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The Enemy Within – by Seamus Milne
Posted in Books, Economic History, History, Industrial Action, Politics, Trade unions
Tagged Arthur Scargill, Economic History, History, Industrial Action, Industrial History, Margaret Thatcher, Miners Strike, Naomi Klein, Seumus Milne, Thatcherism, Trade unions
THE ENEMY WITHIN: THE SECRET WAR AGAINST THE MINERS
30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION!
By Seumas Milne
"The definitive account of the strike—the best book on the Thatcher era." – Naomi Klein
"A terrifying, frightening indictment of the British establishment." – Owen Jones
See: http://www.versobooks.com/books/1655-the-enemy-within
Margaret Thatcher branded the leaders of the 1984–85 miners' strike "the enemy within."
In this classic account, Seumas Milne reveals the astonishing lengths to which her government and its intelligence machine were prepared to go to destroy the power of Britain's miners union. In this 30th anniversary edition new material brings the story up to date with further revelations about the secret war against organized labour and political dissent, and the devastating price paid for the Thatcher administrations onslaught by communities across Britain.
The Enemy Within: The 30th anniversary of the Miners' Strike in the Guardian
http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1540-the-enemy-within-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-miners-strike-in-the-guardian
Seumas Milne is a columnist and Associate Editor on the Guardian and the paper's former Comment Editor. He was previously the Guardian's Labour Editor and a staff journalist on the Economist. He is the author of The Enemy Within and co-author of Beyond the Casino Economy.
"The most important exposé of contemporary political Britain I have read." – John Pilger
"Riveting. It knocks spots off the usual 'whodunnit.'" – Guardian
"An astonishing book." – The Nation
"A tribute to detailed journalistic investigation … strips away the myths and lies." – New Statesman
"One of the most remarkable demolition jobs ever." – Spectator
Paperback / 472 pages / ISBN: 9781781683422 / MARCH 2014 / £12.99
ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK
To learn more about THE ENEMY WITHIN and to purchase a copy please visit
http://www.versobooks.com/books/1655-the-enemy-within
Glenn Rikowski at Academia: http://independent.academic.edu/GlennRikowski
Rikowski Point: http://rikowskpoint.blogspot.com
Social and Political Critique in the Age of Austerity
December 18, 2013 – 8:59 am
Posted in Activism, Crisis, Critical Theory, Cultural studies, Economic History, Economics, Employment and Unemployment, Marxism, Neoliberalism, News and Politics, Politics, Privatisation, Seminars / Workshops, Sociology
Tagged Antonio Negri, Austerity, Costas Douzinas, Crisis, Critique, David Graeber, Explain, Financialization, Naomi Klein, Neoliberalism, Political Sociology, Political Theory, Politics, Risk Society, Sociology
A one day workshop at Keele University
10.30am-6pm, Wednesday 12th February, 2014
This one day workshop is devoted to the discussion of critical politics in the contemporary age of austerity. Following the 2007 global economic crash, which led to a raft of government bank bail outs and nationalisations across America and Europe, a cunning ideological reversal took place – the crash was no longer the result of the hubris of the neoliberal financial sector, which had developed the idea of 'riskless risk' where reckless stock market speculation and the creation of value ex nihilo could produce endless profit, but rather the immoral wastefulness of the people and society. According to this ideological position, which was advanced by governments across Europe, the welfare state, and in many respects society itself, was transformed into an 'exorbitant privilege' that was simply unaffordable. In fact, in order to pay for their wastefulness the people were not only expected to give up their public services, but also required to accept ever lower wages, and a general state of social and economic precariousness.
This is the current state of play across America and Europe, where the neoliberal state has exploited the crash in order to retrofit society for violent competition with Asian capitalism. In the face of this race to the bottom, key thinkers such as David Graeber, Antonio Negri, Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, and Costas Douzinas have spoken out against the new form Naomi Klein calls neoliberal disaster capitalism and given voice to the protest, rebellion, and revolt taking place across the world.
The objective of this workshop is to build upon the works of these key thinkers and explore the possibility for resistance in the age of austerity. We invite contributions from a range of disciplines focused on diverse social and political contexts and a variety of theoretical perspectives. Contributors may choose to focus on austerity and resistance across Europe, including the UK, Greece, Spain, and Italy; the Occupy movement; the media construction of austerity, including the idea of the undeserving poor who are seen to be living off public funds; methods for the organisation of resistance; the concept of the multitude and the digital commons; anti-capitalist thought; or transformative social and political theory and practice more generally. Most importantly, we are keen to emphasise that this list is not exhaustive – the key principle behind the workshop is that debate should open up a space for social and political creativity. In this way we are keen to encourage potential contributors to be creative and explore new possibilities for political change in a historical period where change seems absolutely necessary, but also impossible to envisage. In this respect, we encourage contributions from a variety of participants – academics, post-graduate students, activists, and others engaged in thinking through the possibilities of change under conditions of crisis and austerity.
The workshop will close with a lecture from Professor Costas Douzinas (Birkbeck), author of Philosophy and Resistance in the Crisis: Greece and the Future of Europe.
In order to take part in the event please send a 250 word abstract to Emma Head (e.l.head@keele.ac.uk), by Monday 6 January 2014.
This event is being organised jointly by Mark Featherstone (Keele Sociology) and Emma Head (Keele Sociology and the BSA Digital Sociology study group). Registration will open in early January.
Howard Zinn Speaks
December 12, 2012 – 3:18 pm
Posted in Books, Critical Education, Education, Memorial, News and Politics
Tagged Alice Walker, Anthony Arnove, Books, Education, History, Howard Zinn, Howard Zinn Speaks, Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Rethinking Schools, Social History, Teacher
Collected Speeches 1963 to 2009
By Howard Zinn
Edited by Anthony Arnove
Published by Haymarket Books
http://goo.gl/DYlYC
http://goo.gl/B3E6Y
Howard Zinn has illuminated our history like no other U.S. historian. This collection of his speeches on protest movements, racism, war, and topics vital to our democracy will be an invaluable resource for the new generation of students who continue to discover his work, as well as the millions of people who Howard moved and informed in his lifetime.
"Few people changed more lives than Howard Zinn. He changed them as an author, as a play write and as a filmmaker. But he also changed them face-to-face, as a speaker. With ferocious moral clarity and mischievous humor, Howard turned routine anti-war rallies into profound explorations of state violence and he turned staid academic conferences into revival meetings for social change. Collected here for the first time, Howard's speeches — spanning an extraordinary life of passion and principle — come to us at the moment when we need them most: just as a global network of popular uprisings searches for what comes next. We could ask for no wiser a guide than Howard Zinn."
—Naomi Klein, author The Shock Doctrine
"Howard Zinn — there was no one like him. And to hear him speak was like listening to music that you loved — lyrical, uplifting, honest. If you never got to hear him speak, this book will move you in profound ways. Although Howard's 'voice' is no longer with us, his true voice will live on forever. And I know he would love it for each of you to find your voice, too, and to be heard. Perhaps this book will provide you with some inspiration."
"Reading Howard's spoken words I feel that I am almost hearing his voice again. Even in writing its unique appeal comes through — his stunning pitch-perfect ability to capture the moment and the concerns and needs of the audience whoever they may be, always enlightening, often stirring, an amalgam of insight, critical history, wit, blended with charm and appeal. I've heard Howard speak to tens of thousands at demonstrations, to small groups of homeless people, to activists enduring brutal treatment, and at many other times and places. Always just the right tone and message, always inspiring, a gift to all of us to be treasured."
"Howard Zinn was one of us, the best part of us. Enjoy these speeches. Hear his voice. Then hear your own, hear it closely."
"One of my favorite expressions from Nicaragua is: 'Struggle is the highest form of song.' In that case Howard Zinn is one of our great singers and these speeches are righteous songs filled with the boldness, vision, humor, depth and urgings of his profoundly human voice. Howard sang a different America, an invisible America, an America of the 99 percent. He sang of the lies and deceit of the government and the impossibility and horror of wars made in America's name. He sang of a dream, a deeper dream that is now rising in the streets. I cannot think of a more important set of songs to be singing at this time."
"Howard Zinn's speeches, beautifully gathered together here by Anthony Arnove, are a joy and an inspiration."
"Howard Zinn's towering legacy will forever be as a historian who made history. He made history because his books, his actions, and especially his speeches inspired ordinary people to do extraordinary things. We fight onward today in a remarkable tradition of struggle. For many of us, we first became aware of this tradition by sitting in a packed, musty meeting hall and listening to stories of heart, humor, and heroism, as communicated by Howard Zinn."
—Dave Zirin
"The first time I heard Howard Zinn speak I was a student in the deep South, and amazed that anyone could stay alive long enough to say such things. He was completely fearless, totally relaxed, making joking asides as he went straight to the bloody heart of Empire. How much time it has saved me, having him as a teacher my second year in college. Reading this book brings back memories of those times when Howie spoke to sometimes shocked crowds of people who, before hearing him, had thought historians should be silent about current affairs or, at most, write quiet books. Howard Zinn was a free man. Delightful because of this. Howard Zinn Speaks is a book to savor. It is wise, humorous, serious, without one moment of hesitation in tackling the basic notions about who we are as a people, a country, and a world. Elder brother, great teacher. Presenté."
"I hesitate to comment on Howard Zinn Speaks because of my unshakable and overt bias for anything Zinn. I don't think it'd be fair honestly to gloat about his work in such a way. But then again having a Zinn bias just means you favor truth and justice over lies and oppression."
"These speeches make great reading for students and teachers—especially when read aloud."
