Well, if the answer is not totally obvious this might help. The Voice of the Occupiers The Voice of the Occupied No more need be said.
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THE FIFTH COLUMN: Much Ado About Truckers and Building a Canadian White Supremacist Fascist Movement
So what is going on with the truckers. They are calling it a protest. But it is not like any protest I have ever been involved in. Protests are designed to attempt to make change. While they may be aimed at getting governments to change their policies, gaining public support
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: To The Willfully Benighted
Ah, if only the willfully stupid among us could be ridiculed and that would be the end of it. Unfortunately, those errant souls persist in trying to shove their ignorance down the throats of others. Last weekend anti-vaccine demonstrators gathered outside a clinic in North Bay called One Kids Place and
Continue readingThings Are Good: Six Shorts on Sexual Harassment
The Oscars last night were overshadowed by the many of the sexual harassment scandals that were revealed last year in Hollywood. Harvey Weinstein being one the more notable harassers exposed last year has gotten a lot of attention, but there are many men who don’t get called out on their
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: How Men Can Also Fight Patriarchy – One Anecdote
Men not tolerating creepy behaviour on the behalf of other men is the least that can be done in the public sphere to combat the gauntlet of patriarchal foolishness women face every day of their lives. Dudes, are you up to it? “Let me tell you what happened
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Appalled maybe, but no one should be surprised by the ugly threats against Rachel Notley
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. She has been threatened more than any other Alberta premier, and she reacts with aplomb. Below: British politician Jo Cox, murdered last year by a right-wing extremist for her beliefs; federal Conservative leadership candidate Chris Alexander while a right-wing crowd chanted “lock her up” about
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Tory harassment investigation: Move along please; nothing to see here, folks…
PHOTOS: MLA Sandra Jansen makes an impassioned plea in the Alberta Legislature on Nov. 22, calling out the hate and misogyny she has endured since announcing she was running for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party. On that occasion, the PC members in the House joined the standing ovation
Continue readingAgainst the Grain: What happens in the US doesn’t stay in the US
The question of what America’s progressives are going to do next is a complex one. There are many US analysts attempting to dissect the bloated carcass of the 2016 election and for my part I’m probably going to take a while to really take stock in terms of action in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Canada’s RCMP and Systemic Sexism – What Patriarchy Looks Like
This is the same RCMP that just got its ass sued for $100 million dollars because of its misogynistic treatment of women. A quick snip from that story – “We hurt you. For that, I am truly sorry.” Those were the words from RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson to every woman
Continue readingWise Law Blog: LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 30, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Aug 30, 2016 at 7:05am PDTOntario employers are prohibited from discrimination and harassmen…
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 30, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Aug 30, 2016 at 7:05am PDTOntario employers are prohibited from discrimination and harassmen…
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday July 19, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jul 19, 2016 at 6:21am PDTUnder Ontario’s Human Rights Code, where discrimination or harassm…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Video Gaming: Misogynistic Harassment is the Wheelhouse of Losers.
Women in video games, destroying men’s lives everywhere!!! Spending your time harassing people just doesn’t seem like productive or pro-social behavioural choices. According to a study recently undertaken it seems there is a positive correlation between unskilled players and the amount of abuse they heap on other players, especially females.
Continue readingMaple-Flavoured Politics: Questions of Harassment
Two Liberal MPs were recently suspended from caucus for what statements from the Liberal Party of Canada and Justin Trudeau called “personal misconduct.” Media reports went further, describing it has harassment of MPs in another party. Some media reports were even more specific, calling it sexual harassment. This incident raised
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What Men Are Really Saying – Sidewalk Harassment.
I suggest stop being like these guys and try a new fanciful tact – treating women with the respect and the dignity that you as a dude get by default. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Harassment, Male Privilege
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: No Skin Thick Enough – Harassment in the Gaming Industry
Seems like we have a bit of feminist theme going on here this week – quelle suprise! Harassment and how women and men are taught to exist in society. If we can edumacate a few dudes about the toxic patriarchal soup we all swim in the world will be
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Dear Translink… Rob did a good job
I know we don’t agree often. We have a love/hate relationship dependent on my mood and whether or not it’s cold and rainy outside. To be fair, you are consistently late and often leave me standing out in the rain. You have just been voted 3rd best public transit in
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