May 2010
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Το Ισραηλ επιτεθηκε στο στολο πλοιαριων που κατευθυνονταν στη Γαζα μεταφεροντας ανθρωπιστικη βοηθεια. Το Al Jazeera γραφει για 2 νεκρους απο τα γουρουνια του Ισραηλινου στρατου, το Gaza Freedom March γραφει για 3, το freegaza γραφει για 10. Οι ενστολοι ενοπλοι που σκοτωνουν αοπλους πολιτες που μεταφερουν ανθρωπιστικη βοηθεια λεγονται εγκληματιες πολεμου. Ηρθε ο καιρος να…
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On Thursday, I was discussing the banning of QuAIA from Toronto Pride with a good friend, who is much more of a political moderate that I am. He was arguing that it doesn’t really make sense to inject arbitrary political causes into Pride, because Pride is about one particular issue, i.e., LGBT empowerment and rights.…
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Well she’s up against the register with an apron and a spatula, Yesterday’s deliveries, tickets for the bachelors She’s a moving violation from her conk down to her shoes, Well, it’s just an invitation to the blues And you feel just like Cagney, she looks like Rita Hayworth At the counter of the Schwab’s drugstore…
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Based on what has been released by the People’s Summit and the Toronto Community Mobilization Network, I compiled a google Calendar containing as much information as I could find about the scheduled events during the upcoming G8/G20 summits. Here are the links: HTML, ICAL, XML.
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While in Toronto the issues surrounding this year’s Pride are about censorship of political positions, bringing it back to its roots and so on, in Athens things are much different. The Athens Pride is a relatively young event. It has been held annually since 2005, slowly gathering momentum. It is therefore still free from the institutionalization that…
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Ever since the start of the Greek debt crisis, I’ve gotten into the habit of flipping the pages of the Globe&Mail’s Report on Business section. This piece: “Loblaw seeks flexibility, locks horns with union on work rules” was at the front page of yesterday’s page. Go read it, it’s a nice description of an episode…
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Επιασα να διαβαζω το “Αμαρτημα της Μητρος μου“, του Βιζυηνου. Φτανοντας στο παρακατω, επαθα την πλακα μου: Ἐκοιτόμην εἰς τὸ στρῶμα μὲ καμμυομένους ὀφθαλμοὺς, ἀλλ’ ἔτεινον τὰ ὦτα προσεκτικὰ πρὸς πᾶσαν κίνησιν τῆς μητρὸς μου, ἡ ὁποία, ὅπως πάντοτε, ἠγρύπνει παρὰ τὸ προσκεφάλαιον τῆς ἀσθενοῦς. Θὰ ἦτον ἴσως μεσάνυκτα ὅταν ἤρχησε νὰ πηγαινοέρχηται εἰς τὸ…
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