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'The Lamb' by William Blake – set to music by Victor Rikowski: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw3VloKBvZc
Glenn Rikowski's MySpace Blog: http://www.myspace.com/glennrikowski/blog
Glenn Rikowski's paper, Critical Pedagogy and the Constitution of Capitalist Society has been published at Heathwood Press as a Monthly Guest Article for September 2012, online at:
http://www.heathwoodpress.com/monthly-guest-article-august-critical-pedagogy-and-the-constitution-of-capitalist-society-by-glenn-rikowski/
Heathwood Press: http://www.heathwoodpress.com
The Individuality Pr♥test: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/transcontinental/the-individuality-prtest
I Love Transcontinental: http://ihearttranscontinental.blogspot.co.uk/
Centre for the Study of Education and Work: Update 18th January 2012
Posted in Centre for Education and Work, Critical Education, Education, Neoliberalism, Politics, Videos, Work, Youth
Tagged Capitalist Crisis, Centre for the Study of Education and Work, Critical Education, Education, FoodShare, Labor, Naomi Klein, Neoliberalism, Occupy, OISE, Peter Sawchuk, Politics, Radical Economics, Schools, Sexual Harassment, Social Change, University of Toronto, Videos, Work, Workplace learning
VIDEO & DISCUSSION – THE WAY FORWARD: RETHINKING THE PROBLEM OF WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT
OISE, Room 5–170
252 Bloor St. West, Toronto
Video followed by a dynamic panel discussion.
Sponsored by the Workplace Learning and Social Change Collaborative Program, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto.
LEFT BEHIND – CBC DOCUMENTARY ON INEQUALITY
Monday, January 16, 23, 30
on Ideas at 9:04 pm, CBC Radio One
Over the past 30 years, the benefits of economic growth in Canada, the US and much of the rest of the world, have gone increasingly to the top one percent of the population. For the majority of families, however, incomes have stagnated. This rise in inequality coincided with a sea change in government policy. Beginning in the 1980s, governments in much of the English-speaking world embarked on what has been called the neoliberal revolution – deregulation, privatization and tax cuts, aimed at liberating markets and stimulating the economy. The rising tide was supposed to lift all boats, but it didn't. Jill Eisen explores what happened.
Part 2 airs on Monday, January 23, and part 3 on Jan 30.
To listen to a podcast of Part 1, click here: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2012/01/16/left-behind/
INTERCHANGE: EVERYONE CAN BE A PEACEBUILDER WORKSHOP
Ellington's Cafe, 805 St.Clair Avenue West (http://ellingtonsmusicandcafe.com)
Suggested Fee: $30 general, $20 InterChange members, $20 students/unwaged
Everyone can be a Peacebuilder!
Please join us for a creative and participatory 'Peace Ambassadors' Workshop in which you will:
- learn core peace concepts and models
- explore the idea of "peace literacy" and how it can be promoted
- discover your unique peacebuilding role
- find out more about the InterChange workshops and facilitators and how these can be brought to your community
- share your values and ideas with like-minded people
- use the metaphor of a picnic to help spread the Culture of Peace
Food and refreshments will be provided!
Registration is limited so please e-mail in advance to reserve your spot!
To RSVP and for more information, contact community@interchange4peace.org or
http://www.interchange4peace.org
LUNCHBOX SPEAKERS' SERIES – A GOOD FOOD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: LEARNINGS FROM FOODSHARE
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor St. West, (St. George Subway Station) Room 3-104
Zahra Parvinian, Director of Social Enterprise Programs, Alvin Rebick, Senior Manager of Kitchen and Focus on Food, and Meredith Hayes, Senior Manager of School Programs will introduce FoodShare Toronto's social enterprise programs and discuss: the organization's different enterprise program models, as well as the challenges, sustainability issues, and other aspects related to running a food social enterprise.
*No registration required. Bring your lunch and a mug. Water, coffee, tea, and fresh-baked snacks from Lemon & Allspice will be provided.
For more information, please contact Andrea at secspeakerseries@gmail.com
Presented by the Social Economy Centre (OISE/UT) & Toronto Enterprise Fund.
This event will be webcast live on the Internet. For detailed instructions, please see our website at http://socialeconomycentre.ca/webcast-instructions
GREATER TORONTO WORKERS' ASSEMBLY (GTWA) COFFEEHOUSE: OCCUPY DEBRIEF
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto
2011 – maybe it wasn't quite 1968 but it was a year of great social upheaval. With 2011 behind us, the GTWA is holding the first in what will be a new series of Coffeehouses to discuss where we are as a movement, with this particular one featuring two local activists who were very involved in Occupy Toronto, and in particular building links between the Occupy movement and the labour movement. Is this the beginning of a new community/labour coalition that we've been waiting for? Will the Occupy movement be able to sustain itself and help awaken a dormant labour movement? How did the Occupy Toronto experience measure up with other Occupations? These and other issues will be topics of comradely discussion.
Speakers include two activists with the Occupy movement – Brendan Bruce and Lana Goldberg.
This Coffeehouse is organized by the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly Internal Education and Political Development Committee (IEPD).
CANADIAN LABOUR AT THE CROSSROADS?
By Doug Nesbitt, The Bullet
A wage cut of fifty per cent. An elimination of pensions. Cuts to benefits. These demands have inevitably led to a major showdown at a locomotive factory in London, Ontario between the 700 unionized workers of Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) and Caterpillar, a massive U.S.-based corporation. The workers, members of Canadian Auto Workers Local 27, responded to the employer's demands with a positive strike vote of 97 per cent. The employer, Progress Rail, a subsidiary of Caterpillar, locked out the workers on New Year's Day.
In addition to facing down a notorious anti-union employer who hammered the American United Auto Workers in the 1990s, there are plenty of rumours about Caterpillar closing the London plant and moving operations to Muncie, Indiana. EMD workers in London make $36/hour while their counterparts in Muncie are paid only $12.50-14.50 (Cdn). Indiana is also on the cusp of becoming the first rust-belt state to introduce a "Right to Work" law, a notorious form of anti-union legislation made possible by the even more infamous Taft-Hartley law of 1947, the long-standing crown jewel of American anti-union legislation.
Read more: http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/586.php
SPECIAL ISSUE OF GUERNICA ON SCHOOLING
Here is the summary of the contents in the current issue on global education:
In this issue, we examine global education and the shifting gap between rich and poor countries. "Into this gap," writes author Zadie Smith, "well-meaning people tend to pour in two large groups: the Church Workers and the Aid Workers." When it comes to education, Smith writes, "there were so few people writing development stories from a human perspective. Stories that were not especially concerned with a man's eternal soul or his statistical representation, but with his life." Enter Writers Bloc, a group of renowned scribblers launched into far-flung corners of the globe to report humanely on schools: Aleksander Hemon on Bosnia and Herzegovina's ethnic education enforcers; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Nigeria's schools as battleground for politics; Kamila Shamsie on the struggles of education reformers in Pakistan; plus, Nathalie Handal on Haiti, two years after the earthquake. Nor is the United States spared this scrutiny. Former Gates Foundation education entrepreneur Tom Vander Ark and Waiting for Superman's Michelle Rhee discuss why Latvia and Russia are surpassing Americans in schooling. And more great poetry, blogs, art; and for fiction–instead—a play. And Guernica launches the global education issue with a pair of events in London.
Read more: http://guernicamag.com/newsletter/newsletter_browser_Jan16.html
CALL FOR PAPERS ON COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Call for papers: COMM-ORG (http://comm-org.wisc.edu) is a website and list-serve that attempts to bring together theory and practice, and academics and organizers, to advance the craft of community organizing.
COMM-ORG is looking for papers to publish on the COMM-ORG Papers page (http://comm-org.wisc.edu/papers.htm). All papers are also announced on the list-serve, which reaches over 1000 people across more than a dozen nations.
COMM-ORG welcomes papers from scholars, organizers, and scholar-organizers. I also welcome previously published hard-to-find writing. Authors retain complete control over their work, and COMM-ORG supports authors revising their papers for submission to other outlets.
To submit a paper, contact the editor, Randy Stoecker, at rstoecker@wisc.edu
OCCUPY WALL STREET: WHY NOW? WHAT'S NEXT?
Naomi Klein and Yotam Marom in conversation about Occupy Wall Street. Read more: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/10-1
ABOUT CSEW (CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATION & WORK, OISE/UT):
Head: Peter Sawchuk
Co-ordinator: D'Arcy Martin
The Centre for the Study of Education and Work (CSEW) brings together educators from university, union, and community settings to understand and enrich the often-undervalued informal and formal learning of working people. We develop research and teaching programs at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (UofT) that strengthen feminist, anti-racist, labour movement, and working-class perspectives on learning and work.
Our major project is APCOL: Anti-Poverty Community Organizing and Learning. This five-year project (2009-2013), funded by SSHRC-CURA, brings academics and activists together in a collaborative effort to evaluate how organizations approach issues and campaigns and use popular education. For more information about this project, visit http://www.apcol.ca
For more information about CSEW, visit: http://www.csew.ca
After Globalization
Posted in Academic Stuff, Books, Economic History, Economics, Globalisation
Tagged After Globalization, Books, Capitalism, Common Sense, Critical Theory, Cultural studies, Culture, Economic Crisis, Economic History, Economics, Education, Eric Cazdyn, Global warming, Globalisation, Globalization, Globalization of Capital, History, Imre Szeman, Moriality, Naomi Klein, Neoliberalism, New Books on Globalization, Paul Klugman, Thomas Friedman, Toby Miller, Walter Benn Michaels, World Economic Crisis
Eric Cazdyn and Imre Szeman
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7794-8 – Hardcover – 264 pages
May 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405177942.html
In lively and unflinching prose, Eric Cazdyn and Imre Szeman argue that contemporary thought about the world is disabled by a fatal flaw: the inability to think "an after" to globalization. After establishing seven theses (on education, morality, history, future, capitalism, nation, and common sense) that challenge the false promises that sustain this time-limit, After Globalization examines four popular thinkers (Thomas Friedman, Richard Florida, Paul Krugman and Naomi Klein) and how their work is dulled by these promises. Cazdyn and Szeman then speak to students from around the globe who are both unconvinced and uninterested in these promises and who understand the world very differently than the way it is popularly represented.
After Globalization argues that a true capacity to think an after to globalization is the very beginning of politics today.
