When Dave Vasey confronted me at the beginning of the last Occupy Toronro Action Committee meeting we had an agreement that I would post my letter to the people of OT to each committee through the mailing lists. Then, when it came time to send out my mail I noticed I was banned- despite the …
Category: #KeepingItClassy
Feb 22
Conflict of Interest: Civil Liberties and Politicians Don’t Mix
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?
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 17
David Eby: Politician, or Civil Libertarian? (And why he needs to resign..)
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.
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 14
United Steel Workers Made Me Feel Cheap Today…
Each time a union pulls-out a video camera at an Occupy event it leaves me feeling used. Not a good kind of used either- more the kind of used a prisoner would feel after dropping the soap in Coalinga State Hospital. We had a similar incident in Vancouver during CUPE‘s national convention. There was a …
Feb 08
Welcome Media Co-Op Readers! (Do they receive Government Funding?)
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 07
Video of the Oakland Black Block Attack on Whole Foods in November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeZJ2QpC8nQ I feel bad for all of the peaceful demonstrators at Occupy Oakland The OPD are known for their violence, but actions like this only add fuel to the fire. That said, this is the intention of the Black Bloc– their philosophy is to escalate the situation in hopes that it will motivate the 99% to …
Feb 05
Bob Ages Tacos Occupy Vancouver! (along with a few others…)
I was in a discussion about my posting on the Council of Canadians today when someone made an interesting posting about Bob Ages’ contributions to the demise of Occupy Vancouver. He gave me his permission to share…
Feb 04
Should Occupations Distance Themselves from Occupy Oakland?
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 …