Here’s last night’s casseroles protest in our neighbourhood. We walked down to Beaubien last night and ran into a bunch of friends. I guess “Villeray désobéis” is the place to be. My attendance this week will be a little spotty–there’s a lot of music stuff going on with MUTEK right around 8pm, but perhaps I […]
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Last Night’s Protest in Villeray
Carrie and I make a brief appearance around 1:00, along with our friends Derek and Manon and their daughter Rosalie; and Nick. We got drenched on the way home after marching for several blocks. The demo continued on to downtown.
Last Night’s March in the Neighbourhood
Carrie had her turn with the pot at this point — today I’m getting out some proper drums.
Casseroles
Carrie and I just got back from 2 and a half hours of our manif (it was still going strong). It’s the 3rd night in a row (possibly more–we were visiting friends in Westmount Saturday, a wealthy enclave that’s hostile territory for protesters). What started as a local event with hundred of people taking up […]
Manifestation de casseroles / Arrêtez-moi quelqu’un
So last night we’re sitting on the porch with friends and hear this noise. It gets louder and louder. Lots of banging. Finally we go investigate and find . . . the “Manifestation de casseroles” at the corner of Jarry and St-Denis a block away. Over 200 people gathered, making tons of noise with pots […]
We’re way beyond dialogue here
Today I spoke with a journalist — Giuseppe Valiante (to give credit where it’s due) — doing a story on social media and the strike. At one point he asked me if I thought things would be better if the Charest government were on Twitter, interacting with all the protesters and their supporters who are […]
Fiddling While Rome Burns and other clichés
Let us descend for a moment into some rather exquisite gossip from the intellectual history of communication studies. Commenting on Herb Schiller, a scholar noted for his radicalism, James Carey said in a 2006 interview: …he was supremely bourgeois. When the troubles began in the 1960s, Herb couldn’t be bothered. He was home reading The […]