Undustrialism

London, Ont - Planned hearings between Enbridge and the National Energy Board were disrupted today as indigenous and environmental protesters raised a ruckus early in the hearings. Enbridge was hoping to reverse the flow  on its pipeline from Sarnia to the Westover terminal to carry petroleum products from Alberta to Montreal for refining.

According to estimates from a Greek newspaper, more than half of the country’s police, especially those in Athens, voted for Golden Dawn, the now-infamous Neo-Nazi party which recently managed enough votes to enter Greek Parliament.

Thousands took to the streets in Spain to protest austerity and begin anniversary celebrations for last year’s notorious “May 15th” movement.

A terrifying first-hand description of the rise of Fascism in one Athens neighbourhood…

A student complaint recently uncovered a course taught at an American military college which promotes a “total war” with Islam, complete with nuclear strikes on Mecca and Medina.

The National Fair Housing Association (NFHA) has conducted a survey of over a thousand bank-owned, foreclosed homes in “black” and “white” neighbourhoods. Unsurprisingly, those in predominantly white areas were more likely to be kept up and marketed, while in poorer racialized neighbourhoods identical properties tended to be run-down, overgrown, and have no “For Sale” signs to speak of.

I mentioned “riot porn” earlier. Here’s a compilation of recent scenes of police brutality from Quebec. Not for the feint of heart.

A new study has used computer modelling to suggest that toxic fluids used in hydraulic fracturing may be able to leach into groundwater in a few years rather than centuries.