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By: Maggie Kerr-Southin

Maggie Kerr-Southin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:58:13 +0000

I think we’ve had it good in Canada for so long, that we’ve become the frogs in the slowly heating water. We wait for another election, another hockey game, another person to speak up. Gradually, as you say, we are eroding as a society. It scares me, and I wonder who we expect will take the step to shake us all awake.

It saddens me that so many of the good people I meet won’t run for political office because the public will just pick at their lives until politics and social good takes a back seat. Nathan speaks of American Idol – we seem to be living it in our public arenas too.

Good article – please keep poking the stick and maybe some of us hibernators will wake up and take action!

By: janet

janet — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:02:45 +0000

Kerry you are amazing!
I have never heard of this conference. But I have seen “The Power of Community, How Cuba survived Peak Oil” and Cuba is so far ahead of us in so many ways. I don’t think if I believe in a global economy and what Cuba is doing is the way of the future.
Thanks for your brilliant article.
Janet

By: Kerry Slavens

Kerry Slavens — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:24:06 +0000

Thank you, Mary.

By: mary

mary — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:05:16 +0000

wow. Kerry, another breath stealing, gut hitting piece. yes, so many are in a self induced denial/distraction. But when you are living it, with it, or among it, there is NO turning your head, only your stomach.
You’re an amazing woman and writer.
Keep it up, thanks for another amazing piece! M

By: Kerry Slavens

Kerry Slavens — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:40:16 +0000

Thanks Nathan and Chris…
It is amazing to me how many people simply don’t care or don’t know about the G8/G20 and it’s impact on all of our lives. I think we in Canada are so blessed with peace and a generally good standard of living (I say generally because more and more Canadians are slipping below the poverty line) that we simply don’t want to open our eyes and see that our way of life is eroding…and we are letting it happen. But hey, you’re right Nathan, it’s easier to watch American Idol.

Canadians used to have the best healthcare system in the world. It was a right. Now some politicians act like it’s a luxury. Same with education. If anyone out there gets a chance, I strongly recommend reading Naomi Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine. It shines light in some pretty dark corners and talks about a lot of things you have both brought up.

By: Joaquin Gonzalez

Joaquin Gonzalez — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:28:52 +0000

I very proud of the art work my son did on this mural of the cuban five,yes I a very proud father of an amazing artist…
PS. love you mijo…

By: Christopher Holt

Christopher Holt — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:41:24 +0000

I think you hit the nail on the nose with your last statement. We are being entertained into subservience to the corptocracy. We’re in such deep trouble.

By: nathan

nathan — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:05:56 +0000

This is a really interesting post. I can’t believe no one has commented on it. Obviously, from my own Che post, I’ve had some kind of connection with his ideas and how they might be worth a second look.

I’ve watched from down in the U.S. with dismay as the Harper administration has managed to somehow stay in power (thanks in part to the Governor General), and has been working to dismantle a lot of the things Canada has been admired for.

And the G20 summit security – well, we had our own police state in my city of St. Paul, MN two years ago. I was about 10 minutes from being on the wrong bridge at the wrong time, and would have been amongst the 800+ arrested to “protect” John McCain and the Republicans. An absolute joke. And scary also. I live right on the edge of downtown, had helicopters over my apartment 24 hours a day for a week, and as a bicyclist, I was a suspect the moment I started riding.

None of this bodes well for either the U.S. or Canada. We’re in trouble, and it really will take people getting together and making things change for the better because none of these elected officials are going to flinch as long as the majority of folks are too busy watching American Idol or playing Farmville on Facebook.