(I am sorry, I don’t know why I didn’t record the URL’s from which the following was assembled. Arendt’s ideas about the relationship between freedom and action appear nearer the bottom.) Arendt’s essay On Violence distinguishes between the concepts of violence and power. Arendt maintains that although theorists of both the left and right […]
This took place in 2009. I didn’t get it posted earlier. It is an important part of the historical record. It is why Canadians should refuse to pay for Lockheed Martin and Stephen Harper’s F-35 stealth bombers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6hp8HMstkE&feature=related Powerful testimony Number of views, July 5, 2012: 958,238
http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/LegislativeSummaries/bills_ls.asp?lang=E&ls=c60&Parl=40&Ses=2&source=library_prb Contents Background A. “Shiprider” Agreement Description and Analysis A. Definitions, Purpose and General Provisions (Clauses 2 to 4) B. General Implementing Provisions (Clauses 5 to 15) C. Public Complaints Commission Provisions (Clauses 16 to 25) D. Consequential Amendments to Statutes (Clauses 26 to 32) E. Coming into Force (Clause 33) Endnotes Background Bill C-60, […]
http://podcast.yorku.ca:8080/itc/2011/EVENTS/Commercialization_of_the_University_Fou305_April25_2012.mp4
Also the Yes Men, see: http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=6218 CONTENTS (1) THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD (2) A HUFFY CANADA SHUTS DOWN ‘YES MEN’ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = (1) THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD In my estimation Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano are low-key brilliant and this […]
Is there a bigger “David versus Goliath” story than Julian Assange (Wikileaks) versus the American Military Empire? What a cliff-hanger! Will he be extradited to Sweden, or will Ecuador come through? For Assange, it is the difference between death and life (the Swedes will turn him over to the Americans. Ecuador, into whose custody he […]
Julian Assange’s Wikileaks published leaked diplomatic cables Related Stories: Q&A: Julian Assange and asylum Assange’s ties with Ecuador Is it legal to hide in an embassy? Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been served with an extradition notice by the Metropolitan Police. Officers from the extradition unit delivered a note to Mr Assange at Ecuador’s London embassy. […]
Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY OR, same thing, but on Dan Simons’ blog: http://www.dansimons.com/videos.html the top video. OR: To the right see the menu of 8 videos. The top right-hand one should be 19.16 minutes, of Dan’s TED Talk, demonstrating students passing basketballs. Try that one. The work of Dan Simons is valuable.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/27/new-evidence-backs-claims-of-questionable-dean-del-mastro-donations/ Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher, Postmedia News OTTAWA — Two donors to Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro’s 2008 election campaign have produced copies of cheques they say were reimbursements paid by a small electrical company owned by his cousin. The cheques show the donors each received $1,050 from Deltro Electric Ltd. of Mississauga, Ont., […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eZrr-4DCZL8