Tagged With: political protest
Homeless ruling needs pragmatic city response
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 17 October 2008 Now that the B.C. Supreme Court has struck down Victoria’s anti-camping bylaw, let’s hope that city leaders adopt a more pragmatic and compassionate approach. Too much public money has already been wasted fighting the basic principle of the right to shelter. The … Continue reading
Take sides
Opinion-editorial published in the Martlet (Victoria), 15 March 2003 It is comfortable to pretend we are a big, happy family. Father knows best… Current circumstances make such a stance impossible. Our country is sending battleships and troops to escalate the war against Iraq. The BC Liberals are levelling our social infrastructure to nineteenth-century conditions, pushing … Continue reading
Remembering Carlo Giulliani
Earlier this summer, a 23-year-old Italian named Carlo Guilliani was shot dead in Genoa. As tens of thousands protested a summit of the G-8 powers, the young man was captured on film raising a fire extinguisher above his head, apparently poised to smash the window of a police jeep. A moment later, Carlo was shot … Continue reading
A peoples’ agenda
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 2 December 1999 I was in Seattle on November 30, along with thousands of others saying ‘no’ to the World Trade Organization and its corporate agenda. The WTO was shut down that day as ordinary citizens filled the streets of Seattle to put forward an … Continue reading
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Canadian hero
It is with admiration that I read Brigette DePape’s explanation of why she disrupted the Throne Speech in Canada’s Senate chamber. The 21-year-old parliamentary page from Winnipeg has now been fired for her defiant act. On June 3rd, she stood stone-faced in the centre of the sterile red chamber of privilege, holding a sign reading … Continue reading »