Tag: Socialist Caucus

Occupy Toronto Hijacker Sonny Yeung Speaks On Drugs! (feat. Barry Weisleder & Barbara Jackman)

I figured that Sonny Yeung was one of the hijackers of Occupy Toronto about 15 minutes after I arrived at my first meeting. He is the guy to came running to Dave Vasey and Trey (whiney) Winney, flashing his Blackberry at them, just as they all looked at me with suspicion. That was about 3 …

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Report From Tonight’s Casseroles March At Toronto’s George Brown College!

I like George Brown college. I lectured there about the Occupy movement a couple of months ago- the students were smart, inquisitive, and turned on to the issues of social activism. So, when I heard they were having their first Caserolle March, I ran out of the house to cover tonight’s event!

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Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been, A Member Of The NDP?

http://youtu.be/BkWOfOqS4Ms Someone I know in Vancouver posted this video on Facebook yesterday. It is an obvious piece of NDP propaganda- that said, it raises a number of interesting questions. It is also a perfect introduction to sharing some of what I have learned about the United Steelworkers union (USW) over the past few months…

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Anarchy In Quebec! (Time to talk to the NDP…)

A group of thugs invaded the Universite du Quebec a Montreal today. Spray painting the walls, invading classrooms and calling the students scabs for daring to go to classes- and, a couple of women were assaulted. What happened was like the early stages of a new Kristallnacht– how can we accept this kind of hooliganism in Canada?

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Get Your Waffle On At The House Of International Socialists!

This is quite possibly the most important story I’ve ever written… Here’s an interesting video from 1969- just before the NDP convention, with a group of politicos self-identified as The Waffle. Notice the participants include (associate of Judy Rebick) Ed Broadbent, and a union leader! One can sense here the ‘usual suspects’ behind the Canadian …

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