On April 12, 25-year-old Freddie Gray “made eye contact” with a Baltimore police officer. Within minutes, Gray was brutalized, “twisted into a pretzel,“which caused his […]
Month: April 2015
This is what democracy looks like: UQAM and the War on Democracy
About this time last week came the first reports that Harper – after ramming the extension of the mission through Parliament – had ordered the first […]
Violent Red Square-Clad Masked Mob Trashes UQAM (VIDEO)
This is horrible. A video has been circulating on the internet of a group of masked individuals vandalising the Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM) […]
À Nous l’UQÀM!
Yesterday like hundreds of fellow UQAM students, I occupied the J-A. De Sève building. Like hundreds of my fellow students, I occupied my university to […]
John Oliver Interviews Edward Snowden in Russia and Breaks Down the NSA Story to Dick Pics (VIDEO)
In what has to be one of the most fascinating must-watch pieces of television produced in the last little while, John Oliver interviews Edward Snowden […]
Redefining the Obvious: When the So-Called Neutral Media Call it So-Called Austerity
The first rule of reading news articles on the internet: if you don’t want to get angry, stay away from the comments. I broke that […]
April 2nd Anti-Austerity March in Montreal (PHOTOS)
The protest called by the ASSE started at Victoria Square with people of all background gathering. I mean from firefighters to high school kids. They […]
A culture of brutality and barbaric practices
If one thing that can be said about this Conservative government, it’s that they are very tactful and savvy when it comes to selecting picturesque […]
Idiocy and Bigotry in Indiana: Religious Freedom Restoration Act Violates Human Rights
I am a human being and a citizen of the United States, and more importantly a citizen of the Earth. I live in a free […]
Indiana Governor Mike Pence Comes Out of as Gay, Announces He Will Now Boycott the State
In what is being described as an about-face unprecedented in the United States, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the man who signed the Religious Freedom Restoration […]