Yesterday students, faculty and administrators began to react to the police invasion of campus and their abuse of students, protesters and faculty. There is much to report and much to say. 1. Here’s a CBC story, with video. What they left out was that Greg Mikkelson did try to leave campus and was blocked from …
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Tuition Protest Yields Police Violence on McGill Campus
Yesterday, thousands of Quebec CEGEP and university students took to the streets to protest a proposed elevation in tuition and fees. The route brought people together near Berri-UQAM (a metro stop) and then back to the McGill campus. This is where things got ugly. Not only did someone call in riot police on the protesters, …
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#VisitOccupyWallStreet
A week ago today, while in New York, Carrie and I wandered down to see what was happening at #occupywallstreet and then have a look at the 9/11 memorial. It was not a special day in the movement’s history–no failed attempts to take over the Brooklyn Bridge, no major unions marching down to join the …
Phonautograph + Really?
First, the Cabinet event last night was amazing and a lot of fun. Also it is probably my first and only-lifetime appearance in Time Out. Sari Carel (my copanelist with curator Leah Abir), her partner Justin and I are talking about some kind of “Explore the Phonautograph” website once she’s done with her Semaphore Island …
Yet Another Layton Obit (upon reading today’s Globe & Mail)
When I arrived in Canada in 2004, I was blown away by the mere existence of Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe. Here were two politicians who spoke the truth, had roots in labor and consistently and unambiguously promoted left values. Layton was of course frequently red-baited by both the liberals and press (a fact conveniently …
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Yet Another Reason Why Same-Sex Marriage Rights Matter
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PS: on the enjoyment of jingoism
American jingoism doesn’t look any better in 2011 than it did in 2001. I am really having a hard time with people’s enjoyment of revenge. Sure, Obama scored some kind of symbolic military victory, but it is just that. In America, bin Laden’s relevance has been mostly symbolic for a long time. He was clearly …