"Relentlessly, remorselessly, endlessly, we are told there is no alternative to globalization, whether our lecturers are bourgeois economists, progressive journalists, or imaginative litterateurs. Eric Cazdyn and Imre Szeman dare to go beyond the standard thinking of the day and query the very heart of mobile capital and its impact on daily life. Their alternative vision breathes new life into our sense of evolution and inevitability." –—Toby Miller, author of Globalization and Sport and Global Hollywood
"Cazdyn and Szeman begin the with the idea that the current economic crisis has historicized globalization, turning it from a process that looked as inevitable as, say, global warming still does, into an episode in the history of capitalism: hence the possibility not just of more globalization but of an 'after globalization.' And hence also, they argue, the renewed possibility of an 'after capitalism.' In powerful critiques of what they describe as the common sense of capital today they sketch out the terms in which changes more radical than substituting generous and honest leaders for the greedy and dishonest ones we've currently got might begin to be imagined." –—Walter Benn Michaels, University of Illinois at Chicago
Eric Cazdyn is Professor of Cultural and Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis, and Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. He is author of The Flash of Capital: Film and Geopolitics in Japan (2003) and the forthcoming book, The Already Dead: The New Time of Politics, Culture, and Medicine.
Imre Szeman is Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta. He is co-editor of Cultural Theory: An Anthology (Wiley-Blackwell 2010), author of Zones of Instability: Literature, Postcolonialism and the Nation (2003) and co-author of Popular Culture: A User's Guide (2nd. ed. 2009).
BDS: Boycott, Disinvestment, Sanctions
Posted in Academic Stuff, Activism, Books, Imperialism, London Political Meetings, Meetings, News and Politics, Politics
Tagged Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Book Launch, Books, Boycott, Critical Theory, Desmond Tutu, Disinvestment, Economic Rights, Equality, Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Gaza, Human Rights, Imperialism, Israel, Israeli Occupation, John Berger, Judith Butler, Ken Loach, London Review of Books, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Naomi Klein, Omar Barghouti, Palestine, Palestinian Rights, Political Rights, Politics, Ronne Kasrils, Sanctions, Self-Determination, War Studies
Omar Barghouti, founding member of Palestinian Civil Society Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, to Release New Book
BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
by Omar Barghouti (available for interview)
Book Release at the London Review Bookshop Monday, March 7th at 7:00 pm, 14 Bury Place, London, WC1A 2JL.
"This is a book about the political actions necessary to hinder and finally to stop the Israeli state machine which is operating every day to eliminate the Palestinian people. It is like an engineer's report, not a sermon. Read it, decide and then act." —John Berger
"Barghouti's lucid and morally compelling book is perfectly timed to make a major contribution to this urgently needed global campaign for justice, freedom and peace." —Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate
"Essential reading for all who care about justice and the plight of an oppressed people." —Ken Loach
INTERNATIONAL BOYCOTT divestment, and sanctions (BDS) efforts helped topple South Africa's brutal apartheid regime. In this urgent book, Omar Barghouti makes the case for a rights-based BDS campaign to stop Israel's rapacious occupation, colonization, and apartheid against the Palestinian people. This considered, convincing collection contributes to the growing debate on Israel's violations of international law and points the way forward to a united global civil society movement for freedom, justice, self determination, and equality for all.
OMAR BARGHOUTI is an independent Palestinian commentator and human rights activist. He is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Palestinian Civil Society Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Columbia University, and a master's degree in philosophy (ethics) from Tel Aviv University.
Barghouti is AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW in London March 4-7, and by phone or email prior. To request, contact Sarah Macaraeg, sarah@haymarketbooks.org
Praise for Omar Barghouti and Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights:
"I warmly welcome the publication of Omar Barghouti's book. It is timely and responsibly written by a man who will understand that creative and relentless nonviolence is the only way out of the dire situation in which Palestine, and our entire world for that matter, finds itself." —Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, M.M., Former president of the UN General Assembly
"No one has done more to build the intellectual, legal and moral case for BDS than Omar Barghouti. The global Palestinian solidarity movement has been transformed and is on the cusp of major new breakthroughs." —Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and No Logo
"I have been to Palestine where I've witnessed the racially segregated housing and the humiliation of Palestinians at military roadblocks. I can't help but remember the conditions we experienced in South Africa under apartheid. We could not have achieved our freedom without the help of people around the world using the nonviolent means of boycotts and divestment to compel governments and institutions to withdraw their support for the apartheid regime. Omar Barghouti's lucid and morally compelling book is perfectly timed to make a major contribution to this urgently needed global campaign for justice, freedom and peace." —Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate
"Once again Omar Barghouti delivers a conceptually lucid argument for the BDS movement that is difficult to refute. He offers a principled position accompanied by nuanced and thorough analyses, and though one may not agree with all of his claims, one is fully persuaded by the passionate clarity of his appeal. Barghouti reminds us what public responsibility entails, and we are lucky to have his relentless and intelligent analysis and argument. There is no more comprehensive and persuasive case than his for boycott, divestment, and sanctions to end the Israeli occupation and establish the ethical claim of Palestinian rights." —Judith Butler, Co-director of the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California at Berkeley
"The ABC for internationalist support for Palestine is BDS. And the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign against Israeli cruelty and injustice is gaining in significance and scope. Like the anti-apartheid movement against racist South Africa, BDS is helping to make a tremendous difference in what has been a most difficult struggle for human rights and the right of a colonized and dispossessed people to national self-determination. This inspiring book is a weapon in a noble struggle in which all right thinking people can play a part." —Ronne Kasrils, former South African government minister
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
By Omar Barghouti
Releasing Apr. 1, 2011 from Haymarket Books
Distributed in the UK by Turnaround Publisher Services
www.haymarketbooks.org
Centre for the Study of Education and Work – Update 8th November 2010
Posted in Academic Stuff, Activism, Centre for Education and Work, Conferences, Critical Education, Education, Employment and Unemployment, Film, Higher Education, News and Politics, Work
Tagged Ben Levin, Brazilian Land Reform, Carol Campbell, Centre for Policy Alternatives, Centre for the Study of Education and Work, Cinema, Class War, Conferences, David Rosen, Donna Baines, Doug Allen, Education, Education Policy, Education reform, Employment, Films, From Mosquitos to Marx, G20 Summit, Geoff Whitty, Hawksley Workman, Helen Kennedy, History, I'm No Superman, Jenny Brown, Jonah Schein, Julia O'Sullivan, Karl Marx, Labour, Labour Films, Marxism, Mennonite New Life Centre, Murray Dobbin, Naomi Klein, OISE, Ontario, Peter Sawchuk, Politics, Sabina Strand, Schools, Social Unionism, Stefan Kipfer, Toronto, Unemployment, Wendy Wolford, Work, Zane Berge
MENNONITE NEW LIFE CENTRE PREMIERS NEWCOMER ADVOCACY FILM "RAISING OUR VOICE"
Mennonite New Life Centre (Auditorium)
1774 Queen Street East, Toronto
It is with great pleasure that UFCW Canada is pleased to support the Mennonite New Life Centre featured documentary entitled RAISING OUR VOICE.
The documentary was created by the Newcomer Advocacy Committee of the MNLC and highlights the importance of poverty reduction, access to meaningful employment and political engagement.
The message is portrayed from a newcomer perspective. It is not only entertaining but is a solid evaluation of the immigrant and racialized experience in the Greater Toronto Area.
FROM MOSQUITOES TO MARX: THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF STATE AND SOCIAL MOBILIZATION IN BRAZILIAN LAND REFORM
208N – Seminar Room, North House
Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place
with Wendy Wolford, Cornell University
Wendy Wolford's work draws upon and contributes to political economies of development, social movements and resistance, agrarian societies, political ecology, land use, land reform, and critical ethnography, all with a regional concentration in Latin America, particularly Brazil. For over fifteen years, she has worked with one of the most exciting and important grassroots social movements in Latin American history, the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (the Movement of Rural Landless Workers, or the MST).
Register online at: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=9090
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology, Geography and Program in Planning, Political Science, Sociology, and the Centre for Comparative, International and Development Education at OISE/UT.
BOLIVIAN LEADER SPEAKS IN TORONTO
Monday November 8
489 College St. 3rd Floor Board Room
with Dr. Hugo Salvatierra, one of Evo Morales's top advisors and a founder of the MAS in Bolivia
One of the most important leaders of the MAS will be in Canada in early October to discuss the Bolivian process and their global battle on climate change. Dr. Hugo Salvatierra is a founder of the MAS and the Minister of Rural Development, Agriculture and the Environment in the first MAS Cabinet.
Hugo will speak primarily about the internal process in Bolivia, its importance as the basis of the international campaign against climate change and why the Bolivian experience is important to Canada and Canadians. He is in Canada at the invitation of Guelph University to give the keynote address on a conference on Bolivia.
For more info contact: jrebick@ryerson.ca
Sponsors: CSJ, Toronto Bolivia Solidarity, Socialist Project
NAOMI KLEIN AND HAWKSLEY WORKMAN G20 LEGAL DEFENCE FUNDRAISER
7 p.m. – midnight
The Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. West
Please join us for a evening of song and speech to defend the G20 arrestees and raise money for the defense fund.
7:00pm – Pre-event with Naomi Klein – Food and drinks provided
Tickets: $100 available (includes pre-event and main event) ONLINE at GalleryAC (http://www.galleryac.com)
8:00pm – Naomi Klein & Hawksley Workman
Tickets: $50 in advance / $60 at the door
Tickets available ONLINE at GalleryAC (http://www.galleryac.com)
During the G20 summit in June this year, the residents of Toronto bore witness to the largest mass arrest in Canadian history as approximately 1200 people were assaulted, harassed, beaten and arrested by the police. More than 250 were charged and six remain in jail. Others are out on bail under extraordinarily restrictive conditions, continuing to face police harassment and re-arrest. Legal costs are mounting. As we continue to organize against the G20 agenda, we must now also raise money to defend all those who are forced to go through expensive legal proceedings.
