A Letter to CBC's 'The Lang & O'Leary Exchange'

The 14 March episode of The Lang & O'Leary Exchange featured a beaming Kevin O'Leary patched in from a beach in the Bahamas who spoke with great enthusiasm about the opportunities the massive earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns devastating Japan had created for making a profit. As palm trees swayed in the breeze behind him, O'Leary exclaimed that he was feeling quite “bullish” about investing in infrastructure after so much had been destroyed. This was broadcast by the CBC as the Japanese had not yet finished finding, let alone burying, their thousands of dead and their nuclear reactors were teetering on the brink of full meltdown.

When Lang asked if O'Leary agreed this was a disaster for the Japanese economy, he responded,

On Saturday January 29th several thousand people took to the streets of Hamilton in support of United Steelworkers 1005 locked out of US Steel Hamilton and against Stephen Harper's attacks on working people across the country. Dubbed “The People VS US Steel” the demonstration organized by the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)was the largest in Hamilton in a decade and promised to be “the Largest Anti-Harper Protest Ever.”

In the lead up to the 29th Common Cause Hamilton worked with anarchists both in Ontario and Pittsburgh to stand with USW 1005. Anarchists in Pittsburgh staged a solidarity rally outside of US Steel’s head office simultaneously with the events in Hamilton. Hamilton anarchists coordinated an Anti-Capitalist Contingent within the “The People VS US Steel” as a way to show support for 1005.

Members of Common Cause Ottawa have come up with a booklet entitled 'Organized Anarchism in the Anti-Capitalist Struggle: Why we need organization - and principles to follow'

It is based on a presentation given by two CCO members at a conference in March 2010 ('Capitalism and Confrontation')

There are two versions of this booklet in pdf form. Both are on 8.5x11 letter-sized paper, 3 double-sided pages (or 6 single-sided).

One is for straightforward printing ('not folded' version): can be printed single- or double-sided

The other is to create a booklet ('folded' version): needs to be printed double-sided