Comedy?
Hey there,
Just got back from facebook, and let me tell you. That shit’s fucking funny! Let me tell you a joke. K, there’s this guy, right. And he’s walking through black neighbourhoods in a KKK robe and carrying a cross. And you think that’s funny? There’s more! He filmed it, himself in the robe with the cross, making racial slurs left and right, and put it up on youtube where it went viral! And here’s the punchline. He’s playing at London’s APK club on June 3rd.
Ok, that was a rather bad joke. But I can’t see it being better than any of the jokes that will be told on stage that night. ari shaffir, aka “the amazing racist” will be “performing” at the APK, a recently reopened(in it’s 3rd location now) bar in the downtown core of London. I kinda like the APK, but if we condone racist behaviours, by using them to promote someone, then there’s a bit of problem. Namely, that being of condoning racist behaviours.
Now, you may not realize this, but London is quite the hotbed of racist activity. Last month for example, neo nazi’s marched on city hall(after a failed attempt last year). So, you can imagine that those of us who actually pay attention to this, would be a little perturbed, that a bar, which has a recognition of being a positive space in the community, would bring in a “comedian” who thinks that racist behaviour is funny. Racism can be funny. But not if you’re making fun of those affected by it.
I’m sorry APK, but ari shaffir is not funny. I’m not going to link, for the same reason the author of this article at Londonfuse.ca didn’t link to him. You can google his videos if you really want to. But hopefully, like me, you’ll think that watching some asshole drop off people at INS is fucked, and will just move on to something more productive. Like maybe calling APK, and letting them know that you think that having someone who uses racism to promote himself, perform on their stage, is an affront to thinking and caring people everywhere.(519) 858-9900 <<APK’s phone number
I’m not going to get into all the arguments and justifications I’ve heard for this guys “comedy”. Suffice to say, if he finds racism funny, like so funny, as to actually go out and perform it, for a camera, in order to go viral, so he will be forever known as the guy who walked around the hood in a hood, well, sorry, but like the promoter of the APK event suggested, maybe he should call the mental help line.(btw, directing someone you don’t know to a mental health line, because you don’t agree with them, isn’t funny either)
And just because he’s played sold out shows, doesn’t make it right. ari is famous because of his amazing racist video’s. Which means, he directly benefited from racism. every time you see his “comedy” show, he’s benefiting. The amazing racist, was a cheap and disgusting trick, to get hits and infamy. It worked. So much so that others are now benefiting. Like the promoter. Benefiting from racism, directly. Do you see the problem yet?
How exactly does one go to being against racism, to using archie bunker to defen….err, wtf? my head hurts now….
He then goes on to ask one of the women out, as if anyone of them would actually want to date a guy who thinks racism in any form, is ok.
There’s so much more that I want to write on this, but I feel that if I give this goofball any more attention, people will actually go to his show.
Editors Note: The APK has canceled the event, and has posted a statement here.
Not sure what they mean by “logic”
You must 
Internet Lockdown!
Here’s a quick little thing you can do. Harper gov’t is up to it’s old tricks again. And now that the big media companies can go after thousands of people, they will and do. WTF? Disgusting money grab is what it is. You’ve seen the multi thousand dollar judgements against people who shared a few songs right? And that’s just one aspect…
Peace on Earth. If you want it…
Do you want to see the end of war? Or do you just want to not think about it? They call us ill, and lie about us, for wanting to change things. Yet the only solutions they offer, is more of the same.
One of the “solutions”
Shit like this happens all the time, yet most remain ignorant of it. Most would rather remain ignorant, and not see the gritty truth of what the state is doing to people. The problems being magnified and created, over and over and over again. And yet most are content to do nothing. Because they don’t know.
We could turf the power elites in a day if we wanted to. We could all wake tomorrow, and live in peace. But not going to happen as long as we continue to let psychopaths run the show. Don’t just sit there people, do something. Doesn’t have to be radical. Doesn’t have to be dangerous, or even revolutionary. But instead of going to your “job” tomorrow, you do that instead. Resist the fascism being imposed on all people of Turtle Island, settler and original peoples alike. Please? I’m hoping that asking politely, will cause those who can, to stop participating, and those who can’t, to start resisting. We are all indignant. Even those who generally support the system, are beginning to wonder. I leave you with the words of Bill Hicks.
