May 22
It was another beautiful day for a demonstration- the sun was shining and was mercifully accompanied by a cool soothing breeze. Spirits were high when I arrived on the scene. There was a small contingent of police- less than usual, I’m guessing this was related to Prince Charles’ visit…
May 16
Despite the fact the incident at the Church of the Holy Trinity last week was deeply disturbing on a very personal level, I am trying to look at the positive side. Perhaps, if the church is merciful, this will be a good first step in making things right…
May 09
One of my more memorable moments at Occupy Vancouver was the day when two indigenous men from Vancouver’s Downtown East Side (DTES) lit a ‘sacred’ fire in the middle of our camp. I didn’t know it at the time, but both these men had a long history working with Harsha Walia & No One Is …
May 08
We have a new actor to discuss in the International Socialist’s cast-of-characters. Today I introduce to you Winnie Ng, a professor at Ryerson University who currently holds the chair for the CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy. Winnie’s seat was previously held by, darling of the Black Bloc Judy Rebick! The deeper I research into …
May 08
The deeper I dig into the Canadian Occupy movement, the more fascinating its cast of characters becomes. In this case, I found Brandon Gray’s (not his real last name) resignation letter from the International Bolshevik Tendency (IBT). Brandon is one of the more radical occupiers who chained himself to the Yurt (that was taken back …
May 06
[KGVID width=”640″ height=”360″]https://genuinewitty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Krazy-Krystalline-Kraus-Pretending-To-Be-A-Native-High-2.flv[/KGVID] I remember watching a video of KKK talking at an Occupy Toronto GA claiming that she speaks for the indigenous community. And, here, she’s singing their songs and pretending to be one of them…
May 05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl00twXMVSc?rel=0 One of my readers shared this video with me last night, and it is right on-target with my article about No One Is Illegal organizing armed uprisings. And, curiously, the video was created by the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)…
May 04
I’ve been aware of No One Is Illegal (NoII) for a few years now, and I thought it was a strange concept when I first heard of them. After all, how could Canada keep-up it’s social & healthcare safety nets if there was unlimited immigration? Their concept is noble, but it doesn’t appear that …
May 03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD4gj4O2gvY?rel=0&w=560&h=315 The massive fail award this week goes to Occupy San Francisco. In this case of ultimate stupidity a Black Bloc genius decides it is a good idea to throw a brick from the top of the roof of a building they were trying to squat. Not such a good idea after all- he ended …