All Blog Posts Tagged 'riot' (2)

This piece from last years publication, Street Cent$ and Two Edged Sword was revived here owing to a question directed to me at Occupy Vancouver concerning the Canadian Charter of rights. The article itself came from the events of the Toronto G8-G20 meeting. Now, as then, I explained that the Charter is counter balanced by the Criminal Code of Canada. The rights and freedoms given in one can be quickly removed by the other. Below is the article where some of this is covered.…



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Not since the dirty '30's has an advanced industrial nation like Britain seen such social unrest. During the height of the great depression, Britain experienced a massive general strike that brought the country to a standstill. Over the last few days since August 6^th, 2011, Britain has once more exploded into unrest as disaffected youth have erupted into riot after a police officer shot to death, a youth…

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