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
2012
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…
Trashy in China 4.0
Food, glorious FOOD edition! Some of my fave food shots from my trips to the Middle Kingdom. Some North Americans tend to avoid the real Chinese places… I’m not one…
The Age of Entitlement
In 1967 the 5th Dimension released the “Age of Aquarius” which quickly became one of the 60’s most popular songs. According to Wikipedia, “The lyrics of this song were based…
The Age of Entitlement
In 1967 the 5th Dimension released the “Age of Aquarius” which quickly became one of the 60’s most popular songs. According to Wikipedia, “The lyrics of this song were based…
The Age of Entitlement
In 1967 the 5th Dimension released the “Age of Aquarius” which quickly became one of the 60’s most popular songs. According to Wikipedia, “The lyrics of this song were based…
The Age of Entitlement
In 1967 the 5th Dimension released the “Age of Aquarius” which quickly became one of the 60’s most popular songs. According to Wikipedia, “The lyrics of this song were based…
Since when did one need a permit to demonstrate?
Consider: During the American civil rights struggle in the 1950s and 60s, virtually every southern state tried every trick in the book to maintain the racist status quo. One was…