Pretty Boy Floyd
Saw Dan Bern on stageit tonight and he played this song. Who are today’s outlaws? More than a couple billion people on the wrong end of the pen, my friends,…
Activism
Honing In On Friday’s #WaveOfAction
We need to think about two things for this Friday’s Occupy Movement reboot in the Worldwide #WaveOfAction: When thinking about pursuing social, political and economic equality, what is the list…
On lasting influence
Murray Dobbin continues his quest to push for more big ideas from the federal NDP here. But it’s worth dividing his take into one theory well worth applying, and one…
Occupy IKEA’s #HouseRules
IKEA’s #HouseRules = union busting! Oh, IKEA, you’d think you’d learn from all the past corporate attempts to create a Twitter hashtag to promote your brand, attempts that have been…
Corporate Media on Occupy’s Wave of Action? Crickets.
If you want to know what the Occupy Movement wants, it’s equality: economic, political and social. That shows up in many necessary changes to society, politics and the economy. As…
Another important day for self-acceptance
If I have learned nothing else about my bipolar II today, it is that I am certainly not the only one in similar circumstances who has found photography…
Another important day for self-acceptance
If I have learned nothing else about my bipolar II today, it is that I am certainly not the only one in similar circumstances who has found photography…
Katie Rentzke
Excellent street photographer who works for social change. Urban Voice Youth Photographic Project is a program that gives an artistic voice to underprivileged youth by teaching them basic photography skills.…
We Won’t Let Police Brutality Quell Occupy’s Wave of Action
In the good old days, we used to be able to bring babies in strollers to protests/rallies/occupations opposing wars based on lies or psychotic arms races. In the good old…
Let’s Not Ban Books, Kamloops
Ban me? Burn me? Fear me? OK, Kamloops, take a cool soothing breath while I take a short break today to not talk about the rebooting of the Occupy Movement…
Laughing at the 1%, Occupy-Style
Roll up your sleeves, and don’t forget your kazoos! They say that laughter is good for the soul. But that’s hard when the 1% are crippling people’s hopes and dreams…
Canada’s Seeks the OECD Record for Income Inequality
America: Where the rich get richer faster than in so many other places! Yesterday I wrote about the rebooting of the Occupy Movement in 10 days. I’m very excited. And…
Occupy Wall Street Returns. Friday!
Occupy Returns! This Friday! Ladies and gentlemen, citizens of the world, the 99%: Occupy Wall St. returns on Friday. And not for one day. But we’re starting with 3 months.…
DARE ME – and help raise funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation
I realize it’s been many months since I have blogged. (You’re more likely to find me on Facebook or Twitter.) As my HIV has to compete with everything else that…
Stop. Obeying. The. Rich. NOW!
Once upon a time, we were taught to envy and respect our “betters,” like the rich. No more. They’re taking our money and throwing us under the bus every day.…
Yes, Your Parents’ Standard of Living Was Better
Ugh. We’re so much poorer than our parents! Yes, your parents’ standard of living was better, so what are you going to do about it? When I was growing up…
Don’t Tolerate Ignorance About the Minimum Wage
Now, stop tolerating ignorance! And smile, TGIF. Hello. It’s Friday. For many people it’s TGIF. But for many people who aren’t even teenagers, the work week isn’t ending today. We…
The Future of Feminism Is Now
The children: being the future. There seems to be a bit of an epidemic of young women and men rejecting the necessity of exploring or embracing feminism. Maybe it’s like…