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Thursday, 29 July 2010 01:17    Print E-mail
Caribana a victim of cultural racism?
Letter to the Editor - Toronto Star
by Ajamu Nagwaya
Published on Sun Jul 25 2010 here

It is very unsettling, yet not unexpected, that Caribana is being treated like a cultural outsider and a barbarian at the gate by the different levels of government. Why is it that the largest festival in this country with the greatest economic impact is being treated as the cultural Cinderella within the family of Canadian festivals?

The Calgary Stampede is normally regarded as the largest “Canadian” festival, but its economic impact is merely $173 million versus the $438 million generated by Caribana over a two-week period. It is difficult for a reasonable person to not see race and culture mediating how government funding is distributing grants to certain cultural projects.
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 01:02    Print E-mail
Violence in Our Community: An Esplanade Community News Release


On July 23rd, 2010, gunshots echoed through the corner of Esplanade and Sherbourne. Though severely injured, the victim will survive his 
 
In the years past, our community has lost many of its beloved members. One common denominator has been gun violence,
and unfortunately the majority of the victims have been our youth.

The rising tide of bloody violence happen alongside increasing unemployment, the loss of well-paying jobs, cuts to community services, a lack of opportunities, and escalating housing costs. These changes are clearly related.
 
Too much comes in between youth and a dignified living nowadays. When there’s nothing to lose, selling drugs and other illegal economic activity become appealing.
 
Ultimately, the increasingly violent dynamic in our community is expected when even a sixty-hour workweek can fail to provide for a household. This unhealthy situation produced both the economic motivations and cultural environment of not only Friday’s shooting, but also the tragic deaths in our community over the years past.

Bringing an end to the violence requires responsibility. It means becoming active in the community; it means addressing the social causes of violence. This is embodied in the spirit of the Esplanade Community Group’s Six Point Program.  
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Thursday, 08 July 2010 21:13    Print E-mail
BASICS Statement on G8/G20 and TCMN

We salute the work of the Toronto Community Mobilization Network in bringing thousands of people onto the streets over the course of a week to express in radical terms dissatisfaction with the system as it exists, and for conducting educational work beforehand through various events, including the People’s Summit.

 

We salute the comrades who attempted to march to the fence to show that the streets belong to the people, and not to the ruling class or their domestic armed forces—the police. (That said, we disagree with black bloc tactics for their lack of strategic focus and for their adverse ramifications.)

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