Genocide is not a "Fair Weather" Issue
Since the Tamil protests began, there has been much confusion over whether they deserve support from the rest of the population. I can’t tell you how many times I have…
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Anti-Tamil-Tiger Propaganda Muddies the Real Issues
Papers, blogs, Facebook, and all manner of online sites are abuzz with discussion of the Tamils’ plight. I’m encouraged to read that while many Canadians remain uninvolved in the struggle,…
a tribute slideshow
Just made my first upload to YouTube. I’m sure I need to learn something because the quality is not as high as when I view it on my own laptop.…
postponing birthday
Can you imagine having a birthday in the middle of this? On April 17th, I witnessed the shooting suicide of one of my best friends in the world, a man…
It isn’t surprising…
… that ‘Status Indians’ face threat of extinction, since the Indian Act was implemented specifically for the purpose of eradicating indigenous peoples and culture. Indian Status was designed to reduce…
For us, an inconvenience. For them, life or death.
I just got home to read headlines about Tamil protesters blocking Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway, in both directions. If you need attention, that’s a pretty good way to get it. Pretty…
Take back the Day
In North America, Mother’s Day was originally a day marked by women’s peace organizations. Mothers whose sons had fought or died on both sides of the American Civil War would…
ACTION ALERT: Keep Terminator Seed out of Canada
Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko (NDP) has reintroduced his Private Members Bill (C-343) to ban the release, sale, importation and use of Terminator technology. What is Terminator? Terminator Technology genetically…
face-to-face with PTSD
On April 16th, I flew to Reno and was met at the airport by one of the best friends I’ve ever had, Caleb Schaber. I’ve known Caleb since last year’s…
The Power of Poetry
A while back, I posted a poem written by Drew Dillinger. It begins: it’s 3:23 in the morningand I’m awakebecause my great great grandchildrenwon’t let me sleepmy great great grandchildrenask…
The media have finally discovered homelessness. Not surprisingly, they get the story wrong
One of the fundamental human requirements is shelter. How do homeless people survive? Where do they sleep? On friends and family’s couches and floors (if they are lucky), at shelters,…
Early Farmers in the Americas – Farming because they wanted to, not because they had to
This is an interesting article, especially for me, with my interest in indigenous precolumbian agriculture in the Americas. Three thousand eight hundred years ago, long before U.S. plains rippled with…
Video Tells All!
Thanks to Cam Holmstrom for staying on top of the Attawapiskat school story.This video says all that needs to be said.The last lines by a young male student, “We want…
Opening the Doors OR Circling the Wagons?
Who hasn’t heard of One Member One Vote? Then there’s the amendment put forward by the Young Liberal Commission.Jim Curran has started a forum topic at En Famille to discuss…
If Janitors Were Like CEOs – Comic
haha! I wanna be a janitor. By Matt Bors
Sometimes not knowing is better
At least when you’re talking about these. I am convinced we are seeing end times when slapping peanut butter on bread is too much work for us. And I thought…
Impatient for Spring
March 2, 2009 – Impatient for spring and inspired by Mother Earth News, I planted three kinds of lettuce (obtained at Seedy Saturday). Green oak, red deer tongue, and mystery…
Voyeuristic Greed Porn
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Students fight back against Conservative scandal
The Canadian Federation of Students today called on Stephen Harper to disclose how much funding has gone in to the intentional disruption of democracy on University and College campuses accross…