Tickets also available at the following stores: Another Story, 315 Roncesvalles Ave; Rotate This, 801 Queen Street W; Soundscapes, 572 College Street Toronto; Women's Bookstore, 3 Harbord St
This is a 19+ event. Limited capacity: Please book your ticket as early as possible to ensure availability.
Unfortunately, this venue is not an accessible venue. We sincerely apologize.
More Info: http://g20.torontomobilize.org/nov11 or http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108578439206467
Please contact nov11fundraiser@gmail.com for any inquiries.
FREE LABOUR FILMS IN TORONTO
Welcome back to the Second Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF). Last year we had more than forty locations across Canada participate in our unique national film festival.
This year, we have more than fifty!
Join us to watch some of the best labour films from across the world. Share in the struggles of others and find out how workers all over the world are succeeding by standing up and speaking out!
In Toronto:
Saturday, 20 November: 2:00pm – 9:00pm
Sunday, 21 November: 2:00pm – 8:30pm
For a complete list of films visit: http://labourfilms.ca/cliff/cliff-2010/2010-complete-list-of-films/
(416) 970-2543 / festival@labourfilms.ca
CCPA 30TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE AND DINNER
For 30 years, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has been giving voice to progressive ideas. In an era of shrinking progressive think tanks and growing right-wing think tanks, we'd like to celebrate our three decades
of accomplishments.
We hope you will be central part of the celebration. On November 18, we celebrate 30 years with a gala dinner and a conference entitled Advancing Democracy and Social Justice in Canada: The Next 30 Years.
The conference and gala dinner, hosted by inveterate Canadian actor Eric Peterson, will be a who's who of progressive thinkers, activists, politicians as well as CCPA staff, research associates, board from across Canada.
Conference: University of Ottawa, Tabaret Hall Room 112, 550 Cumberland Street, Ottawa
Evening Gala Dinner: Chateau Laurier Ballroom, Ottawa
Cocktails: 6:30 p.m.
Dinner: 7:30 p.m.
For more information and to register, visit: http://www.policyalternatives.ca/30
AFTER THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: A GREATER TORONTO WORKERS' ASSEMBLY COFFEEHOUSE
Regal Beagle Pub
The Workers' Assembly is already organizing post-election drinking so we can commiserate about the new Fordism and try to make sense of the elections.
* Jonah Schein – City Councillor Candidate in Ward 17 Davenport
* Desmond Cole – Torontoist, City Idol
* Helen Kennedy – CUPE 79
* Stefan Kipfer – York University
We will meet in the back room of the pub. The Regal Beagle is an accessible space.
For more information: http://www.workersassembly.ca/
EDUCATION REFORM: WHERE NEXT?
OISE/UT
252 Bloor St West, Toronto, Room 5-150
A major public Policy Forum discussing transatlantic education reform: the triumphs, the failures and the lessons to be learned.
Presenters: Prof Julia O'Sullivan, Dean, OISE, University of Toronto; Prof Geoff Whitty, Director, Institute of Education, University of London; Prof Ben Levin, Former Deputy Minister of Education, Ontario, Prof TPS; Prof Carol Campbell, Stanford University, California; and Mary Jean Gallagher, Chief Student Achievement Officer of Ontario.
A lively and controversial exploration of education policy in Ontario and the UK and an opportunity to engage with leading academics and practitioners from Canada and the UK
A collaboration between OISE, University of Toronto and the Institute of Education, University of London
RSVP to c.price@ioe.ac.uk
I'M NO SUPERMAN
by Sabina Strand, Common Dreams
I realize Davis Guggenheim's documentary Waiting for Superman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1566648/) wasn't intended to bash teachers. In fact, most viewers probably left the theater impressed by the educators he documented, the ones who cared enough to fight: the Michelle Rhees, David Levins, and Mike Feinbergs of the world (all fellow Teach for America alums). I'm here to argue that glorifying these teachers and the schools they've created undermines our end goal of fundamental change.
Read more: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/11/05-2
On the "NOT Waiting for Superman" campaign: http://www.notwaitingforsuperman.org/
BEWARE THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
by Murray Dobbin, rabble.ca
As conditions worsen, as wages and living standards fall, as insecurity increases, as the social safety net frays, objection and dissent increases. The government spends money and builds its response.
Read more: http://rabble.ca/columnists/2010/11/beware-national-security-state
UNIONS REACH FOR SHORT STRIKES TO STOP CONCESSIONS
by Jenny Brown & Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes
Short strikes to stop concessions – Around the country, owners are recovering profitability but refusing to share the gains. Nurses and hotel workers are pulling short strikes, just to stay in place, as employers demand givebacks and cut staffing to the bone.
Read more: http://www.labornotes.org/2010/11/unions-reach-short-strikes-stop-concessions
CLASS WAR SPURS VIOLENT CLASHES IN EUROPE — WHY ARE AMERICANS JUST LETTING THE SUPER RICH WIN?
by David Rosen, Alternet
It is time for Americans to reclaim the concept of class war, to actively combat the great squeeze ruining the lives of untold millions of Americans.
Read more: http://bit.ly/9jl5YM
U.S. HEALTHCARE: PRIVATIZED — BUT GOVERNMENT STILL SPENDS MORE
by Doug Allan, leftwords
The privatized health care system in the United States is widely known for being extremely expensive. U.S. citizens are stuck paying (through taxes or by private payment) much more than any other developed country for health
care –in fact about 50% more than the next most expensive (Norway), according to the recently released Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) report on health care spending.
But less well known is that, even though millions of U.S. citizens have no health care insurance, and millions more are covered only by the basic 'medicaid' system, public spending on health care is actually higher in the U.S. than it is in Canada's (largely public) health care system.
Read more: http://www.ochu.on.ca/leftwords_ochuBlog.php
IN A DIFFERENT WAY: SOCIAL UNIONISM IN THE NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES – AN AUSTRALIAN/CANADIAN COMPARISON
Donna Baines
Labor Studies Journal 2010;35 480-502
http://lsj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/4/480
THE PROMISE AND LIMITS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR NONPROFIT SELF-REGULATION:
EVIDENCE FROM ASIA
Mark Sidel
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2010;39 1039-1056
http://nvs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/39/6/1039
WORKFORCE CROSS TRAINING: A RE-EMERGING TREND IN TOUGH TIMES
Carmen Abrams, Zane Berge
Journal of Workplace Learning, Volume 22 issue 8
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1891206&show=abstract
Our major project is APCOL: Anti-Poverty Community Organizing and Learning. This five-year project (2009-2013), funded by SSHRC-CURA, brings academics and activists together in a collaborative effort to evaluate how organizations approach issues and campaigns and use popular education.
Centre for the Study of Education and Work – Update 4th September 2010
September 12, 2010 – 10:50 pm
Posted in Academic Stuff, Activism, Articles, Centre for Education and Work, Conferences, Crisis, Economics, Education, Literature, Neoliberalism, News and Politics, Politics, Radical Economics, Trade unions
Tagged Adam Spence, Annie Malhotra, APCOL, Books, Canada, Capitalism, Centre for Social Innovation, Centre for the Study of Education and Work, Charles Dickens, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Climate Change, Climate Reality, Cold Hands & Quarter Moon, CSEW, Disaster Capitalism, Doug Allan, Economic Crisis, Economics, Education, Employment, G20, Globalization and Work, Health Learning, Higher Education, Human Herbs, Internaitonal Festival of Poetry and Resistance, James Hansen, Jen Margaret, Job Postings, Jobless Recovery, Labor Notes, Labour, Literature, Live Working or Die Fighting, Martin Luther King, Mind the Gap, Music, Naomi Klein, OISE, Ontario, Paul Mason, Peter Sawchuk, Poetry, Politics, Poverty, Social Activism, Social Economy, Tea Party, The Shock Doctrine, Tiffany Ten Eyck, Tom Stehlika, Toronto, Unemployment, University, Victor Rikowski, Wolfgang Hauser, Work
VOICES OF DISSENT: INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF POETRY OF RESISTANCE
Poets, artists, musicians and social activists will gather in various Toronto venues later this month to celebrate the boundless capacity of verse to resist oppression and create links among diverse communities. The International Festival of Poetry of Resistance will feature readings, roundtable discussions, musical performances and a special "festivalito" for children.
The festival will begin on Thursday, September 16 at 5 p.m. at the New Horizons Auditorium, 1140 Bloor Street West (at Dufferin), Toronto. It will continue until Monday, September 20 at various locations. The children's "Festivalito" will take place on Friday, September 17 from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the 519 Church Street Community Centre.
SOCIAL ECONOMY CENTRE SPEAKERS' SERIES: SOCIAL STOCK MARKETS & IMPACT INVESTING
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Room 12-199
Adam Spence, Social Innovation Generation (SiG) @ MaRS
Annie Malhotra, Social Venture Exchange (SVX)
Adam Spence will discuss the practical development of impact investing in Canada, an investment approach aiming to solve social or environmental challenges while generating financial profit.
Annie Malhotra will discuss the development of the social venture exchange (SVX) project and the work of ethical stock markets around the globe.
Bring your lunch and a mug. Water, coffee and tea will be provided.
For more information, please contact: Lisa White at secspeakerseries@gmail.com.
This event will also be webcast live on the Internet. Please see our website for detailed instructions: http://socialeconomy.utoronto.ca/english/webcast.php
FREE TRANSIT STREET PARTY
In Christie Pits Park off Bloor St
(across the street from the Christie subway stop)
No Fare Is Fair!
Come to the park to celebrate the campaign to win free and accessible transit for the GTA.
Food, music, puppets, entertainment and more.
