Oct 13

Canada, Foreign Powers & The Great Game…

Countries mapped out on the Risk board game… (go find Alberta & Afghanistan)

I read an interesting story in the Gulf News today- The Beginning Of A Great Game In Afghanistan. The article discusses how “regional states (are) busy carving out their respective spheres of influence.” Basically, everyone is fighting for their slice of the pie. It’s an interesting story, and has some parallels with what’s happening in Canada- things like pipelines, copper mines, small populations, and lack of military power. This was a toxic mix for Afghanistan- how will it work out for Canada? Continue reading

Oct 12

Occupy Love: Where Judy Rebick, Michael Moore, Hollyhock, Renewal Partners, Soros & The Black Panthers Intersect…

I’ve written about the Activistocrats before- they are who Kale Lawsn of Adbusters called the ‘old-left’. They’re the people who hijacked the Occupy movement and changed the focus from being about problems with the banks and corporations to focussing on issues like identity politics, and promoting the NDP. In Canada, one of the commonalities of the Activistocrats is that most of them have connections to Judy Rebick- one of the queens of this country’s old-left…

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Oct 10

Exciting New Occupy Documentary Premiers In Vancouver On October 15th!

Rafferty Baker and Matthew J. Van Deventer

There is some exciting news coming-up on the Occupy documentary front. The Occupation Documentary is being premièred in Vancouver on October 15th.  The film was made by Rafferty Baker and Matthew J. Van Deventer, two BCIT journalism students who were present (with video camera) every day at Occupy Vancouver. If something significant happened at Occupy Vancouver, they probably got it on-film (including someone bashing a cop on the face with a flagpole after Harsha Walia showed-up with Black Bloc.)

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Oct 10

Occupy Love: The Old-Left Hijacks Occupy’s History… (feat. Judy Rebick, Naomi Klein & Michael Moore?)

Velcro Ripper – Look closely at the backdrop (and ignore Ethan Cox)

The old-left’s exploitation of the Occupy movement has been monumental. As soon as Occupy started, they came out with their fangs showing and grasped all the power they could. They came from all sides- radical feminists, entryist marxists, and several flavours of watermelon environmentalists (green on the surface, red on the inside.) Each of them wrestled for some control so that they could be the vanguard of the ‘revolution’. It was quite the spectacle.

It’s over now, so we don’t have to worry any longer about their (mis)appropriating the movement- right? Well, there’s still one more thing left to be done- they need to write the history.

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Oct 09

A Warning About Kevin Annett From Dennis Banks & Royce White Calf…

I received a request yesterday from Royce White Calf, a member of the American Indian Movement, to post a warning about Kevin Annett. White Calf has engaged with Dennis Banks to help get the message out. Banks is a co-founder of the American Indian Movement, and a survivor of the American Residential School program, who has been an activist for indigenous issues most of his life.

This should send a clear message to Kevin Annett (and his supporters) that the indigenous people don’t want him representing their case…

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Oct 08

A Beautiful Fall Scene At Christy Pits Park Today…

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Oct 05

UPDATED: Occupy & Student Strikes- They’re Not What They Looked Like on The Surface…

Toronto Casseroles March At George Brown College

Yesterday some interesting (though not totally unexpected) news came out on Undercover Kitty’s blog. While attending a debriefing with the leaders from the Quebec student strike, Kitty learned the at the strikes were not as spontaneous as we’ve been led to believe. According to the testimonies of the speakers, the student strikes were two years in the making.

They also discussed using the Occupy movement’s “General Assembly” process two years before Occupy came along. Things that make you go hmmm… Continue reading

Oct 03

How I’m Learning To Love The Parti Québécois…

Pauline Marois – Leader of the Parti Québécois

I haven’t thought much of the Parti Québécois (PQ) until the few weeks. I knew about their main platform about sovereignty for Quebec- and, personally, I don’t back that. Regardless of the inequities between the benefits given to residents of Quebec, I’d still like to see it as a part of Canada. But, since the recent election, the PQ have taken some bold moves that have left me rather impressed…

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Oct 01

Black Bloc Courthouse Theatre (feat. Julian Ichim, Sakura Saunders & The Council Of Canadians)

George Horton – G20 Vandal…

Someone shared an interesting video with me on Friday- it brings together a lot of my research on Canada’s problem with Black Bloc anarchists. It’s about George Horton, one of the vandals from the Toronto G20 who got caught kicking in the door of a police car. Horton was sentenced on Friday to ten months in Jail for that mistake- and, apparently, Toronto’s anarchist community caused a bit of a ruckus in the courtroom…

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Sep 30

Video: The Tragically Hip Play Impromptu Concert At Toronto’s Kensington Market!

Tragically Hip playing in Kensington Market…

Today was an utterly fantastic day. It started-off with a trip to the Evergreen Brick Works, a beautiful place to spend a fall afternoon, and a place I won’t forget for a long time. Then, on my way home, I stopped at Kensington Market to catch-up with some friends.

Just as I arrived, I was surprised with an impromptu concert by The Tragically Hip. They were there to promote their new album “Now For Plan A”. I managed to catch a video of one of their songs- you will find it after the break…

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