Update DEC 6 2011: Mit Richard Carr habe ich auf’m St-Laurent in Montréal Cappuccinos geschlürft – am Samstag werde ich einen Titel von seiner neuen Scheibe spielen! Hier ist ein Artikel mit Hinweis auf eine Blues-Radio-Sendung, der den Montréaler Blues-Musiker auch erwähnt. Bis denne!
2nite on “The National“, income gap in Canada interestingly illustrated, nice choice of voices, but super funny from 9.06 on – they call’em Mr. and Mrs Marcozy – ahahahaha! and that’s not all: very informative overview on reserve life-style all over C (why that would fair behind a Euro-story, even if somewhat epic, 4 a Canadian broadcaster, kinda concerns me a bit) with the corniest Mansbridge in a long time in the end – nothing like the CBC, aeh?
A-and:
Keppler 22b, here I come. I did it once, I can do it again. Love this article: “Personally, I am faintly tired of people just like us. I would dearly love to communicate and commune with entities that have 10 limbs, 15 methods of sound and vision, and no such thing as hockey. ”
Not 2 mention sum more delicate body parts, me thinx, can’t help watching my thoughts go 4 a space walk …
In the meantime, on a planet of weirdos in your home galaxy, instead of assuming responsibility 4 a decade of bureaucratic delays and broken promises failing Canada’s most vulnerable inhabitants, Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan put the Attawapiskat reserve under third party management in form of a banker, who was kicked off reserve promptly upon his arrival this morning.
Ich dachte, dieses alles könnte Euch informieren und diesen sonst zu Trostlosigkeit neigenden Dezember Dienstag etwas aufheitern.
Samstag sind wir wieder auf Sendung. 11 AM EST/17h MEZ EINSCHALTEN!
ON THIRD-PARTY MANAGEMENT:
Duncan: “Last week, I announced plans to put in place a third-party manager to address the urgent needs of the community and to ensure the funding provided to this community is being spent effectively. Today, the chosen third party manager, Jacques Marion from BDO Canada LLP, is on the ground with [Aboriginal Affairs] officials. It is important to remember that the community’s Chief and Council will continue to be in place.”
Spence: “This rationale has been used by the Department to silence us…. It is incredible that the Harper Government’s decision is that instead of offering aid and assistance to Canada’s First Peoples, their solution is to blame the victim, and that the community is guilty, and deserving of their fate.”
Update 10 JAN 2012: And it’s not that they haven’t tried 2 get the government’s attention:
Update DEC 5h 2011: The “ominous” bill C10 just passed the first vote in Canada’s House of Commons.
Anti Crime Bill (C10) protesters in front of Canada's Supreme Court with the West Wing of Parliament in the back in Ottawa SAT 26NOV2011
I heard the demonstrators were 2 meet at Confederation Park @ NOON and then march to Parliament 2 protest the Omnibus Crime Bill C-10. Info here. I caught up on the hill and started taping when some of the protesters stopped on the Western leading 2 lanes of Wellington @ Kent Street. My estimate: there must have been around a 1000 people protesting Saturday, 26th of November 2011. Traffic was passing @ all times, even with some sitting down on that Northern half of the street. Although traffic had 2 slow down 2 pass the protesters, there was a rather supportive reaction from most of the drivers, some of which were sounding their horns and waving their hands. Please press play 2 see 4 yourself.
A number of interesting speakers on the steps of Canada’s highest court of appeal are next, the speeches are all complete, my edits aim 2 make my crappy recordings a little more bearable in a number of ways. In the order of their appearance:
Lokale HeldInnen an Board eines Ottawa City Bus, sie singen eine nur leicht abgeänderte Version von Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” um ihre Unterstützung für den singenden OC Transpo Busfahrer premieren zu lassen. Dem Busfahrer war befohlen worden, während des Fahrens nicht mehr zu singen.
“So you think you can raise rates and cut back on rides. . . ” – I love it!
General Assembly? A tedious, all engulfing, wonderfully connected experience, where r all voices present r heard, until consent is reached, bettering ideas and shaping the planned application while coming up with the solution that all can live with. Una Spenser describes the form of democracy that makes people happy in Daily Kos. What a great article, what great accuracy with the words – thank u, and right on!
personally, I think, 1 could be drawn 2 the sentiment that especially 3b just happened 2 the American people, inflicted by, ouhm, yeah, the military government, and who knows, what kinda foreign interest may lay on it all (3a) – I figure the people in Zuccotti Park are protesting that exact process. The only feature qualifying 4 “occupation” is that it is temporary – until they get what they want.
