Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Nanos confirms that even as cities are starting to crack down on the Occupy movement, the general public is highly sympathetic to the message…
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ACTION: Support Occupy Regina
Mayor Fiacco’s minions want to shut down Occupy Regina. We can say a loud, No! Anyone can offer support to Regina’s Occupiers by taking part in the actions, below.…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Dr. Dawg follows up on Stephen Harper's apology to residential school survivors, and rightly questions how sincere it can be when it's been…
Occupy Ottawa, Carleton University Dept of Sociology and Anthropology, to Co-sponsor Discussion on CAPITALIST CULTURE
The recent hurricane of negative media coverage just isn’t slowing Occupy Ottawa down. Especially where “outreach” and “public education/engagement” is concerned. On Tuesday, November 15, the Occupy Ottawa Outreach Committee…
The Occupy Movement and the Marginalized
I see the Mayor of Vancouver is using a tragic drug overdose to justify evicting the city's Occupy protesters."I have directed the city manager to expedite the appropriate steps to…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Rick Salutin nicely describes what's behind the "charity" model of top-end wish fulfillment that the Cons are pitching in place of actual social programs:The…
On virtuous choices
Margaret Wente's latest isn't that far off of my criticism of most of her reactionary pablum. And the fact-checking of her column is entirely deserved. But she does manage to…
Quebec City Moves to Evict its Occupiers
It looks as if the first Canadian occupiers to be evicted are going to be the occupiers of Quebec City.Occupy protesters in Quebec City are facing imminent eviction after the…
New column day
Here, on Saskatchewan's unique opportunity to translate the widespread public concerns about inequality and corporate control highlighted by the Occupy movement into electoral change. For further reading, here's the Abacus…
The Shit Kebab and the Democratic Deficit
Uh oh. I see that Eurozone leaders don't like George Papandreou's idea for a shit kebab referendum.The leaders of Germany and France told Greece on Wednesday it would not receive…
Occupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless
As the Occupy movement rolls on, it must deal with those who come not so much to share in the communal building of a new form of alternative resistance…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Tim Harper wonders what's next for the Occupy movement, but rightly notes that state crackdowns are completely unwarranted. And Jacqueline Kennelly highlights the value…
Occupy Toronto and the Patient Revolution
When I wandered through the Occupy Toronto campground today it was quiet, like most places in the city on a lazy, chilly, Sunday afternoon.But there were more tents than ever.…
Quebecor And RLQ’s Chou-Chou, Eric Duhaime Has Hit a New Low–Enough With The Canadian Arrogant Complacency!
Yes, that would be the same Eric Duhaime, the one who begged the feds, not once, but twice, to somehow intervene in the construction scandal woes in la Belle province,…
Occupy Ottawa: We’re a Family
Who’re these activists driving the global Occupy movement? Without a single coherent message, what exactly do they want? And their agenda? These are just few of the oft-repeated questions about…
David Suzuki Speaks to Occupy Vancouver, Distills Message for Naysayers
To all those naysayers who complain that the Occupy Canada movement has no clear message, give this a listen. David Suzuki lucidly distills all the issues that the occupy movement…
Credit where due
I suspect there's still going to be plenty of room for argument as to how much attention we ought to pay to inequality in the development of economic policy. But…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Abacus' Canadian polling on the Occupy protests suggests that there's loads of public sympathy for the view that there's a need for change in…
The Occupy Movement and the Hippie Bus
I'm not surprised at the way the Occupy movement in Canada has been attacked by our corporate media. Or the way it has been mocked by the Con klowns at…
Brigette DePape, iconic images, and Occupy
While establishment journalists muck around in muddy waders searching for a clue about the Occupy movement, condescending in their attitudes because they do not understand, I look back on perhaps…