Occupy Toronto 28 March 2012 by Michael Holloway PBS – “Rep. Rush Kicked Off Floor for Wearing Hoodie in Support of Trayvon Martin” by Linda J. Scott “National protests over the shooting and killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in central Florida last month have swept the nation, and Wednesday, they landed on the House floor. …” Via, Toby Horn at Google+ 9:04 PM 28.03.2012 ̵... Read More »
Occupy Toronto 27 March 2012 by Michael Holloway Tonight the OccupyToronto General Assembly had an important session. A ‘Safety’ theme seems to have galvanized a rather large group with-in OccupyToronto – and they proposed a new set of norms for Occupy Toronto General Assembly meetings with an accent on respect for the oppressed and maginalized with in the general culture of OccupyToronto –... Read More »
Last night, Monday March 26, 2012, a proposal was brought to the General Assembly. The proposal addressed some Occupier’s need for a safe space and desire to use a 90% consensus model. While the proposal did not call for the general assembly to change its structure and decision making policy every night, the proposal invited everyone to attend a new Occupy Toronto General Assembly on Monday nights... Read More »
I read in the NOW today about a forum with filmmaker Ali Kazimi commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at 7pm at the Centre for Social Innovation at 215 Spadina Avenue. Arrived a bit late but caught the power point presentation and learned about his book launch; that will be at the Gladstone Hotel at some future date. The audience was more North Asian, S... Read More »
Occupy Toronto 21 March 2012 by Michael Holloway URL for this cartoon at BoingBoing – http://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1077cbCOMIC-news-romney-corporation.jpg “Tom the Dancing Bug” is written by Ruben Bolling – and can be read at BoingBoing, as well at many other fine publications on the net. BoingBoing “Tom the Dancing Bug” Archives – http://boingb... Read More »
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