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Weasels vs. Workers
Oct 01, 2008; ... ITS A PRETTY UNCERTAIN WORLD these days. As I write this, the U.S. Congress has just approved a $700 billion publiclyfunded bailout of investment banks, insurance companies, and other hypercapitalists. But even with this unprecedented foray into socialism for capitalists, the weasels of ...
User Friendly Enforcement
Oct 01, 2008; ... User Friendly Enforcement CANADIAN COPYRIGHT: A CITIZEN'S GUIDE By Laura J. Murray and Samuel E. Trosow Between the Lines Toronto, 2007 254 pages $24.95 ISBN: 978-1-897071-30-4 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT grocery list you're carrying around in your wallet is covered by copyright. Ditto for ...
Making Wreaths: A Job for the Season
Oct 01, 2008; ... WORKING FOR A LIVING IN AUGUST I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM Chris, an old classmate of mine I hadn't seen in 30 years. Would I be interested in making wreaths for him this year? Wreaths! "Treeing season is three months away," I silently screamed. Summer is still in full swing and ...
Patterns of Labour & Love
Oct 01, 2008; ... Sybil Andrews' Linocuts WHEN SYBIL ANDREWS PASSED BY A window of a cafe near her Campbell River home on Vancouver Island, she saw more than four men simply having a cup of coffee. "They looked beautifully Canadian in their plaid shirts," she recalls to art curator Nicholas Tuele in "The ...
Labour in Art
Oct 01, 2008; ... Blood, Sweat & Tears THINK ABOUT THE ARTWORK YOU'VE seen over the years. How frequently has it reflected the daily life and challenges of working people? I'm guessing: not very often. That's why a temporary exhibition at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, in Ontario, deserves attention ....