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The anti-WTO (etc.)

October 23, 2000 by Michael Boyle

protesters touched down in my fair city today: Montreal Police Use Tear Gas Against G20 Protests. It’s actually quite probably locals who organized it (and I support such demonstrations, I should be clear). We have a good strong tradition of anti-rapacious-capitalism here, that includes several acquaintances of mine.

Although I do support the protests in principle, it also bears mentioning that protest must occur where the power is expressed. And since Viet-Nam (at least) in North America, power and capital have long since ceded the streets and moved power elsewhere. Notably, into the wires – which is why I think hacktivism is so heavily punished. It hits ’em where it hurts, while street protests are largely showpieces on both sides. See also Critical Art Ensemble‘s books The Electronic Disturbance and Electronic Civil Disobedience, among others.

Tags: Canadian Politics

There’s an interesting

August 8, 2000 by Michael Boyle

crossover from Gore’s selection of Lieberman to Canadian politics. Stockwell Day, the new leader of the largest right wing party here, is an Evangelical Christian. And he complains, loudly and often, that reporters ask him about that unfairly (invoking god in the context of politics is viewed with great suspicion here in Canada). Anyhow, the Globe published an interesting editorial about this today: God and politicians.

Tags: Canada, Canadian Politics, Election, IRL, Politics

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