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Idle No More On Al Jazeera
by Nick Glossop on January 30, 2013
Canada’s native winter
Al Jazeera’s The Stream takes a look at Idle No More and Canada’s winter of discontent.
And, yes, you do get a glimpse of our Andrew Loewen bent over the hood of a truck. …
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Celebrating the Morgentaler decision: 25 years since Supreme Court struck down abortion law
by Michelle Lovegrove Thomson on January 28, 2013
On Monday, January 28, 1988 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in R. v. Morgentaler that the federal government’s criminal law governing abortions was unconstitutional. It ruled that women should have control of their bodies. It was, and remains, a landmark victory for Canadian women.
The core of the case, which is often obscured by the hyperbole and essentialisms of moral and religious debates in pop culture, relates …
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Of Drug Cartels, Bankers, Defence Contract Scams & Cleaning Products
by Nick Glossop on January 7, 2013
Guy Lawson dropped in on the Majority Report to talk about his new book, Octopus, an apparent exposé of the comegedy of corruption plaguing our modern times.
From Baja to Wall Street, to Kabul, to a seat on the couch next to Floyd from True Romance, trust me, this clip will pay massive dividends on the investment of half an hour of your time. I’m buying this Guy’s …
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Poll: Canadians are Progressive and Acquiescent
by Andrew Loewen on December 23, 2012
Northern Ontario (Attawapiskat) Cree leader Theresa Spence is on the 13th day of her hunger strike near the Canadian parliament today.
Majority of Canadians support grassroots protest movements: poll
A recent Trudeau Foundation poll shows the majority of Canadians are “progressive” (social democratic) in theory and acquiescent in practice: docile subjects of representational democracy.
The poll speaks to the staggering complacency of Canadians regarding their own values but their strong …
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West Edmonton Mall Interrupted
by Andrew Loewen on December 19, 2012
With temporary highway blockades across Canada and (finally) national news coverage of Idle No More, here’s hoping Canadians are entering their next “constitutional crisis.” See my last post for further background.
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Idle No More & Settler-Colonial Canada
by Andrew Loewen on December 11, 2012
Artwork by Dwayne Bird.
Idle No More is a grassroots indigenous movement initiated by four women in Saskatchewan in response to Federal legislation (Bill C-45) that violently contravenes the Treaty Rights of First Nations (and the more fundamental indigenous rights of many who don’t recognize the authority of said treaties or, as in most of BC, never signed land treaties). Responding to this grassroots pressure in their communities …
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1000 Words, 1000 Days: Day 343 – Tim Lopes, The White Knight Of The Hidden Camera
by Marty Schwartz on December 9, 2012
A few days ago, I joked about becoming a journalist. I suppose that, had I grown up with the right role model, that could have been my reality. Indiana Jones made archeology look cool. Jaws taught me that marine biology could be full of thrills and excitement. And TV’s Jessica Fletcher showed me that even being a senior citizen / mystery writer in the right small town could lead …
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Israel & Gaza: Beyond the Ubiquitous BS
by Andrew Loewen on November 17, 2012
Life value compared in font-size: 3 Israelis = 25pt, 13 Palestinians = 11.5pt (via Mehdi Mollahasani)
The goal of the operation is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages. Only then will Israel be calm for forty years. – Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai, November 17 2012
Israel’s occupation and oppression of the indigenous people whose land and resources it claims is the most striking theater of western …
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1000 Words, 1000 Days: Day 307 – Of Lucas And Disney
by Marty Schwartz on November 4, 2012
There are several ways one could react to this week’s news regarding the sale of the Star Wars franchise to Disney for $4.5 billion, stock options and free Splash Mountain ride photos for life for George Lucas and his family. Some devotees are hailing this as a miracle of child-dream proportions, anticipating the seventh movie (the Clone Wars cartoon doesn’t count), a possible re-issue of the original, untouched trilogy on …
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Hurricane OMG!
by Andrew Loewen on October 30, 2012
So millions without power, blocks of homes burnt to the ground (in Queens), Long Island crushed, much of New York’s monumental 108-year-old subway system flooded with brine, vehicles bobbing like corks in the Lower East Side, and doubtless a YouTube bananza to come thanks to the largest storm to ever wallop the Big Apple. Funny, how climate change just wasn’t a campaign issue. Just remember to vote Democrat every couple …
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FIPPA ~ Worst Idea Yet From The Harper Government
by Nick Glossop on October 30, 2012
push back : STOP FIPPA from odette on Vimeo.
The Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPPA or FIPA) is the most startling trade deal to be put before Canadians in more than a generation. Actually, that’s not quite right… The deal has NOT been put before Canadians. The Conservative government is actively avoiding debate and discussion on the deal, and are instead rushing towards ratification without anything
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