Category: Canada

Feb 24

Censored! A Letter to the People of Occupy Toronto

By grenouf in Anti-Poverty Committee, Anti-Violence, BCCLA, Black Bloc, Bob Ages, British Columbia, Canada, Conspiracy, Council of Canadians, Curtis Brick, David Eby, DTES, Everyone Is Illegal, Facebook, FAIL, Harsha Walia, Min Reyes, NDP, Occupy Movement, Occupy Toronto, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Roseanne Barr, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

Here’s a letter I posted to all of the people at Occupy Toronto- that is, all of those who I could reach. It seems, unfortunately, that some of the people who consider themselves as leaders in our leaderless organisation have decided to practice conviction without trial. So, contrary to our agreement, they blocked my ability …

Feb 24

United Steelworkers Dance To Support Usury!

By grenouf in Canada, FAIL, Occupy Movement, Occupy Toronto, Politics, United Steel Workers, USW

When the original holders of the Infinity Rubber factory went bankrupt, a new buyer took it over at a significantly discounted price. The new owner financed their payment through a rather predatory loan.The rate for this loan was set at 18%- usury!

Feb 22

Conflict of Interest: Civil Liberties and Politicians Don’t Mix

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, Anti-Poverty Committee, BCCLA, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Christy Clark, Conspiracy, David Eby, DTES, Harsha Walia, NDP, Olympics, Politics, Stimulat0r, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wd7vUOCE8M?rel=0&w=560&h=315 I’m currently researching an essay on the politicization of Civil Liberties Associations. Today I found an interesting video by Stimular0r interviewing Laurence Hildes, the head of the National Lawyers Guild. The video discusses David Eby’s denouncement of the Heart Attack incident during the Olympics.

Feb 20

Who would have guessed a video about Pivot would make me feel this way?

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, British Columbia, Canada, Cortes Island, Cortes Island, Discovery Islands, DTES, John Richardson, Nature, Pivot Legal Society, Rainforest

I was busy doing some research on a project, as a single guy typically would do on Family Day, when I ran across a video that brought back some beautiful memories. At the beginning of the video John Richardson is seen sitting on a log on the beach- I used to sit at the same …

Feb 20

Hate Mail From CUPE! (And my response…)

By grenouf in Black Bloc, Canada, CUPE, Direct Actions, FAIL, Media, NDP, Occupy Canada, Occupy Movement, Occupy Vancouver, Politics, Toronto G20, Unions, Vancouver

I got the most lovely letter today from Rob Chamberland, president of CUPE Local 2073. It sounds like he is angry and vindictive- could it be having to repeat “oh ye brothers and sisters” too often each day, or is there something more to the story? Here’s the letter, filled with all of the exaggeration and …

Feb 17

David Eby: Politician, or Civil Libertarian? (And why he needs to resign..)

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, #RiceWine, Adam Smolcic, Anti-Poverty Committee, Anti-Violence, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Christy Clark, Conspiracy, David Eby, DTES, FAIL, Kingsway Mafia, NDP, No One Is Illegal, Olympics, Politics, Stimulat0r, Terrorism, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

I was talking with a couple of people this morning who mentioned that someone had sent an email around Occupy Toronto that was trying to do some ‘damage control’ on my last blog entry. I’ve not seen the letter but I’ve been told that, as usual, Eby’s protectorate were trying to frame him as being …

Feb 15

The Curious Case of Adam Smolcic, David Eby & the Occupy Movement.

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, #OccupyHarper, #RiceWine, Adam Smolcic, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Cannabis Culture Magazine, Conspiracy, Courts, David Eby, FAIL, NDP, Occupy Movement, Occupy Ottawa, Politics, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

I’ve been holding off on this story for a while- wasn’t sure where it would lead, and thought I’d give it some time to percolate as more information became available. I’ve learned a few things since then- and, along with other stories I’ll publish over the next few days, it appears to have a some …

Feb 08

Welcome Media Co-Op Readers! (Do they receive Government Funding?)

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, #OccupyCondos, #Sacredprovocation, Adam Smolcic, Anti-Poverty Committee, Black Bloc, Bob Ages, British Columbia, Canada, Council of Canadians, David Eby, DTES, FAIL, Harsha Walia, Kingsway Mafia, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Politics, Stimulat0r, Violence

It appears that Media Co-Op has linked to my site! This organization is one of Canada’s foremost producer of violence inciting media. Something to be proud of! (if you are a Black Bloc terrorist…) Media Co-Op is most famous for filming Harsha Walia’s racist & sexist hate video a filmed at Irwin Oostende’s rave club/media …

Feb 04

Should Occupations Distance Themselves from Occupy Oakland?

By grenouf in #KeepingItClassy, Anti-Violence, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Chris Waddell, Conspiracy, Council of Canadians, David Eby, FAIL, Kingsway Mafia, NDP, Occupy Movement, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Politics, Terrorism, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

The Occupy Black Bloc issue continues to get traction in the media- slowly, the world is realizing that Diversity of Tactics is damaging our movement… A couple of days ago I tweeted a story by Jon Stewart warning Occupy Oakland that You will always be judged by your worst elements. And, it appears that Jon …

Feb 03

Another Letter to Garry Neil at The Council Of Canadians

By grenouf in Anti-Violence, Black Bloc, British Columbia, Canada, Council of Canadians, David Eby, Occupy Movement, Occupy Vancouver, Olympics, Politics, Vancouver, Violence, VPD

Garry, When we spoke a couple of weeks ago, I explained how I can understand your position that Bob Ages and other employees of the CoC are participating on their own time at Occupy Vancouver, and not as employees of the Council of Canadians. But, as we both agreed, there is some transference from the Olympic …