All power emerges from the people. The people first, speculations later. I don’t think I really qualify as a socialist but 2 me, trading stuff was always a driving force behind economic success of a place – the scientist in me is just embarrassed facing the utter ignorance bout vital processes of our live systems. This is possible coz they r not factored in2 our current budgeting… Wall Street is ours, always has been, coz no resources change place without a worker being involved in that except maybe 4 earthquakes or the very ancient Egyptians and their guests. If there occur problems 4 residents (which should be scientifically monitored by a well qualified, well paid team of independent researchers), then this should translate in2 the exploration/production company having 2 pay 4 restoration and compensation, limiting the long term profits of such enterprise and making it attractive 2 the market 2 take on sustainability as a part of the profit margin. That’s gonna create drive, real drive, free drive and equal drive, with the benefit of more social justice, with all players having the same conditions and goals, that of making the best and environmentally friendliest product being the number 1 common goal. Employees should get a high return on that manual labour, and income of physical labour or performance of a service cannot be taxed. Income from investments can be taxed. If the IRS could respect that, jobs could be coming up like mushrooms in October …
Anyway, just some thoughts 4 which words should be like glass bowls making a good soup look better and a spoiled dish shame the chef b4 it hits the stomach – here is the email:
The World vs Wall Street
FROM: Emma Ruby-Sachs – Avaaz.org
TO: Maren Molthan – abroadcom.net
Message flagged Saturday, October 8, 2011 6:24:43 PM
Dear friends,
Thousands of Americans have taken over Wall Street — joining a global movement from Madrid to Jerusalem to take back democracy from corrupt interests. If millions of us stand with them, we’ll boost their spirits and show the media and leaders that this is no fringe movement. Click below to sign the petition – every signature will be counted on a giant live counter in the middle of the Wall St. occupation:
Thousands of Americans have non-violently occupied Wall St — an epicentre of global financial power and corruption. They are the latest ray of light in a new movement for social justice that is spreading like wildfire from Madrid to Jerusalem to 146 other cities and counting, but they need our help to succeed.
As working families pay the bill for a financial crisis caused by corrupt elites, the protesters are calling for real democracy, social justice and anti-corruption. But they are under severe pressure from authorities, and some media are dismissing them as fringe groups. If millions of us from across the world stand with them, we’ll boost their resolve and show the media and leaders that the protests are part of a massive mainstream movement for change.
This year could be our century’s 1968, but to succeed it must be a movement of all citizens, from every walk of life. Click to join the call for real democracy — a giant live counter of every one of us who signs the petition will be erected in the centre of the occupation in New York, and live webcasted on the petition page:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/the_world_vs_wall_st/?vl
The worldwide wave of protest is the latest chapter in this year’s story of global people power. In Egypt, people took over Tahrir Square and toppled their dictator. In India, one man’s fast brought millions onto the streets and the government to its knees — winning real action to end corruption. For months, Greek citizens relentlessly protested unfair cuts to public spending. In Spain, thousands of “indignados” defied a ban on pre-election demonstrations and mounted a protest camp in Sol square to speak out against political corruption and the government’s handling of the economic crisis. And this summer across Israel, people have built “tent cities” to protest against the rising costs of housing and for social justice.
These national threads are connected by a global narrative of determination to end the collusion of corrupt elites and politicians — who have in many countries helped cause a damaging financial crisis and now want working families to pay the bill. The mass movement that is responding can not only ensure that the burden of recession doesn’t fall on the most vulnerable, it can also help right the balance of power between democracy and corruption. Click to stand with the movement:
In every uprising, from Cairo to New York, the call for an accountable government that serves the people is clear, and our global community has backed that people power across the world wherever it has broken out. The time of politicians in the pocket of the corrupt few is ending, and in its place we are building real democracies, of, by, and for people.
