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Newport 63: With God on Our Side

I can’t sing “John Johanna” cause it’s his story and his people’s story – I gotta sing “With God On My Side” because it’s my story and my people’s story – – Bob Dylan The “social patriotism” that had inspired activists in the first half of the sixties came to …

Notes on XXIst Century Socialism

Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, recently announced the arrival of XXIst Century Socialism. This declaration, although greeted with great enthusiasm, left a residue of confusion. Since Chavez didn’t discuss XXIst Century Socialism during his recent Presidential campaign, and since there are virtually no public theoretical documents defining this new Socialist …

August: War Criminals Coming to Montebello, Quebec

This August, Stephen Harper, George Bush and Felipe Calderon will be just 90 minutes from Montreal, in Montebello, Qc! Mobilize and Protest against George Bush, Stephen Harper and Felipe Calderon at the meeting of the “Security and Prosperity Partnership” (SPP) ::::::::::AUGUST 19-21, 2007MONTEBELLO, QUEBEC(Between Ottawa and Montreal):::::::::: A main Day …

Hezbollah and the Left

During the failed Israeli invasion of Lebanon earlier this year many of us were both wary and intrigued about the political nature of Hezbollah, the Islamic organization which provoked and then successfully repelled the attack. Flags went up because of Hezbollah’s close ties to the Iranian regime, its religious ideology …

Radical Anti-Imperialists Carry Out Second Armed Attack in Quebec

For the second time in two years a group calling itself the Initiatives de Resistance Internationaliste (Initiatives of Internationalist Resistance – IRI) has claimed responsibility for an armed attack within the province of Quebec.Very little is known about the IRI. In December 2004, just as President Bush visited Ottawa for …

Estee Slaughter Kicked Out of LGBT Festival

QUIT! activists who formed the Estee Slaughter team at LGBT Freedom Day in San Francisco. (QUIT!) The following article is just another reminder as to why i do not normally participate in Queer Pride events… the rightwards turn of the queer community over the past ten years just makes the …