Prison Justice NOW!
Harper is a fool. Spending more money on useless prisons, while not enough of money is spent on mental health, because to our fundamentalist christian “leader”, it’s a problem of “sin,” and not mental health to Führer Harper.
What he is doing, is further marginalizing those who most need help, and criminalizing their behaviour, and then throwing them into a culture of fear and violence, also known as the prison system. Those with mental illness are over represented in that system. More than 10% of men, and 33% of women incarcerated in canada’s prison system have a mental illness of one sort or another. Our prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill, as we have slowly decimated those facilities used to treat those who need help.
Look at the case of Ashley Smith. Originally jailed for one month, she was placed into the system. Imagine a place with bars , chains, cuffs, and no privacy. Every part of your day closely monitored and managed. By guards who could care less if your crime was violent or not, or whether you’re ill or not, because their job prohibits treating anyone any different. You are a number. A last name to them. Some of the incarcerated are more in need of help than anything, yet, we make all of them criminal’s to subjugate and humiliate them. In the case of Ashley Smith, the poor woman never had a chance. Instead of treating her, the punished her more and more and more. The actions taken by Corrections Canada in her case, are criminal. Watch this documentary report from the CBC’s Fifth Estate.
We could treat these people. And I’m not saying we don’t require institutions to hold people. Obviously the bernardo’s and pickton’s will never go away. The peter fromm’s and max heinz’s aren’t going to go away. The russel williams don’t deserve to roam free. Not until, or even if, their illness’s can be cured, and even then, I would have to wonder, and monitor that person for the rest of his or her life.
This prison system doesn’t help anyone, and in most cases, only serves to make the problems worse. Violence inside, leads to violence outside. Which leads to more time, and for some people, it becomes a way of life. A way of life they don’t know how to get out of, and the system will never really provide them with a real way to cope with their individual illness’.
Sometimes they do, but really, when you look at the numbers, and see that there aren’t enough people doing the work that needs to be done, and you realize that those same people are probably overworked and tired, and you can’t tell me that anyone can perform well in these circumstances. Guard, psychologist’s, other prison workers have all indicated that they do not have the resources to properly manage our prison system, or to treat those who need help properly.
But whatever, that’s unimportant. What’s important, is that we all stand up and say, that enough is enough. I’m sick and tired of treating people like animals in my name, and getting paid with my money. This doesn’t only go for the prison system. It goes for many of the systems we have in place. Too much attention is being focused running Harpers© regime, and not enough time on taking care of the people who most need it.
It’s hard to write about this subject without seeming to be going soft on inmates. But at the same point in time, they are the most marginalized and oppressed class we have in our class system. We have people like Alex Hundert and Mandy Hiscocks, who never should have seen the inside of a prison, yet have, because the state decided that they were naughty, and should be punished for organizing against it. We have people falsely accused and convicted. But as long as we keep those who are violent off the streets, who cares right?
I care. I care, because all the state is doing to most of these people, is to teach those who want, to become better criminals. Making the violent ones worse, and being a kind of “criminal” university. Is that what we really want? It’s about time for our society to stop sweeping the problems under the rug, and face them head on. Alex and Mandy have both shed quite a bit of light on the prison system as of late. You should check out their blogs, here, and here. Mandy has been released, and Alex is currently in solitary confinement originally for organizing peaceful resistance to “the ongoing degradation of our living conditions here, which was a culmination of dissent after a week where we had been locked down for all or part of every single day.” Most recently, because “the Security Manager has decided that having me on range, where I can associate with other imprisoned people, constitutes a threat to security.” Apparently, talking about one’s creed is a threat to security.
We stand in solidarity with all prisoners who are or have experienced discrimination, and undue hardship because of a lack of compassion and outright disdain by the harper regime. We want to see an end to a justice system that doesn’t give out true justice, but metes out punishments that only makes problem worse. This weekend, the Prison Justice Film Festival is taking place. Please come and support!
Full program details available at www.prisonjusticefilm.word
FRI FEB 8 @ Central Library (251 Dundas)
Prisoners’ Justice: 2 Spirit, Queer & Trans Perspectives (7pm)
After-party @ General Population (9 pm, APK, 347 Clarence St.)
