Chilliwack

Dominion Newspaper's G8/ G20 Special Issue Launch

including free screening of Earthlings

6:00pm
Mercredi Juin 23 2010

At the end of June 2010, just in time to shake off the Olympic hangover, Canada’s year in the international spotlight is set to continue. Taking its place as President of the Group of Eight, both the G8 and G20 summits are coming to Huntsville and Toronto, respectively.

Thousands of politicians, financial representatives and international delegates will descend on cottage country and our nation’s largest metropolis to weigh in on issues like the economy, health care and the environment, all of which have been coupled with the headline “Crisis” in the past year.

The mainstream media portrays these summits as rigid dichotomies of mask-clad protesters clashing with faceless riot police in a cloud of tear gas, all while world leaders try to right the global economic ship.

We think that there is more to be told, critical coverage that moves from the boardrooms to the global streets, clears the gas clouds, takes off the masks and confronts the forgotten and un(der)-reported issues.

Our coverage, and our ability to cover these issues depends on you; the readers, subscribers and sustainers that make the Dominion/Media Co-op possible.

More on Earthlings:

EARTHLINGS is an award-winning documentary film about the suffering of animals for food, fashion, pets, entertainment and medical research. Considered the most persuasive documentary ever made, EARTHLINGS is nicknamed “the Vegan maker” for its sensitive footage shot at animal shelters, pet stores, puppy mills, factory farms, slaughterhouses, the leather and fur trades, sporting events, circuses and research labs. The film is narrated by Academy Award® nominee Joaquin Phoenix and features music by platinum-selling recording artist Moby. Initially ignored by distributors, today EARTHLINGS is considered the definitive animal rights film by organizations around the world. “Of all the films I have ever made, this is the one that gets people talking the most,” said Phoenix. “For every one person who sees EARTHLINGS, they will tell three.

"And seriously, if we as a society can’t even bother to treat a simple, unassuming, stunningly gentle and demonstrably sentient creature
like a cow or a deer with a modicum of decency, how the fuck do
we ever expect to be able treat each other–infinitely more complex,
wildly divergent and often exasperating individual human beings–
with anything even remotely resembling civility? It just ain’t gonna
happen." - Chris Hannah