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		<title>Pierre Falardeau (December 28, 1946 – September 25, 2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pierre Falardeau died of cancer this morning. He was 62. The man who brought us Elvis Gratton, the short film based on Michèle Lalonde&#8217;s poem &#8216;Speak White&#8217;, and the ode to les Patriotes 15 février 1839 was never at a lack for words and provoked controversy over the years, particularly with comments about David Suzuki [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theelectricpencil.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3656491&amp;post=410&amp;subd=theelectricpencil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Manila to Palestine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McSorley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to be honest and say that while I have been aware for several years now of the situation facing Philipino immigrants to Canada &#8211; particularly those who come to work as migrant workers &#8211; I maintain very little knowledge of the history or current political situation in the Philippines itself. That all changed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theelectricpencil.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3656491&amp;post=396&amp;subd=theelectricpencil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wade Rathke: Healthcare, Neo-McCarthyism and the need for a progressive pushback</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McSorley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday, I had the opportunity to hear Wade Rathke speak at Concordia University, as part of the Too Cool for School alternative orientation, and organised by the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy and the School of Community and Public Affairs. I&#8217;m not a student there anymore, but I&#8217;m glad I can take advantage of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theelectricpencil.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3656491&amp;post=387&amp;subd=theelectricpencil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Canada filter journalists, Rendon-style?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McSorley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normally a piece like this wouldn&#8217;t make me think twice: of course, as Canadian Press reports, the Canadian government keeps a close eye on what is being written out of Afghanistan by Canadian journalists. The extent of it may seem excessive, but we already know that this government is incredibly tight when it comes to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theelectricpencil.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3656491&amp;post=383&amp;subd=theelectricpencil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hanlon Creek occupation update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McSorley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of the direct action against the HCBP, there was a clearly agreed-upon conclusion that this occupation was first and foremost to be a space of resistance. This was to ensure a “safe and healthy space” focused on the defense of the land, and to forgo all possibilities of reason for police intervention, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theelectricpencil.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3656491&amp;post=379&amp;subd=theelectricpencil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Music to get evicted to: L&#8217;Homme parle &#8211; La Crise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McSorley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just came across this great tune and video, La Crise, by l&#8217;Homme parle, via Zik&#8217;n'Blog. If you have time, I&#8217;ve pasted the rest after the jump&#8230; definitely worth the read! UPDATE: The more I find out about this band the more I like. From their bio: Enfants du métissage des cultures et du brassage des [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theelectricpencil.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3656491&amp;post=362&amp;subd=theelectricpencil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back from Caraquet and the Grand Tintamarre</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McSorley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been off for a little while, but getting back into the swing of things. Funny how even just a week offline can really push you back from all things blogging &#38; tweeting. I was away on a little road-trip to l&#8217;Île d&#8217;Orléans, Tadoussac (to see the whales, of course), and Caraquet, NB, for the August [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theelectricpencil.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3656491&amp;post=350&amp;subd=theelectricpencil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Audio from Hoodstock &#8217;09/Fredy Villanueva memorial</title>
		<link>http://theelectricpencil.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/audio-from-hoodstock-09fredy-villanueva-memorial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McSorley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was the second and last day of Hoodstock &#8217;09, to commemorate the death of Fredy Villanueva, to remember his life cut too short, and to discuss the questions that his shooting still brings to mind. Questions of racial profiling and police brutality, but also of community response &#38; organising. Below is some quick edits [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theelectricpencil.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3656491&amp;post=339&amp;subd=theelectricpencil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s afraid of Hoodstock?</title>
		<link>http://theelectricpencil.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/whos-afraid-of-hoodstock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McSorley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoodstock &#8217;09 is this weekend &#8211; two days to mark the passing of Fredy Villanueva, shot dead by a Montreal police officer one year ago this coming Sunday (Hoodstock, by the way, is a combination of the slang term for neighbourhood and, of course, Woodstock). It will allow for a space to discuss the issues [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theelectricpencil.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3656491&amp;post=334&amp;subd=theelectricpencil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupation to stop destruction of Guelph Old Growth Forest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McSorley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents of Guelph, ON, have been occupying the proposed site of the Hanlon Creek Busines Park. The site is also home to Guelph&#8217;s Old Growth Forest, and endangers local wetlands and the Jefferson Salamander, on Ontario&#8217;s official threatened species list. The occupation began on Monday, July 27th. They were notified that they would be evicted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theelectricpencil.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3656491&amp;post=324&amp;subd=theelectricpencil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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