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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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I was perusing the LF Press this morning, and read an article about On the Move Organics local delivery service by bicycle! Plus it's on page A2 (the second page of the paper)! I was really happy to see the LF Press giving generous coverage to a small startup business based in Old East. 

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From seizures of cameras and buses, to police raids of organizing groups, the appearance of the National Guard, to weird explosions, to two Democracy Now! producers being arrested, and now Amy Goodman arrested as well, chaos is breaking out in Minneapolis. Civil rights violations abound.

For coverage of the events check out theuptake.org (youtube version), democracynow.org, therealnews.com, and veracifier.com.

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This entry has been cross-posted over at WASHED.ca so that it may reach the widest audience.

Today upon arriving home I received an email from a journalist
working for the French CBC Radio (based in Toronto) informing me that
they are looking to do a long feature story on the drive-through debate
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I thought you Video Collective folks might be interested in this:

While I was stopped in Guelph today, I found out about a not-for-profit artist-run centre called Ed Video. It aims to support media artists and independent productions in Southwest Ontario. They maintain an extensive equipment pool with video cameras, lighting equipment, audio eqiupment, editing software, etc. and editing suits. They also provide workshops on all sorts of subjects such as production, post-production, shooting, equipment orientations, writing, editing and more. and finally, they also offer funding assistance.

Check them out at http://www.edvideo.org/edvideo/home/home/

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Mike.
"Debout les damnés de l'Université."
-=There is no Cabal, Long live the Cabal=-
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