Tag: Activism

Violence & Ruthlessness: Activism’s Strange Bedfellows…

I crossed paths with a friend yesterday- someone who makes eagle-eyed observations on the social structure of Toronto’s activist community. They said that people accept the tactics of all others because they must ally in solidarity against ‘the system’. This means so very many different things. The range of actions could be anything from riding unicycles, to …

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Pussy Riot: A Lesson For Canadian Activists…

One of the things I’m most sick & tired of hearing from privileged Canadian protesters is how they continuously drone on about how Canada is an oppressive and unfair country. Honestly, this sort of complaining is an insult to people who live in oppressive countries. If you have any doubt, talk to the members of Pussy …

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Strange Bedfellows: Truth Movement Activists & PressTV

One of the things about the Truth movement that confounds me the most is how many of it’s members have taken a liking to PressTV. High-profile ‘truthers’ like Webster Tarpley, Alfred Webre, and wingnuts like Professor Anthony Hall & Joshua Blakeney have all had multiple appearances on PressTV. Considering PressTV is the propaganda wing of …

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Liars, Damned Liars & Sakura Saunders…

Today I start the first of a series of articles called “Liars, Damned Liars &…” where I will be chronicling stories of people who have issues with being honest. As anyone who has been near them can attest- lefty politics can be dirty and downright nasty as it gets. If Richard Nixon was alive to watch what …

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Time For Occupy Toronto’s Activistocrats To Crawl Back Into The Tar Sands…

For a big city (by Canadian standards) Toronto is definitely a small town at times. I’ve randomly run into a few Occupiers over the past couple of weeks while walking down the street and have had the opportunity to get some of the inside scoop on what is happening these days…

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