The 99% march in Occupy Saskatoon by Laura Alford on October 19, 2011 in News Protestors demonstrate their solidarity with a global movement as they walk the streets of Saskatoon. (More pictures below.) More than 400 protesters in Saskatoon marched from the University Bridge to Friendship Park in a show of solidarity with the Occupy […]
I ended up in Court because, starting in 2003, I joined others to stop the out-sourcing of Canadian census work to Lockheed Martin Corporation (the American military). Tomorrow morning (Oct 19), the Court (Queen’s Bench, Saskatoon) will hear the appeal of the “guilty” decision in R vs Sandra Finley. The trial has been on-going since […]
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wallstreet-protests-social-idUSTRE79G6E420111018 Occupy Wall Street protesters meditate while a sign bearing their twitter handle hangs from a railing in Zuccotti Park in New York October 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi It all started innocuously enough with a July 13 blog post urging people to #OccupyWallStreet, as though such a thing (Twitter hashtag and all) were possible. […]
By Rory MacLean, The StarPhoenix October 17, 2011 Competing visions of democracy and education clashed at a lively University of Saskatchewan senate meeting Saturday. The meeting was attended by a group of protesters affiliated with the Occupy Saskatoon movement who are critical of the corporate ties among the university’s leadership, particularly those relating to the […]
World News on Bush Visit http://www.imemc.org/article/62263 Amnesty asks Canada to apprehend Bush-(International Middle East) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/14/canadian-response-lukewarm-to-amnestys-call-to-arrest-george-bush/ Canadian response luke warm to Amnesty’s call to arrest George Bush (Switzerland) http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/111012/amnesty-international-arrest-george-w-bush-canada Amnesty International asks Canada to arrest George Bush (Egypt) http://rt.com/news/bush-us-canada-torture-749/ Arrest Bush! Canadians call for Presidential scalp (Russia Times) http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27076 Request that George Bush be barred from […]
(Peace Action, http://www.peace-action.org/about-us. ) From: Kevin Martin, Peace Action <peaceact __AT__mail.democracyinaction.org> It was a non-binding resolution that would have put the County Council of Montgomery County, MD on record in support of a “different military strategy and an end to the wars abroad [that] would free up hundreds of billions of dollars.” Montgomery County is home […]
http://12160.info/profiles/blogs/amnesty-canada-required-to-arrest-george-w-bush?xg_source=activity Amnesty: Canada ‘required’ to arrest George W. Bush NewsCanadaInternetScience & HealthU.S.World Eric Draper/The White House/Reuters U.S. President George W. Bush calls current and former world leaders from the Oval Office during his final full day in office at the White House in Washington January 19, 2009 Agence France-Presse Oct 12, 2011 – 11:57 AM ET | Last Updated: Oct 12, 2011 […]
(Business section, link no longer valid) By Rory MacLean, The StarPhoenix October 11, 2011 University of Saskatchewan senators who this summer called for the board of governors chair to resign because of her ties to Cameco Corp. are now saying the senate itself has a democratic deficit. They formed the group University Senators in Saskatchewan […]
University Lawyer’s letter to Sandra Finley My reply is at http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=3366
The email below was sent in response to 2011-10-06 ( Letter from University’s Lawyer threatens legal action). The reply from the University’s lawyer to the following is posted at 2011-10-19 – – – – – – – — – – – – — – – – – October 15, 2011 TO: McKercher, LLP David Stack […]