This morning in Toronto, locked-out postal workers and their supporters will rally at the legal offices of Canada Post, to protest the collusion of Canada Post and the Conservative Government…
The project I've been working on - my summer position as a research assistant - is in the spotlight today, as two of the IPSI research teams give a public…
My little garden-ette is going gangbusters. Originally: The rose bush is to Cody's right. Then: Then: Here you can see how pathetic the rose bush had become. And now:
This morning in both Toronto and Montreal, many of the Canadian delegates of the Canadian ship Tahrir, will meet the media before boarding their flights to Turkey. The Tahrir will…
What terrible, sad, shocking news. Clarence Clemons, the Big Man, the heart and soul of the E Street Band, has died. My heart goes out to Bruce, who must have…
A while back in my Intellectual Freedom and the Public Library course, I encountered an interesting shift of ideas. Larry Alexander, while arguing that freedom of expression is not a…
I have blogged several times about the horrific conditions endured by the people who pick tomatoes in Immokalee, Florida, working for fast-food giants like Burger King, Taco Bell and McDonald's,…
A message from the Canadian Boat to Gaza, to anyone who thinks they can bully the boat into submission: We will not be intimidated by threats or lawsuits It has…
What does abortion access look like to women who don't have any? What does it mean to be unable to obtain an abortion when you need one? The anti-choice movement…
Thank you, Elizabeth May. No thanks to you, Jack Layton.
This is reaching whole new levels of awesomeoness. Go go go!
Did the City of Toronto paint over a mural because a figure in it resembled Stephen Harper? Or was the mural eradicated because it bears an anti-capitalist message? Or perhaps…
I was born on June 13, 1961. I've been alive on this planet for 50 years today. And I'm pretty fucking happy about it. In my belief system, we only…
A slightly enhanced version of my recent post about Brigette DePape is running at The Mark: Why Brigette DePape's Actions Were Heroic. I had assumed The Mark was inundated with…
Nobody reads anymore, or nobody reads anything worth reading. At least that's what we're supposed to believe. These days everyone is too busy playing video games, watching YouTube and texting.…
The barrage of criticism being heaped on former Canadian Senate page Brigette DePape's lone act of civil disobedience comes as no surprise, nor does the vehemence of some of the…
Did you hear Michael Moore has offered our hero Brigette DePape a job? I hope she has many such excellent opportunities coming her way. A young woman with that much…
Remember this? I wrote about this here. Thanks to the tireless efforts of my comrade Peter, we were able to organize the requisite five complaints needed to trigger a City…
The San Francisco Giants are the first major sports team to make an It Gets Better video in support of LGBT youth and the anti-bullying campaign. The Giants produced the…
