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November 20th, 09. watching the social housing tenant pimps
October 27th, 09. Comeback at a "labor Economist"
October 11, 09 "dear moderator..."
October 7, 09 BIENCA meetup in Ottawa
Sept 21, 09 about bicycles, Bryant, and the perils of getting around in the big city
Aug 30, 09. The Last Post; the end of e-left and my experiences with, and thouhts on, poverty activism
August 20, 09. Blog days of summer, looming elections, the cyber world, etc
July 26, 09. housing deputation
July 25, 09. the habit of being in housing
June 28, 09- what I wrote for the CIT newsletter; about BIG on Bloor, Karen Harrison, poverty politics, and writing for Briarpatch
June 26, 09. The Tenant Elections Are Over.
June 23, 09. You know what I mean
June 14, 09. step up and meet your candidates for tenant rep.
June 13, 09. My excuse for running for tenant rep.
May 24, 09. running to be a tenant representative
April 26, 09.
cleaning up my inbox.
Here is a gem from a couple of months back, worth preserving. It gets fairly autobiographical.
April 25, 09. A letter to an ally, with guaranteed income and anti bullshit stuff.
April 23, 09.
Fairvote follies;
the point is to change the system, not to try to describe party leader strategies. (Especially, to get it so wrong as to be asinine).
April 18, 09, about what I did all day April 9, mostly research and practise at democractic self government, especially for social housing tenants. Also, news from Auntie.
March 28, 09. an inane economics debate
March 24, 09. Wow! I got published in Victoria street news. ( For my "response to 'crisis in Boomtown." (Calgary))
March 22, 09. About social housing tenant activism in the face of intense manipulation by the housing provider.
February 16, 09. some interesting meetings this week
February 7th, 09. The Ottawa trip
January 25th, 09. Review of Daniel Raventos; Basic Income, the Material Conditions of Freedom.
January 22nd, 09. time to write a whopping big essay about Palestine
January 9, 09: here is what I sent to the e-left list today
January 8, 09: Racoon Rides to the Rescue of Rebick
December 31, 08. New Year housing observations
December 27, 08. year end musings on several topics, great and small
December 19, 08. My funny friend and her struggles with Toronto Housing.
December 16, 08. a little do-mocracy goes a long way
December 9, 08. consulting the vote counting experts
December 5, 08. Me and Harper; win some, lose some
November 25, 08. Late November state of mind
November 22, 08. What's new with the internet
October 24, 08. Exhasperation; the quality of a discussion depends on the quality of the participants.
October 8, 08. All politics is local; report and reflections on the Danforth all-candidates forum.
September 24, 08. About the THAT meeting, and the 'poverty and health' forum.
September 15, 08. My review of Brian Steensland; "the failed welfare revolution"
September 11, 08; something more from the memory hole, about basic incomes and housing
September 10, 08; from out of the memory hole, essay on the poll tax revolt in Britain
August 29, 08: general observations about Toronto Community Housing Corporation's tenant consultations on reorganisation
August 24, 08;
"...if you won't join us, you're bad..."
August 16, 08: report back from the August 16 Citizen's Income forum
August 8, 08. Some stuff from the Ourhomes list worth preserving.
August 3, 08. Review of Francois Blais, "A Basic Income for all Canadians". ( long version)
July 30; Dog days of summer; my place in the food chain, how my garden grows, and other odd topics.
July 26: a big philosophic discussion; are we going up or down?
July 25, 08; an environmentally taxing fairy tale
July 19, 08; about local democracy and trashing tenants
July 14, 08; about forum on inclusive neighborhoods, and memories of George street
July 12, 08; about manipulative techniques of controlling meetings, and about a wise old economist
July 1, 08; About the right to be safe in our own homes, and the irresponsibility of those in authority
June 30, 08. About Housing Action Group, the Wellesley Institute, the 'Inclusive Communities' presentation, and life in TCHC
May 31, 08. A conversation about Toronto Community Housing Corporation, dirty tenant politics, and prospects for new cooperative housing.
April 12, 08; I had a little debate about voting turnout in Alberta, and about 'populism'
March 12, 08; here is what I wrote for CIT about some politicians politicking
March 11, 08; here is what I wrote for the Toronto Voice paper about CI and the Toronto Center by-election
March 10, 08; practising activism in central Toronto; the need for personal safety
March 2nd, 08; By-election forums in Toronto Center.
February 19, 08: "Rattle, rattle, help me out, please..." members of the begging profession whom I am acquainted with.
February 11, 08; out and about; the 'save our structures' false flaggers, genocide of native Canadians, trotskyite provocateurs, and life's lesser mishaps.
January 25, 08. The good get tired.
January 16, 08. A response to responses from several e-mail lists to
"why do we call it Citizen's Income?"
January 15, 08. Here is why we call it "Citizen's Income".
December 30, 07. Further holiday season musings, movie review of Sweeney Todd, the complexities of opening an office, the political situation locally, nationally, and globally, and life in general.
December 28, 07. My larger review of the "Unrepentant" video, which says much about the nature of power and its maintainance in this still colonial country.
December 24, 07. end of year musings, and thoughts about family, past regrets, future hopes.
December 21, 07. about Karen Harrison, Indymedia, street newspapers, silencing alternative voices, and the demise of e-left
November 29, 07. St. lawrence forum on housing, Karen Harrison and her Buddhist friends and their problems, and Fair Vote Toronto.
November 25, 07; 'The Politics of Food' at St. Lawrence forum on the 22nd.
November 16, 07; trip to Orillia to learn about a housing cooperative
November 12, 07; interesting discussion about bully transit employees.
November 11, 07; happy remembrance day
November 10, 07; more on life in Toronto Community Housing.
November 8, 07; life in Toronto Community Housing.
October 31, 07; the debrief at Fairvote Toronto chapter, new ideas.
October 21, 07. Federal and municipal political chicken games, and plain chicken shit at the social planning council.
October 14, 07. The police state is still on Karen Harrison's case. And if they can get away with this, no one is safe.
October 13, 07. Time to chew over the MMP referendum. A movement has been activated. Voting reform is now inevitable.
October 2, 07. Catch up on the blogging. Forum on citizen's income, and the referendum on MMP.
September 15, 07. Lots to blog about; it's September, its getting busy again. Citizen's Income, vote for MMP, Karen Harrison's troubles, rape crisis centre, anti-racist action, and little red tomatos.
August 28, terrible week.
August 14; recycle this! My recycling system.
August 12, about prisoner's justice day
August 5, about just for laughs, the bad old TCHC building I used to inhabit, and about the 'fund fmta committee.'
July 29, wednesday night at St. Lawrence neighborhood association.
July 25, about the rights and protection of children, and the perils of pacifism
July 23, about butterflies and summer, and total abuse of police power
July 14; about narcissistic bullies, and happier things like the growing campaign for proportional representation.
