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A Glimpse of Street Justice

Thursday, April 5, 2012

It’s a cool, calm evening so far, just past 2am. I’ve parted ways with friends who are moving on from the bar to a club, and I find a Velib rent-a-bike to ride home. Something catches my eye as I head through Belleville. A man is swinging an object that looks like a long stick or a branch at people on the side-walk.  Read More

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Absence of Empathy

Sunday, September 11, 2011

As the latest memorial of mass murder recedes into our collective calendar’s crossed out dates, we should look back…at how we look back, and peer beyond the grief and suffering, into the rank hypocrisy of America’s leaders who make a mockery of it all. When President Barack Obama read scriptures and saluted the armed forces on Sunday, little was said of the injustice the U.S. government continues to commit against its own people.  Read More

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Riot Crackdown was Cack-handed

Sunday, August 21, 2011

You would be forgiven for thinking that 30 years after the last major round of riots in London, the government would have learned a thing or two from its (Conservative) predecessor. But you would be wrong.  Read More

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A Glimpse of Street Justice

Belleville_bldg01

It’s a cool, calm evening so far, just past 2am. I’ve parted ways with friends who are moving on from the bar to a club, and I find a Velib rent-a-bike to ride home. Something catches my eye as I head through Belleville. A man is swinging an object that looks like a long stick or a branch at people on the side-walk. Read More  Read More

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South Africa victorious as World Cup host

A football supporter wearing both German

Toronto Star >> JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s streets can be dangerously distracting for the news junkie. Everywhere, they’re lined with trees and poles bearing placards with head-turning headlines in bold print, such as this: “The Day We Earned Respect.”

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Could they be the Future Leaders of Africa?

ALA Inaugural Class 2010 CROPPED

Toronto Star>> JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — They have had a hand in changing national legislation in Kenya, built a school for refugees in Uganda and synthesized fuel from natural waste in South Africa — and they’re not even in university yet. This summer, they became the first graduates from the African Leadership Academy, which has [...]

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