(originally posted on PoliticsRespun.org) The G20 protests, bail, and rights restrictions: a ‘free’ and ‘democratic’ society? According to internet reports, after having been threatened with solitary confinement in the Toronto East Detention Centre’s “hole” (likely not a euphemism) without being permitted any communication and after having been refused contact with legal counsel, G20 arrestee Alex [...]
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Democracy and education: they go together, except when the government doesn’t like it?
(originally posted at PoliticsRespun.org – see here) The recent controversy over the Vancouver School Board’s budget situation has been a bit of an interesting story to follow. Much like every other school board in the province, the VSB has been wrangling with a considerable problem: the costs of providing a high-quality public education continuously increase, [...]
Protecting the people elected to do the peoples’ work from the people who want them to do their work
Three days, a fake lake, and $1 billion dollars in security costs later, the G8/G20 meetings will have wrapped up by the afternoon of June 27. Over one hundred protestors will have been arrested, and as of the time of writing, at least three police cars have been burned. Hundreds of police officers will have [...]