2011 has been a real year of uprisings for social change -- from the Arab Spring to the recent Occupy Wall Street movement and the mass civil disobedience against the tar sands Keystone XL pipeline. Here in Canada, we are facing a majority Conservative government. How can we make change and build powerful movements for social justice?

One thing's for sure, young people will need to help lead the way. And that's exactly what happened back in June when a 21-year-old Senate page disrupted Harper's swearing in with a creative act of civil disobedience.

Short segment of American intellectual Dr. Norman Finkelstein speaking to a packed lecture hall on "Resolving the Israel - Palestine Conflict" at the University of British Columbia (UBC), January 21, 2009. The event was sponsored by Solidarity for Palestine Human Rights (SPHR) and Colour Connected.
Complete talk plus audience question period online @
http://www.workingtv.com/finkelstein-...