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- Oh No! Not Another Post About Animal-Rights! – How much more can the poor, persecuted supporters of the animal-exploitation industry take?!? They already endure the torture of world-wide vegetarian oppression! Now they have to face this interview with Todd and Chris about veganism on the internet?!? It's the equivalent of a holocaust! Won't somebody save the defenseless meat-eaters from these heinous studs advocating a plant-based diet?!? Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! (08/27/10 by Jesus H. Chris #)
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- Are the Days of the Full-Time Novelist Numbered? – Robert Sawyer is one of the most successful speculative fiction writers on the planet, and certainly one of the most successful fiction writers in Canadian history. He has a talent for broaching very big ideas within a very accessible, fast-paced format (once in a while at the expense of the aesthetics of a more seasoned SF audience). I've read most of his books and outside of Kim Stanley Robinson, i'd have to credit Sawyer with fueling my intitial interest in what i think is the most exciting and important genre of writing we have. He keeps a blog that i visit once in a while and i thought this post about the end of the full-time novelist was interesting enough to share, in part because of the analogies one can make to the music industry, which is of course, also in free-fall. Generally, i think the music industry is getting what it deserves for producing so much utter garbage over the years that people simply aren't willing to front their hard-earned money for something that sounds exactly like 4000 other records that already exist and that as a matter of design, doesn't take the listener anywhere new, intellectually or spiritually. Still, his comments towards the end of the post concerning "lengthy, ambitious, complex works — works that take years of full-time effort to produce" are worth thinking about. (07/27/10 by Jesus H. Chris #)
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World Refugee Day!
Hello, Shirleys and other people!
As you see above, Wednesday June 20th is World Refugee Day! Over 100 countries celebrate the achievements and acknowledge the efforts of the worlds 17 million refugees.
At this years “celebration” there will be a bunch of singers from all over the world including the singer “Hotdog”. A portion of Hotdogs story is that he came to the ‘Peg after making his way through Sudan at the age of 6 when his parents were killed in the war. He is awesome, heavy, and heartfelt, and always delivering the goods in a really intense way.
In our glorious little city of Winnipeg the festivities will be from 4-8 pm in Central Park (by the way if you press on this link check out the “blue marker” on Kennedy and Sargent to see a great interview with our friend Asili Gelle. She is awesome. Also check out the marker on the south side of Qu’appelle avenue for another interview with Somalian refugee, Mayran Kalah. As soon as you’re done that check out the east side of Carlton street to see The Welcome Place where we, Proragrandhises, donate our RUN FOR RIGHTS pledges, some other coinage, and spend a lot of time volunteering. If you keep thumbing around you can find some more cool interviews with people around here including the awesome Immigrant Womans Sewing Collective.)
I’d like to suggest a book called Human Cargo as part of my build up to World Refugee Day. What a truly great book.
A refugee is someone with “no durable solution” to the problems that face them in their home country. At some point in your life your world may turn upside down and you may possibly find yourself seeking refuge somewhere very unfamiliar. It is absolutely our job as citizens of this city to make newcomers feel welcome and make their introduction to our city the best in can possibly be. A lot of people come here having faced severe and painful pasts and are looking forward to a life here. It’s devastating to see some of these dreams slowly erode when the reality of this place sinks in.
People endlessly email us asking “what can I do?” in regards to helping make the world a better place. I’ll suggest that you could check out a refugee welcoming center in your area is a good place to start. From there you will meet people from all over the world and see tons of stuff going on in your city that you may have never known existed. Certainly many opportunities will arise. I can tell you that my life has improved about 1 million percent since I have been volunteering. To me, there is nothing better . If you have no friends, and you probably don’t if you’re visiting a Propagandhi webpage, here’s a good way to get some. And you don’t have to listen to anybody talk about their record collection! Yay! Hahaha.. jest jokin.
O.K. let’s get to it! There’s a lot going on in this world. Find the World Refugee Day celebration in your town/ city and head out! See you ‘Peggers in Central Park!
…Oh yeah, by the way, Hannah will be cleaning toilets so come and take a giant, rotten, dump at intermission!! yeehawhaw…
-Hamroid.
Posted by The Rod on June 14th, 2007 in Activism, Commentary