SAT FEB 9 @ Old East Studios (755 Dundas)
Indigenous Sovereignty, Immigration and Detention (1 pm)
Criminalization of Women and Mental Health (4:30)
Political Prisoners and the Criminalization of Dissent (7 pm)
SUN FEB 10 @ Old East Studios (755 Dundas)
Political Prisoners in Latin America (1 pm)
Final Panel – Resisting the Prison Industrial Complex: From Reform to Abolition (5 pm)
All of us are Equal before the law. Idle No More, LAW, and sovereigns.
Or some such BS. One argument, I’ve not really heard come from Idle No More, but have heard much from the the oppressive sun news, and fringe conspiracy bunch, says that we are supposed to be equal before the law, and the Original Peoples cannot be equal, because them hold themselves to be above Canadian Law.
Well, lets talk about LAW then. In this case, TREATY law. The canadian gov’t agreed to the treaties, in perpetuity. And since then, they have ignored them. If we are all truly equal under the law, and the law states we mush share the land, and not interfere with the Original Peoples Law, then why have settlers never obeyed the law?
Ezra Levant is a lawyer. One would think, that a man such as him, would know the law, and more importantly, wouldn’t knowingly break the law. But he has, and he still does. Why would anyone listen to such a hypocrite?
And as for law, the Original Peoples have every right to do what they are doing. This is their stewardship. We forcefully took that stewardship away, with the indian act, with residential schools, with the slow genocide of their culture. They are taking the power back from the oppressors, because they know what will happen if they let them keep it.
Equal under the law? Only when canaduh recognizes the treaties as law, and behaves as such. And some of the shit I’ve been hearing from the sovereign types is utter garbage. I mean, how you can you justify sitting on the sidelines, or even flat out against INM, while the one thing all sovereigns should hold dear is broken and shattered. I’m not talking about laws. I’M TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTS! Sorry for that little rant, but it seems that a great many sovereign types have come out against Idle No More. I guess that many of you peeps don’t care about contracts as much as you say you do.
Attack on the Right to Food
Recently, the mayor of Seattle started enforcing the laws against outdoor feeding. He suggested that it was because of mental illness. So instead of feeding them, should we be handing out pharmaceuticals? Or should we send out the shrinks, to counsel those who need therapy? Do you think that will work? I don’t. Not with the way the system is now. Shrinks want money. They want to get paid. Because they want to have good homes, and be able to send their children to good schools. Because our society values their freedoms, as “productive” members of society, more than it does those less fortunate.So instead, they only help those with the money to pay them. The ones who truly require the most help, do not receive it, because so few therapist’s are willing to work gratis. Because, they NEED to maintain their lifestyles. And too many of those who need the help, never get it, because our society marginalizes and demeans those of lessor economic status.
But to bring this back into focus, yes Mayor Michael Nutter(his last name is too fitting to make up), the mentally ill are over represented within the homeless population. How very astute of you to realize that. But by enforcing the ban on outdoor meals(hell not even attempting to strike down the law the first time you read it), you are marginalizing these people even more. Those same mentally ill which you refer to, those who have symptoms which generally prevent them from operating in normal society, those MORE likely to eat a proper meal in an outdoor, public setting, will be denied this chance.
The people who run these meals, who are concerned with more than just themselves(I suppose that must be a crime now) will not stop. The Bread of Life Mission, has vowed to ignore this unjust, asinine law, and continue to feed the homeless, regardless of the restrictions. Food, Not Bombs Orlando, continued feeding people, despite multiple arrests, and will not be stopped either. The laws do nothing to help those most in need, and everything to harm them, and truly, only cost the taxpayer more money.
The City of Brotherly Love, joins with Seattle,Orlando, and Las Vegas, among others, to ban feeding homeless outdoors. These policies will only serve to push homeless people, into shelters and soup kitchens, which come with their own multitude of issues, from being run by “missionary” organizations, pushing an unwanted religious agenda, to violence, because some don’t know how to cope in enclosed spaces with many people.
But by policing these events and arresting people, these gov’ts are doing the job that the organizers only wish they could do by themselves. These laws, by there very existence, help to spread the message of Food, Not Bombs, even better than the wildest expectations of any radical organizer. Our thanks is due, but not to the gov’ts that oppress, but to those organizers who put their freedom on the line, to do what is right. Kudos sisters and brothers. You have our solidarity!
