In 1970 it was exposed that two companies polluted Ontario’s English-Wabigoon water system with methyl mercury- a substance they used to create caustic soda and chlorine for pulp mills. With an abundance of hydro electricity the most cost effective option was to use mercury based solution- despite the availability of other technologies. The people of …
Tag: Dave Vasey
Aug 20
[UPDATED] Ontario Common Front: Where Unions, Activists & Anarchists Converge…
Update/Correction: Dan Beaudoin is not a member of the Indignants, but is very close with them. The Ontario Common Front describes itself as “a coalition of over 90 community groups and labour unions that represent millions of Ontarians”. Looking at their list of endorsing organizations one will see many Ontario unions- but, also, some of …
Aug 16
Ezra Levant Pummels Swamp Line 9 Protesters At Hamilton Court Protest!
The protesters who occupied the Line 9 pumping station in Westover had their first day in court on Wednesday. To celebrate, they and their allies arranged a pre-court protest. A motley crew of anarchists, rabble rousers, and useful idiots showed up- and, as expected, they seriously went off the rails. What was billed as a …
Aug 15
The Sierra Club, Polaris Institute, NDP & Green Party’s Co-Optation Of Grassroots Movements…
Heather Martin has done a lot of great work helping to expose Kevin Annett’s con-artistry on her blog StopKevinAnnett. Her research has been meticulous, and she takes an incredibly even handed approach to her stories. I’ve learned a lot from Heather, and continue to do so. Yesterday she published what I think is her best …
Aug 12
[UPDATED] Sierra Club Executive Chelsea Flook Shares An Anarchist “CUPE Joke”
UPDATE: One of the two people in this picture was originally identfied as Taylor Flook, who has written to me to say it wasn’t her. I am currently waiting for comment from her on who the other person is alleged to be… ______________________ If you’ve been following Your Humble Narrator’s stories about the elite clique of …
Aug 10
Activists Tampered With Rail Signalling At The December Sarnia Blockade (feat. Mike Roy & Ron Plain)
Back in December a group of indigenous people from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation joined forces with members of Ontario’s anarchist & unionist community and blocked a train line. Many of the ‘usual suspects’ showed-up at the blockade including Sakura Saunders, Dave Vasey, Lana Goldberg, and Ken Lewenza of the Canadian Auto Workers. The blockade has been …
Jul 28
[UPDATED] Love Is The Movement- Oka Style? (feat. Gitz Crazyboy and several NGO’s)
UPDATE: A Facebook page has been created calling for people to take action to disrupt transportation across the country in solidarity with Ryan Deranger’s call to blockade Highway 63. __________________________ Three weeks ago this site exposed the mark of the Activistocrat– a tattoo shared by many of the NGO connected environmental activists operating in Canada. …
Jun 27
[Updated] Breaking: #SwampLine9 Supporters Claim Disruptions Due To Rail Sabotage…
Update: Convicted G20 ringleader Alex Hundert liked this story so much he re-tweeted it for all of his friends! —————————————- A statement was released yesterday on an anarchist website by a group identifying themselves as “some anarchists”. In it they not only claim to have sabotaged a train line, but have also given simple …
May 15
Does A New Supreme Court Ruling Put Idle No More Protesters At Peril? (feat. Ron Plain)
On December 21st, 2011 members of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation partnered with members of Toronto’s anarchist community and setup a blockade of a CN Rail track. They claimed that the track was unauthorized to run over their territory so they had every right to block it. The blockade was rather controversial, as not only did …