With hope,
Emma, Maria Paz, Alice, Ricken, Morgan, Brianna, Shibayan and the rest of the Avaaz team
Workin’ on it as I am typing, u can tune in from 11 am EST/17h MEZ via live stream here – anybody heard ’bout the protests on Wall Street in New York? Apparently somebody photoshopped a google earth pic 2 make the crowd look bigger – there is an interesting discussion about that right here. Just click the word “here”!
4 me, this is the most interesting comment, close 2 the 1 question everybody assessing the truthfulness of any publication should ask:
Who is profiting from the notion that the publications evokes? Who is the real author?
This is the comment (left by Jordan October 3, 2011 at 2:46 am)
“I think the real question for this community to get to the bottom of at this point is who is Jason Wettstein and did he even make this image at all? It looks like he stole the image from Scott Lickstein per @Terrence McNally’s comment, and then added his own clownish text commentary on top of it. The difference in writing styles b/w Scott and Jason are like night and day, and the all-caps, mangled grammar of the photo that went viral are clearly Jason’s voice and not Scott’s. Scott has a nice explanation of his work on his site that is not intended to deceive but rather to consciously provoke thought, as any good artist should. The difference in voice and professionalism (for lack of a better word) implies that the original thought provoking work is indeed Scott’s, and that Jason came along after and saw an opportunity to steal the work and create a troll-style image to go viral and provoke people in an unsophisticated, deceitful way.
The remaining question would be who is Jason Wettstein, is he real or a right-winger trying to discredit the movement, and what does Scott think about this? (and why hasn’t anybody – Scott of otherwise – tried to put out a version of the image w/ a different text that is true to the original intent?”
Oh Kanada, ich kenne Dich nicht wieder! Immer wenn man es am wenigsten erwartet, hat dieser verspannte Ort eine unerwartete Wendung auf Lager…
Erst ging es in diese Kampagne so gelangweilt und vorhersehbar wie eh und je (is’ ja nur die vierte in sieben Jahren), scheinen jedenfalls die hier ansässigen JournalistInnen sich alle einig zu sein, obwohl Premierminister Stephen Harper das Ende seiner zweiten MInderheitsregierung vermutlich selbst getimt hat – dass er mit seiner neuesten Heimlichtuerei über die im Haushalt nicht verbuchten Kosten der neu zu kaufenden Kampfjets diesmal nicht am Parlament vorbeikommen konnte, scheint auch Stephen Harper selbst klar gewesen zu sein – was im Zusammenhang mit der Tatsache, dass die konservative Partei Kanada’s über ein halbes Jahr negativ und personenbezogen auf der liberalen Opposition rumhackte in bezahlten Fernseh-Spots, aus den allgemeinen Töpfen der konservativen Partei finanziert, in eine gewisse Perspektive rückt – beides ist zu Wahlzeiten illegal, aber als die Regierung vor sechs Wochen fiel, schienen viele Wechselwähler und die konservative Basis schon genügend glotzophonisch weichgespült.
Dachtense alle.
Viele mehr oder weniger überraschende Sachen schienen darauf alle mehr oder weniger gleichzeitig zu passieren:
Die Spitzenkandidatin der Grünen Parei Kanada’s, Elizabeth May, wurde von denen im Fernsehen live übertragenen Fernsehdebatten auf Englisch und Französisch ausgeschlossen, darüber gibt es einen früheren Eintrag in diesem Blog … rechtmäßig scheint dies vorerst nur bis das Gericht die Frage ausreichend geprüft hat, ob hier das Konsortium aus Medien nicht anderweitig entscheiden sollte, die kanadischen Grünen hatten umgehend gegen den Ausschluss geklagt.
Rick Mercer, ein Fernseh-Entertainer, hielt in seiner Show ein glühendes Playdoyer, und wenn es nur eingedenk der arabischen Demokratie-Martyrer sei, auf jeden Fall am Montag zu wählen. Believe it or not, diese Schmährede (“young people don’t vote, and established parties like it that way”) inspirierte jede Menge “Vote-Mobs” quer durch’s ganze Land, meist junge Leute – so war derselbe Mercer nun sechs Wochen später in den Nachrichten zu sehen wie er zu ungefähr 15 000 auf Handy call hin super spontan Versammelten im Park zuruft: “Jump up and say: Surprise, we’re voting (Überraschung, wir wählen), woraufhin alle genau das tun – unglaublich, aber wahr (oder nur CBC-Propaganda, wie man sonst gerne von konservativen Anhängern zu hören kriegt)!
