philanthropy
I am participating in a fandom auction to raise money for Haiti relief efforts. I am offering "radical Toronto in a box" - which includes:
- something from the Toronto Women's Bookstore, the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, and OPIRG
- burned copy of Dreamtower, a documentary about Rochdale.
- protest handbills/posters (including "Toronto Women Artists: Three Decades" poster from the 1983 International Women's Day in Toronto)
- copies of as many most-current radical publications as possible -> even the loony ones like the Spartacus League
- anything else you can think of!
My starting bid is $10 and I will pay for international shipping. Go bid on me!
(There's also a lot to be said about the degree of responsibility of Western imperialistic powers in destabilizing democratically elected governments, dumping aid, and decimating local economies. Many of which don't get a lot of press in the narrative of looters-scary/pitiable-brown-people portrayed in the media. Some links:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/13/our-role-in-haitis-plight
http://www.thac.ca/node/125
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2010/01/haiti-opportunity-knocks.html)
- something from the Toronto Women's Bookstore, the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, and OPIRG
- burned copy of Dreamtower, a documentary about Rochdale.
- protest handbills/posters (including "Toronto Women Artists: Three Decades" poster from the 1983 International Women's Day in Toronto)
- copies of as many most-current radical publications as possible -> even the loony ones like the Spartacus League
- anything else you can think of!
My starting bid is $10 and I will pay for international shipping. Go bid on me!
(There's also a lot to be said about the degree of responsibility of Western imperialistic powers in destabilizing democratically elected governments, dumping aid, and decimating local economies. Many of which don't get a lot of press in the narrative of looters-scary/pitiable-brown-people portrayed in the media. Some links:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/13/our-role-in-haitis-plight
http://www.thac.ca/node/125
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2010/01/haiti-opportunity-knocks.html)