ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: IT’S HIGH TIME FOR SOME ONLINE BOUNDARIES As fallout from the recent passage of the USA FREEDOM ACT continues rains down alongside China’s recent officiation of the Thought Police for the patrol of internet behavior and news that you can now be sent to prison for deleting your Internet browsing history, one … Continue reading
The Patriot Act’s New Clothes
DO YOU PREFER “FREEDOM” OR “PATRIOTISM”? Last week we focused our attention upon the expiration of the so-called USA PATRIOT Act, or Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act, and all of the corporate and government shenanigans associated with it. We know our communications are being recorded … Continue reading
Surveillance Doesn’t Keep You Safe
THE PANOPTICON HAS YOU The Patriot act is on course to expire Monday, June 1st. Thus opening the floodgates to a torrent of activity, from the creation and failure of the USA Freedom Act, as well as a ten-and-a-half hour filibuster by Senator Rand Paul in addition to hundreds of columns and speeches. Then on … Continue reading
Sow Seeds of Justice
2015 MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO Of all of the things we could say about Monsanto and GMOs, I feel that the real bone of contention is very simple to understand – why are GMOs exempt from labeling? In seeking to answer this question, I wanted to do more than just complain about it in an eloquent … Continue reading
What Would Malcolm Say If He Were Here Today?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER MALCOLM Racism. It’s as alive today as it ever was. We like to pretend it isn’t. After all – America has a black president now. So how are we supposed to juxtapose that with the blatant racism of America’s law enforcement agencies? As Ferguson, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and countless other examples … Continue reading
You Don’t Make History By Asking Permission
We Are Not Your Slaves! While many school-aged children today think that May Day is about Springtime, this important day in history is concerned with more than leaving flowers on neighbouring porches, as much fun as that is. While we might celebrate Labour Day in early September, May Day is meant to observe a far … Continue reading