10,000 Voices Can’t Be Ignored
On January 11th, 2013, thousands of people from across Turtle Island, gathered on Victoria Island to show their respect for Chief Theresa Spence, and to march on Parliament Hill, to show their disdain for Stephen Harper. I had the pleasure of travelling with some of my fellow activists to Ottawa from London, in a rented van. After getting up in the morning(sorry, couldn’t do the 7 am thing, because we didn’t get there 2am), we walked down to Victoria Island.
Upon getting there, I could see that the media had been told to stay back for the time being. Luckily, I’m not just media. I honoured the request of the warrior guarding the gate, and put my camera’s away. I briefly entered the camp, where preperations for the press conference and march were taking place. Soon after, I left, and went back outside the door, to wait for the press conference.
After waiting for a while, the press conference started. The media was allowed around to the side, and Chief Spence came out to greet a throng of journalist’s and camera’s. She spoke about how her people have honoured their side of the agreements made between them and the government, and how the government has repaid that with residential schools, broken promises, and ignorant “solutions“. There was also one bigoted heckler, who was quickly escorted away by the warriors.
After this there were some disappointed media folks, who apparently had problems listening. One person kept on asking Spence’s spokesperson why she wouldn’t answer any questions, when EVERYONE had been told before hand that she is weak, and that she was only coming out to deliver a statement. Not to answer questions from ignorant journalist’s who just wanted a good sound byte of themselves.
Shortly thereafter, the march started. There appeared to be around 5,000 people actually physically there. That doesn’t include all those who weren’t able to make it, or watched on livestream. We had over a hundred people watching the feed at one point!
Eagle staffs led the march, and dancers and drummers were everywhere. The atmosphere was almost festive, but subdued because of the seriousness of the issues. Over and over, people are telling me that this isn’t about harper, or money, or resources. This is about the land that we all share. This is about the agreements the settlers made with the Original Peoples of this land. To share. Not to pillage for corporate interests.
The Chiefs who took part in the march, went to the doors of the Langevin Block, to deliver the demands of those outside. Harper was not inclined to talk, and police were guarding the doors when we arrived. Speeches were delivered, drums were beat, and singers sang. It was a beautiful sight.
We then joined the rest of the crowd, who had moved on to parliament hill proper, where leaders and youths delivered speeches. Once the speakers had finished, a round dance ensued, circling the park in front of parliament. It was an amazing show, and I wonder if the world record for largest number of round dance participants was broken. 
At about 3pm, we all went back to the camp on Victoria Island, to say goodbye to one of our fellow activist’s, who had decided to stay in solidarity. I had a chance to meet briefly with Chief Spence and thanked her and express my admiration for what she’s already done, and continues to do. Her family was also standing behind her, and I am grateful to have met these amazing people.
Chi Meegwetch,
Curtis Nixon
You can watch the livestream vids here. Had some technical difficulties, but they mostly turned out ok.
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Idle No More – What can you do to help and Aamjinwnaang Nation Solidarity!!
They’re asking for a meeting with the crown and her representatives, and for the gov’t to honour treaties, as this new bill c-45 completely ignores them. The best way to do that is to email, call, write, and visit your stephen harper, and your mp too.
harper.s@parl.gc.ca
Don’t forget david johnson, our privileged governor general, who speaks for the crown in canada..
Demand that treaty rights be honoured. Join in the demonstrations, add to their numbers, take pictures, post them, video too if you can. Livestream, Twitter, facebook, email list, Blog, talk to your neighbours, co-workers and friends, people on the bus, walking down the streets, drinking in coffee shops. The only way to win this is through education. The only way for that to happen is for people to talk about it.
We need to talk about it not only for the First Nations peoples of this land, but For EVERYONE who lives here. This affects ALL of us, and the First Nations Peoples are the stewards of this land, known as Turtle Island. This isn’t Canada, or the United States of America. Those are names given by arrogant and ignorant European settlers who divided the land and created the borders in the first place…Settlers who continue, to this day, to marginalize and commit atrocities on what little land has been left to the Original People of this land.