For more info or to get involved contact: nofareisfair@gmail.com
A project of the GTWA: http://www.workersassembly.ca
Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147217141977827
Poster for October 2nd event (please copy and distribute):
http://www.workersassembly.ca/events/FreeTransit.pdf
WORKING WITH GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY GROUPS: LUNCH N' LEARN
Centre for Social Innovation, 4th Floor, Alterna Savings Room
215 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Mario Tellez, Projects Coordinator of the Casa Canadiense Community Centre in Managua, Nicaragua will facilitate a discussion about the challenges and possibilities of working with community groups. As the Projects Coordinator, Mario works closely with 10 grassroots community associations in Nicaragua to develop proposals, implement projects and effectively relay the stories of communities back to donors. He is developing a capacity building program where representatives of community groups will work to improve their proposal writing skills.
If you want to discuss your experiences working with the grassroots and share ideas about what works, what doesn't and how we can engage respectfully with partners, please attend!
To register: katie@pueblito.org
CLIMATE REALITY: A CONVERSATION WITH DR. JAMES HANSEN, NAOMI KLEIN & CLAYTON THOMAS-MULLER
McMillan Theatre, University of Toronto
Edward Johnson Bldg (North), 80 Queen's Park, Toronto
A public event on climate science and climate justice with the world's foremost climate scientist and author of Storms of My Grandchildren, Dr. James Hansen; the author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Naomi Klein and Indigenous Environmental Network's Tar Sands Campaigner, Clayton Thomas-Muller. Moderator: Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux (U of T, Aboriginal Studies and Social Work).
5:30pm – 6:30pm Science presentation by James Hansen
6:30pm – 7:00pm Intermission
7:00pm – 8:45pm Climate Reality: A Conversation with Dr. James Hansen, Naomi Klein & Clayton Thomas-Muller, moderated by Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux.
Admission free.
The Centre for Global Change Science, U of T, http://www.cgcs.utoronto.ca/Page4.aspx
Science for Peace, http://www.scienceforpeace.ca
Contact: Science for Peace office, sfp@physics.utoronto.ca
SUBURBAN UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY RESEARCH NETWORK MEETING
10am – noon
4040 Lawrence Ave East, Toronto
On the agenda so far:
– follow up on the Mimico 20/20 plan and response
– other housing / anti-poverty initiatives?
– transit activism in East Scarborough and city wide
– municipal elections
Please feel free to make additions!
The August 16th meeting took place in South Etobicoke, hosted by LAMP and local area residents. We went on a walking tour of the community, guided by local residents, and learned about city hall's vision for the area's redevelopment and the implications for tenants. Some members of our network have undertaken research about the planning process in support of the residents and will provide an update in September.
For more information, contact Deb Cowen at: deb.cowen@utoronto.ca
UNION ACTION WITHOUT BORDERS: AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
HEC Montreal
Cote-Sainte-Catherine Bldg.
3000 Cote-Sainte Catherine Avenue
Montreal, PQ
The Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT) in collaboration with CISO, CSQ, CSN and FTQ is organizing a symposium on international trade union action. Its purpose is to assess the different initiatives undertaken by labour unions at various levels, be it local, national and international.
This important Symposium will tackle a variety of contemporary relevant issues. What tools and resources are available to unions? How can we build a dialogue between northern and southern countries? How can we enhance workers' awareness with respect to international trade unionism? How can these actions improve the working conditions here in Canada and abroad? These are some of the questions to be discussed among participants during plenary sessions and workshops.
For more info: http://www.crimt.org/uawb.html
PRIVATE SECTOR IS NOT HELPING ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Tepid GDP numbers released Tuesday by Statistics Canada confirm that Canada's economic recovery, such as it was, is sliding completely into the ditch. We're clearly heading for stagnation at best, and quite possibly another "double dip" downturn.
Read more: http://rabble.ca/columnists/2010/09/private-sectors-continuing-failure-lead-economic-recovery
NON-UNION HOSPITAL STAFF FORCED TO TAKE TWO YEARS OF ZEROES. AN INCENTIVE FOR UNIONIZATION?
The Toronto Star reports: "Thousands of Ontario nurses who work at …non-unionized hospitals complain they're getting the cold shoulder from Premier Dalton McGuinty's public sector pay freeze."
While the non-union RNs are in the midst of a government imposed two year wage freeze, unionized RNs got pay increases April 1, as per their collective agreement. "I don't know why they're doing this to us," non-union RN Julia Fisher said. "The government has created a two-tier pay schedule. We're being penalized."
ON MLK'S DAY, UNIONS, CONSERVATIVES RALLY FOR JOBS, JUSTICE—HONOR?
by Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes
Forty-seven years after Martin Luther King, Jr. uttered the words "I have a dream" to an overflow crowd on the Washington Mall, August 28 still has resonance for civil rights activists, the union movement, and, now, the Tea Party?
Read more: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2010/09/mlks-day-unions-conservatives-rally-jobs-justice-honor
POLICE MADE MISTAKES IN G20 TACTICS, CHIEF ADMITS FOR FIRST TIME
By Kate Allen, Globe & Mail
Acknowledgment comes on heels of raft of complaints, lawsuits, inquiries into police actions during June weekend.
Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/police-made-mistakes-in-g20-tactics-chief-admits-for-first-time/article1694815/
NEW BOOK ON THE GLOBAL WORKING CLASS: "LIVE WORKING OR DIE FIGHTING"
Paul Mason's "Live Working or Die Fighting" is one of the most important books to come out about the international labour movement in recent years. It's just come out in paperback and it's LabourStart's book of the month for September.
Live Working or Die Fighting is a two-hundred year story of the global working class and its many struggles for justice. The stories in the book come to life through the voices of remarkable individuals: child laborers in Charles Dickens' England, visionary women on the barricades of Paris, gun-toting railway strikers in America's Wild West, and beer-swilling German metalworkes who tried to stop the First World War. It is a story of urban slums, self-help cooperatives, choirs and brass bands, free love, and self-education by candlelight. And in the developing industrial economies of the world, it is still with us.
To learn more about it and to order your copies, visit https://ssl30.pair.com/unionist/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?rrc=N&pg=prod&ref=workclass&affl=labourstart
Remember that every copy you order helps support LabourStart's campaigning activities; for more info about LabourStart, visit http://www.labourstart.org/
REPORT: WORKING AS ALLIES
by Jen Margaret, Auckland Workers Educational Association
A critical dimension of social justice struggles is the work of the people who support those more directly affected by a particular justice issue, the work of allies. This report documents learning from a visit, made possible with support from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, to North America in May 2010 to meet with people who are working as allies supporting the struggles of indigenous peoples and/or undertaking anti-racism work. In 15 separate meetings I met with 18 people who were working in a range of contexts that included Indigenous studies programmes in universities, community organisations, church and human rights organisations. I also had email discussions with a number of people with whom it was not possible to meet face to face.
Read the full report: http://awea.org.nz/sites/default/files/Jen_Margaret_Working_as_Allies_2010.pdf
Resources for working as allies: http://awea.org.nz/allies_resources
ONLINE JOURNAL ARTICLES
MIND THE GAP: SCHOOL LEAVER ASPIRATIONS AND DELAYED PATHWAYS TO FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Author: Tom Stehlika
Journal of Education and Work, Volume 23, Issue 4 September
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a926503481~frm=titlelink
HEALTH LEARNING AND ADULT EDUCATION: IN SEARCH OF A THEORY OF PRACTICE
Sandra R. Schecter and Jacqueline Lynch
Adult Education Quarterly published 27 August 2010, 10.1177/0741713610380438
http://aeq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0741713610380438v
IS ANY JOB BETTER THAN NO JOB? LIFE SATISFACTION AND RE-EMPLOYMENT
Carola Grün, Wolfgang Hauser and Thomas Rhein
Journal of Labor Research,Volume 31, Number 3, 285-306
http://www.springerlink.com/content/7x18u6642w15g634/
CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION, TORONTO – INTERNSHIP
Wanna be an agent for change? Are you ready to change the world? Crazy creative? Love helping people? Juiced by turning wild ideas into action? And have a little extra time to invest in your future?
The Centre for Social Innovation is offering a world-changing opportunity to trade your time and energy for our expertise, networks and free office space! Warning: We have no money! This isn't a paying gig.
The deal: your time & positive energy = free office space, ideas and networks
The Centre for Social Innovation is looking for up to fifteen incredible people to participate in a four month agents of change pilot program.
You get trained up in a community animation intensive. Then you give your time as a community animator for free office space — 1 day per week of your time = 60 hours/month of hot desking. The program runs from October 1, 2010 to January 30, 2011.
More info: http://socialinnovation.ca/internship
CANVASSERS, F/T, TORONTO ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE, TORONTO ON
TEA is recognized locally and nationally for our municipal work on smog, waste reduction, pesticides, transit, Greenbelt protection, energy efficiency and green power — issues we believe are critical to the health and well-being of Toronto residents. Our collaborations with the community (eg. community groups, local labour groups, small businesses, anti-poverty groups) are cherished and key to our past and future successes.
The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) has exciting opportunities for
environmentally minded, articulate, and passionate individuals.
TEA is currently hiring front line campaign positions. The job gives you the opportunity to go door to door and talk to the public about some of Toronto's key environmental issues. Give yourself the chance to really make a difference in our community.
The job hours are from 2pm – 10pm, Monday through Friday. Starting pay is $410 a week for full-time.
More info: http://torontoenvironment.org/jobs
FOODSHARE COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR, TORONTO
Deadline: Friday, September 17, 2010, 5pm
FoodShare Toronto is seeking a Communications Coordinator to join our dynamic and passionate team.
Reporting to the Fundraising and Communications Manager, this position will support all of FoodShare's communications activities and the creation of all of our communications materials for our diverse stakeholders including customers, program participants, community members, partners, donors, policy makers, educators, the general public and more. More specifically, the Communications Coordinator will take responsibility for assuring that brand standards and guidelines are maintained, that the FoodShare website and social media channels are fresh and up-to-date, and will assist with media relations and event coordination.
For more info: http://www.foodshare.net/upcomingjobs-CommCoord.htm
ABOUT CSEW (CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATION & WORK):
I believe in the afterlife.
