“Power & The Glory” by Cockney…
“Power & The Glory” by Cockney Rejects ———————————————————————————— Those years ago our ships set sail to restore England’s pride. Thousands of blokes like me and you, were on their way…
Remembrance Day
Buffy Sainte-Marie performs for Veterans for Peace and Iraq…
Buffy Sainte-Marie performs for Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War in 2008.
Remembrance Day 2012 at Queen’s Park,…
Remembrance Day 2012 at Queen’s Park, Toronto This year, since November 11 fell on a Sunday, I managed to attend two Remembrance Day ceremonies at Queen’s Park in Toronto. First…
Lest We Forget
United Nations.Soldiers and veterans, those who have fought in wars, have made a dear sacrifice. It is important we remember them and honour them on this day. It is also…
To Remember Is To Work For Peace
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, which marks the armistice that ended World War I, which came into effect at 11:00 a.m. on November 11th, 1918. On the 11th hour…
Why No Honest War Memorials?
I've seen many war memorials. A good many of them are topped by some heroic-looking lump of bronze depicting a perfect specimen, with immaculate puttees, a jaw fixed in determination,…
From The Salamander
Lately, I guess as a response to the rhetoric that comes pouring forth every year as Remembrance Day approaches, I have made several critical posts directed against those who find…
And Another Thing ….
Recommend this Post
The Harper Conservatives must really hate Canadian military…
The Harper Conservatives must really hate Canadian military veterans. The HarperCons seem to prefer that our armed forces members either die in action or commit suicide due to Post-Traumatic Stress…
"The misuse of November 11: How the Harper government exploits Remembrance Day" – by Peter Goffin, November 9, 2012
"The misuse of November 11: How the Harper government exploits Remembrance Day" - by Peter Goffin, November 9, 2012: Excerpts: The greatest trouble with Harper’s Conservatives using Remembrance Day to…
It’s Easier If You Think of Them as Horses
Remembrance Day is just around the corner. The local guys around here with their warbirds will do a memorial fly-past and we'll have a ceremony at... wherever they hold it…
Saturday miscellany…
Hee…. hee… still laughing about Obama’s win... love seeing freakazoids like the Tea Baggers lose! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
After Cutting Through The Sanctimonious Rhetoric
...it is apparent that, like most governments, the Harper regime has been quite content to recruit, exploit and ultimately abandon those who, in good faith, joined the armed forces to…
This Youtube link is “War in the East”, a dub…
This Youtube link is “War in the East”, a dub reggae-influenced song by Canadian punk band D.O.A. ——————————————————————————————————- I wear a poppy and commemorate Remembrance Day...
“Wasted Life” by Stiff Little Fingers This song was…
“Wasted Life” by Stiff Little Fingers This song was specifically written about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, but many of the lyrics apply to almost every military conflict in the…
No more war but class war. Honour the fallen on Remembrance Day,…
No more war but class war. Honour the fallen on Remembrance Day, but also curse the politicians, businessmen and monarchs who sent them to kill and die in conflicts that,…
Thoughts for Remembrance Day, and Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) figures out the #Occupy movement
It's a big man who can start a national column with an admission that he got it wrong.This little corner's been relatively silent on the whole Occupy thing, but now…
Remembrance Day 2011
I belong to a family, and a clan, with a 300-year military tradition. I have attended more Remembrance Day ceremonies than I can count. And hated them all.I shudder at…
A Couple of Thoughts on Remembrance Day
On this day I sometimes thumb through my dog-eared copy of Barry Broadfoot's "Six War Years, Memories of Cahadians at Home and Abroad (1974)." Broadfoot used the same technique as…