There is a reserve near Sarnia, and all of the members know someone close to them with cancer. Nearly 2 in 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage or stillbirths. In 2005, 60% of the toxic air pollutants dropped on the land within 5 kilometres of the reserve. If this is not a blatant and overt attack upon this nation, I don’t know what is. This is but one example of many. It is time to stand #IdleNoMore with our sisters and brothers. To stand against all such atrocities. We walk together, but separate. Settlers have their laws, and the First Nations have theirs. This is the nature of the Two Row Wampum Belt. Settler leaders need to start respecting that or face consequences.
On the 23rd of December, we visited Aamijiwnaang Nation and the blockade they have setup to stop the flow of a CN Rail line through the reserve. This rail line, we have been told, ships over 5 million dollars worth of goods everyday. It will not run until Chief Theresa Spence meets with Stephen Harper, who ignores treaty rights and wishes to make this land their own personal fiefdom.
I spent the night talking and sharing with people who have been effected by the government’s indifference to the crimes of the factories and industry that surrounds them. We spoke of the things I’ve laid out previous to this, but the real enemy here is apathy and ignorance. Idle No More, as a movement can wipe out that indifference and ignorance. The people have been quiet for too long. It is time for not only activists, but the regular people to come out in support of those who have been oppressed for so long. It is time for us not to question, but to answer if asked. Not to lead, but to support in solidarity.
We also marched and shut down the streets of Sarnia, as well as the 402 for a time. About 400 to 500 people participated in this epic event, reminiscent of the 2007 blockade of the 401 by the Mohawk warriors. Like last weeks rally and march in London Ont, the march today was a peaceful demonstration to get Harper’s attention. Harper has continually ignored and marginalized those who are only trying to get justice out of a system that rarely, if ever, brings justice to those oppressed by settler society. By refusing to meet with Chief Theresa Spence, Harper once again shows his blind arrogance by refusing to even acknowledge Chief Spence and her hunger strike. Not only that, but his sheer callousness was brought to the forefront when one of his aides had the nerve to tweet “mmmm bacon”, while fully aware that someone is on hunger strike because of him.
The solidarity that is shown between everyone on this issue has been amazing. It is time to bring this out to the broader population. I watched CBC’s coverage of all this and I found it atrocious. Chief Spence is not asking to speak with agents, sellouts, and sycophant’s like John Duncan and Patrick Brazeau. They have no intention of leaving. No longer will the Aamjinwnaang Nation tolerate the settler invasion of their land. No longer will Theresa Spence tolerate the ignorance of the government and its puppets. No longer will nations allow pipelines through their lands, which will eventually burst and destroy it.
Many people are talking about the Seven Fires Prophecy. It says that when the world has been turned foul, and the waters bitter with disrespect, that the peoples of the earth with have 2 options to choose from: materialism or spirituality. If they choose the latter, then they will be saved. If they choose the former, they are doomed. It is up to each and every one of us to make a difference here. It also says that the people of all 4 colours will unite as one to stop the madness. Whether or not the prophecy is true, it certainly provides much insight and hope.
Sisters and Brothers, thank you. Many of you have never been idle, but do not let that deter you. It is a common misconception in settler society, so it actually helps with the promotion. Even the ignorant ones, just by talking about it, help. The whole world is watching. And not only watching, but standing in solidarity with you. Worldwide, people are watching this, and being inspired to have their own events in their own cities and towns, in support of Idle No More, and all of the First Nations peoples. Be inspired…or just help those who are. But most importantly, if you can, make those connections with others about these issues,educate them as well as yourself.
In solidarity,
The Indignants
Please, watch this video. It says more about what this movement really is, than anything written above.
Migwetch
“Democracy’s Bankrupt” Test Their Logik
The Indignants are proud to present their first ever music video, “Democracy’s Bankrupt” from Test Their Logik, a revolutionary hip hop duo who go by the names of Testament, and Illogik. The sick beats and timely message for all of those who are voting in the 2012 elections, means that this wicked track should go viral. One can always hope anyway. Without further ado,
Following their Debut Album “A” Test Their Logik is proud to present “Democracy’s Bankrupt”. This gritty aggressive anti-voting anthem is a timely first single off their upcoming album “Be” which officially drops December 21st.
Arriving on the one year anniversary of the occupations that swept the world following Occupy Wall St., as well as the final weeks of America’s quadrennial democratic spectacle, “Democracy’s Bankrupt” pulls no punches in its ruthless attack on the concept of representational democracy and our current structures of governance.
