Month: February 2008

Saw a story yesterday about how the Canadian military sent a memo around telling soldiers not to reveal their military connections on facebook, because al-Qaeda’s on facebook and it could endanger soldiers and their families. Taken to its logical conclusion, this idea makes the entire Canadian military a covert operation. If a nation’s military isn’t able to operate out in the open, it seems there are a lot of implications.

Also, four more people were released by FARC in Colombia as a result of the Venezuelan mediation.

Continue reading “Facebook!”

Apologies for the time away from blogging. I had the pleasure of being on a two-person panel with John Clarke of OCAP over the weekend, organized by the London Project for a Participatory Society (LPPS). We were talking about “taking back the city” and, as much as I enjoy being on a panel with John, he always puts me to shame. The talk was video recorded and might be available at some point on youtube.

Continue reading “March 6 demonstration in Colombia (and a little on Cuba and Pakistan and Canada)”

I was on CFUV (Victoria University, BC, Canada) campus radio on Chris Cook’s excellent “Gorilla Radio” show. Though I haven’t been able to access it, Chris sent me a link to an audioblog, perhaps you can listen, here.

Continue reading “Some more audio on Colombia (and Canada)”