May 30, 2011

by Andrew MacLeod To make history as the first Green Party member elected to Canada’s parliament, leader Elizabeth May must get past the incumbent, Conservative Gary Lunn. Luckily for May, who is positioning herself as the best candidate to beat Lunn, there is still a strong odour lingering from Lunn’s ‘victory’ in 2008, an odour that has...

Apr 4, 2011

INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson In the past, I’ve asked Canadians to send Industry Minister Tony Clement letters asking him to stop Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from discriminating against online services. Currently, several major ISPs are engaging in the practice of discrimination by making certain services load slower for users than other...

Mar 4, 2011

INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson with Alicia Girard  I was recently invited to speak at an event put on by Gen-Why (www.genwhymediaproject.com) called the “Why We Do It Party.” What made the event interesting, besides the eclectic mix of speakers, creative performers and participants, was that the speakers were asked to talk about why...

Mar 4, 2011

A sixties media guru’s predictions prove prescient by Geoff Olson For the people of the Mideast, it seemed like something out of a political fairy tale. At great personal risk, millions of peaceful protestors took to the streets and faced down security forces, sending two tyrants packing in Tunisia and Egypt. On that celebratory day in February when...

Mar 4, 2011

A conversation with David Suzuki on his 75th birthday interview by Joseph Roberts   Joseph Roberts: How did it all begin? David Suzuki: We started when the Worldwatch Institute said it’s the turnaround decade. We thought we were only going to be here for 10 years. So we said every dollar we raise we’re going to spend because we...

Feb 4, 2011

  INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson and Lindsey Pinto   As I write this column, I’m doing what I often do when I’m on deadline; I’m surfing the web! It’s like any other day on the Internet; people are finding creative ways to express themselves by making YouTube videos, posting on Facebook, connecting through Twitter and...

by Devrah Lavall A very wise meditation master once said, “The greatest suffering in the human form is that we are not seen as already perfect and divine.” I’ve recently spoken with many people, all from very different cultures, who feel that they can no longer bear the conflict and pressure in their relationships. Such complaints are reflected...

Feb 4, 2011

  The Rabbit, also translated as Hare, is the fourth animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The Year of the Rabbit is associated with the earthly branch symbol. Persons born within the date ranges below may be said to have been born in the Year of the Rabbit, while also bearing the following elemental signs: 29 January 1903 – 15 February...

Feb 4, 2011

WikiLeaks, Politricks, Hacktivism & Art by Geoff Olson I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it. – Marshall McLuhan, 1964 William Gibson’s 1982 sci-fi story Burning Chrome contained the memorable...

    INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson   In my January 2009 column, I encouraged readers to make opening up the media in Canada their 2010 resolution. I asserted that 2010 would be a pivotal year for communities working to open communication in Canada and beyond. And so here we are at the end of the year and it appears that, indeed, there is...