Centre for the Study of Education and Work – Update 30th August 2010
Posted in Academic Stuff, Activism, Books, Centre for Education and Work, Education, Education Privatisation, Feminism, Film, Industrial Action, Music, News and Politics, Politics, Privatisation, Radical Economics
Tagged Alex Himelfarb, Amparo Castello-Climen, Book Launch, Bryan Palmer, Centre for the Study of Education and Work, Class Struggle, Community Education, Continuing Education, Critical Education, Deb Ellis, Denis Mueller, Economics, Education, Education Privatization, Employment, Feminism, Film, For-Profit Water in Chile, George Hewison, Growth, Howard Zinn, Human Rights, Ineqiality, Internships, Iraq, Jeremy Hinzman, Job Postings, Joe Pantalone, Jordy Cummings, Judy Rebick, Kaela Jubas, Labor Notes, Labour History, Lee Maracle, Mary Jo Leddy, Naomi Klein, Neoliberalism, OISE, Ontario, Ontario Health Coalition, Our Friendly Local Terrorist, Peter Sawchuk, Privatization, Privatization of Public Services, Radical education, Ratna Omidvar, Ravensong, Sarah Thomson, Skills, Toronto, University of Toronto, Work
SCREENING – HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN (WITH NAOMI KLEIN)
7 pm (Box office opens at 6:30)
The Bloor Cinema
506 Bloor Street West @ Bathurst
In co-operation with Continuing Education Students Association at Ryerson, the War Resisters Support Campaign is pleased to present:
Naomi Klein introducing
Howard Zinn: You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train
A documentary screening with film makers Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller and Iraq war resister Jeremy Hinzman, introduced by Naomi Klein
Admission: $10.00
For information or advance tickets, please contact us at resisters@sympatico.ca
War Resisters Support Campaign
http://www.letthemstay.ca/ or http://www.resisters.ca/
Media sponsor: rabble.ca
BOOK LAUNCH: OUR FRIENDLY LOCAL TERRORIST
100 Wellesley St. West
Between the Lines welcomes one and all to the launch of Our Friendly Local Terrorist by Mary Jo Leddy.
"A chilling story that shakes your faith in our vaunted Canadian immigration system. Secret hearings, spying, betrayal, no accountability are features we associate with desperate dictatorships elsewhere, not our own government here in Canada. It is no wonder Canada's stature in the human rights world has sunk to its lowest level ever. This is a national disgrace." – Helga Stephenson, human rights activist
Contact name: Between the Lines info@btlbooks.com
(Also Sep. 8, 5:00-7:00 pm, Romero House, 1558 Bloor St. West, Toronto)
WOMEN MATTER: MAYORAL CANDIDATES MEETING
Equal Voice, Toronto Women's City Alliance and YWCA Toronto will host a mayoral
Debate on the issues that matter to Toronto women.
6pm to 8:30pm
YWCA Toronto
80 Woodlawn Ave. East, Toronto
(North of Summerhill Subway)
Mayoral Candidates:
* Rob Ford
* Joe Pantalone
* Rocco Rossi
* George Smitherman
* Sarah Thomson
Moderator to be confirmed
Child-minding is available. Please call 647-235-8575 to register for child-minding.
Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.
DR. CHUN RESOURCE LIBRARY PRESENTS…LEE MARACLE AND HER BOOK RAVENSONG!
The Dr. Chun Resource Library
The Centre for Women and Trans People at U of T
563 Spadina Ave., Room 100 (North Borden Building)
Wheelchair accessible through Bancroft Ave.
Hosted by OPIRG & The Centre for Women and Trans People at UofT
FREE event! Yummy refreshments will be provided!
Ravensong is a passionate novel about a young woman's search for answers to difficult questions by one of our foremost First Nations writers. Stacey must balance her family's traditional ways against white society's intrusive values. It is set in the 1950's Pacific Northwest.
Lee Maracle is of Salish and Cree ancestry and a member of the Stó:lō Nation. Besides being a professor at the University of Toronto, she has also been the Stanley Knowles Visiting Professor in Canadian Studies at the University of Waterloo. Maracle has been the Traditional Cultural Director of The Centre for Indigenous Theatre and has worked as an instructor of dramatic composition and theatrical representation. Maracle's works reflect her antipathy toward racism, sexism, and white cultural domination.
The Dr. Chun Resource Library is a joint project of the Centre for Women and Trans People at U of T, and OPIRG-Toronto.
MAYORAL CANDIDATES' DEBATE: "INCLUSION: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION FOR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN TORONTO"
Yorkwoods Library Theatre
1785 Finch Avenue West, Toronto
Sponsored by the Latin American Community Roundtable, a coalition of 16 organizations working with the Latin American community in Toronto.
To find out more about the October Mayoral Debate, please contact Adriana Salazar of the Mennonite New Life Centre at (416) 699-4527 ext. 229 or asalazar@mnlct.org.
G8/20 LEGAL DEFENCE POTLUCK FUNDRAISER
36 Sunnylea Drive
Guest speakers:
* Judy Rebick – Rabble.ca
* Bryan Palmer – Labour Historian
Music by George Hewison
An Injury to One is an Injury to All
Further info: (905) 934-6233 or (905) 984-1763 email: ballen@cogeco.ca
BOOK LAUNCH: POWER IN COALITION
Tuesday 7 September
Paupers Pub, second floor lounge
corner of Bloor and Lippincott Sts. (near Bathurst)
Sponsored by Ontario Health Coalition
Coalitions can be important tools for social change and union revitalization. What makes them successful? What causes them to fail? Union and community organizer Amanda Tattersall examines successful coalitions between unions and community organizations in three countries: the public education coalition in Sydney, Toronto's Ontario Health Coalition fighting to save universal health care, and Chicago's living wage campaign run by the Grassroots Collaborative. She explores when and how coalitions can be a powerful strategy for social change, organizational development and union renewal.
For more about the book or to buy the book visit www.powerincoalition.com
THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN VAUGHAN: THE SEARS LOCKOUT AND USW
by Jordy Cummings, The Bullet
In the last week of July 2010, workers of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 9537, who have been locked out of their workplace and on the picket-lines for nearly five months, found a big pile of shit sitting right smack-dab by their picket-line outside of a warehouse in Vaughan, just north of Toronto. One could not ask for a better symbol of retail-capital's attitude toward their workers.
VIRTUAL POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION: PRIVATIZATION AND PROFIT
Growing evidence from the U.S. indicates the for-profit virtual university is no solution and Canadian universities, faculty and potential students should be more aware of the potential pitfalls of privatized post-secondary education.
Read more: http://cupe.ca/post-secondary/virtual-post-secondary-education
25 YEARS ON, STILL P-9 PROUD
by Peter Rachleff, Labor Notes
On the heels of a commemoration marking the 25th anniversary of the landmark strike at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota, historian and strike supporter Peter Rachleff reflects on the battle waged by Food and Commercial Workers Local P-9 and its legion of backers across the country.)
>From the late summer of 1985 into the early spring of 1986, the small town of Austin, Minnesota, figured prominently in the national news. The dramatic themes and issues, twists and turns, of a labor conflict there captured the national imagination. This interest was not merely passive, as more than 30 support committees formed across the U.S. and aid for the strikers came from nineteen countries. This strike touched a raw, deep nerve.
Read more: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2010/08/25-years-still-p-9-proud
A PLACE FOR EQUITY POLICIES
by Ratna Omidvar, Toronto Star
Employment equity isn't about quotas. It's about providing opportunities for competent individuals.
It angers Canadians to think that someone could get a job just because of the colour of his or her skin.
And it should.
Read more: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/847352–a-place-for-equity-policies
ONTARIO TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN INVESTING IN PRIVATE, FOR-PROFIT WATER SERVICES IN CHILE
In Canada and around the world there is clear evidence that the privatization of water services has meant:
* Rate hikes and cut-offs to low income households
* Violation or elimination of environmental regulation
* Reduction in quality of services
* Lay-offs and poor labour standards
Public private partnerships (P3s) are often used to privatize water services. Water is a human right and a public resource. Privatization restricts access to water – a vital life resource – to those who can afford to pay for it.
This is why the Council of Canadians has launched a campaign calling on the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) to stop investing in private, for-profit water services in Chile.
Read more: http://www.canadians.org/water/issues/OTPP/index.html
WHY WE VOTE AGAINST OUR INTERESTS
by Alex Himelfarb, The Mark
Quite a bit of work has been undertaken recently on why people often vote against their own interests… this now growing body of thought seeks to explain why those who should most want change often vote for ideological parties that defend the status quo or more accurately, in English speaking democracies, parties that trust to the markets and tradition, even if neither has been very kind to many of us.
Read more: http://www.themarknews.com/articles/2153-why-we-vote-against-our-interests
EVERYDAY SCHOLARS: FRAMING INFORMAL LEARNING IN TERMS OF ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES AND SKILLS
Kaela Jubas
http://aeq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0741713610380444v1
THE LONG MARCH TOWARD NEOLIBERALISM: RACE AND HOUSING IN THE POSTWAR METROPOLIS
Andrew J. Diamond
Journal of Urban History published 25 August 2010, 10.1177/0096144210374465
http://juh.sagepub.com/cgi/rapidpdf/0096144210374465v1
ACTIVISM AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP IN UNION ORGANIZING: WHO ARE THE ACTIVISTS?
Gregor Gall Fiorito & Arthur D. Martinez
Journal of Labor Research, Volume 31 Number 3, 10.1007/s12122-010-9092-3
http://www.springerlink.com/content/0504030878778631/
INEQUALITY AND GROWTH IN ADVANCED ECONOMIES: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
Amparo Castelló-Climen
Journal of Economic Inequality, Volume 8, Number 3, 10.1007/s10888-010-9133-4
http://www.springerlink.com/content/l3r7h45070642712/
PART-TIME ADMINISTRATOR: THE DOMINION NEWSPAPER COOPERATIVE/MEDIA CO-OP, MONTREAL
The Dominion Newspaper Cooperative/Media Co-op is hiring a part-time administrator to communicate with the Co-op's membership. The individual will work closely with the Media Co-op team in Montreal and be responsible for communicating with members about subscriptions, distribution, donations and sustaining.
