The Day They Turned Montreal Red
And so it came to pass. On the 100th day of their amazing struggle, they refused to be intimidated by a totalitarian bill, and turned Montreal RED. A sea of…
May 2012
For those who are after the Hot Nasties pressing
Hey, Simon from Ugly Pop here. It was an honour to release this– one of my very favourite Canadian records ever! Glad you were happy with it, Warren. We made…
Canada Lowering Standards for Diplomatic Corps
There’s been no official announcement, but I can only assume it’s happened, and a while ago too, given that former diplomat turned Conservative MP Chris Alexander apparently has trouble spelling…
montreal, nous t’aimons! show us how it’s done!
On the 100th day of student protests, 250,000 people take to the streets! Supporters bang on pots and pans from their windows! Solidarity rallies in New York and Paris! Montreal,…
Cartoon: Who You Callin’ Goofy? Clark vs. Mulcair on Expanding the Tar Sands
Check out this new cartoon from Gerry Hummel. Last week, BC Premier Christy Clark attacked Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair for raising the economic downside of becoming a petro-state –…
4662…Excepting Gay Bars And Bathhouses
Quote of the day from Joseph Roman: If there are no ladies, there will be no gentlemen. He’s as good looking as he is smart.WFDS
4661…Stupid People Amuse And Scare Me
As I have said to my dear friend Dan The Bus Driver many times one cannot win an argument with a stupid person. Which is one of the things that…
Tomorrow to Hamilton
The Hammer. For the Canadian Association of Labour Media conference. Featuring hours and hours of cutting edge workshops on communications new and old for union communicators. Including yours truly talking…
Book Review: “The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist Economics”
Now Available from AK Press & your local Infoshop! The touchstone for many of the struggles currently enveloping us—from the Arab Spring to the Occupy Movement to the events in…
Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.
John G. Diefenbaker
The influence or lack thereof of Canadian political blogs.
I’ve read an interesting column tonight by Simon Houpt of the Globe and Mail, who laments the Canadian political blogosphere and the apparent lack of influence it has on Canadian…
Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday's protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of…
Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday’s protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of…
Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday's protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of…
Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday’s protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of…
A cacerolazo in Montreal?
There have been a huge amount of reports on Twitter of people grabbing pots and pans and heading to the streets to bang them around and make noise in Montreal.…
Quebec: Art, Manifestation, & Protest
Photo via Justin Ling, @justin_ling Watching the Quebec student protests over the past few weeks has been kind of amazing, especially from the Vancouver viewpoint. While the protests have been…
Greyhound killer believed man he beheaded was a space alien
This is about as clear a case of Not Criminally Responsible as one could imagine: http://news.sympatico.cbc.ca/home/greyhound_killer_believed_man_he_beheaded_was_an_alien/8f52b036 Vince Li, who beheaded a fellow passenger aboard a Greyhound bus in Manitoba in…
Skitchy Booque / 24 black cat
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