutions of the traditional lib…
Continue readingEdwin Current: Focus Idea: Keep on Moving, @OccupyToronto !!
I think there is allot of confusion because many Canadians assumed a large majority of the greed exists and comes from the Canadian banking system similar to the US. However our banking system has some pretty good regulators and is one of the best in the world however there is
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