Diverse Schmutzkampagnen gegen die liberalen Gruppen weiter und Wochen mit Krimi-gerechten Anschuldigungen einiger konservativer Kandidaten, u.a wegen Betrug, später, scheinen die Separatisten in Québec die Nasen massenhaft von Separatismus gleichermaßen wie von konservativer Big Small Time voll zu haben und stattdessen zu glauben, dass die linksliberale Neue Demokratische Partei NDP mit langjährigem Parteivorsitzenden Jack Layton eine weit bessere Vertretung in Ottawa abgibt – the orange crush (grün und orange vor allem sind die Farben der Partei, jedoch “Orange Crush” ist auch ein Brausegetränk, dass ich einen Fan dem grinsenden Layton während einer Wahlveranstaltung in die Hand drücken sah) startete in der Provinz Québec mit elektrisierenden Wahlveranstaltungen, während derer der langjährige Volksvertreter es verstand, diesmal bei der Sache zu bleiben und nicht wie viele in die Attacken-Rede zu verfallen – Ottawa ist kaputt, lasst uns zusammenarbeiten, um es zu reparieren – dieser Slogan und die Egalität, den die Neuen Demokratischen Frauen anstreben, die kulturell weit gefächerten Prägungen ihrer Kandidaten, das pragmatisches Auftreten des Spitzenkandidaten, der ein alter Hase im Parlament ist, haben in diesem so trocken gestarteten Wahlkampf mit passioniertem Finish viele Kanadier auf NDP-Seite gebracht und jungen Leuten die Leidenschaft für Politik wiedergegeben – wenn alle wählen, dann sind Direktmandate am interessantesten, und das ist vielleicht der größte Gewinn, den wir in dieser Wahl feiern wollen: Ein Drittel mehr Kanadier als vor zwei Jahren haben schon per Briefwahl gewählt, wie auch immer, die Wahlbeteiligung wird höher sein, ein Sieg für die Demokratie, ich gratuliere, Oh Kanada, von ganzem Herzen!
Die letzten Umfragen zeigen: Elizabeth May hat gute Chancen für einen Wahlkreis in Britisch-Kolumbien als erste Grüne kanadische Abgeordnete ins nationale Parliament gewählt zu werden, und Jack Layton könnte theoretisch Kanada’s nächster Premier sein – die Aufregung hilft köstlich über den trüben Frühling hinweg und trumpft sogar handfeste Ablenkungen wie die NHL-playoffs und die königliche Hochzeit in England – schön, dass so viele sich nicht mehr ablenken lassen, Kanada, alle Achtung.
Langjährige FreundInnen werden bestätigen, dass ich dieses “schon ümma” vor mich hingemurmelt habe:
Alles neu macht der Mai. Some change finally. I’m ready!
This is 2 let y’all know that the playlist 4 April is coming soon, but also really interesting show on CBC radio 1 Winnipeg, about the arts and how much and in which way the are or have been part of party policies – did u know that CTV and CBC both have a challenge b4 the courts 2 show that Canadian current law prohibiting the reporting on the numbers of votes b4 election day is actually UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
Couldn’t help thinking, how different the communication models and assumptions about political opinion forming seem 2 be:
Existing law favours traditional media channels and party advertisement – top-down delivery.
With popular social networks such as Twitter, the law is basically impossible 2 be enforced and with these channels spiking out and achieving 3-dimensional connectivity of any of their members, the possible intake and distribution of information is not only widely branched with a 4th dimension, because now we can get 2 the info, WHEN WE R READY 4 IT – moreover, the uni-direction of delivery opens up in2 more of an exchange – now that literally is empowerment of the people 2 me –
I guess the journalist in me can’t help thinking the more different and from each other independent sources, the clearer the picture…
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3 years on the air!
In November 2011 it's been 3 years that "BarKanada' has been airing every month. For your following I thank u very much!
"BarKanada" ist schon seit 3 Jahren auf Sendung, jeden Monat! Für Eure Unterstützung und Treue bedanke ich mich herzlich!
Ça fait 3 ans que "BarKanada" soit diffusé sur les ondes de tonkuhle.de. Merci pour votre fidèle appui!
