Pics'n'Vids: September 18, 2008

Let the War Resisters Stay & Anti-SPP Rally
September 13, 2008

Pics (24 images):
RaiseMyVoice.com
http://www.raisemyvoice.com/sept1308/sept1308.html
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raisemyvoice/sets/72157607276329051

Vids:
Peggy Morton, ECAWAR (6:47)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5WpY-xbapg
Linda Leibovitz speaking on Omar Khadr (2:16)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Gcv1y5OeM
Dr. Gordon Laxer, Parkland Institute (9:34)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmHk4w09pHw
Dr. Martin Tweedale, Council of Canadians (8:13)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Xfevzvui4
Event organizer Aaron Skaley speaking on
war resisters (1:45)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7MyL4UwJRk
and TILMA (Trade Investment and Labour Mobility Movement between Alberta and B.C.) (5:13)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-cxZkohxQ
Doug Meggison, Council of Canadians and ECAWAR (8:28)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsBPcR3E7kI
Harlan, Vietnam draft dodger (9:31)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlyXICAs_dM

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Grandmothers for Africa
Grandmothers for a New Generation (GANG) is an organizations seeking to support grandparents in Africa who are caring for their grandchildren, mostly orphans who have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS. A rally on September 6 brought attention to the fact that inexpensive AIDS medications are needed in Africa, as they were promised by our government.

Photos (28 images):
RaiseMyVoice.com
http://www.raisemyvoice.com/grandmothers/grandmothers.html
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raisemyvoice/sets/72157607163658549

Videos:
Linda Duncan (3:43)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qbZ6vnMmq4
GANG Speaker (2:43)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDwEzaOghXU
Notre Dame de Bananes (3:53)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KKbqvR3MFs
Raging Grannies (6:55)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ar4CRAtSO4

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Edmonton Poetry Festival
On September 13 I read some of my poems in front of a live audience at the Milner Library downtown. Edmonton's Poet Laureate Alice Major introduced all of the readers in our segment. "Poetry and politics do mix" was what she said after I finished. Five poems, five minutes (our allotted time). Three written by me, two with Radical Randy. Here is a look at my reading (4:53):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PjWbMIq04E
(Yes, I know I was reading very quickly -- like I said, I only had five minutes!)