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beat by Illogik illogikrfc.bandcamp.com
lyrics:
every politician’s already been bought.
capital rules this ballot box.
this pyramid scheme is about to collapse
runnin outta credit outta steam outta gas
healthcare welfare everything is getting slashed
more cops more jails bailouts for the banks
rolling out the tanks to occupy the planet
we occupy a plaza they wanna oscar grant us
murderers working for the people on our ballots
who serve the corporations and the rich and the bankers
all about traffic keep products flowing
profits soaring our wages stay frozen
they shipped every job they could across the ocean
built borders for the people but kept markets open
we waited for change. ain’t no use in hoping
the system needs war and slaves to keep floating
so sinking this ship is the path we’ve chosen
democracy’s bankrupt we ain’t voting
X2
All power to the people.
If voting changed anything it would be illegal
those in power have always been deceiptful
we’re done with voting for a lessor evil
democracy means war, surveillance, prisons,
police, borders, capitalism.
every vote is a vote for the system
act directly make your own decisions
democrat or republican
liberal conservsative no hope in them
same shit different asshole fuck votin’ man
status quo, their job is preserving it
when revolution comes what they get they deservin it. the nerve of them
bankers serving them, the federal reserve pyramid they subserviant. fuck the ballot tear it up or burn it man. power to the people believe its concerning them.
the tables are turnin, and after obama, the liberal monster, innocent child drone bomber, stop being depressed realize that we’re strongerthis false dichotomy we don’t belive it any longer. fuck the ndp the liberals and harper, they all work for the beast their hearts are darker. If voting could change anything it’d be illegal the whole tree is evil chop it from the root power to the people.
X2
All power to the people.
If voting changed anything it would be illegal
those in power have always been deceiptful
we’re done with voting for a lessor evil
democracy means war, surveillance, prisons,
police, borders, capitalism.
every vote is a vote for the system
act directly make your own decisions
yeah yeah let’s take back our lives
make our decisions fuck these greedy politicians
yeah yeah the people gonna rise
and stat building the world we wanna live in
we don’t need em to survive
freedom’s misssing in this democratic prison
these pinnochios lie they the true parasites stay free til we die anarchists we defy
the law. and the rule of our masters
the evil of a lessor none of them are better
they’re still all bastards
a multiheaded hydra their heads we’re gonna sever.
like our own shackles
liberate by any measure piling up the pressure
no hope in the ballot every vote’s a disaster
a voice that’s been captured. freedom’s what we’re after.
X2
All power to the people.
If voting changed anything it would be illegal
those in power have always been deceiptful
we’re done with voting for a lessor evil
democracy means war, surveillance, prisons,
police, borders, capitalism.
every vote is a vote for the system
act directly make your own decisions
every politician’s already been bought
capital rules this ballot box
every politician’s already been bought
capital rules this ballot box
every politician’s already been bought
capital rules this ballot box
every politician’s already been bought.
capital rules this ballot box
Test Their Logik
testtheirlogik.com
Omar Khadr: Child Soldier
Omar Khadr is back in canada now. Unfortunately, the state has seen fit to put him in a prison with the worst of the worst, surely intensifying the effects of the harsh conditions, and torture at the hands of the guards in Guantanamo bay.
Omar was child soldier, fighting in a war caused by the very forces that imprisoned him. To see it any different would be to lie to yourself. But our government has continually refused to acknowledge that fact. In the legal battle, in which the state probably spent millions of dollars taking the question all the way to the supreme court. Which told the gov’t that Omars constitutional rights had been violated, but not going on to the next logical conclusion, that the appeals court had said to do, which was to order the state to do what it could to get omar back in canada.
Of course, that doesn’t really surprise me. It has long been known that there is a stench coming from the “justice” system. And it doesn’t take much to see some of the political bull that makes it there. But most seem to stay apathetic, and only pay attention once in awhile. if at all.
“Harpers”© gov’t has refused to acknowledge Khadr’s Charter rights. Not only that, but they were also complicit in the interrogation, and at nearly ever step of the way, totally apathetic to his rights. And completely ignoring his status as a child solider. The Canadian cabinet has failed Omar, and now they place him in the worst prison we have. To “rehabilitate” him. LOL. Yes, because in order to rehabilitate people, we make them cohabitate with the worst of the worst that our prison system has to offer.
