Tom Morello happily inspiring those in attendance at Occupy Vancouver: Pete Seeger doing the same at Columbus Circle in New York: And if anyone ever asks you why people are angry with Wall Street in the first place, you can always begin with the simple phrase that happily fits into
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NEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Tom Morello At Occupy Vancouver
Tom Morello happily inspiring those in attendance at Occupy Vancouver: Pete Seeger doing the same at Columbus Circle in New York: And if anyone ever asks you why people are angry with Wall Street in the first place, you can always begin with the simple phrase that happily fits into
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Tom Morello At Occupy Vancouver
Tom Morello happily inspiring those in attendance at Occupy Vancouver:Pete Seeger doing the same at Columbus Circle in New York:And if anyone ever asks you why people are angry with Wall Street in the first place, you can always begin with the simple p…
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Why Occupy Wall Street does NOT need the Democratic party
Some people are now calling for Obama and the Democratic Party to get behind (or is that take over or co-opt) the Occupy Wall Street movement; this at best a strategically unwise misdirection of energies, I would argue, and at worst, a dangerously naiv…
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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 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 readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Swindlers Revisited: Why Canada’s Occupy Wall (Bay) Steet Movement is Important
A friend left a comment on my blog yesterday, reminding me of a book I had read several months ago, Swindlers. She was just in the process of reading it herself. Timely, given the current protests against Wall Street greed.Anyone questionin…
Continue readingThe importance of Occupy Vancouver: BC families worse off than anywhere else in Canada
I hope my someone at Occupy Vancouver with a young family brings this to everyone’s attention. BC is suffering, especially Vancouver. It will only get worse under Harper’s federal mismanagement and Christy Clark’s cluelessness. And oh yeah, thanks Gord…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: This Land is Your Land – The Uncensored Version
Occupy Let Freedom Rain: Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello to join Occupy Vancouver Wednesday? This Land Is Your LandWords and Music by Woody GuthrieChorus: This land is your land, this land is my landFrom California, to the New York IslandFrom…
Continue readingChris Hedges on Occupy TVNY . . . .
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Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Can OWS Get Traction in Canada?
Tony Keller, executive fellow at the Mowat Centre at the University of Toronto (amongst other things), advances the sensible Canadian reaction to the OWS movement, arguing that many of the reforms protesters in the United States are calling for have … Continue reading →
Canadian Progressive World: Great Start to Occupy Ottawa Protest
Occupy Ottawa started as a solidarity movement in support the Occupy Wall Street movement. On Sunday, the movement defined itself as truly Canadian. More than 750 Occupy Ottawa protesters marched through Ottawa’s downtown core. The protesters’ sang…
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Occupy Winnipeg Scrapbook II
Oct. 15, 2011: Scenes from Occupy Winnipeg – and a reminder that what is now called Canada was occupied long before by the aboriginal peoples of this part of the world. It is time the descendants of the Europeans who took the land from the people who were here first do a much better job […]
Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Mea Culpa Occupy Wall Street Canada
When I posted on the success of the occupy Wall Street movement in Canada I said that Harper, Flaherty and Clement were there. I was referring to the above photo from the National Post.I now realize they were just men in costume, dressed up …
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 readingCNN’s Dana Loesch frets that MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan worked with Occupy Wall Street to ‘craft message’
Funny, Dana doesn’t mention that Fox News sponsored the whole Tea Party, with producers cheering on crowds behind the scenes and 24/7 coverage by not just Fox but by Dana’s employers at CNN, as well. Didn’t bother her then and she ignores it now.I…
Continue readingThe right’s furious, desperate attempts to discredit the Occupy movement with charges of anti-Semitism
Yesterday while I was following the #OccupyVancouver twitter feed, I noticed something strange happening. The hashtag was hijacked by unrelated, idiotic counter arguments to Occupy (not necessarily those belonging to Occupy Vancouver) signs showing up in photographs published on the internet and in the media.
The names of the tweeters and retweeters were . . . → Read More: The right’s furious, desperate attempts to discredit the Occupy movement with charges of anti-Semitism
Continue readingThe right’s furious, desperate attempts to discredit the Occupy movement with charges of anti-Semitism
Yesterday while I was following the #OccupyVancouver twitter feed, I noticed something strange happening. The hashtag was hijacked by unrelated, idiotic counter arguments to Occupy (not necessarily those belonging to Occupy Vancouver) signs showing up …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: I Am So Proud to be Canadian Today
I was afraid that the Occupy Wall Street protests in Canada may not be well attended, given the human rights abuses at the G-20.But Canadians rock. Being locked in cages, beaten by police and kettled on the streets like livestock, scared no one.The Nat…
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