published by ACT for the Earth http://www.activistmagazine.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:31:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.activistmagazine.com/images/M_images/activist.jpg http://www.activistmagazine.com published by ACT for the Earth http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1179&Itemid=143 In 2005 General Rick Hillier, then chief of the Canadian defence staff (http://www.cds-cemd.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp), was quoted as saying that Canadian forces would be ruthless in pursuing terrorists in Afghanistan. “These are detestable murderers and scumbags, I’ll tell you that right up... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1177&Itemid=143 Ryerson University’s contentious funding agreement with Toronto-based Nuclear Waste Management Organization (http://www.nwmo.ca/) should be reviewed by the public at large, said the Canadian Association of University Teachers. http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1173&Itemid=143 The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (http://ccla.org/2010/06/29/g20-incident-reports/) (CCLA) continues to receive calls from across Toronto regarding incidents that happened during the G20. If you witnessed an event that you are concerned about, or feel your rights have been violated, the... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1170&Itemid=143 The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (http://ccla.org/) (CCLA) released its preliminary report on the G20 Summit policing and security today, entitled “A Breach of the Peace (http://ccla.org/2010/06/29/ccla-releases-a-preliminary-report-of-observations-during-the-g20-summit/)”. The report (http://ccla.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/CCLA-G-20-INTERIM-REPORT-A-Breach-of-the-Peace-June-29-2010.pdf) (and an appendix (http://ccla.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Appendices-to-CCLA-Report.pdf) which includes CCLA’s correspondence with public officials... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1169&Itemid=143 On Sunday I was arrested with a group of protesters at Toronto’s Queen and Spadina intersection. We hadn’t gathered at there– we had begun at city hall. Police had blockaded the intersections so that there was nowhere else for us... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1168&Itemid=143 A journalist on assignment for The Guardian newspaper (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jun/25/g20-g8) was arrested and beaten by police officers at the site of a peaceful demonstration on The Esplanade near the G20 security fence in downtown Toronto at approximately 11:00 p.m. 26 June... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1167&Itemid=143 In a recent article for The Toronto Star, Olivia Ward asked:How will democracy fare in the G20 world order? (http://www.thestar.com/news/world/g8/article/825912--how-will-democracy-fare-in-the-g20-world-order)It won't.Reminding us once again of the emergence of a New World Order at the G20 last year, former... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1166&Itemid=143 The Canadian government's decision to host the G20 (http://g20.gc.ca/about-the-g20/) meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors , continues to generate controversy. Rather than discuss the G20 meeting agenda and a mandate to bring stability to financial markets... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1165&Itemid=143 SASKATOON, Sask.—In countries around the world, including Canada, corporations, investors, and foreign interests are buying up farmland. The National Farmers Union (NFU) today released the first report (http://nfu.ca/press_releases/2010/06-07-losing_grip.pdf) of its kind documenting Canadian developments in a global land grab. http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1164&Itemid=143 MediaCoop.ca (http://mediacoop.ca/story/3563)—Over a hundred people gathered on the evening of Wednesday, 2 June 2010, outside Landsdowne Stadium on Bank Street in Ottawa to protest CANSEC (https://www.defenceandsecurity.ca/index.php?action=events.details&evtID=169), the country's largest arms trade show. http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1163&Itemid=143 Nature.com (http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100607/full/news.2010.284.html)—Medical personnel on the payroll of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) participated in experimentation and research on detainees during interrogations following the US terror attacks of 11 September 2001 according to an independent report released today. The actions documented... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1162&Itemid=143 Two Montreal activists, Freda Guttman (http://rabble.ca/news/2010/06/two-activists-speak-out-about-g8g20-csis-intimidation-freda-guttmans-story) and Stefan Christoff (http://rabble.ca/news/2010/06/two-activists-speak-out-about-g8g20-csis-intimidation-stefan-christoffs-story), say they and their friends have been targetted by CSIS in the run up to the Huntsville G8 and Toronto G20 summits. Both write exclusively for rabble.ca (http://rabble.ca/news/2010/06/two-activists-speak-out-about-g8g20-csis-intimidation-stefan-christoffs-story) on what... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1161&Itemid=143 Today farmer and environmental groups from across Canada stated their support for tomorrow’s farmer march in Haiti, organized to protest a donation of 475 tons of hybrid corn and vegetable seeds from the U.S.-based multinational biotechnology corporation Monsanto. The... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1160&Itemid=143 The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity, and on May 22, the world marked the adoption of the International Convention on Biodiversity in 1992 by celebrating International Biodiversity Day.This recognition of biodiversity's importance to the planet... http://www.activistmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1159&Itemid=143