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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…
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…
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…
Jun 01
Time For Occupy Toronto’s Activistocrats To Crawl Back Into The Tar Sands…
For a big city (by Canadian standards) Toronto is definitely a small town at times. I’ve randomly run into a few Occupiers over the past couple of weeks while walking down the street and have had the opportunity to get some of the inside scoop on what is happening these days…
Jun 01
Great Video On The Quebec Student Strikes!
http://youtu.be/h-6dInvlRds I found this great video on the student strike in Quebec by Press For Truth. Looks like it gives a great idea of what is going on over in over there. Have a look…
Jun 01
Great Find By UndercoverKitty On The Canadian Federation of Students & Quebec’s Bill 78!
One of my favourite student blogs is UndercoverKitty– if you want to be kept up-to-date on the antics of Canada’s pro-Marxist student unions, this is the blog to follow… In today’s posting UndercoverKitty uncovers the CFS encouraging students to go out and break the law! There’s also mention of their connections with Black Bloc, our …
May 30
Report From The Toronto Casseroles March Tonight!
Today was the first Casseroles march in Toronto. It began only a few blocks down the road from my house, at Dufferin Grove Park- so, despite being a little under the weather, I decided to make the march down there to take a look…
May 29
This Is What Trotskyists Look Like!
I joined the Marxism mailing list a few months ago after I found out how Macdonald Stainsby is quite active on there- it was one of my first clues about the type of people we are dealing with here. It is an interesting group where you’ll find a lot of hard-core unionists like Sid Shniad. …
May 28
Some Inspirational Words…
“Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh