There are some blog posts I’d like to forget – on returning to the NDP
I’ve always tried to make this blog somewhat of a record of my life, however fragmented, warts and all. Here in the archives is my defiant abandonment of the New…
Social Justice
Jack Layton: A Funeral Befitting A Great Canadian
It’s one of those solemn Canadian moments: A casket draped in the flag of Canada. A body lying in state on Parliament Hill. Canadian flag on the Peace Tower and…
A Dozen Oranges for Jack: In Memoriam from City Hall
“Jack was the reason I started voting.” – Message written in chalk on Nathan Phillips Square wall Much has been said about NDP Opposition Leader Jack Layton over the past…
A Dozen Oranges for Jack: In Memoriam from City Hall
“Jack was the reason I started voting.” - Message written in chalk on Nathan Phillips Square wall Much has been said about NDP Opposition Leader Jack Layton over the past…
A Dozen Oranges for Jack: In Memoriam from City Hall
“Jack was the reason I started voting.” – Message written in chalk on Nathan Phillips Square wall Much has been said about NDP Opposition Leader Jack Layton over the past…
A Dozen Oranges for Jack: In Memoriam from City Hall
“Jack was the reason I started voting.” - Message written in chalk on Nathan Phillips Square wall Much has been said about NDP Opposition Leader Jack Layton over the past…
A letter to Canadians from the Honourable Jack Layton
August 20, 2011 Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every…
Jack Layton: 1950-2011
I truly believed that Jack would be back. That’s what he’s best known for: being a tireless fighter and ultimately overcoming. And usually against the most imposing of odds. He…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. ~John F. Kennedy
A Requiem For Planet Earth – And Ourselves
I am getting away from it all, canoeing for a week in beautiful Woodland Caribou Park. In the meantime, enjoy this: From young film maker Vivek Chauhan and naturalists working…
Tonight in Peterborough: Chocolate, Cheese, and Activism
Via OPIRG Peterborough and others Friday, July 22 · 4:30pm – 6:30pm Sadleir House751 George St. N.Peterborough The goal of Chocolate, Cheese & Activism is to bring those interested in…
Tonight in Peterborough: Chocolate, Cheese, and Activism
Via OPIRG Peterborough and others Friday, July 22 · 4:30pm – 6:30pm Sadleir House 751 George St. N. Peterborough The goal of Chocolate, Cheese & Activism is to bring those…
SFPIRG: We stand in solidarity with CUPE 3338 and oppose the “reprehensible” recommendation to evict SFPIRG
The following is a quote from SFPIRG’s announcement to students, members, and supporters, posted on its website at www.sfpirg.ca. It is republished on PoliticsRespun.org in solidarity and to spread the…
Bursaries for Atlantic Eco-Warrior Training Camp!
Atlantic Eco-Warrior Training-August 11-14 2011 at the Harold T. Barrett Fun Forest Camp Sierra Youth Coalition’s Youth Action Gathering + Canadian Youth Climate Coalition’s PowerSummer When? August 11-14 2011, 4…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
There are so many societies in which the elite made decisions that were good for themselves in the short run and ruined themselves and societies in the long run…. Similarly,…
Giving Birth to Your Activist Self: Finding Your Voice as a Mother Activist
Workshop Handout for Giving Birth to Your Activist Self: Finding Your Voice as a Mother Activist International Conference on Motherhood Activism, Advocacy, Agency May 13-15, 2011 - Toronto, Ontario Presented…
Did Democracy Just Break Your Heart?
If democracy just broke your heart, this post is for you. Sometimes democracy can do that to a person. And when it happens, it feels like you've just been betrayed…
You Were Asking? About Volunteer Work and Citizen Smear Campaigns
I've never had so many people express so much interest in my volunteer work as they have in recent days -- and I've been an active and committed volunteer for…
How Stephen Harper Changed My Life — And How Ursula Franklin Spoke to My Heart
I never intended to become politically active. But after Stephen Harper was elected in 2006, Canada didn't feel like Canada anymore and I felt compelled to start taking action. For…
Montreal Massacre: “Remember, then organize.”
by matttbastard Record snowfall may have forced the cancellation of local commemorative events, but the memories of December 6th, 1989 remain fresh, regardless of where we wrestle with them. Though…