Welcome to another edition of the rabble.ca weekly blog roundup!
This week we welcome new blogger Mandy Hiscocks, who will share stories about her experiences with the criminal “justice” system, the G20 and more, as one of the accused participants of the G20 protests. We also take a look at the numerous rejections in the form of the Keystone pipeline, Aboriginal inclusion in health-care talks, Toronto Mayor Ford’s major public service cuts and accessibility to post-secondary education, as well as Martin Luther King Jr.’s ties to the Occupy movement and historical and modern perspectives of “savages.”
An interesting read on Jessica Bell’s blog, written by Occupy organizer Cheyena Weber, about her personal experiences with “the activist burnout” in Occupy NYC organizer shares her tips on avoiding activist burnout.
Would Martin Luther King Jr. have recognized the incredible potential of the Occupy movement in alignment with his “love in action” political activism? Velcrow Ripper believes the newly created “networks of compassion” are connected to Dr. King’s greatest vision — a world come together — in Occupy the Dream: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the power of love, whereas Derrick O’Keefe in The real legacy of MLK: Confronting poverty, racism and war believes though the Occupy movement has tapped into that idea, it still lacks the concreteness that Dr. King offered.
Cozy ties: Astroturf ‘Ethical Oil’ and Conservative alliance to promote tar sands expansion by Emma Pullman exposes this campaign as another “dirty PR attempt” to undermine the growing grassroots opposition to this destructive pipeline.
Political activist Mandy Hiscocks recounts her statement about G20 events and how they have been portrayed by the legal system in Mandy Hiscocks: My statement to the court.
Krystalline Kraus digs up the impolite past and “dead narrative” that is colonialism and the stereotyping of conquered peoples in Activist Communique: Savages.
Jesse McLaren revisits his “Timeline of resistance” of public organizing against major cuts to Toronto public services and looks forward to the next struggle in Mass organizing dents Ford’s agenda — now it’s time to defend jobs.
On the outside looking in: Indigenous people excluded from premiers’ health talks by David P. Ball discusses the recent government brush-off of Aboriginal consultation around health-care talks with United Native Nations of B.C. President Lillian George and former Grand Chief of Kanesatake Mohawk Nation Jerry Peltier.
Roxanne Dubois continues her month-long series for the National Day of Action against student debt with a poignant commentary on the right to education in Unsustainable student debt threatens future generations and the Canadian economy.
The Keystone pipeline floats towards the hoop only to be rejected by the strong arm of massive campaigning south of the border, although Canada’s excessive demand for pure profit still lingers in the shadows as Maude Barlow and Joshua Kahn Russell discuss in Enbridge: You’re on notice and Keystone XL denied, respectively.
Respect apparently has different meanings depending on your agenda as Tyler McCreary finds in An essay on respect, his account of the community hearings for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.
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