Toronto— At the conclusion of the Halifax demonstrations against the G8 Development Ministerial, Toronto activists are finalizing plans for a week of similar events during the June G20 Summit, to mark the G20′s unwillingness to meet its own commitments to global equality. Halifax activists denounced the ministerial for claiming to improve the lives of working… [Read more…]
In June, 2010, the G-20 are meeting in Toronto: a sign that whoever plans these things is getting sloppy. The original plan of having G-8 and G-20 meetings in Huntsville fell through because of a lack of accommodations. Apparently, 10,000 hotel rooms are needed to host a G-20 meeting but Huntsville only has about 10001.… [Read more…]
It was a warm evening for January. We were in the back alleyway on our way to a comfortable Toronto watering hole when I looked up. Staring back at me were two small black eyes. Well, eyes of the video recording sort.
Many people may not realize that when they turn on the television in their home, what they see as a constant flow of images is actually flickering. Although we do not see this consciously, the repetitive pattern of flickering images creates a state that is similar to hypnosis in the television viewer.
April 29, 2010
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