VoiceOver | Riots Reframed (2013) is Fahim Alam’s first film, shot in the aftermath of the 2011 riots in London and other UK cities, while Alam was under conditional release and forced to wear an ankle tag after being arrested during a protest. The film mixes archival, CCTV, and cell
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The Canadian Progressive: Why Arab-Israeli politician protested Harper’s speech to the Knesset
by: Obert Madondo “When you are controlling, discriminating, confiscating, occupying lands from one side and putting them in the corner without any basic rights, you are by this way ruling and committing apartheid in the occupied Palestinian Territories.” The words of Arab-Israeli legislator Ahmad Tibi as he explained to the CBC
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Papers, Citizen!
As if it couldn’t get any worse, the ridiculous paranoia of the Harper regime has surfaced once more in the wake of a sneaky, but peaceful protest in BC. Senator Runciman wants a law so that protests like this can’t happen again. “People who sneak into these kinds of events,
Continue readingLeft Over: Right, Right, you’re bloody well Right…
Former Tory minister on the hot seat over Enbridge lobbying gig by Kady O’Malley Posted: January 7, 2014 9:00 AM Last Updated: January 7, 2014 8:58 AM CBC online I was a bit disappointed in the lack of a big anti-pipeline presence outside the location of the Harpster’s meeting with the BC Bored
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In Vancouver, Climate Justice Activists Disrupt Stephen Harper’s Pro-Big Oil Party
Two climate justice activists peacefully disrupted Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s question-and-answer session at the Vancouver Board of Trade on Monday. The post In Vancouver, Climate Justice Activists Disrupt Stephen Harper’s Pro-Big Oil Party appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: I Am Nobody
Something for all disheartened Canadians to keep in mind, eh? Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In Ottawa, Hundreds Demand Action To “Defend Our Climate”, Communities
More than 150 protesters gathered on Parliament Hill today as part of the Canada-wide “Defend Our Climate, Defend Our Communities” national day of action against climate change and tar sands expansion. The post In Ottawa, Hundreds Demand Action To “Defend Our Climate”, Communities appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Friends Don’t Let Friends Eat Farmed Salmon-Video
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is at this time of year that we celebrate wild salmon returning to spawn in our creeks and streams and are reminded of the crucial connection we have as Island dwellers with wild salmon. Our eco system is inextricably linked in so many ways. The threat
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Preparing for the Perfect Storm: Neoliberal Authoritarianism in an Age of Austerity
Two noteworthy news items for this week: First, the Guardian ran an article last week regarding the soon to be published Social Mobility and Child Poverty report on, well, social moblity and child poverty in the UK. According to the paper, leaked findings of the report indicate a gloomy future
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Turkish Hotel Wins Hospitality Innovation Award for Accommodating Protestors
During the Taksim Square protests in Turkey earlier this year, Divan Hotels’ flagship property in Istanbul opened their doors to the protestors. Not a bad place to get support after suffering police brutality and tear gassing. The hotel is adjacent to Gezi Park’s Taksim Square, the site of protests last
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Protest Song About the NSA Reading Your Emails
The band YACHT has gone back to the glory days of Dylan and the like by writing a protest song. The song is about the NSA illegal spying the USA, which should bother pretty much anyone who cares about privacy. Until now, there was no good news to mention about
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Sixty Activists Risk Arrest at State Department in Protest of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Sixty activists risked arrest Monday outside the State Dept building in Washington, D.C. during a sit-in and protest over the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. The post Sixty Activists Risk Arrest at State Department in Protest of the Keystone XL Pipeline appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In the US, an “open season on black boys” after Zimmerman acquittal
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: (AP Photo/Javier Galeano) In the US, an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, is murdered in cold blood. The jury finds the alleged murderer, Florida neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman, not guilty. President Barack Obama calls for “calm reflection”. He mentions neither “George Zimmerman” nor the issue at the heart
Continue readingPostArctica: Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was murdered 50 years ago. Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. After returning from overseas military service in World War II and completing his secondary education,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadian Medical Students Condemn Conservatives’ Refugee Health Cuts
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) and the Fédération médicale étudiante du Québec (FMEQ), condemn the federal government’s cuts to essential health services for refugees. This press release: OTTAWA, June 17, 2013 – On June 17th, 2013, National Day of Action Against Refugee Health Cuts, the Canadian Federation of Medical Students
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Today, Canadians Fight For Refugee Health Care: 2nd National Day of Action
By: Obert Madondo Twitter: @Obiemad Today, June 17, 2013, is the 2nd Annual Day of Action for refugee health care! Canadians, rights activists, doctors and other health care workers assemble in cities across the country to protest the federal government’s 2012 draconian cuts to essential health services for refugees. On June 30, 2012,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Nova Scotians condemn RCMP repression of anti-fracking protesters
By: Council of Canadians | Press Release HALIFAX, NS, June 14, 2013 – Representatives of several- Halifax-based environmental, social justice and cultural groups are condemning the heavy-handed actions of the RCMP which have led to the arrest of 12 protesters seeking to halt the advance of fracking in Kent County, NB,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Londoners arrested for protesting petrocrat Stephen Harper, tar sands
By: Obert Madondo Twitter: @Obiemad Activists outside the British Parliament protest Canada’s tar sands. (Photo: Facebook/Idle No More UK Solidarity Action) Environmental activists protesting “petrocrat” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and our dirty tar sands were arrested at the British Parliament earlier today, The Guardian (UK) and other media report. The protesters, identifying
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Massive anti-tar sands protest to greet PM Stephen Harper in London
By: Obert Madondo Twitter: @Obiemad A massive anti-tar sands protest will greet Prime Minister Stephen Harper when he arrives in London on Thursday en route to the June 17-18 G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. The UK Tar Sands Network and a coalition of environmentalists hope to show Harper “that there is huge
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