This is after having endured stress positions, dragged in his own excrement, sleep deprivation, and the list goes on. And our “glorious” leaders have condoned this, by doing the exact opposite of what they should have been.
While he may be guilty of the crimes, he was a child soldier, manipulated and coerced into fighting for “Allah”. Indoctrinated into a system of religious belief, that most muslims I know, do not even condone. Yet for the “mistake” of being born to a religious zealot, the state has jailed and tortured this young man. Don’t be surprised if he comes out of prison next year an even more damaged individual than he was before he was arrested.
The People Vs. Jason Kenney
On Saturday June 9th, 2012, No One Is Illegal staged the mock trial Jason Kenney, the Calgary Southeast MP, and current Minister of Citizen, Immigration, and Multiculturalism, in stephen harpers neo-fascist conservative government. Jason, who was not available to attend his trial, and was instead represented by a lifesized puppet. Not totally unlike in real life…
Grab some popcorn, this one’s about an hour long.
(if you head to the youtube page, I’ve put some timestamp links in the description)
So, a little history on this kenney character. And we’ll see just how much of a dim fuckwit this asshole is. First, we start with George Galloway, MP in Great Britannia. George, is a stand up guy. He donated ambulances, medicine and toys, to the people of Gaza, to ease their suffering at the hands of the Israeli Occupation. But because Gaza has democractically elected Hamas as their leader, jason the authoritarian that he is, and George, who is pretty vocal in his support of democracy, jason said, “No George, you can’t come in. You’re a terrorist.” I paraphrase, but you get the meaning.(and not even that loosely)
He doesn’t seem to want to take responsibility for his ministries actions either. Like say, removing all references to same sex marriages and LBGT rights in policy manuals. Against the recommondations of the deputy minister. And when it all came to light, he said, and I quote, “I did no such thing.” How does the minister not know of something that the deputy minister made a recommendation on? Incompetence maybe?
Amendments in the immigration act allow for children to be born without a state. Unless one of your parents is a naturalized, or born in canada, the baby will be stateless. He would deny people medical care. If a refugee is having a heart attack, the doctors will do nothing. Or so the state says in the new rules. Medical professions all over have called this entirely unethical.
Oh, and one more thing. Don’t forget that he is also responsible for deporting war resisters, people who found out the hard way that they were fighting in an illegal, unlawful, and unjust war, for blood and oil. People of moral conscience, people who found out later, that they could not justify the actions of the regime they were working for. But jason kenney, in his infinite wisdom, decided that canada was not to be a place for those of high moral character. Jason kenny couldn’t stand the thought, that there were people in this world, that lived up to a higher moral standard than himself. And for that, I say we strip his citizenship, as he does not represent the people he was elected to serve.
The point of all this, is get people to understand that the people who have been elected to represent the masses, are not representing the masses. They are representing their own selfish interests. Our gov’t should be smashed, and a revolution is nessary to remove self serving bastards like jason kenney, and stephen harper from power. It is not just the conservative party. The liberals and ndp are complicit in some of these matters.
At any rate, I’m not going to go too in depth right now. I suggest you take an hour or so, study up on jason kenney. The wiki’s a good place to start. Here’s another good link.
And don’t forget to check out London NOII Facebook page.
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To our friends in the NDP
To ex-New Democrats, and soon to be ex-New Democrats,
By now you have probably come to realise that there is no space for the left within Canada’s electoral system. After years of an ideological race to the bottom in an endless quest for votes, the NDP has revealed beyond any doubt that its self-professed principles don’t matter. It has entrusted its leadership to a man that is fundamentally no different than Stephen Harper.
We in the Indignants of London were not surprised by this turn of events. For a long time we have understood that the NDP is not the place where revolutionaries should be expending their efforts. And so we invite you to begin a new stage in your lives, and begin working for a real revolution that will change the world forever.
We are united on:
- breaking with bourgeois politics, a revolutionary struggle against capitalism, and the goal of participatory democracy;
- supporting the struggles of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples and recognising their unconditional right to self-determination;
- denouncing Canadian imperialism and its destruction of the globe through exploitation and war;
- calling for the defeat of imperialism all over the world and support for people’s wars.
A better world free from exploitation, oppression, and alienation is possible. Revolution is the only way there. We look forward to working with you.
