Mike McGregor's blog

After the Afghan Detainee Abuse Scandal story broke late last year, I felt compelled to send my MP a brief email urging him to stand up in parliament and demand a full public inquiry into the allegations that the Canadian Forces and the current government had knowledge of the torture of detainees at the hands of our Afghan allies and continued to hand over prisoners anyway:

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Of the many harms that are associated with illicit drug use, one has been overshadowing the rest in its deadly impact on London's drug-using community. Over the past several months, London has seen a rash of opiate related overdose deaths.  Although most of these fatalities go unnoticed by the wider community, for those of us working in shelters, social service agencies and on the streets with people who use drugs, and indeed for those who themselves use drugs, it seems that not a week goes by without  the sad news of yet another death of someone we know.  read more »

http://streetwithaview.com/

I stumbled upon this project by following a link from a story on CBC about a Saskatoon man who used Google Street View to promote his band.

From the Street With a View Site:

Street With A View introduces fiction, both subtle and spectacular, into the doppelganger world of Google Street View.

On May 3rd 2008, artists Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley
invited the Google Inc. Street View team and residents of Pittsburgh’s
Northside to collaborate on a series of tableaux along Sampsonia Way.
Neighbors, and other participants from around the city, staged scenes
ranging from a parade and a marathon, to a garage band practice, a
seventeenth century sword fight, a heroic rescue and much more...   read more »

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I love the onion...

• Economist warn anti-Bush merchandise market is close to collapse.

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Mike.
"Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for himself, Michael C. McGregor overcame these handicaps to sell at the hight of the 'Anti-Bush bubble'."
-=There is no Cabal, Long live the Cabal=-
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If you've been involved with activism in London, You've probably met Steve D'Arcy or at least know who he is.

Any way, I recently had a response to a response to one of his articles pop up on my facebook feed. I found the response interesting enough to warrant a quick google search for Steve's article entitled The Politics of Self-Emancipation and I liked what I read.  read more »

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Godwin's Law, I know. But I thought this was kind of funny.  read more »

That Critical Mass thread got me thinking... Know what this town hasn't seen in a while? A good ol'fashioned Anti-Oppression workshop. Ya know? The kind that examines how common these issues can be in progressive communities? teaches us tools to be introspective, honestly self-critical and helps us realise what we need to address in ourselves? The kind that teaches us to recognise oppressive behaviours from our friends and allies and how to constructively address them? That would be neat.

In the mean time, here's a few links that seemed relevant to me:

• Tools for White Guys who are Working for Social Change
  
• Stick it to Manarchy
• Are you a Manarchist? Questionnaire

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Here's something on the net to play with if your bored: Make your own beat with Biz Markie's Beat of the Day.

Hours of fun.

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Mike.
Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for himself, Michael C. McGregor overcame these handicaps to become the guy to ask."
-=There is no Cabal, Long live the Cabal=-
My Photos