Protest - Revolt

November 2, 2021  •  La Via Campesina

November 2nd, 2021

I didn't want to have to write this column.

That's because I have a multitude of other tasks on my to-do list before getting this week's issue of the Georgia Straight to the printer tonight.

Oct. 31, 2021

Media coverage of the planetary emergency often can't be monetized, which is one reason why it's of little interest to Rupert Murdoch and wannabe Rupert Murdochs

In advance of the COP 26 meetings in Glasgow, young climate activists Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate, founder of the Rise Up Movement, issued an open letter to the media.

They urged editors to pay far more attention to the Global North's "moral responsibility to move much faster in reducing their emissions".

[Editor: Interesting within the System tactic?]

Nov. 2, 2021

[Note: Mine was just one of many, sometimes very eloquent, presentations to Council on the topic Future of False Creek South: Advancing a Conceptual Development Plan and Addressing Lease Expiries.  The meeting extended over three days because of the large number of presentation, (over 170 signed up to speak), and only very few were in favour of the plan.  The presentations may be viewed/heard on the videos of the Council here starting on Oct.

Returning to his apartment building with a grocery bag in hand, one resident of a South Seattle senior living community was greeted by a courtyard filled with picket signs.

“They didn’t lock you up? They didn’t send dogs on ya?” he asked his protesting neighbors. “This one has warrants out in ten states,” he joked with one of the protestors.