Beauty Brings The Gift of Hope
The Alhambra is an ancient Arab palace in Granada, Spain. I knew a little of the history of the palace, but nothing prepared me for the beauty of the intricately carved stone archway at the entrance....
View ArticleKeep Fighting, Friends
We keep fighting for a better world, and sometimes we get depressed. We don’t seem to be moving toward a more democratic society. In fact, our political and economic leaders preach the...
View ArticleWhat the Luddites can teach us
The Luddites were skilled workers in the English woolen industry around the years 1810 to 1814. New machines such as power looms and shearing frames were taking their jobs, and they demanded...
View ArticleLonging for Light
“Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?” a thoughtful person asked at a gathering of people telling Downtown Eastside stories. (1) How many times have we asked ourselves that question, “Is there a...
View ArticleHey, I’m not a Consumer
If Big Business had its way, we would all be called consumers instead of citizens, and we would vote with dollars instead of ballots. Consumers buy and buy. They are like vacuum cleaners that suck up...
View ArticleNo Justice, No Dinner
On March 9, 1994, Jean Swanson and I traveled to Seattle, Washington to take part in a trilateral (United States, Canada, Mexico) demonstration against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)....
View ArticleThe Year of Jubilee
Sheila Baxter has written a book on homelessness called Under the Viaduct that describes a society in which the accumulation of wealth has taken the place of compassion. Some of us are homeless...
View ArticleSpratts Oilery
In 1882 Joseph Spratt of Victoria, BC decided to start a floating cannery and fish oil plant at Coal Harbour which is in Burrard Inlet just past the First Narrows, and tucked round the corner of what...
View ArticleA Ghostly Beacon in the Night
(This was written in 1997) After 3000 years, the Hale-Bopp comet has returned. Last time it visited Earth, David was king of Israel, the Pharoahs still ruled in Egypt, and First Nations people settled...
View ArticleJustice and Beauty: Poems and Essays by Sandy Cameron
What follows is the contents of a little book of Sandy Cameron’s stories and poems that I put together recently. Preface When I would write something and ask Sandy to edit it, he would usually say...
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