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Quebec Student Strike enters week 13: ILPS statement in support

MG — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:44:26 +0000

Student Strike Week 13: Quebec students are rejecting government’s inadequate offer despite fact it was presented under threat of 200,000+ students losing academic year. Students are getting an education in politics, struggle and the anti-people nature of the capitalist system that will last them a lifetime! At this time, wanted to share this recent statement [...]

My experience at Argentina Women’s Encuentro in Patagonia

MG — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:22:17 +0000

Marie Boti (green scarf) with friends holding International Women's Alliance banner.

15,000 Grassroots Women Gather at the End of the World

by Marie Boti

Bariloche, Patagonia, October 2011. Open desert, tufts of prairie grass, flat landscape—it looks like the Alberta badlands. But we are at the fin del mundo, the “end of the world” [...]

Our Beloved North Korea by Imawano Kiyoshiro

MG — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:13:45 +0000

The two accompanying videos feature a song by Japanese musician Imawano Kiyoshiro (あこがれの北朝鮮 – “North Korea’s aspirations”) and are a welcome antidote to the recent “Americano-Eurocentric” and anti-Communist diatribes launched against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea following the death of Kim Jong Il.

“あこがれの北朝鮮” was released in 1995. In 2003, the song was censored [...]

The Making of a Global Disposable Workforce

MG — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:59:41 +0000

and the rise of Canada’s “Rent-a-worker” program

by Malcolm Guy and Marie Boti

A sea change is underway in Canada as the country shifts away from traditional immigration towards a “rent a worker” policy all too prevalent around the globe. And it is taking place without public debate or official announcements.

November 2010, Puerto Vallarta, [...]

Of Medicine and Dialectics

MG — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:39:31 +0000

a review article by William Ging Wee Dere*

DR. DAYA VARMA’S book, The Art and Science of Healing Since Antiquity, is fascinating, rich, and full of insights into the history, science, political economy, cultural and social aspects of medicine. It is a people’s history of medicine and a refreshingly non-Eurocentric view of medical science. It [...]

Untangling OFWs, Happiness, and Coke . [Or Why a Coca-Cola Advert is Short Circuiting My Brain]

MG — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:25:25 +0000

This excellent article was written by Toronto-based BAYAN-Canada spokesperson, radio host and photographer, Alex Felipe.

*this note is written as a response to a Coke viral ad titled “Coca-Cola Where Will Happiness Strike Next: The OFW Project.” Unfortunately the video cannot be attached on to this note, so I am adding screenshots for images, to [...]

Philippine Study and Research (PSR) for Solidarity Action on Friday, Nov 11

MG — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:02:21 +0000

Le Centre d’appui aux Philippines (CAP/CPC) est heureux d’annoncer la première d’une une série régulière de conférences/discussions à Montréal en vue de nous informer et nous rappeler des questions contemporaines et de l’histoire des Philippines qui influencent nos luttes et notre travail de solidarité.

Nous invitons tous les membres du CAP/CPC et des organisations affiliées [...]

Celebrate Peoples’ Resistance: International Festival of People’s Rights and Struggles in Montréal

MG — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:12:54 +0000

____ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011 3 pm to 7 pm Côte-des-neiges Community Centre 6767 Côte-des-neiges, Room 687 (Metro Côte-des-Neiges) Montréal, QC

Join us for an afternoon of cultural events, ceremonies, information-sharing, celebration and food.

1. Report-back by Montreal and Ottawa delegates to the International Conferences held July 2011 in the Philippines: IMA, IWA, [...]

New film from Philippines, Deadline – the reign of impunity, at Montreal Film Festival, Aug 25-28

MG — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:32:33 +0000

A new film from the Philippines by director Joel Lamangan and scriptwriter Boni Ilagan along with actor Alan Dizon will be presented at the Montreal International Film Festival this August 25-28, 2011. This is the same talented team who touched all of us with the political thriller Dukot when it was presented across Canada last [...]

Philippines: Conversing with Marie Boti & Malcolm Guy

MB — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:55:09 +0000

We were featured in an exchange with alternative media practitioners and artists at the School of Mass Communications of the University of the Philippines June 30. The event was organized by Kenneth Guda and the PinoyMedia Centre, and gave us the opportunity to catch up with old friends and meet lots of new ones. A [...]