Here is the official trailer for David Gilbert’s Love and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground, and Beyond, recently published by PM Press. As many of you know, David is an anti-imperialist political prisoner serving a 75-year-to-life sentence in New York State – he has been locked up
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Art Threat: That’s a wrap? – Killing Saskatchewan’s film tax credit is economic nonsense
The cast from InSecurity. The TV show will no longer be produced in Saskatchewan. With the announcement of the axing of the Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit, we are effectively telling the rest of the film-producing world that Saskatchewan is closed for business. It’s a commonly known fact that film
Continue readingbastard.logic: David Banner on the Shooting of Trayvon Martin: “We Have to Get Some Type of Legislation Now.”
Gulf Coast hip hop impresario David Banner drops some straight knowledge re: Trayvon, race, and class in the US of A in this BlackEnterprise.com interview: “The fact [is] we have to get some type of legislation now. “What do we want to see implemented to make sure this doesn’t happen
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Respecting the Power of the Sea – Testimony From Enbridge Hearings in Bella Bella
Highlights from this week’s National Energy Board hearings in Bella Bella on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and supertankers on BC’s coast. Powerful testimony from three members of the Heiltsuk First Nation, sharing their experiences with the sea.
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Obert Madondo’s Indefinite Canada Crime Bill C10 Hunger Strike (VIDEO)
Today, April 5, 2012, is the 23rd day of Obert Madondo’s indefinite hunger strike protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new Safe Streets and Communities Act (formerly omnibus crime Bill C-10). Obert’s five demands include the immediate repeal of the … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Vancouver Says No to Enbridge, Kinder Morgan Pipelines, Tankers
Close to 2,000 people turned out on a rainy Monday afternoon in Vancouver last week to speak out against Tar Sands oil tankers on BC’s coast. The occasion marked the 23rd anniversary of the disastrous Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. The crowd gathered at the Art Gallery to hear from guest
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Cancelled Enbridge Hearings to Resume in Bella Bella, Youth Embark on Hunger Strike
The Heiltsuk First Nation learned late Monday that scheduled National Energy Board hearings on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline will resume Tuesday in Bella Bella, following their cancellation Monday in the wake of a peaceful demonstration to which the Joint Review Panel overreacted.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Rueben George, Ben West Talk Kinder Morgan, Vancouver Tankers
Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) First Nation and Ben West of the Wilderness Committee discuss Kinder Morgan’s quiet plan to twin its existing Trans Mountain Pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands to Vancouver – which would result in up to 300 supertankers a year plying the waters of the
Continue readingThings Are Good: Bus 52: Travelling Good News
Bus 52 is a bout telling people the good news that’s out there across the USA. They are trying to give hope to the youth of today by celebrating how people can make a large difference in their community by focusing on doing good work. Bus 52 is made up
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Ta’Kaiya Blaney Sings "Shallow Waters" at Vancouver No Tankers Rally
Eleven year-old Ta’Kaiya Blaney of the Sliammon First Nation sings her hit song “Shallow Waters” to some 2,000 people outside the Vancouver Art Gallery. She tells the audience one year ago on this day she was chased from Enbridge’s Vancouver office when she tried to present her song to company
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Bill McKibben at No Tankers Rally in Vancouver
World renowned climate activist Bill McKibben of 350.org lent his voice to the “Our Coast, Our Decision” rally in Vancouver Monday. McKibben told the crowd of close to 2,000 outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, “This is one of these great moments in human history and you guys are absolutely at
Continue readingArt Threat: KONY 2012 and the mischievous media habits of slacktivists
Video still from Kony 2012. I was swamped at work last week, when I took a little Twitter break to see what was going on in the world. My feed was bombarded with what appeared to be a video gone viral, called Kony 2012. Even celebrities like Rihanna, Taylor Swift,
Continue readingLarry Hubich's Blog: Asbestos registry needed, says cancer patient
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Continue readingknitnut.net: Dog vs. Cat
One of my colleagues sent this around yesterday. I’ve watched it about five times since. I laughed so hard the fifth time I almost wet my pants, so I better not watch it anymore. Make sure your speakers are on. <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/tbKejK2fDTo” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Conservatives Robocalls Scandal: What Canadians Are Saying
Thanks to the still-imploding Conservatives robocalls scandal, the end of the age of innocence in Canadian politics has begun. The scandal is being described in the kind of terms common in authoritarian countries. Only Federal …Read More
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Spirit Bear Guide Marven Robinson Gets Personal About Enbridge
Marven Robinson, a spirit bear guide from the Gitga’at Nation of Hartley Bay, speaks to Damien Gillis in Prince Rupert the day after the big rally he helped organize against Enbridge on Feb. 4, 2012.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Rafe Mair – One on One with BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix (Part 1)
In the first of a two-part interview, Rafe Mair grills BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix on private power, Site C Dam and BC’s flawed environmental assessment process. What will the NDP do with existing and future private river power projects (a.k.a. IPPs) if they form the next government – and
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Drums of the Great Bear – Exclusive Video of Historic Gathering Against Enbridge
The beating of drums echoed throughout the seaside community of Prince Rupert, BC, on February 4 as thousands of First Nations and BC citizens banded together to express their opposition to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway twin pipelines from the Alberta Tar Sands to nearby Kitimat on BC’s central coast.
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: It’s a snap!
I’m not sure how the makers of this little bit of genius got permission to do it, but this is a real ad. (I’m still a little suspicious because I couldn’t see any mention of it on the college’s website … Continue reading →
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