On Wednesday, the Internet won resoundingly against censorship. A grassroots-style online campaign torpedoed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) an intended internet killing law before the US Congress. And yet, this is not the victory to …Read More
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Canadian Progressive World: Canada’s Occupy and labor activists rally against Caterpillar’s state-sponsored corporate greed
Occupy Ottawa activists are expected to join thousands of Canadian Occupy and labour activists in London, Ont., on Saturday, January 21, for a massive rally against Electro-Motive Diesel Canada. The company, a subsidiary of U.S. …Read More
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: On the chopping block, Canada gay marriages
Canada has an estimated 15,000 legally-recognized same-sex marriages. If Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has its way, 5,000 of them would be invalid. All because the couples were originally from outside Canada when they …Read More
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Fight for Internet freedom, ditch GoDaddy now
Have you ditched GoDaddy yet? You should. Now. The sleazeball internet domain registrar endorsed the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, otherwise known as SOPA, an internet-killing bill currently being debated in the US Congress. Access …Read More
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: As Candidate Quits NDP Leadership Race, Canadian Bilingualism Triumphs
Robert Chisholm dropped out the race to replace the late Jack Layton as the Federal leader of the New Democrats for a noble reason. The Nova Scotia NDP MP doesn’t speak French. The leader of …Read More
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Conservative MP seeks to open emotive abortion debate
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made it clear his government will not reopen the abortion debate. But Stephen Woodworth, the Conservative MP for Kitchener Centre wants to reverse course. And force Parliament to enact a …Read More
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Conservatives Betray Canadians with U.S. Steel Deal
DECEMBER 12, 2011 | MEDIA RELEASE TORONTO – The Conservative government has betrayed working families in Hamilton and Nanticoke by dropping its court case against U.S. Steel despite the company’s clear violations of federal law. …Read More
Continue readingEdwin Current: Sending praise to Hilary Clinton for her Gay Rights Speech to UN
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton’s speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a great job and sending a beautiful, important and positive message around the world. This must be shared. Free and Equal
Continue readingEdwin Current: Sending praise to Hilary Clinton for her Gay Rights Speech to UN
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton’s speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a great job and sending a beautiful, important and positive message around the world. This must be shared. Free and Equal
Continue readingEdwin Current: Sending praise to Hilary Clinton for her Gay Rights Speech to UN
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton’s speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a great job and sending a beautiful, important and positiv…
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: All is not lost as Conservatives’ omnibus crime Bill C-10 clears Commons
My immediate reaction to the passage of the Conservatives omnibus crime Bill C-10 yesterday was: “See you all in jail!” It’s the worst reaction by an avowed lifelong social-political activist. That’s because, even in the …Read More
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Habeas corpus for kids #nlpoli
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40, Authorised Version Open line show host Randy Simms had an interesting idea last week. Speaking with child, youth and family services minister Charlene Johnson, Simms suggested that
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Occupy Ottawa evicted from tents, Attawapiskat First Nations forced into tents
The irony of it all! At around 2.am Wednesday morning, more than 150 Ottawa Police officers pounced on eight Occupy Ottawa protesters peacefully resisting eviction from Confederation Park, where they’d camped for five weeks shining …Read More
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 readingHerbinator: Struggling Health Orthodoxy
I get thoroughly entertained by orthodox views of the Alternative-health paradigm in Alberta; indeed, I am often reminded of a not-to-be-identified close relative. It is always rather fun to read of someone unknowingly constrained by a monopoly construct being slowly exposed to intriguing yet sacrilegious ideas of a competing ideology.
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Occupy Ottawa to Join Air Canada Flight Attendants Rally on Parliament Hill
The General Assembly (GA) of Occupy Ottawa last night resolved to join Air Canada flight attendants’ rally on Parliament Hill at 12:00 noon on Friday, Friday, October 21, 2011. Occupy Ottawa is encouraging all in the movement to come out and “…
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: CPW Book Salon: Taking A Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights
Author: Juan E. Méndez and Marjory Wentworth Palgrave Macmillan, September 2011 ISBN: 978-0-230-11233-9, ISBN10: 0-230-11233-1, 156.000 x 234.000 inches, 256 pages Juan Méndez has experienced human rights abuse first hand. As a result of his …R…
Continue readingLetter to federal MP Matthew Kellway (Beaches-East York).
Dear Mr. Kellway,I am writing to you as resident of Beaches-East York to express my concerns regarding the government’s Bill C-32, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act. While this Bill does make for some reasonable reforms, it contains two serious flaws.F…
Continue readingHerbinator: UN Walkouts
Canada walks out on Iran’s UN speech in 2009.Canada walks out on Iran’s UN speech in 2010.Canada walks out on Iran’s UN speech in 2011. I wonder what the rules are for UN Walking? We should have some guidelines, shouldn’t we? From the last three walkouts I’ve determined that the
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