Thanks to Sam Manak, CAW Local 1285 Health and Safety Committee Chairperson, for this photo of some of those who attended the May 19 public forum at CAW Local 1285. The subject of the meeting was community resistance to Gold Corp's harmful mining practices in Guatemala and Honduras.
We attended the City Council meeting on May 17th 2010 to speak on the administrative report the council had requested in April. The request had been made to address the municipal hub model of services as recommended in the Pascal report and specifically to address the availability of services in the west end, Glengarry and around extended hours for the Jefferson Centre. Council had also asked to get information on the plans for updates to the Work & Learn Program.
In a strange way, the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has provided an opportunity for progressive Christians to rally to a cause many may not have thought of as crucial for the survival of the theme Cultivating a Just Peace.
“We are the ones we have been waiting for.” - Alice Walker
When the U.S. media and politicians vilified Paul Robeson as “un-American”, a communist stooge and a traitor to his country hundreds of thousands of working people across the U.S. and Canada came to hear him sing. When U.S. courts refused to give Paul Robeson a passport to travel and work, artists, unionists, activists around the world rallied to intercede.
Your kids are having sex. Or talking about sex. Or thinking about sex, or perhaps even all three. Yes, YOUR kids. You ok? I know this may come as a shock but its important you know the truth. How can this be, you ask. It can’t be true, you say. Not MY kids, you’re thinking.
