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Archive for November, 2005

Pressure’s on for Diebold in North Carolina

Judges in North Carolina have ordered Diebold to divulge the source code of their voting machines, or face felony charges.
Shortly before the US election In 2004, Diebold’s owner, Walden O’Dell, said he was committed to delivering the election to the president. Their voting machines were also cracked by a chimpanzee, to the effect that [...]

November 30th, 2005
Topic: Equality Tags: None

Buy Nothing Christmas

About a dozen people managed to sing six anti-consumer Christmas carols in a Winnipeg mall on Saturday before security removed them. The group promotes “Buy Nothing Christmas” because they are disgusted by the commercialization of the season.
They sung their carols beside “Santa’s House.”

November 29th, 2005
Topic: Direct Action, Mind Space Tags: None

“Nuclear: Wrong Answer” Greenpeace Tells Blair

Greenpeace activists entered a conference where Tony Blair was about to deliver a speech about the positive qualities of nuclear power and told the attendees that nuclear power is very dangerous. Blair champions the construction of new nuclear power plants.
Blair’s presence at the conference was kept secret, but rumors swirled that he would be present.
From [...]

November 29th, 2005
Topic: Direct Action, Environment Tags: None

Why dont you tell someone to Flick Off!

Ever wondered what the current status of electricity in Ontario is right now? Its common knowledge that electricity is in short supply and conservation and managing demand are key to ensuring a reliable and inexpensive supply of electricity. But, to the public where, when, how, and why are questions that someone needs direct answers to, [...]

November 28th, 2005
Topic: Energy, Freedom Tags: None

Green Drinks!!

Green Drinks is a phenomenom that has been sweeping the world organizing and connecting human capital from the environmental field using age old organization tactics, networking and beer! Green Drinks brings together lively mixtures of people from NGOs, academia, government and business, fostering information sharing and networking under the guise of protecing the [...]

November 28th, 2005
Topic: Direct Action, Uncategorized Tags: None

Gifts of love

Coming up on Christmas two sons have given their mother the gift of life………… in the form of a lung. Their mother, Brenda Kinnear, 51, has pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that destroys the lung’s ability to transfer oxygen into the bloodstream. Her two sons decided to each donate 1/2 a lung to [...]

November 28th, 2005
Topic: Random Act of Good Tags: None