Last Wednesday in Montreal an eighteen year old neo-nazi was sentenced to two years prison for stabbing two Arabs in downtown Montreal and assaulting a taxi driver. The scumbucket, whose name we are not given because he was under 18 at the time, was one of a gang of neo-nazis …
Queen of the Bolsheviks: The Hidden History of Dr. Marie Equi by Nancy Krieger $2.00 from left-wing books dot net Saddle-stitched pamphlet 30 pages Published by Kersplebedeb in 2009 ISBN 1-894946-30-8 Now forgotten, Dr. Marie Equi was a physician for working-class women and children, a lesbian, and a dynamic and …
Once upon a time i had a nice website. People thought it was nifty, and that made me glad. Then along came web 2.0, and increasingly my poor little kersplebedeb website became about as impressive as a cluttered desk, on which it’s barely possible to find anything, never mind anything …
The following from the Justice for Adil campaign: Security certificate regime suffers another blow But the battle against ‘big brother’ is far from over … Four years after Adil Charkaoui was placed under draconian “preventive conditions”, he will finally be able to walk out of his front door without his …
Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America by Ward Churchill My review rating: 4 of 5 starsi had given this book two stars from memory – what had stuck in my mind was Churchill’s conflation of what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust …
Many of us on the left, either as individuals or on behalf of organizations, have tried our hand at blogging. For myself, as someone who maintains several websites, a longtime frustration has been that the energy i am putting into the blog does not automatically get integrated into what else …
The following article from Newsday.com about urban guerillas in Greece: Analysis: New brand of domestic terror in Greece seeks maximum havoc By ELENA BECATOROS | Associated Press Writer 3:12 AM EST, February 19, 2009 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A new and possibly more dangerous generation of Greek extremists is escalating …
This from the Human Rights Coalition=Fed Up!, this report on what is being called the “Inauguration Day Atrocity”, where six men were targeted for assault with chemical and electrocution weapons by guards calling them “niggers” in retaliation for these prisoners continuing to file grievances, pursue civil litigation, expose prison conditions …
More dog-bites-man news here – two judges in Pennsylvania set up a kickback scheme whereby they would get paid for sending kids to private kiddie prisons. One imagines they’ll get in trouble for having gotten caught, but we’ll see: Monday, February 16, 2009PA Judges Accused of Jailing Juveniles for Cash …
Just to let you all know, Ward Churchill’s lawsuit against Colorado University goes to trial in a few weeks. As the Ward Churchill Solidarity Network tells us: A little over a year ago, Ward Churchill was fired from his position as a professor at the University of Colorado on trumped …