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Right-wing 'electronic brownshirts' target progressives
Judy Ancel, a Kansas City, Mo., professor, and her St. Louis colleague were teaching a labour history class together this spring semester. Little did they know, video recordings of the class were making their way into the thriving sub rosa world of right-wing attack video editing, twisting their words in a way that resulted in the loss of one of the professors' jobs amidst a wave of intimidation and death threats. Fortunately, reason and solid facts prevailed, and the videos ultimately were exposed for what they were: fraudulent, deceptive, sloppily edited hit pieces.
SlutWalk: Changing a 'don't get raped' culture to a 'don't rape' culture
There are moments that can melt the hardest of activist hearts.
I was in a crowd of thousands for the 1st Annual Toronto SlutWalk on April 3, 2011 -- the march a statement against labels and the shame/blame game played against a woman's sexuality -- feeling proud of myself for dressing the way that I wanted as opposed to dressing with my normal shyness of my body.
This feeling often compounded with the socially-derived feeling that: "dis/ability isn't sexy." I started to feel ridiculous wearing my favourite fancy pants since people were staring at me.
rabble.ca exclusive: Toronto managers allegedly assault homeless man
On July 9, 2009, a press conference was held outside the Seaton House shelter in Toronto regarding an incident involving Brian DuBourdieu, who is currently homeless, and five city managers at Seaton House.
On June 24th, 2009, Brian DuBourdieu went to The Seaton House men's shelter in downtown Toronto to get something to eat and a night's sleep. Instead, he ended up spending the night in the emergency room of St.Mike's hospital.
Youtube video leads to three arrests in allegedly racially driven attack in B.C.
The Globe and Mail reported that three men were arrested Tuesday after an attack Friday night on a black man in Courtenay, B. C. was posted on Youtube.
Jay Phillips was in the parking lot of his apartment complex when three men drove by in a red pick-up truck yelling racial slurs and saying "we're going to lynch you." When he yelled back at the men, they turned the truck around and came after him.
Phillips fought back while the three men punched and kicked him, before eventually pinning him to the ground and attacking him while he lay on the ground in the fetal position. When other cars entered the parking lot, Phillips managed to get back on his feet and continued to fight back while the men retreated to their truck.
Video shows deadly military attack on peaceful protesters in Honduras
As the coup government blocked the constitutional president from landing in his country today, its largely U.S.-trained and funded military shot into the massive crowd, killing at least two people.
Obama's Afghan trap
President Barack Obama on Monday night held his first prime-time news conference. When questioned on Afghanistan, he replied, "This is going to be a big challenge." He also was asked whether he would change the Pentagon policy banning the filming and photographing of the flag-draped coffins of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said he was reviewing it. The journalist who asked the question pointed out that it was Joe Biden several years ago who accused the Bush administration of suppressing the images to avoid public furor over the deaths of U.S. service members. Now Vice President Joe Biden predicts that a surge in U.S. troops in Afghanistan will mean more U.S. casualties: "I hate to say it, but yes, I think there will be.