Here are some further thoughts on Upping the Anti, the radical journal out of Toronto, Canada… The most ambitious part of Upping the Anti #3 is clearly its editorial, titled Growing Pains: The Anti-Globalization Movement, Anti-Imperialism and the Politics of the United Front. This is really a look at the …
This is a short film covering the December 9th protest outside the Hamilton Detention Center to free Six Nations Political Prisoner Trevor Miller. (From Google video.) Janie Jamieson speaks about Six Nations Political Prisoner Trevor Miller, outside the Cayuga courthouse on Dec 11th, 2006. (From Google video.) Stuart Myiow speaks …
Sorry i didn’t post this earlier – i’m no longer in the habit of reading the Mirror. This article by Montreal activist/journalist Stefan Christoff is a welcome mention of Mohamed Anas Bennis in the local media. Montreal Mirror: Why did Mohamed-Anas Bennis die? by Stefan Christoff One year after Montreal …
The following is a call for a second vigil for Mohamed Anas Bennis, to be held this Satruday December 2nd in Montreal. Translation by yours truly… Early on the morning of December 1st 2005, on the corner of Kent Street and CĂ´te des Neiges, an incident involving one (or more) …
The following about an action in Montreal earlier today… MONTREAL, NOV 24 2006. — Over twenty people held a demonstration this morning to disrupt a press conference given by Stephen Harper at the Montreal General Hospital, in front of a hand-picked audience of young Conservatives from McGill University. Despite heavy …
There’s a vigil being organized for Mohamed Anas Bennis, the young Muslim man who was murdered by Montreal police last December 1st: NO JUSTICE FOR MOHAMED ANAS BENNIS,NO REASON TO TRUST THE POLICE!BERNIER AND ROY, MURDERERS! VIGIL at the corner of KENT and COTE-DES-NEIGES (Cote-Des-Neiges metro)December 1st, 2006, 5 to …
This from today’s Hamilton Spectator: Six Nations women lay claim to windmills by John BurmanThe Hamilton Spectator(Aug 19, 2006) Two Six Nations women title holders have laid claim to a $27-million green power wind farm project near Shelburne.  Kahentinetha Horn, who lives at the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal and another woman …
Vienna Protest Against Execution of Queer Teens in Iran The following is a very interesting and thoughtful argument about how queers in the US can best to act in solidarity with their “sexual minority” counterparts in Iran. While i may not be in the same groove as the authors, i …
While a majority of Israelis seem to be backing their government’s murderous aggression against the Lebanese people, there have been some voices of dissent.On July 23rd thousands of people (some reports say as many as 5,000) – from Arab, “left zionist”, peace, feminist and anarchist organizations – came together to …
At least two thousand people – possible many more than that – came out to protest Israeli aggression, marching through the drizzling rain in downtown Montreal yesterday. Media reports than “1,000” were there are bullshit, but i can’t be sure exactly how many there were, as this was the most …