Toban Black

Today I announced a new event calendar at this London, Ontario Indymedia web site -

Exerpts -

“There now is a London area web calendar for progressive events at the new London Indymedia web site -
http://londonontario.indymedia.org”

“Any event postings that are …
pro- environmentalism and/or pro- peace and/or pro- social justice and/or pro- genuine democracy
… should be appropriate,
though we may not accept event postings with strong ties to political parties. The calendar also likely will be very local.

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Note -
This was written for the London Indymedia web site in London, Ontario.  (An additional image was included in the original article)

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Last Saturday, July 22, thousands of Londoners joined a demonstration against Israeli attacks on civilians in Lebanon and Gaza. This rally for peace was part of a much broader International Day of Action Against Israeli Aggression — including at least a dozen demonstrations in Canada.

The event consisted of music and a series of speeches, followed by a relatively “silent march” through the streets of downtown London—albeit without filling Dundas or other major streets, while also avoiding the folk festival at Victoria Park. The rally certainly was not aggressive.

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Note – This was written for the London Indymedia web site in London, Ontario.

(It was the first piece that anyone wrote specifically for that web site.)

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Last Saturday afternoon, near the corner of Dundas and Richmond, Food Not Bombs activists set up a table to present their views while feeding the poor. Standing in the bitter cold next to a sign announcing “free food,” the group offered hot homemade vegetarian stew to anyone who passed by, much of the traffic coming to and from the nearby Covent Garden Market.

Ignoring drastic class disparities, the group welcomed everyone to their table, on which there was just enough space for pots of stew, baskets of bagels and pita bread, a list of food donors, and pamphlets about various causes (including opposition to McDonald’s). A display was also placed in front of the table for anyone who chose to stop to read about the Food Not Bombs.

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