The position may expand to include bookkeeping and payroll in the near future, so experience in managing finances and working in Simply Accounting are an added bonus.
The individual will also have the opportunity to learn more about other aspects of the Dominion's day-to-day operations by working with the editorial collective in the Dominion's Montreal office.
The position is for 8 hours per week at a rate of $9.50 per hour with a start date in mid-September. If bookkeeping is introduced into the job description, hours will increase to 12 per week.
Please send your resume and cover letter to info@mediacoop.ca with the subject line DOMINION ADMIN JOB no later than September 7, 2010.
INTERNSHIPS: ONTARIO CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) is seeking applicants for two 26-week internships as part of the Ontario Co-operative Association's Co-operative Internship (CIEP) program. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or legally entitled to work in Canada, 30 years of age or younger, have a post-secondary diploma or degree and not be currently enrolled in studies related to a diploma/degree program. Deadline for applications is September 7, 2010.
The internship positions are:
* Communications and Web Specialist
* Government Affairs Research Associate
You can find links to these job postings at: http://www.coopscanada.coop/en/about_cca/EmploymentOpportunities
PROGRAM DIRECTOR: COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
The Program Director, Community Education Programs, will be responsible for the design and implementation of externally-funded, collaborative, community-based programs and projects. The focus of the work will be on creating access to education for non-traditional students, in particular those from groups underrepresented in the University. The Program Director will work with University faculty and staff, community associates, and colleagues in Continuing Studies to design, deliver, evaluate and identify funding for programs and projects related to outreach education.
For further information about the position and details of the application process please visit:
http://www.sfu.ca/human-resources/hr_services/advisory_services/employment_at_sfu/current_job_postings/index.html
PART-TIME COALITION CO-ORDINATOR: SOCIAL PLANNING TORONTO(CONTRACT POSITION TO JUNE 30, 2011)
Social Planning Toronto is a non-profit community organization committed to independent social planning at the local and city-wide levels. We work to improve the quality of life for all people in Toronto through community capacity building, community education and advocacy, policy research and analysis, and social reporting.
Social Planning Toronto is seeking an experienced and skilled part-time co-ordinator to support the organizing efforts and co-ordination of the Coalition for Change (approximately 50 hours a month for 10 months).
The Coalition for Change is a newly established coalition with a diverse grassroots membership of organizations focused on improving the rights and conditions facing temporary migrant workers. One of the key principles of the coalition is to support the leadership and participation of migrant workers themselves in participating in activities and campaigns to improve working conditions and immigration status in Canada.
Deadline for Applications is September 3rd at 5:00pm, 2010.
For more information visit: http://socialplanningtoronto.org/news/social-planning-toronto-job-posting-for-part-time-coalition-co-ordinator/
The Great Credit Crash
Posted in Books, Crisis, Economic History, Economics, Globalisation, Marxism, Marxist Theory, Neoliberalism, Radical Economics
Tagged American Empire, Anastasia Nesvetailova, Capitalist Crisis, Chalmers Johnson, Credit Crunch, Crisis, Economic Crisis, Finance capital, Financial Crisis, Herman Schwartz, James Livingstone, Leo Panitch, Martijn Konings, Michael Hudson, Misha Glenny, Money, Naomi Klein, Neoliberalism, Peter Gowan, Peter McLaren, Political Economy, Ronen Palan, Sam Gindin, Stanley Aronowitz, The Great Credit Crash, Walden Bello, William I. Robinson
NEW TITLE FROM VERSO:
Edited by MARTIJN KONINGS
With contributions from WALDEN BELLO, PETER GOWAN, STANLEY ARONOWITZ, LEO PANITCH
Most accounts of the current financial crisis tell a story of deregulation, out-of-control markets and irresponsible speculation. But few of those works have done more than regurgitate the newspaper coverage. In contrast, THE GREAT CREDIT CRASH digs deeper, drawing on some of the most prominent radical analysts of the modern market to foreground key questions that are still waiting to be answered.
This volume presents a more complete and convincing analysis of the recent economic disaster, which is revealed as a product of a social order built during the triumphalist years of neoliberal capitalism. The essays are collected across sections examining the origins and causes of the crisis, its global dimensions, and the political ramifications of the credit crash, with contributors assessing current events and political responses and critically examining official rhetoric and hegemonic narratives to point the way to an understanding of the crisis that goes beyond the subprime headlines.
Contributors to the volume include: Walden Bello, Peter Gowan, Stanley Aronowitz, Leo Panitch, Dick Bryan, Gary A. Dymski, Thomas Ferguson, Sam Gindin, Michael Hudson, Robert Johnson, James Livingston, Scott MacWilliam, Johnna Montgomerie, Anastasia Nesvetailova, Ronen Palan, Michael Rafferty, William I. Robinson, Herman Schwartz, Susanne Soederberg, Jeffrey Sommers, Henry Veltmeyer.
Praise for the contributors:
Walden Bello: "The world's leading no-nonsense revolutionary." – Naomi Klein
"The world's best guide to American exploitation of the globe's poor and defenceless." – Chalmers Johnson
Peter Gowan: "One of the most formidable intellects among young radicals from the 1960s New Left….[an] intellectual giant" – Misha Glenny, The Guardian
Stanley Aronowitz: "To say that Stanley Aronowitz is a national treasure is an understatement." – Peter McLaren, UCLA
MARTIJN KONINGS is a lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney . He is co-editor with Leo Panitch of American Empire and the Political Economy of Global Finance.
ISBN: 978 1 84467 431 2 / $26.95 / £19.95 / CAN$33.50 / Paperback / 416 pages
ISBN: 978 1 84467 433 6 / $100.00 / £60.00 / CAN$118.50 / Hardback / 416 Pages
For more information visit: http://www.versobooks.com/books/klm/k-titles/konings_martin_great_credit_crash.shtml
To buy the book in the UK : http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781844674312/The-Great-Credit-Crash
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Credit-Martijn-Konings-editor/dp/1844674312/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282731227&sr=8-4
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'A Companion to Marx's Capital' by David Harvey
Posted in Books, Marxism, Marxist Theory, Meetings
Tagged Book Launch, Capital, Capitalism, Capitalist Crisis, Capitalist Society, Crisis, David Harvey, David Harvey Book Launch, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Karl Marx, Marx, Marxian Theory, Marxism, Marxist Theory, Naomi Klein, Neoliberalism
You are invited to a book party to celebrate the publication of: A Companion to Marx's 'Capital' – by David Harvey
Tuesday March 2nd at 6.30pm
The Center for Place, Culture and Politics, Sociology Lounge (room 6112), CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Free event, open to all
"David Harvey provoked a revolution in his field and has inspired a generation of radical intellectuals. Read this book … "—Naomi Klein
RSVP clara@versobooks.com / 718-246-8160
David Harvey's new book, A Companion to Marx's Capital, has been published by Verso and is now available on Amazon and in your local bookstore.
"My aim is to get you to read a book by Karl Marx called Capital, Volume 1, and to read it on Marx's own terms…"
The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression has generated a surge of interest in Marx's work in the effort to understand the origins of our current predicament. For nearly forty years, David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world's most foremost Marx scholars.
Based on his recent online lectures, this current volume aims to bring this depth of learning to a broader audience, guiding first-time readers through a fascinating and deeply rewarding text. A Companion to Marx's Capital offers fresh, original and sometimes critical interpretations of a book that changed the course of history and, as Harvey intimates, may do so again.
"David Harvey provoked a revolution in his field and has inspired a generation of radical intellectuals. Read this book…" Naomi Klein
David Harvey teaches at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and is the author of many books, including Social Justice and the City, The Condition of Postmodernity, The Limits to Capital, A Brief History of Neoliberalism and Spaces of Global Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Uneven Geographical Development.
From: http://davidharvey.org/2010/02/new-book-a-companion-to-marxs-capital/
International Socialism Journal 124
October 8, 2009 – 10:22 pm
Tagged Adam Fabry, Andrew Kliman, Berlin Wall, Capitalist Crisis, Charlie Kimber, David Renton, Die Linke, Financial Crisis, Gareth Dale, Goldman Sachs, International Socialism, Iran, John Molyneux, Joseph Choonara, Lenin, Marxism, Naomi Klein, Neil Davidson, Oliver Nachtway, Peyman Jafari, Socialism, Zombie Capitalism
Capitalism in Crisis
The new issue of International Socialism journal (issue 124) is out now. This issue includes:
• Peyman Jafari on Rupture and revolt in Iran.
• Special collection on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, featuring Gareth Dale on the East German Revolution and Adam Fabry on the fate of Eastern Europe since 1989.
• Oliver Nachtwey on the rise of the German left party Die Linke.
• Interview with Michael Bradley and Charlie Kimber on the latest phase of class struggle in Britain.
• Andrew Kliman reviews Chris Harman's latest book, Zombie Capitalism.
• John Molyneux gives his views on democracy and Leninist organisation.
• Neil Davidson examines Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine.
• David Renton on the rise of the industrial tribunal system.
• Joseph Choonara on Goldman Sachs's estimates of profit rates.
• Plus: reviews, analysis and pick of the quarter.
To browse through the full content, go to http://www.isj.org.uk
To order copies, email isj@swp.org.uk or phone 020 7819 1177.
Individual copies are £5 plus p&p.
http://www.isj.org.uk


Dream about buying peaches is sadly a warning signal for heartbreaks and disappointments in love. You are numb from fear. You need to be more accepting of yourself and less judgmental of others. This dream is an evidence for the need to defend yourself and stand up for your beliefs, even if it means being confrontational or violent. You are forcing your own ideas and beliefs on others.
