Category: Meditate and reflect

Where are the workers?

One of the only chances I get to watch movies these days is mid-flight. Not that I don’t enjoy watching films but it’s something I rarely prioritize in my over-scheduled life. While I used to never bother with in-flight movies because of the poor… Continue Reading “Where are the workers?”

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Some sort of East Van thing.

I’m at the airport surfing public wireless as I type this. On my way to Ottawa for another week of bargaining and feeling mildly resentful about leaving home on a holiday, though I suspect the week will go quickly. With about 15 minutes to… Continue Reading “Some sort of East Van thing.”

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Arise!

Happy May Day to all 🙂 Rather than go to work, I’ve got an all-day union meeting and then I’m speaking at the Commercial Drive May Day festivities this evening. Which is about as close as we ever get to celebrating International Workers’ Day… Continue Reading “Arise!”

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No it's not a conspiracy.

It is, however, a collusion of class interests. Yeah, sometimes that looks like the same thing, but the collusion doesn’t rely on one or two people (a shadowy illuminati-type organization) – but all members of the owning class operating on the same premise: their… Continue Reading “No it's not a conspiracy.”

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Beautiful bicycle. Cyclona.

Last night I had a dream about Mel and Cara – we were scavenging for junk in a Victoria neighbourhood, looking for pieces to make a medieval play out of – warm early summer evening and I standing barefoot on alley pavement surrounded by… Continue Reading “Beautiful bicycle. Cyclona.”

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