And people wonder why a lot of times folks don’t get help for mental health issues …. http://www.thestar.com/news/article/930110–canadian-woman-denied-entry-to-u-s-because-of-suicide-attempt?bn=1 The 64 year-old Toronto woman was fingerprinted and photographed. She questioned the U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer about how he accessed her medical records. He said he didn’t. Instead, he knew Continue Reading
Alex Hundert: Out of Jail
Alex Hundert has been released! Upon release, he published his feelings surrounding the circumstances (see below). While I can’t even begin to compare our arrests, with the FF14 case, to the severity/conditions imposed on Alex, we too had similar debates, as to whether to continue fighting the case in courts Continue Reading
This is pretty ridicules. Poor neighbourhoods in Beijing gated so that people cannot leave at night in an effort to ‘stop crime’. The major inequalities we’re seeing grow in China can’t get anymore apparent than this… (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Choi Yuen (菜園村) Villagers Protest Eviction Plans, Continuing a Long History of HK Indigenous Resistance
Recently, there’s been news reports of confrontations between the police, security guards and demolition workers on one side, and villagers/outside solidarity activists on the other, in the village of Choi Yuen. A couple days ago, I posted an article on the loss of more rural villages in Hong Kong, as Continue Reading
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/)
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 🙁