Archive for October, 2008

First snow

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in Dispatches | No Comments »

I always love the first snowfall - I get a bit giggly and giddy like I used to when my mom would let me miss school on account of a ... Read more..

Shout out

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 Posted in Skool | No Comments »

Just a quick shout out to all of you who apparently are kind of regularly reading this here blog and also to the handful of you who have sent me ... Read more..

A country in need of electoral reform

Saturday, October 18th, 2008 Posted in Broadsides | No Comments »

The image above is taken from the CBC - it's a map showing Canada's electoral colours. Under a system of proportional representation, this map would look  A LOT different. The ... Read more..

J’accuse redux

Friday, October 17th, 2008 Posted in Broadsides | 1 Comment »

I just received this from PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) this morning: Israel must rid itself of Zionist terrorists. On the night of September 24, Israeli professor Zeev Sternhell was wounded by ... Read more..

Canada

Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in Broadsides | No Comments »

Canada, A country of immigrants, Founded on genocide, Maintained with white privilege and collective denial, Imagined as "our home and native land," Visualized as one, Fragmented as many, And managed by violence and repression. That's what I think ... Read more..

Margaret Atwood takes a chunk out of Harper

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in Broadsides, Mediactivism | 1 Comment »

Recently the Globe and Mail published an angry rant by one of Canada's finest artists: the very talented and globally celebrated writer Margaret Atwood. Why is she angry? Because Stephen ... Read more..