Eve of Destruction (or How to Destroy a Planet Without Really Trying)
Eve of Destruction (or How to Destroy a Planet Without Really Trying) Humanity imperiled and the path to disaster What is the future likely to bring? A reasonable stance might be to try to look at the...
View ArticleIN DISAPPOINTING FASHION
IN DISAPPOINTING FASHION Like the Brinks Armoured truck pulling up in front of the Carnegie Centre for the twice-monthly collection of money and coupons [volunteer tickets?!] some think of crime the...
View ArticleT-SHIT
T-SHIT Got tough clothing Plentiful skulls & bones death on every T-shirt death in every pair of eyes hell this ain`t no paradise just half-dead suckers holding onto life by broken teeth culture of...
View ArticleTimes I Forgot the Time
Times I Forgot the Time Alone walking in Oppenheimer forget that this green grass has tasted the blood of our sisters, brothers forget the crack-inspired murders funny how the Totem says it all and...
View ArticleToronto Public Health
Toronto Public Health has recently come forward calling for a supervised injection site in their city, as well as publically speaking out against Bill C-65. Bill C-65 is the proposed legislation...
View ArticleTHE YOGA OF SOCIAL CHANGE
THE YOGA OF SOCIAL CHANGE A one line response to the word "yoga" is usually something like "Duh, yeah, stretching into weird positions" Putting Yoga together with social change gets stuff like "Did you...
View ArticleSewing Shirts
Sewing Shirts Only those white clouds are free to soar beyond the factory window; inside, grey dust scales the cutter hacking out shirts, flinging dismembered parts, inanimate as dead dreams, into open...
View ArticleJane and Amnesty International
Jane and Amnesty International Amnesty International or AI as it's called, was founded in 1961 by Peter Benenson, a Catholic lawyer of Jewish descent. Benenson set it up when he heard about two...
View ArticlePeaking
Peaking You’re the daughter of the devil, I'm the son of Zeus. I'll show you what I can do once they let me loose. I move fast like a jaguar yet strong like an ox, I'll run you down like a cardboard...
View ArticleWhen you lose yourself
When you lose yourself And you`ve been put on the shelf Just ask the old elf “What can I do to help?” If you can lend a hand & help take command You’ll find it so grand That you’ll love our land....
View ArticleIf it gets Really Hot -
If it gets Really Hot - Summer has arrived! If you’re anything like me, I am sure you are looking forward to the longer days, sunshine and warmer temperatures. However, with the warmer weather, we need...
View ArticleThe Roads Never End
The Roads Never End Raised in a two-tone railroad town trucks east and west, one colour of people monotone as the wheat fields old time religion and rusted cars rotting in the cattail ditches sons of...
View ArticleOppenheimer Park *Our Back Yard*
Oppenheimer Park *Our Back Yard* Starting July 1st the park is open Monday to Saturday from 9-5pm to the end of August. There is a lot going on over the summer and we love to see you come out and be...
View Article"Gasland Part II": The Fracking Empire Strikes Back
"Gasland Part II": The Fracking Empire Strikes Back —By Brett Brownell Multimedia Producer at Mother Jones Movie sequels are typically reserved for superheroes, not scrappy social-issue documentaries....
View ArticleGentle Readers
Gentle Readers In this issue there are 2 longer-than-usual articles on two aspects of our present situation. The first is about fracking. Fracking uses enormous amounts of water and sand, mixed with...
View Articlehow they do us
how they do us I was a director on the Vancouver/Richmond health board which was at the executive level run by wealthy white racist guys 'racist' because 3 First Nations' women on the board were...
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