For those of you who don’t know, things have flared up at Caledonia (again). Yesterday there were two violent incidents which have sparked renewed calls from sections of the settler population for military intervention against the Reclamation Site.In one case, there are claims that two reporters were beaten up and …
As some of you certainly know, years before i had ever heard of a “blog” i had a website – Kersplebedeb – where i have uploaded all manner of interesting things, and where i also sell buttons, t-shirts, books, pamphlets and more. Bit by bit, piece by piece, i have …
As readers of this blog may know, one of the international struggles that i have been interested in has been that of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) against the despotic monarchy in that country. I have been especially curious about the role and relationship of women to this struggle, …
The Toronto Star is reporting that the self-defense barricade put up yesterday has been voluntarily dismantled by the First Nations people at Caledonia: Caledonia blockade dismantled May 23, 2006. 03:49 PM RICHARD BRENNAN STAFF REPORTER CALEDONIA, Ont. — More then two months after native protestors took control of a contentious …
According the CKRZ FM’ 9am report, all is quiet at the Reclamation Site this morning. Ontario Hydro is claiming that the electricity is out because of sabotage – presumably the power tower which was brought down to reinforce the new First Nations barricade – and that it will remain out …
Two news items from the mainstream media today in regard to the standoff at Caledonia: Canada rebuked again for failing to protect rights; UN watchdog panel revisits economic, social, cultural issues in harsh review, puts Canadian delegation on defensive; Hamilton Spectator May 9th Natives meet federal mediator Tuesday; Ottawa Citizen …
Today’s news roundup: Peterson optimistic, but natives erect new barrier; Hamilton Spectator May 8th Peterson feels there’s hope – He says the Caledonia issues are ‘not easy,’ but he’s optimistic; London Free Press May 8th Also check out Budget to feel political heat on aboriginal issues: native leaders (The Hill …
Gramsci Is Dead: Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social Movements ISBN 0745321127 Pluto Press 2006 In Gramsci Is Dead: Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social Movements, Richard Day of Queens University argues for a supposedly “new” kind of radical activism, one which is neither revolutionary nor reformist. He describes this …
Caliban and the Witch: Women the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Sylvia Federici, Autonomedia 2004) Reviewed by Karl Kersplebedeb Back in May 2005, at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, i bought a copy of Silvia Federici’s latest book, Caliban and he Witch: Women, The Body and Primitive Accumulation. Suffice to say, i …
I have a few friends who don’t have access to the internet, and I was thinking of writing something for them about the rebellion in France, a kind of synopsis of what I have been reading and translating. Having written it, I am not sure how coherent it is, but …