Halifax

MARCH 17 2010 - DAY OF ACTION FOR CANADIAN SEALS - STOP THE HUNT - CANADA'S SHAME

Roslyn Cassells — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:39:06 +0000

Titre secondaire:

The largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet

Sa Mar 17

ville:

Ottawa, Toronto, Halifax, US, UK, Australia, Belgium, South Africa

Lieu:

Ottawa @ Parliament Hill, Toronto @ Yonge-Dundas Square, see list below for others

Adresse:

Ottawa on Wellington Street

Coût:

free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

Roslyn Cassells roslyncassells@yahoo.ca

Space Accessibiity:

yes

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Lien:

http://www.facebook.com/events/225940250837142/

March 17, 2012 is the DAY OF ACTION for SEALS in Canada.

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Northern Gateway Panel Releases Hearing Dates

Trevor Kehoe — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:54:29 +0000

The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Joint Review Panel (JRP) has released dates and locations for the first portion of their community hearings scheduled for early 2012.

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The meaning of the word “slut”

Natascia Lypny — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:05:22 +0000

The Halifax SlutWalk seeks to shift the blame of sexual assaults from the victim to the perpetrator

Slut or slattern is a pejorative term applied to an individual who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous. The term is generally applied to women and is an insult or offensive term of disparagement, meaning “dirty of slovenly.”

—Oxford English Dictionary

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Halifax LABOUR DAY Celebration - Monday September 5th

tonytracy — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:32:02 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Trade Unionists, Community Members, Social Justice Activists and Others to March and Rally on Labour Day

Lu Sep 5

ville:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Lieu:

Gathering at VICTORIA PARK at 10:30am, Marching to South Commons Triangle

Adresse:

Victoria Park, corner of Spring Garden Road & South Park Street (gather at 10:30am)

Coût:

FREE

le contact de l'organisatrice:

Kyle Buott, President of Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council: president@hddlc.ca

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Lien:

http://halifaxlabour.ca

March, Rally, Free BBQ Picnic and Community Concert

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Grants for Guns?

dru — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:31:02 +0000

Students protest weapons manufacturer at university job fair

Two dozen protesters with picket signs and megaphones gathered outside the Cunard Centre on Marginal Street in Halifax today to demonstrate their opposition to a job fair for students of Mount Saint Vincent University, Dalhousie, and Saint Mary's. The job fair included recruiters for Lockheed Martin, the world's largest arms manufacturer.

Asaf Rashid of the Student's Coalition Against War (SCAW) dressed in a white lab coat and an orange hardhat, spoke to the crowd through a megaphone. "This is not the only action" students are taking against Lockheed Martin, he said.

Pamphlets distributed at the demonstration highlight Lockheed Martin's profits from war, pointing out that the company's share price more than doubled after former US president Bush's "War on Terror," and that Lockheed makes the F-16 fighter jets used in the recent attacks on Gaza in which Israeli forces killed over 1,300 Palestinians.

On January 20 of this year, the student groups STRAX and community allies shut down a similar event, officially denouncing the presence of Lockheed Martin representatives on campus and the company's reps' intent to recruit students.

Rashid then introduced himself as Dr. Clusterbomb of the Weapons Inspection Team. "Inside [the job fair] are some dangerous elements: the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Lockheed Martin, and [Canadian military] defence," he said.

Dr. Clusterbomb announced his intention to enter the job fair "just to see how everyone's doing."

"Not only does Lockheed Martin produce weapons of mass destruction, but also weapons of mass deception," he said. Clusterbomb then tried to enter the fair, trailed by a dozen reporters. He was denied entry by private security and police. A job fair organizer told him he needed to hold a valid student ID to gain access to the event.

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