May 27

Eco-Terrorism: The Scariest Part Is Watching The Enablers (Feat. Daryn Caister & Kevin Farmer)

  • May 27, 2014

Kevin Farmer and Daryn Caister scare me...

Kevin Farmer (a.k.a. Tweedledee) and Daryn Caister (a.k.a. Tweedledum) scare me…

On Saturday afternoon I got a tweet from Antonia Zerbisias at the Toronto Star. She and I’ve had a bit of a rivalry over the past year, Antonia got quite upset after I criticized her reckless support of militant activists who promote violence (she got quite nasty in return). So, considering Antonia’s past behavior (and questionable ethics), I figured I was in for a treat.

Meet Daryn Caister and Kevin Farmer, the subject of today’s story. Caister runs a syndicated (on university radio stations) and presumptively named radio show called The Green Majority, Farmer is a regular guest. They used this week’s show to attack my first appearance on Sun News- unfortunately for them, even Sun News has torn apart my work better (Michael Coren makes them look like amateurs).

Their attacks were juvenile and, quite frankly, lame. Let’s hope (for the sake of environmentalism) that these two don’t represent the majority.

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May 20

A Drive-By Report On Today’s (Sad) Line 9 Protest (Feat. Usual Suspects)

  • May 20, 2014

Anarchists huddled under a tarp made of oil

Anarchists huddled under a tarp made of oil

Update: This report initially said that the Line 9 spokesperson claimed this dig would fix 400 defects, that was inaccurate, and has been fixed.

If you read my story Yawn, Another Line 9 Pipeline Occupation, then you probably don’t need to bother reading any further, today’s 12-hour ‘blockade’ of a Line 9 site is pretty much the same. The protests themselves are no longer very interesting; the tactics don’t change, they’re led by the same group of professional protesters, they keep using the same signs. Quite frankly, today was a dud- but that was to be expected, right?

What’s also to be expected is that the media would eat this up and spit-out some crap regurgitating the protester’s message. For the most part this was true; but, refreshingly, a couple of journalists were bold enough to question the gaps in the blockader’s logic. You’ve probably figured this out already, but the CBC’s reporting was deeply lacking.

UndercoverKity and I hopped in his car today and made out way out to Burlington to find out what the media wasn’t telling us…

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May 19

LeadNow’s Anti-Social Climate Rallies Leave Vandalistic Legacy! (And what we can do about it)

  • May 19, 2014

LeadNow.ca's posters are plastered across the city

LeadNow.ca’s posters are (literally) plastered across Toronto

Last weekend LeadNow.ca organized their Defend Our Climate, Defend Our Communities rallies across the country. LeadNow claimed they had events in over 100 locations (some possibly in people’s living rooms), and that many thousands of people showed up in support. The two largest gatherings were in Vancouver and Toronto- many of the usual suspects appeared, including (of course) leaders from the Occupy movement.

Like many Vancouver and Toronto protests, LeadNow’s rallies both had their moments of hypocrisy and anti-social behavior. Each protest left their own legacy too- Vancouver protesters spray painted a counter-protester’s sign, organizers in Toronto left scores of promotional posters wheat pasted on street furniture across the city. The former is a criminal act, cleaning-up the latter will take money out of the city budget.

That’s not fair, is it? LeadNow should be made to pay! (Keep reading and I’ll show you how…)

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May 17

Ojibwe Girl Refuses Cancer Treatment, Radical Agitators Chomping At The Bit For War (Feat. Two Row Times)

  • May 17, 2014

Pictures blurred to protect the innocent...

Pictures blurred to protect the innocent…

A video was released this week of a an 11 year old indigenous girl explaining her intention to forego chemotherapy and instead rely on ‘traditional medicines”. Doctors say the child would have an 80% chance of survival if she continued with her treatment; she was 11 weeks into it before deciding to give up. She claims that she saw Jesus Christ, and he told her she’s now healed. Her father is the pastor of a small evangelist church.

The hospital, in accordance with child protection legislation, has informed the Children’s Aid Society of Brant- the ball is now in their hands. Whenever there’s a story featuring an indigenous issues, the radicals, militant unions, and anarchists are never far behind. In this case the story was broke by the Two Row Times; a radical publication managed by former CUPE activist “settler ally” Tom Keefer- one of the key figures in the 2006 Caledonia Grand River Dispute .

There’s often a fine-line between advocacy and exploitation. If the Kevin Annett story has taught us anything, it’s that the radicals are all too often unabashed to cross that line. Today’s story is no different, one opponent of the referral to the Children’s Aid Society has promised war if they try to take the girl away. The TRT were so enthusiastic for new Agitprop, it appears they may have broken child protection laws publishing their story.

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May 12

Environment Hamilton Gives Militant Anarchists “Environmentalists Of The Year” Award! (Feat #SwampLine9)

  • May 12, 2014

#SwampLine9: Hamilton's Environmentalists of the Year!

#SwampLine9: Environment Hamilton’s Environmentalists of the Year- go crime!

One of my most disturbing discoveries while researching the resurgence of activist militancy was the large number of ‘legitimate’ organizations who’ve been willing to work with people who promote violent tactics. Sometimes it’s blatant, like when a leader at the Council of Canadians helped bring the Black Bloc into the Olympic protests; or things that make you go ‘hmmm’ like when the BC Civil Liberties Association withdrew their ‘Legal Observers’ shortly before the attack.

But, when it comes to adding insult to injury, nothing works better than giving them an award. The last time we saw this was in February, when Department of Foreign Affairs funds were used to label a mask fetishizing promoter of anti-police marches as one of Alberta’s “Top 30 under 30” activists. It was a true slap in the face for all the non-violent activists who’ve been effectively working towards change.

Today’s slap in the face is brought to us by the folks at Environment Hamilton…

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