Zolo Agona Azania is one of many Black revolutionaries who have spent most of their adult lives in prison, punished for their politics by the racist American âjust usâ system. I have been in touch with Zolo for some years now, and have been privileged to publish a pamphlet of …
Almost a year ago a young Muslim man was murdered by a Montreal police officer, shot through the chest on his way home from Mosque. There were apparently no witnesses to the shooting (though tapes from a nearby security camera were seized but never made public) so there was nothing …
Here is the latest update from Hazel Hill at the Reclamation Site just outside of Caledonia. I have been inconsistent in posting these updates as of late because i was away for most of October, but i’m planning on remedying that… Canada finally laid its position on the table at …
Since 2001 political prisoners Herman Bell, David Gilbert and Robert “Seth” Hayes have worked with activists in Montreal (and in 2005 and 2006 New York City) to produce these beautiful calendars. This year there has been a changeover, with a new Montreal collective taking over the outside work. The result …
Heads up: if you like horror, the Onionâs AV Club has a list of âHorror Films of Left-Wingersâ and âHorror Films for Right-wingersâ which takes about three minutes to read. Before i had this blog i tried (and pretty much failed!) to write something about the politics of zombie movies …
GYMNASLAERER PEDERSEN (COMRADE PEDERSEN) (PI) Norway / 2006 / 35 mm / Colour / 110 min / Dir.: Hans Petter Moland, Cast: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Anne Ryg, Jan Gunnar RĂžise, Jon Ăigarden, Stig Henrik Hoff, Silje Torp FĂŠrevag, Fridtjov SĂ„aheim In 1968, it seemed as if all of …
————————————————— SUPPORT SIX NATIONS: CALL FOR LETTERSWRITE TO FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL NEGOTIATORS/LEADERS TODAY! ————————————————–Find out how you can support – a sample letter is included below.Scroll down to read a more recent update from the Reclamation Site, Six Nations. ——————————————————————————————— Scroll down for the sample letter. To voice your concerns …
Well, did everyone get to watch the 2nd part of the show ‘Indian Summer, the Oka Crisis’ which aired tonight on CBC. I am so emotional right now and my thoughts are everywhere I don’t know where to begin. Watching them come out of the pines and the brutality used …
Segments about animals are some of the most interesting and subtly political pieces in Quirks and Quarks, the CBCâs national science show. One segment i listened to over the past week â a piece from summer 2005 â provides a case in point. Under the heading Some Crickets Like It …
Goddammit it can be difficult to keep up with this blogging thing⊠Especially as a sense of propriety really makes me feel like i have to mention some things, even things i may have nothing particularly intelligent to say about. And of course, as i may have mentioned earlier, there …