Buying peaches dream is a warning alert for characteristics in someone that you find within your own self. You may be experiencing some insecurity in your relations with the opposite gender. Something or someone is low. This is sadly a warning for a reciprocal relationship where you need to give and receive nourishment. There is something missing or lacking in your life.
You know that something is looming large on the horizon, that someone is about to come into your life in a big way. As yet you may not be sure just who it is, but if you look around carefully, the signs are all there. You may, however, be in for a surprise that you had not anticipated. That is just how strongly you actually do feel about this person.
Dream about buying strawberries symbolises a sense of failure or that you are not measuring up to others expectations. Some current issue that you are experiencing is not allowing you to move forward. You need to reevaluate your life and the decisions that you are making. It is a message for a need for you to change your routine. You are not focusing on the matter at hand.
Dream about buying raspberries is a metaphor for dirtiness, greediness, stubbornness or selfishness. You are becoming too arrogant for your own good. You are not spending enough time with a person in your life. This dream signals disturbing feelings and past emotions in your subconscious mind. Your efforts are being wasted in a fruitless endeavor.


Kurt Schlichter asks how much blood congressthing Eric Swalwall and company would be willing to shed to (try and) capture all our firearms. OUR blood, of course. Or the blood of their paid agents. Sure's heck the left-elite aren't okay with putting their own precious bodily fluids at risk.
I think — and hope — we're beginning to see a groundswell of resistance to the kind of busybodies who alert cops when a child is happily walking alone.
An antidote for political outrage.
American Partisan: Honey as medicine.
Security maven Brian Krebs says it's time to realize virtually all our personal data is already in malign hands and take new steps to prevent the creepazoids from using it.
The common advice to "just move somewhere else" when your state infringes your gun rights is facile. Moving is not always practical and sometimes a downright wrong thing to do.
A universal translator to tell us humans what our dogs are trying to say? Not just yet, I'm thinkin'.
Sure's heck the left-elite aren't okay with putting their own precious bodily fluids at risk.
1. I get half a dozen students/year with guns gifted to them. Usually six would have chosen a different model.
2. Couple years back I got a call from a wife wanting to gift her husband a CHL class. I swapped a certificate she could wrap for the fee. After his birthday she called up and told me how much he appreciated the thought, but there was something in his background he had neglected to tell her about. Not wanting to be in the middle of that conversation, I immediately issued a refund.
On the moving to another state link, IMHO the most important three things about location are local, local and local (in that order) therefore you can live in a state that has good gun laws but a county or city in that state that does not or you could live in a state that has bad gun laws but in a county or city that are pretty much 2nd amendment sanctuaries.
Of course a city, county and state that all don't infringe on gun rights may be the perfect location but then again you still could have an a**h*** for a neighbor there (that's the third one of those most important things).
So again IMHO just do the best you can, accept that everything ain't perfect, try to make it better and be happy in the small amount of time you get to even inhabit whatever place you call home is maybe the best point of view.
Although quite a few states, like Texas, have preemption laws that keep whatever gun control and knife restriction there is at the Legislature level.
LA very true and in blue WA we have a preemption law something the anti 2nd want to do away with (so they can get even worst laws in the anti 2nd strongholds) however with the passage of 1639 some cities and counties are saying they can not or will not enforce 1639, that does not mean the state police will not just the county sheriffs or city police chief's who are located in those counties or cities will not. Good places to live in IMHO.
What is all this nonsense about using the noun "gift" as a verb (in the ATF story)? I think that started with the IRS. Tax people talk about "gifting" someone. "Giving" is the verb form. Once you learns to talk good English, can't nobody change it.
The first patent for a refrigerator was for a Dr. Barre of Appalachicola in 1851. Ammonia cycle. The compressor operated by wind or steam. Dunno about patents, but I'd bet that when electric motors came into use, they were applied.
Workable DC motors from 1886; AC from 1888.
Surprised that Marie Curie was not on the list.
"Giving" is the verb form.
Born in 1934. Finally graduated from Gatorland in 1962. I'd never seen "gifted" used as a verb. It typically was applied to a talent, such as a "gifted musician". This usage as a verb seems to have appeared in the 1990s, as best I recall. And it offends my sense of proper language.
Kids of all ages are free range in Switzerland. Rather refreshing to see.


It was a whirlwind of a day...from babysitting, teaching piano, errands,and unpacking. I found time in there to put together this glass bottle of sand as a keepsake from our trip. We bought the glass bottle in St. Augustine, the sand came from the beach, and the shells too. I baked the sand and shells last night to kill anything in it and cleaned out the bottle. And, put it together this afternoon. I think it's so cute!


Looks like it would also make a good skinning knife for small game, if you have any hunting friends.
I might be a tad mad but to me there is a beauty and balance within that knife.
For me it is a strange gift from a friend... a blade is not quite a thing for when it comes to giving gift. Anyway, it's the thought that counts right (lol). Seriously that blade came out so well with that handle. Use it well buddy.
Utility knives are beautiful, razor-sharp, and built to last a lifetime and easily use.


Take Your Dog To Work Day was created in 1999 by Pet Sitters International. This fun organization hopes that having a special day like this will remind people to include their dogs in all parts of their lives, not just their home and backyard. It is also a goal to show fellow employees that dog ownership is a beautiful thing and to encourage non-dog lovers to think about adopting a dog that needs a home.
Can you imagine how excited a dog would be to jump in the car and stay right beside their person all day long? They would love it! Even sleeping under a desk would be more fun than waiting alone at home all day. They would get to meet all the people their person works with every day and the fellow workers could see how great it is to have a pet.
I know what you are thinking. You do not have a job and you are wishing there was a Take Your Dog To School Day, right? I agree! Can you picture a bunch of happy doggies playing on the playground with other dogs and their kids? I bet it would be pretty hard to concentrate on spelling and arithmetic with your puppy in your lap though. The poor teacher would be chasing dogs all day!
But it would be a fun day!
You also might be wondering if there is a special day for taking your cat to work. There is, but it has not caught on as well as Take Your Dog To Work Day. Cats are a little more set in their ways and do not really like to travel in a car as much as dogs do. But June is the Official National Adopt A Cat Month and that is a VERY big deal!
Based in Phoenix AZ., animal lover Kelly Preston is an award winning author of Real Dogs Don't Whisper, a book in which she talks about her experiences and adventures with her special needs dogs and the life lessons they have taught – how she has learned and grown from them and they have learned and grown from her. Preston also produces Mr.MaGoo's Corner, a free monthly dog-focused newsletter that features a reader of the month, birthday announcements, green pet tips, organic dog recipes and more.


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Discussion in 'Online Casinos' started by wanda5, Aug 20, 2003.
Well I have played Jet Set so many times & never had any luck so I stopped playing that game. BUT when I saw your posts here, I thought to myself "he had to have won big to call himself 'JetSet'" and so with that in mind I thought I would give it another try. The other day Golden Tiger gave me $20 (as part of thier week end promo, they give you $20 on monday if your deposits total $200 or over the weekend) Well on Monday, I was bored and remembered that I had that $20 & thought "why not I could have fun playing quarter bets until it was time to make dinner". I saw Jet Set, thought about it and and then thought of your screen name and "what the heck" I went in and played quarter bets. I got all three ships and won $200!!!! So THANKS!
My screen shot keeps getting an error message when I tried to post it so I cant show you at the moment. Anyway, my question to you is...did you win a big daddy on Jet Set?
I also went to high five and played quarters & got the high five symbol & 2 7's...$62.50.
Man it sure is nice to have wins like that on not only QUARTERS...but free money!!!
If it were not for you I never would have gone into that game. My $200 turned into a $1500 cash out and that of course made you my new buddy! Funny how that all came about.


Things keep getting worse in Montreal, as Randy Cunneyworth is now 0-3 as the interim Canadiens coach. The Chicago Blackhawks pounded his team 5-1 tonight, which surely won't translate well considering the furor regarding his hiring and first two losses.
Andrei Kostitsyn started the scoring in the second period, but that started a run of five unanswered goals for the Blackhawks. Perhaps most embarrassingly, Chicago had just as many goals (three) as the Habs had shots in the final frame.
The linguistic and cultural backlash is dominating much of the discussion right now, but things will only get uglier if Cunneyworth goes longer without a win. The humorous part is that much of the blame should fall at the feet of their French-speaking GM with a very French-sounding name, Pierre Gauthier.


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"Is this bed death? Is this the end of it? Do I want him? Does he want me?" - by Cara Sprunk
In a new interview with The Guardian, Pink is opening up about the ups and downs of her marriage to Carey Hart and the struggles of monogamy in general.
"There are moments where I look at [Carey] and he is the most thoughtful, logical, constant…he's like a rock. He's a good man. He's a good dad. He's just the kind of dad I thought he'd be and then some," Pink said, adding that she doesn't always feel that way about him.
"And then I'll look at him and go: I've never liked you. There's nothing I like about you. We have nothing in common. I don't like any of the sh*t you like. I don't ever wanna see you again," she explained, then saying that two weeks later things will be all good again.
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Pink and Carey, a former motocross racer, met in 2001, and married in 2006. They separated between 2008 and 2010, and a year and a half after they reconciled, they welcomed their first child, a daughter, Willow. Pink gave birth to their second child, Jameson, in 2016.
Pink then went on to admit that she had Carey have experienced their share of dry spells over the past 16 years together.
"Then you'll go through times when you haven't had sex in a year. Is this bed death? Is this the end of it? Do I want him? Does he want me?" she explained. "Monogamy is work! But you do the work and it's good again."
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Fortunately, things appear to be good right now, as Carey recently posted a photo on Instagram gushing about his wife. "Congrats to my bad ass wife @pink !!!!! She can do it all," he wrote. "Bad ass biker woman, amazing mother, best friend, and platinum selling artists! Congrats on the amazing album release today, and I can't wait to see you kick ass on Saturday Night Live tomorrow! Love you baby."
This article originally appeared on Women's Health

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