June 25, 2010
G20 Roundup: What’s happened in the first five days of protest
Have you been stuck inside working all week? Don’t worry, you haven’t missed much—just the largest and most disruptive set of mobilizations Toronto has seen in quite some time. The Toronto Community Mobilization Network spent six months coordinating with various groups to create Themed Days of Action, which took place between June 21 and June 24. Here’s a rundown for those of you... [More >>]
June 23, 2010
For thousands of migrant labourers, Canadian prosperity is a mirage
Protestors march down Toronto's Yonge Street as part of anti-G20 All Out In Defense of Rights Rally, Monday June 21 2010. Photo by Jesse Mintz. The Toronto Community Mobilization Network kicked off its themed days of resistance to the G20 on Monday with activists converging around a mixed bag of issues including income equity, community control over resources, migrant justice, and an end to war... [More >>]
June 18, 2010
6 alternative summits you can attend (since you’re not invited to the G20)
Participants at the 2009 World Social Forum in Brazil help keep the world safe. Copyright Vanderlei Almeida/Getty Images. While the prime minister has been trying to do damage control for his G20 agenda, activists and organizers of all stripes have been busy building social justice movements. Sometimes movement-building involves bickering over listservs about who gets to the carry the banner, but... [More >>]
June 18, 2010
Why You Should Give a Damn: 5 Reasons to Care About the G8/G20
Protesters gather outside Union Station dressed as an oil spill in demonstration against Harper's environmental policy, June 17, 2010. Photo credit: Jesse Mintz Unless you have been living under a fake rock beside a fake lake, chances are you’ve heard about this G8/G20 business in some way, shape, or form. The reasons why many people are protesting, however, may not be as clear. That’s... [More >>]
June 9, 2010
Hotel workers’ strike adds yet more drama to G20 fiasco
Unite Here local 232 hotel workers strike in San Francisco. Photo cred: Steve Rhodes Things just got a little more complicated for Toronto in the buildup to this month’s G20 summit. If the 10,000 uniformed officers, 1,000 or so unlicensed private security guards, airport-tight surveillance and checkpoints, the much debated “sound cannon“ and the expected thousands of protesters... [More >>]
December 10, 2009
Wednesday WTF: The craziness spreads in Le Journal de Montréal lockout
[This was meant to auto-post yesterday, but didn't, for some reason. So it's kind of "WTF Thursday" today...] La Journal de Montréal/ Rue Frontenac employees picket La Journal's offices in Montreal. Quebecor Media Inc. locked-out 253 employees nearly one year ago. Reporters sans frontières has now waded into the mire that is the lock-out of employees at Le Journal de Montréal. Unlike many public... [More >>]
November 24, 2009
ThisAbility #40: Glee is for me
Kevin McHale takes centre stage and heat for playing wheelchair using Artie Abrams. Image from The Fox Network Sometimes it seems that no minority sits on a higher horse than people with disabilities—give an inch and they want a mile. I bet that’s what creator Ryan Murphy, executive producer Brad Falchuck and the rest of the creative muscle behind Glee thought, in their most private moments,... [More >>]
November 5, 2009
Today is the Day of Action for a Poverty-Free Ontario
Students, faculty, workers and community members will march today, November 5th, as part of the Campaign for a Poverty-Free Ontario. Organized by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and allied groups, this Day of Action calls on the McGuinty government to take concrete steps to eliminate poverty in Ontario by adequately funding social services and equity measures. A CFS press release states... [More >>]
October 20, 2009
ThisAbility #38: Ableism Goes Retro on Mad Men
Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) speculate on the future of their newly disabled colleague in "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency"--copyright AMC 2009 While most of Mad Men’s devoted fan base was surely whipped into a frenzy thanks to “The Big Reveal” this past Sunday, [Sorry folks, I'm going to be good and keep the spoilers behind the link]... [More >>]
June 29, 2009
NDP considering name change: the ‘Democratic Party’
If several high-profile individuals have their way, one of Canada’s major political parties could be on the way to a rebranding even before the summer is out. The New Democratic Party could enter the fall session of parliament with a new name, simply called the “Democratic Party.” The move has been promoted by a mounting number of MPs and other party members at the grassroots. Two... [More >>]
