from The Tyee.ca
Robinson's defamation defence alleges former Olympics CEO groped schoolgirl, assaulted wives.
Jan 222013
News blog
Jan 222013
On the morning of December 17, half a dozen United States postal workers set up an “emergency encampment” and began a week-long hunger strike to fight for the future of the U.S. Postal Service and its employees. The protest demanded an end to Congress’ proposed office closures and budget cuts, including the removal of six-day mail delivery that would gut nearly 25,000 jobs…
Jan 212013
from Al Jazeera
Opposition bloc of Social Democrats and Greens defeats ruling coalition and wins single-seat majority in Lower Saxony…
Jan 212013
from The Guardian
Two dead militants found at gas facility were Canadians, an Algerian security source has said, as toll hits 81…
Jan 202013
When my car lost connection with the road, I lost connection with my physical self.
by Bill Dunphy
For one, dreamy, moment I was airborne — actually flying — as the car finished its slewing skid across the black ice, hit the dry pavement sideways, stuttered, and then leaped into the air.
Flying.
It’s a bit like when you were a kid and the sidewalks ice over. On your way to school you’d take these long sweeping steps, gliding and sliding across the barely visible but always treacherous ice, knowing it would end suddenly and your boots would catch on the cement and send you flying. But if you had it timed right, you’d turn that sudden stuttering step into a running leap, launching yourself onto the next strip of slippery ice.
And off you flew…
Jan 182013
from The Independent
The west African nation becomes the eighth country in the last four years alone where Muslims are killed by the west…
Jan 172013
from TheTyee.ca
Dehau Mines linked to Shandong energy group, whose subsidiaries had five disasters killing nearly 200 workers: union….
Jan 172013
Sponsors include Beretta, Glock, Sturm, and Ruger.
from Democracy Now
Throughout its history, the National Rifle Association has portrayed itself as an advocate for individual gun owners’ Second Amendment rights. But a new investigation finds the group has come to rely on the support of the $12-billion-a-year gun industry — made up of firearms and ammunition manufacturers and sellers. Since 2005, the NRA has collected as much as $38.9 million from dozens of gun industry giants, including Beretta USA; Glock; and Sturm, Ruger & Co, according to a 2011 study by the Violence Policy Center. We speak with investigative reporter Peter Stone, whose latest article for The Huffington Post is "NRA Gun Control Crusade Reflects Firearms Industry Financial Ties."…
Jan 132013
"The Conservatives have completely stonewalled native people."
The current protests – not just Idle No More but also Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger strike — seem to speak to what you write in your book: “The primary way that Ottawa and Washington deal with native people is to ignore us.”
I get asked as I go around, “What is Theresa Spence doing?” I don’t answer that because she can speak for herself. What I do say is, “Do you really think that she wants to sit in a tepee on an island on a hunger strike?” She is doing this because everything else has been taken away. There aren’t any other alternatives. The Conservatives have completely stonewalled native people, and with the recent omnibus bill it’s very clear they’re going back to a 1950s mentality – when the idea was to abrogate treaties, divide up native land and make it vulnerable for private enterprise. It’s easy enough to do. What you do is, you starve reserves, you ignore them; it’s not by chance that water services on reserves, for example, are as bad as they are, or health care and education. It’s not the fault of native people….
Jan 132013