June 2012 archive
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Jun 02
CUPE Members! (and others) Write The Union And Ask Them To Stop Supporting Violent Thugs!
This is a video from San Francisco, but notice how the chants being used are the same as here in Toronto? This is the sort of violence that Ashleigh Ingle, teacher to Toronto’s 1% & CUPE leader is encouraging when she marches her gang of rabid animals across the city. And the same violence that Harsha Walia promotes …
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Jun 02
Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been, A Member Of The NDP?
http://youtu.be/BkWOfOqS4Ms Someone I know in Vancouver posted this video on Facebook yesterday. It is an obvious piece of NDP propaganda- that said, it raises a number of interesting questions. It is also a perfect introduction to sharing some of what I have learned about the United Steelworkers union (USW) over the past few months…
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Jun 02
This Summer, Visit Montreal!
I’m unsure if the person who made this video understands the irony here- but, if you want to understand the impact the student strikes are having on Montreal’s tourist industry, here’s a good place to start! I wonder how many students will be laid-off this summer because of it…
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Jun 01
Petition: Ask Toronto Hydro To Stop Stigmatizing Mental Health!
Last week I wrote about Toronto Hydro’s advertising campaign that unfairly stigmatizes mental health. Their slogans “Coo-Coo for Cool Savings” and “Nuts for Incentives” are on billboards across the city…
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