http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/26/egypt-protests?CMP=twt_gu Also, some pretty shocking audio recording by Jack Shenker of the Guardian, as him and others were arrested and taken away in a police van. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Right of Abode in Hong Kong Granted for Mainland-Born Children
For all its faults, the Hong Kong Catholic Church was pretty cool on this issue. A major issue of status in Hong Kong is that of Hong Kong families with children and spouses born in Mainland China. As a result of the one country, two system policy, (and colonialism .. Continue Reading
Rediscovering Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)
Rediscovering amazing Hong Kong public talk radio (rthk.hk). Haven’t listened to it for a long while. I used to listen to it almost daily, as it was on at home all the time. It’s surprisingly nuanced. In the last show, they spent a bunch of time interviewing and conducting phone-ins Continue Reading
HK League of Social Democrats Split – Right-Faction Resigns
The League of Social Democrats, the left-most party in Hong Kong founded by Leung Kwok-Hung (affectionately known as ‘Long Hair’ for his refusal to cut his hair short until those that died during the Tiananmen Square Massacre are vindicated) and radio-host Wong ‘Mad Dog’ Yuk-Man has split after two of Continue Reading
Radical Walking Tour of Toronto
http://www.labourcouncil.ca/labourhistorymap.pdf Via Ryan Hayes Cool labour history maps and walking tours of Toronto produced by David Kidd and Maureen Hynes. Also, check out http://www.blog.ryanhay.es/mapping-resistance/ Ryan’s post to see other examples of radical Toronto maps and history projects.
Spend hours cooking healthy food w/ awesome NOII people for 100 peeps … pick up a Burger King bun on the way home for dinner… :p 🙁
Prince The Dog Returns Home After 5 Years, Finds Owner Myrna Carillo’s New House
Prince The Dog Returns Home After 5 Years, Finds Owner Myrna Carillo’s New House If you move four times in five years, it’s hard enough for the mail to find you, let alone a dog. But that’s just what one smart Shih Tzu did this past week. According to NBC Continue Reading
Hong Kong’s Forgotten Villages
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/world/asia/19villages.html?src=me HONG KONG — Sitting on a wooden bench near his small concrete house, Cheung Cheung drew his hand across the overgrown fields before him and described what they were used for. “The villagers’ animals used to graze here,” he said. “People kept cows, chickens and pigs.” Pointing to the Continue Reading
Daniel Garcia Rally Photos
Photos from the rally on Dec. 31, 2010.
Settlement agencies shocked by gag order
Settlement agencies shocked by gag order “Immigrant service agencies were horrified when they got a government email last week banning them from discussing recent federal funding cuts that may kill some of them — a memo Citizenship and Immigration Canada now says was all a big mistake. Members of the Continue Reading